The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-03-22
Miscellaneon. Items.

miscellaneous Items.
John Mitchell, the famous and USE
less agitator, has returned from France
to this country.
~ There are 172 convicts at pres
ent in the Wisconsin State Prison, FIVE
of whom are females.
DEAD.-Martha, widow of Oliver
Brown, killed at Harper's Ferry, died
at North Elba on the Cd inst.
The cold weather is said to have
killed most of the orange trees in Louis
lana.
There were 500 deaths in New York
city last week, against 4S1 during the
proceeding week. For the correspond
ing weeks of 1853 and 1859, 434 and
SIS were respectively reported.
There are at present eight hundred
and ninety-seven convicts in the New
York State Prison at Auburn-three
more than ever before quartered at that
institution.
The "grass widows" numbering sew
enty-one, who reside in and around
Elkhart Qnd.) gave ball last week,
and invited their male friends. None
but "grass widows" were allowed to
participate in the festivities.
Speaker Pennington having left his
quarters at Wizards, and taken a pri-
vate house in Fifteenth street, gave his
first levee Tuesday evening, which was
very largely attended by the prominent
men of all parties.
The Richmond Dispatch says that
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany will soon present claim of eigh-
teen thousand dollars against the State
of Virginia, for the transportation OF
troops to and from Harper's Ferry.
The scarletfever is making sad havoc
among the children in some parts OF
Ohio. In Steubenville, the deaths
number from two to FIVE daily, and al
ready some two hundred children have
succombed to its deadly influence.
One of the counsel for the defendant
in the famous Carstang u.s. Shaw breach
of promise case now on trial at St.
Louis, says the defence rely upon prov.
ing the plaintiff to be ga woman wholly
without character" and her sister, Mrs
Seaman, the principal witness, no bet
ter"
A large hotel, to be called the Clar.
endon, is now being built at Saratoga
Springs. 1t is located on Broadway
near to the new Spring. The ground
including the new Spring, cost S36, 900
and with the building will involve al
outlay of 100000. The owner of thi,
property is Mrs. Jones, the wife of a
dentist of New York city.
A mistake respecting the sale o
Washington Irving's residence, Sunny
side, is going the rounds of the news
papers. Sunnyside was left by The
late Mr.. Irving to his two nieces to bt
turned over after their death to male
relative bearing the name of Irving
which clause precludes all possibility o
a sale, at least for long time to come
The stories about the approaching
marriage Of the Princess Alice of Eng
land seems to be finally and completed,
contradictcd by the London Cour
Journal, which says that there is no
the slightest foundation for the an
nouncement, copied from the DutcI
papers, of the approaching marriage O
the Prince of Orange with an illustri
Gus Princess.
The work for laying the pedestal fo
the Clay Statue, in New Orleans, ha
been commenced. The conversion,
has been removed from the spot il
which it was temporarily placed, an,
put in its permanent position, and nov
the work having been commenced, will
go steadily on to completion, so as t.
enable the statue to be inaugurated Of
the 18th of April ensuing.
The street railroads in Cincinnati
paid to the city in the month of Feb
ruary per capita tax on the number
of passengers carried of S2,473,42
The total revenue to the city from tn,
three street railroads chartered, ha,
amounted since the commencement O
their operations to So, 660-a very snus
sum saved to the taxpayers, and ont
that will constantly increase.
On Wednesday, the Africa sailed
from New York for Liverpool. Amone
her passengers were John Morrisse,
and a lot of the ''fancy," who 90 to SEE
the great fight. The N. Y. Time
says; "About five minutes previous f.