The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-19
Miscellaneous Items.

Inc census OF the city OF LanSln!
shows, a population of 1892.
A partridge. nest has been found il
Virginia with seventy-eight eggs in il
Did one hen laty them all or not?
Some land was lately sold in the cit,
Of London at the rate ofS900, 900 pc
acre.
1t is estimated by the Baltimore pa
pers that the census of their city thi
year show population of 100000.
The Lynchburg Republican, hereto
fore a strong Douglas paper, has hoist
ed the flag of Breckinringe and Lane
The New York Quakers propose
raising 100000 for the purpose o
erecting suitable building in which tc
hold their meetings.
AT Akron, O., on the Fourth, young
man named O'Neil was shockingly and
fatally burned, by accidently falling in
to the flames of bonfire.
The Auburn Union says the manu-
facture of salt at Montezuma has been
resumed, the works having been idle
up to this time the present season.
LOLA MoNTEz.-This celebrated
woman, who was reported to be at the
point of death last week, IS now said to
be rapidly convalescing.
Ex-Gov. Hunt, of New York, has
been making speech at Lockport, in
which he comedies the election of Lin.
coin.
The Legislature of New Hampshire
has passed an act providing penalties
for the adulteration of food, liquors and
medicine.
A new paper, the City Journal, has
just been started in Philadelphia, to
advocate the claims of Lincoln and
Hamlin.
The yellow fever is increasing in and
near Havanah, but its virulence is much
less than usual, only few Of the cases
proving fatal. -.
Hon. Thomas Corwin has consented
to address the people of the First Con
gressional District of Indiana, at sew
eral places, during the present canvass.
A rascally Chinaman was induced
by some mad wags, in New York late
ly, to palm himself off for Japanese,
which he did with complete success.
While number of politicians were
engaged in raising Breckenridge pole,
in Scriven County, Georgia, it fell and
killed three men.
Gen. Houston's health is very poor.
He now goes about on a crutch, be-
cause of lameness in one of his ankles
the effect of wound received at
San Jacinto.
Our Douglas friends are in the habit
of saying 'Douglas or Nobody" Prem
tice thinks there isn't much choice be-
tween the two, though he prefers the
latter.
They have a calf in Winona, Mimi,
with two heads, two mouths and four
eyes, which is being exhibited to the
curious under the title of the Demo-
cratic animal.
Two men, named Mooney and
Rooney, hands on board a sloop at
New York, got into a fight on the
Fourth, and during the struggle they
both fell overheard and were drowned.
They have deck cars on the horse
railroads in Cincinnati, where fellows
can sit and smoke without annoying
any one. Awnings protect the smok-
ers from the sun. t
Gov. Reeder has taken up a perma-
nent residence in Kansas. Some of his
ardent admirers already hint at the
possibility of his being made Senator
when the Territory shall become a
State.
The number of deaths in Philadel-
phia for the six months ending with
June is 4,414.. Of these 2,9S5 were Of
2,4S9 of adults. The great
est mortality occurred in the week end
ing June 80, in which time there were
252 deaths.