Gen. Lane of Indiana has made a bet of f 10,
000 with Mr. Uartland of Georgia, that Gen
Pierre will be elected President of the U. States
next November, if he lives.
Goto Kxyn.rsT. The Lafayette (Ind.) ,onr
nal, n whig paper, says "Indiana, will go for
Pierce, without doubt, ao will Ohio. We must
keep a lookout fur Kentucky she, ton, is on the
fence. What time and money yon hnve to devote
to the election, let it be spent there, not here,
where wu have nothing In expect."
A meeting is called nt Elgin, on the 8th of
July, for the purpose of organising the Fox River
Valley Railroad Compnny. This is a road to run
jm the Fox river valley from Ottawa, in Ihia
stale, via Oswego, Bntnviil, F.lgin and Dundee1,
to Waukesha, Wisconsin, where it will connect
with Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad.
In our trip In Kasknskin last Saturday, we ac
riiienlully found the person we had been search
ing fur a lung lime Ihe oldest inliittntH.it. Ilia
name we believe ia Henry Di Doileau, nnd is
now nearly 104 years old, and he saye ho feels
as vigorous as he did years ago. Ha ia a native
of Canada, and came In Kasknskin more than AO
years since, lis now lives with his oon'aoine 4
miles in llm dn ret inn of Ibis plnco from Kaskns
kin What changes has this old etnlurinn be
held I 1 ruly, he has leen sights Spirta Dem-
Offaf.
