Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-02-08


down and operate passenger railroads in
that city for thirty years for the sam Of
@l9, 1000. Baltimore will recsivs under
the present grant not less than nll-
lioa Of dollars in thirty years Fox he
same privilege.
{ The match between Hseuan and TIE
bold English brioklayer Il nass = ths
New York sPossing papers The feeling
seems to be against HsenGn. 4 eorrea-
pendent of wilkes Spirit, u sure sshs
will be licked" His saperiority u
hight, the writer looks upon Is decid-
ed disadvantage, for il will taxa him
months tasaaFa hin Aaw TO his law
All men naturally light at the head,
and Saysrs' is the easiest enc missed be
sFsr saw. Is"
a red light is exhibited on the top Of
the high tower of the Smithsonian In
stitution, Washington, on the evenings
Of lectprs gh0ald thers hs Any asil-
ure Of lecturer to arrive, or If the lee
lure for any reason be postponed, the
puhlis sap always ascertain the f%as BY
fookaug q tAs sopee. The Light ia only
shown when lecture is to be delivered.
Rev. DR.. Halves, Of Hartford, Conn,
recently preached 9 ssFman against the
msa Of tobacco. He exhibited facts and
statistics showing its destruction Of
health and sanity, its dsmeraliEing in-
8uenss, Esd iss naslsss axpepss. IL costs
shss people Os the Uuited statss over
forty million dollars, annuslly-far
more than 10 spent for all purposes Of
education. New York city uses up daily
SIC, 900 in cigars and 81, 500 in bread.
a legislative prayer meeting was in"
augurated in Harrisburg on Wednesday
Of last week. seme twenty oE~thirEy
msmbe Of both houses were In attend
auEe. The exercises, says the Tels-
graph, was conducted by Hon. VIM. III.
Francis, speaker of the senate, who de-
livered an appropriate Opsaiag address.
The total eclipse of she sun, which
will take place en- the 18th Of JalT Of
This ysar, will be avery important one
to the scientific world. Ii will COM
Nance in California aud terminate On
abe borders of the Red Sea. Passing
along about the Goth degree of latitude,
and qaisEaaS the AaasElcan eontinehi -
Hadson Strait, it will orosa the Atlantic
to she Spanish shore, and for some min
usss something like ous-fourth Of Spain
will be in total darkness. The shadow
will continue its course over Africa,
crossing the Nile 10 the north Of Don
COLA, and inaliy quitting abe earth 1t
ETHIOPIA. Daring the eclipse the PLAN
cts, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Sat-
ara will be Visible together, arranged in
ths EsTm sE . rhomboid--an occurrences
% rare etat some eenturies will slapae
before suak spectacle can be witness
cd again; indeed the eclipse itself will
/ BIZ Of character that will be uneqaali-
| ed during the present century.
The Boston Jouaaal reports q case ia
which The eisy 81 Boston was the dsfsnd.
AIT, in which the plaintiff recovered
$94s damages for injuries caused b. .
MISUNDERSTANDING In shis cAss kse
plaipsss VS. d tie smplay Of she oats
nj the time he resolved the injuries, as q
SPECIAL polies oAssrb Tue court fulsd
THAT this would not prevent him from
trecssstag datnsgess : "a $3.50 a- s--
The bill so appropriate $l0, 600 to fh'
/ completion Of the monument to HsaTg
ECIay, has passed the house of rsprcsen'
tativss oE The Ksnsaeky legisiatura, By
4 . vote Of az to Q. Alta % decided 4
ivota in the house, there is little doubt
ef im passing he senate At ~ early day
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