The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS Items.

There are said to be no less than S.
600 gambling houses in Athens, Greece.
There are three hundred and forty
one dentists in London.
The SIS 900, 600 loan of the Southern
Confederacy has not yet been taken.
No State tax is to be levied in Illinois
for the next two years. 4'ff
Kansas contains as much territory as
all the Cotton States.
The prospect for sugar crop in
Louisiana is very fattering. afi
Vice President, Hamlin and wife left
Washington for their home in Maine,
on Thursday. . iei o1iesa a95 tHaes
The snow was IL or Is feet deep in
the streets of ST. John, N. B., on the
oath ult. 8uas 9sf oi
Mr.. Carlyle will not finish his history
of Frederick the Great before 1852,
according to latest accounts. 5-
There are six counties called Lincoln
in the United States, of which five are
in the Southern States. gad
There is, in the town of Avon, Me-,
a granite boulder which measured 5000
cubic feet, and weighs 543 tons. i.
The estimated value of the exports
from Milwaukee, for 1860 is $l2,774,-
'oo. ods hias - g3di sgsH =
They manufacture pencil cases in
England from human bones, gathered
in Sebastopol! ~, ,srf,
The total number of postage stamps
issued by the p. O.. department for
1860, was 223, S67, 27o.
The mind of the Empress Eugene
is tottering. Cause, religious excite
ment and spiritualism.
In the account of ex-Treasurer Cobb,
is charged for penknives, for the year,
the amount of s255.5O.
Gen. Wool is confined to his bed by
sickness, and is said to be so i'll as to be
unable to see his friends.
Ten cents each was the net income
of five postoffices in Florida, for the
year ending September, 1859.
A convention is being held at Allan
ia, Georgia, to take action for the in
PRODUCTION of cotton factories at the
South. fo hr
The returns in Mexico indicate that
Juarez has been reelected by the pop
ular vote. If not, he is sure to be
elected by the Congress.
A young lady in Chicago died the
other day in consequence of having
swallowed date pit, which lodged in
her body and produced constipation.
A writer for the n. Y. Tribune esti-
mates that above 5000 wells have been
opened in the oil regions, of which not
over)20o pay.
1t is said that the author of the pop
ular tune, 'Dixie's Land" has realized
four thousand dollars from his copy
right.
In the United States, the last year,
$50 Roman Catholic churches have
been erected, with Accommodations for
10000 people.
Chas. T. Adams is the sixth Massa-
chusetts man who has been selected as
the representative of the United States
at the Court of st. James.
The State Senate of Ohio, last week,
by vote of twenty-six to five, passed
resolution recommending the call of
a National Convention.
A severe snow storm in Virginia, on
the lstt.l ult., caused great destruction
among fruits and vegetables. The
fruit trees were in blossom.
The population of Canada West, by
the last census amounts to 100000,
that of Canada East l,3OO,O O0-mak-
ing total Of 100000.
Hon. Sherrard Clemens publishes a
card in the Wheeling papers, positively
declining, on account of family engage
ments, to be a candidate for reelection
to Congress.
More than half of the convicts in
the Massachusetts, State Prison are un-
der 26 years of age. The youngest
prisoner is IS, and the oldest 10 years
old. s+. u 5000 b-
With due sense of their own i'm
portance, the New York Common
Council have presented themselves
each with gold badge, at cost OF
s12 or SIS apiece.
Miss Ellen Smith has recovered four