Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1860 — A Bet Offered. [ARTICLE]

A Bet Offered.

Chekrv Grove, Marc l 12, 1860. Editors Press and Tribune:— Sirs: I Have to say that in case that Dougl is should i be the nominee of the Charleston Convention, and Lincoln should he the nominee of the Chicago Convention, for the Presidency, I will bet any man one Thousand Dollars that. A. Lincoln will be elected I’resident of the United States, to succeed James Buchanan. Yours, R. D Sheltons An Heiress. —The last number of the Sturgis (Mich.) Republican comes to us with the extraordinary intelligence that tt very fortunate Mrs. E. li. Day, of that village, heretofore a lady of moderate circumstances, has inherited, as an heir of the late Sir Francis Drake, a princely fortune of forty-eight million dolLirs! Mrs. Day is a widow. A chance for our nice young men. It is not stated whether the fortune is in money or real estate. So says the Cincinnati Enquirer. CC7"lnformation from Texas of the lfith inst. says that Houston is organiring an expedition against the Indians, to be commanded by Burleson.^