The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-11-08
NEWS ITEMS

Tie proltabieness ftheeXDress business
has been newly Illustrated by the decla-
ration oi "a handsome extra dividend. over
which Tie lucky shareholders of American
Express Cnmpluyr'- stock are rejoicing
considerably. This company pa. D. In ls64.
dividends on capital OF - 000. 00O.
amounting % thirty-eisht per cent in each.
aul Aitt per cent ln pald-up stocs On 4ts
capital, thus Increased tO - GOO DO0 IL has
already declared. in ls65. cash dividends
oi twentf--K per cent. and twenty-five per
cen. in stock. with every reasonable pr0s-
pert oi an additional twenty-five per cent
N.-A.l tile coming lOgr months.
! A man by The name Of Pickett aged C5.
. lately elop-l WIKI Nrs Laneger AGED
about ~. B0tl parties lived .a Wright,
-cnolarie Co.. y. J.. anl had legal part
| ncrs al their own and several responsible
Ties. Ihey were old enough 10 know bot
I Ator ALBANY. whlher tney had leI. they
were .lcol ncu-y L41be1.
Tie desks OF tire late Confederate hor-e
f oi Representatives Aaye been sold for
tNrcl t-tIre 90 llty cents each. there being
no further use for them. Thov were Ntt.e
black painted tables o. the plaine-t kind
about eighteen by tHenty-i0ur inches on
i.e Top aa4 Gov cred Hi-A cheap blue cloth.
no .,wer than l08 900 persons bad lefl
N4tse--es up ~ Tie 10th u September Oh
account OF tle cholera. Ihi. D. more tlaD
tnree-seVeltns 0f the population Az Aries
where there were only 8, 900 inhabitants out
0i p 900 ie.t on tle l9tn. there were on
That day tHClt. three deaths from cholera
ln reply to O. communication from Cos
Wells. 0i Louis ana. il regard % q threat
. elrI negro Il-lagecti.n, Jcl. Candy ravs
shreveport that arrangements nave already
1ee- made ~ disa1use negroes Of any
. wrong impressions Imposed upon them.
Tie London Tunes publishes an article
0l ile Lee-s " England and France. and is
e. forced ~ come o. tae conclusion that DO the
S Ferr ln tr,4l- particular ~ syeeI tue
Pre- ch fleets beat The English.
C5r 9lar1ey ot Miss, Las givea The
. ~ .ion tla, lnpard0nel legislators viii not
De able % take their seats This VIII make
8 oel. Humphreys the gubernator.al cand.-
date .le.- -r9.e.
= Col :. p. He.ntzeiman. former MAJOR
d General, j. ordered % jO.l bis regimen at
Har-s Island, and gep0f - Gen. Vessels,
who was "a captain in The formers regiment
. l Mexico.
Six thousand acres o. lard in Arkansas
r. belonging 20 ex-rebel Gen. Pillow. which
D las been held a. abandoned property 10Y
p some time past by the Government, has
g been restored - lis original owner.
Jenny, said a Scotch minister, stoop-
.as from his pulpit, have ye got preen
any where about ve ,~ d.. Yes, minister,
= ''Incn stick it INTO that sleeping brute oy
your side.
+. The steamship New York. from Asp.u-
. VAL. las arrived a. New YORK, with II,
!. IIs.3I2 ia treasure from California.
j. Tie issuing Of rations 10 the freedmen IN
u the Nashville district has been stopped, and
? AL Government hospitals discontinued.
The Toledo Blq5e SAYS there have been
o. from 500 % ] 900 new buildings erected lu
E that city within the past year.
= Il IS reported that the President viii soon
appoint d3y of Thanksgiving aai prayel
for peace
J, L i ascc-taincl that . number oi French
> men Of note have been victim.zcd by tho
= confederate cotton bonds,
~ Cholera has nearly disappeared in Italy.
I, and = suoslding IL France and spain.
- The total issue OF National bank currency
2 Up 70 date i S263, 81. .355.
!, The President pardoned 225 persons YES
/. terday, principally from the so, 900 class.
Is The ex-rebsl Gen. Pillow arrived al Wash
!Dgton lsst wednesday.