The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-11-10
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Hon. Ssmuei hoSFs uIsth&uishsu
citizen of Massachusetts,, eminent as &
Temperance advocate. died 10 that Stale on
,hs Sd inst al the venerable age OF three
score years and ten.
---on Thursdsy last lad name d
Charles .. Jones, aged seventeen, MAS
sentenced 10 the State prison for l'is, IN
Lawrence, (Msss.,) for setting hre to
dwelling in the day time, This is he sta
tule punishment, the Judge having no dis
cretion in the matter.
--Several German boys were playing
.jaip in Hamburg, N. Y, afew days since,
when enc Of the prisoners attempting to
escape, the boy jsilor having his fathers
gun. and not knowing it to be loaded, pointed
it at the running boy,and pulling the trigger
shot his mate through the head. killing him
on the spot.
--Mormonism appears to be in bad odo'
In Jamaica. We learn from the Kingston
Journal that about three years ago, MOT
mon mission was sent TO the island from the
United States, but met with so inhospitaele
4 reception tina, the missionaries were hiss
ed and booted from the place. They left in
Elk days after their arrival.
-Nrs. Elizabeth J. Eames, known a.
one of our most accomplished female wri.
tiers, both in prose and poetry, died al
Channabon, Ills, few days since.
II The factory operatives at Lewiston,
Me-. Petitioned their employers for reduc-
ton Of the daily hours of labor from IL to
IL, and the reasonable request being relu.
sed, q portion of them have left the mills
A horse cannot last under twelve hours 0
day hard labor. Why should human be.
ing be requiredto perform such tasks
The Belviders Standard says there
was 4 wagon belonging to an emigrsnt ,hs
lately made his appearance in that place
drawn By fourteen yoke Of oxen. That would
be called quite a respectable team in the
'Old country
The Independence OF Brussels says
that Gas pilot boat, which had just taken
a vessel to sea from Ostend, was returning
into the port, the master saw something
floating on the water, which wac found &c
be lady whose head was kept above the
water by her crinoline pstticostr'
-Ex-Judge Halliburton, author OF Sam
Slick, the clock pedler, has taken a fnal
farewell Of Nova Scotia, as place OF res,
idence. Clifton, his beautiful seat in
Windsor, was sold some weeks since, and
the old Judge has taken passage for LIVER
pool, to make HE home in Great Britain for
the remainder Of his days
We learn by the Austin, Texss, Ga
retts of the 18th ult., that the theory that
the cross Of the horse and the ass stopped
with the mule, has been exploded BY the
TACT that mule raised By Gen. Pitts, near
that place, had fosied cplt which could
be seen sucking the dam. THIS comes in
such shape that there can Sc no doubt of
its authenticity.
1t is stated that Jerome Bonsparte,
Of Baltimore, cousin TO the present Emper-
or Of France, has been stopping at Wssh-
ington, for several days II is understood
that be is pressing some propositions upon
Secretary Davis, by which he wishes sufi-
Gent inducements to be held oul 10 his DO
nsparts's) son TO induce him to re enter the
American army
The ST Paul Pioneer of the 2sd plt.
Gays, "the party which recently formed in
this city under the direction OF Col WIN. II
Noples, for the prrpase Of surveying Oh
emigrant route TO California, lett yesterday
afternoon. The company consists Of seven.
teen men, all thoroughly equipaged for the
expedition, and they have taken along with
them ten horses and five baggage wagons,
heavily laden with supplies and camping
utensils
The New York Herald says that the
Masonic fraternity Of that State contemplate
erecting in the city of New York, an edfce
which will exceed 10 magniiiCeHce and
finish, anything of the kind On Ills cont.
nen,. II is to be five stories high. Of white
marble, loo feet front by 1875 feet deep. II
will probably be located on Broadway and
10 estimated to cost 100000.
The clock business Of Connecticut
which has been driven so extensively 70,
several years, has completely run down.
These clocks have been sent to every par
Of the world, and among, the largest mar
kets for them were Great Britain andChins