The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-05
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There 10 said to be more Of the same sort
where that came from. but the fortunate
finder keeps the locality to himself.
One Of the largest manufacturing
Establishments in Newark, N. j., enploy-
ing 1900 hands, has been obliged to sus-
pend operations the past week, on account
Of dry weather and scarcity of water.
"A stranger ia Naples, willis reading
q theatre bill in the stree, had his hat sto-
len from his head. He turned round with
astonishment TO discover the thief. The
real but unexpected rogue continued stand
ing close at his side, holding the stolen hat
tight in both hands, and said compassionate
ly and coolly to the Englishman, "Sir, you
should have done as am doing, and then
you would have kept your hat."
The brass propeller for the new fri
gate Niagara. said to be the largest in the
world, and weighing thirty-one III ousand
pounds, has just been completed at one Of
the New York foundries
The FAN River News says that at
a tea party held in Fall River. last Thurs
day evening. the sum Of $500 was raised
for Kansas. II has been expended principal
" for clothing. which has been forwarded
to the needy sufferers In the Territory.
"A series of fatalities. II 10 said. visited
q family at Jacksonville. Ills, recently. A
daughter OF the widow Ironmonger fell into
the pig.pen while feeding the pigs, and as
killed BY ferocious SOW; her mother died
suddenly at the shock OF finding her daugh-
,er's mangled remains; and the next night
q camphene lamp exploded accidentally in
the house, killing one child instantly and 90
severely injuring another that it is not ex.
pec,ed to recover.
"a Submarine Telegraph FROM the
Island Cuba to the United States 10 talk
ed Of, and project for its accomplishment
10 about being submitted to the Cutan Gov
eminent for its appreciation.
--A brewer received from q Jewish
hop-grower. sample Of the article, accom-
panied BY q letter. saying: "If the hops
please you. they will cost you 81 dollsrs, il
they do not please you, you can have them
for 90 dollars"
The census of ST. Anthony. Min,
has just been completed, and shows it to
have population of $3.50 souls. The uni
ted population of Minneapolis and ST. An.
thony is 4,705.
in cleaning out an old well on a
rsnehe recently occupied by Captain Cole
brooke, on the Calaveras road, between the
Calaveras and Stanislaus rivers, in Califor-
MIA. portions of the skeletons OF twenty
seven men were discovered. The police
were inssituting an sctive search ,or the
late occupant of the place.
The Catholic Bishop, Of New Jersey.
has issued directions that hereafter not
more than six carriages shall be employ ed
at . funeral. The reason given by the
Bishop for this change is, tina, the present
fashion OF long array OF carriages leads to
an extravagsncs and involves an expsndi-
turs which many of the psrishioners are III
able to afford.
1t is stated in one of the Pittsburg
exchanges that there are four millions
bushels Of coal there awaiting rise in the
river to be started for ports below.
"A London paper gives very crafty
ing account Of the progress Christianity has
made in New Zealand. A chief of that
csnnibsl country was questioned by one OF
the missionaries as 10 how far the study Of
the scriptures has broken him Of his unn.-
,ural passion Tor human 6esh, The chief
answered proudly-"You missionary men
have done me much good ] ass.r eat my
ssxmies on Sunday, nop."
The following is complaint on the
Mayors book of Manchester, N. H., written
and signed by prominent member OF the
board OF education ofthat CRY, copied uerba
tim ct literatim:---"I complain of the side
walk from High street Bridg to Troup Street
East cid in dam bad condishun in hast"
- Kansas correspondent of the New
York Times, says that there are number
Of slaves in Lecompton, all the servants In
one hotel being slaves, and thata black wo-
man employed by Gov. Geary is = slave
hired from Col. Titus.
II. n. True, 4 notorious Memphis
Schuy lerite, MIXED up in sundry fraudulent
transactions as head man in the Cincinnati
and Little Rock Slate Company" has beer
convicted and sentenced to four years i'm
prisonment in the Pententiary.
Those who think Indiana 10 tn,
"fou,th State in the Union" takiog the az
gregste vote of the respective States Is
basis, are in error At the recent Presiden
tial election, Illinois cast S,lA4 more vote
than Indiana.
The Boston Travekr of the 18th say
that the day previous the Hon. William
| Sturgis made donation TO the Mercantil
Library Association ofs copy of"Audubon'
Bird. OF America" in FIVE volumes, fou
volumes plates, folio edition. The subscrip
ton price to this rare and magnificent wor
at the lime OF its issue was $1,000.