The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-10-06
Jews and other Paragraphs.

The Artesian Well at Columbus, O.,
has reached depth of 2,245 feet, and
no water yet.
The loss of the Austirans in the
italian war was, altogether, 1874 Off
GERS and 1880 men.
During the week ending Sept. TO-
LII persons died in London. There
were some cases of cholera.
Mr.. Shannon, of Harrisburgh, Penn.
has been appointed Private Secretary
to President Bushanan.
Madame Jumel, the widow of Aaron
Burr, is now at Saratoga Springs. She
is 80 years old.
The proprietors of the Great East
er1a realized over $4,000 from admis-
sion fees during the time the ship was
open to visitors. nsa ~
For accommodating the Empress of
Russia and her suite in his hotel for
one night only, a landlord in Balse
charged $4,000. aaos aasa ~ q aa
Horace Greeley reached New York,
on his return from California, in the
steamer Noses Taylor, on Monday
night, of last week.
President Buchanan has declined
the invitation Of the Portland Commit
tee to assist in celebrating the arrival
of the Great Eastera at that port.
A Frenchman has recently invented
an aperatus for stopping a locomotive
almost instantaneously when at its
highest speed, and it is said to have
been tried successfully.
A new invention is spoken of for
measuring distances, which promises
to be very useful. 1t is attached to a
buggy or carriage wheel, and SO ar
ranged as to strike at every mile.
REpUDIATEs IT.-The Auburn, n.
Y, Daily Union, hitherto an influential
American organ, repudiates the action
OF the Utica Convention, and runs up
all the Republican candidates.
REPLY TO DoUGLAs.-The N. Y.
Herald's Washington letter gives cur
rency to rumor that Hon. Robt. j.
Walker is preparing an elaborate his
torical refutation Of Senator Douglas
Harper paper.
Mr.. Douglas has lost his only South
Carolina organ. The EagsfeM Id
vertiser, which has hitherto advocated
his nomination, says bis article in Har-
per's Magazine renders it impossible
for the South to support him.
Mr.. Hart, the sculptor, has finished
the statue of Henry Clay, ordered by
the Ladies' Clay Statue Association
of Virginia, and it is to be inauguratcd
on the 14th OF April next, the SD an
niversary of Mr.. Clay's birth day.
SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT =
AT Rochester, ~ Y, on Monday of
last week, Mrs. Porter Hammond, was
in the act of carrying two pals of water
from the we'll to her house when she
slipped and fell across a sawbuck in
such a manner as to break her neck in
stantly.
Elisha Scofeld, Revolutionary sol
der, died in Jefferson County, n. Y, a
few days since, 95 years old. He was
a native of Bedford, Westchester Co.,
where he resided until 1881, and for
the five previous years was amid many
of the most exciting scenes of the
Revolution.
WILLING.-The Charleston Meas
says it is willing that South Carolina
should send delegates to the Demo-
cratic National Convention, /" if they
be in favor of killing Douglas and
squatter sovereignty, and pledged to
require legal security to slave property
in the territories-to endorse the bred
Scott decision"
Madame Poitevin, the balloon
woman, made an ascension at Rouen
lately, accompanied in the car by her
assistant, in the costume of Sancho
Panza, while below was suspended a
donkey, mounted by a new Dulcinea
del Toboso, whose white toilet was
visible when the balloon itself could
hardly be perceived. The descent was
effected in safety.
The northern part of Wisconsin is
literally over-run with half-starved and
ravenous bears, and they are penetra-
ting into the central counties of the
State. They do much mischief among
swine, sheep, poultry, &c, and the peo-
pie are getting alarmed for safety.
Hunting parties are organizing to rout
the desperate intruders The drouth