The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-04-13
VARIOUS ITEMS.

ccurste statistics. Ne can state that in the Old
Forli there are {. 25s lodges, with 10000 ac-
We members. The number of non-sctive and ,
hose who nave Withdrawn is nearly 5000, 600.
An iron manufacturer in Connecticut uses up
hiFty Two tons of iron day. The cost OF the
iron Is less than thirty dollars ton
y bile it sells at sixty dollars 50 that the daily
profits are about 81 900.
TIE old copper money Of Sardinia is to be
Withdrawn from circulation at the end Of Feb
ruary, 10 be replaced by bronze coinage of one, /
tSo, five aud ten Genuine pieces TIE circGla /
ton of coins OF very small value in any couatry
= indicative Of the poverty Of The masses. /.
Travellers tell Us that il the Italian cities there
are incredible numbers Of places Of refreshment
where meal can be obtained for a cent, and
thousands are unable TO pay more than this.
Eight Thousand school houses have been cree
ted in Russia since the emancipation Of the serfs
took place. There's an opening Tor school book
agents
Deacon Jno. Philips, OF Sturbridge, Mass
will be lO4 years old the goth of next Jaue, and
nas never been seriously III since be was Il
years old He was chosen deacon in his church
in the place of bis father in 1890.
The whole number OF prizes brought to the
port OF Philadelphia, is l22. which. with their
cargoes, realized sS,l79,5 So se. OF these o.
have been acted upon, realizing s2l76,27s IS; ;
the expenses OF Condemnation being &l9, l76 o..
Queen Vlctoris, it appears, has literary tastes
In s34, When she vas out J. years old, small
volume OF her poems was published in pamphlet
iofm, for distribution exclusively in the rOyal
family circle. The CobuIg Gazette TOW snnoun
ces that Qeen Victoria IS now engaged in wri ing
the Memoirs Of her Lie aud Times; and tbAt
This work accounts for her prolonged seclusion
sincs Prince A.bert's death.
There is al present in London a tunnel road
FIVE miles long. connecting harrington street With
Paudngton station; double track is aid, and
the company has already carried about five mil
lions OF passengers. The tunnel il thoroughly
ventilated, dry. well GIFTED, and in every way
comfortable; 10 ride through it is very muct
Ike walking through one OF the great store eel
ars of a Broadway dry goods house. Entrance
and exit stations provided at short intervals
Il stai case leading 70 the street above.
Tae success of the Underground Railway il
London has been SO decided that Paslian,rut La
chartered companies ID surround the city wit
tunnel roads, and connect al, the raj way sta
tons /. is sad that twenty millions sterlin
have already been subscribed towards this vas
enterprise. The COS. of tunneling and las sin
the track ready for operation, is about a miilio
of dollars per mile.
The Oldest house 10 New England, if not in II
+ United States is in Mediord Mass, having form
+ erly belonged to Matthew Gardock ITO frst Go
t ernor Of the Massachusetts, Bay Company Il
farm. on which this house was erected about l64
o contained two thousand acres OF laud
Casts of the heads Of Indian Chiefs in Washin
e ton have been made by DR.. MacGowan for 4
American EthnoIogical Society On neasuri
e the heads, DR. Mac ,oWan found them to be
{. greater average size than those Of American
d The fist Indian whose cast was taken BAD Bo
d evry direction than that Of Secretary Chase, Viii
Department the importance OF forming nation
r gallery OF Indian heads.
J. An eagle has been shot in Bristol. Maine. viii
le was famous sheep stealer. lie was Big O
measuring ten feet from tip to tip
g Marty one million Of the 10 a. loan was 81
A. scribed for the fist day it was advertised.
A large number OF the negroes brought in fro
the interior of Mississippi BIZ Gen Sherman's f
ces have been quartered On jeff DAVIS eGtensi
: plantation.
- Cassius NJ. Claws daughter, down in Kentucr
is good shO, She shot guerriIla's cap
- when he tried to steal C4ssus' best horse. a.
frightened hin so that he forgot to steal
Among party of slaves that arrived in Bost,
from Virginia % enlist in a Massachusetts, rec
ment, was one Who was much whittier than ma
white men and would never be taken fro
bis appearance TO- slave. His family Connection
somewhat singular, he being q son of his gran
- father and a brother Of his mother.
Some Indiana soldiers on a scout into ii
mounta rs Of Georgia came, upon a house occ
pied only by an old woman. We'll old lad
Il what are you, secesh'' said the leader. NO
laid she. " What .hen9" "BAptst," said 81
promptly, and always waa"
According to the Richmond Wing. the hire
q slave in that city costs sl.770 year VIII
the highest cost Of 8 negro at auction rang
from p. 300 to 81, 500, show ne that the osDe
of slaves have no great confidence in the ar
Gle a. a permanent investment, the rent Of
year and half equalling the whole cost.
The Detroit Free Press says that FIVE yea
since a married couple in that CITY had a QUAR-
and the wife declared that she would not spe.
to her husband until he apologised For E,
years she has kept her illuatured vow, and n
word has passed between the tao until a fe
days since a reconciliation was effected
There was sad scene In Boston Police Con
on Thursday. Twenty three women were brougl
in at one time and placed in the dock, most
them being charged with being common DRUM
ads
About two hundred wagons leave ST. loser
daily tor Idaho.
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