Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-10-24
Items Of News and Other Matters.

1t has been definitely aseer, aimed afte
careful inquiry that the man who was a ca I,
diiate for governor in Pennsylvania agains
Pack,r--ls WilInot--Dayid Wilnot. Il i
understood ty bis associates that he belong
to the EsPuh!ialn party.
-lennyson, the poet is very ill-the,
say isouA sias elects oi opium eating.
There are at present 437 convicts i,
the State Prison at Charlestown. Mass.
a German Democratic paper has jus,
been started at Boston. There 10 one other
"erinan paper III that city it is Republican
in politics.
The bank suspensions in PHILADELPHIA
haye brought to light an Old beggar woman
VINO moarns about the streets over her 10 S
Of sixteen hundred dollars.
10 appreciate free country YOU must
! travel in desrotc state 1t is like coming
into the open air after visitnga prison.
Ho1EL PEIcfs COMING DowS. The propri-
ctors Of the New York and Philadelphia iIo-
tels announce that the price of hotel board
is reduced from sa.5o per day to S2.
Every man las something to do viii ch
he nsglects; every man has faults TO con
quer. which he delays TO combat.
As Prof steiner was starting off on his
aerial tour from Syracuse on Friday, the she
ritl came to attach the balloon. The Pro
fes-or detached it, by cutting the ropes. and
made his escape
DoN'T LIKE lr.-Seventeen persons who
left the town Of Newport, Me-, for Virginia.
some time since, are now returning home.
satisfied that Maine o as good State TO live
IN - ANY other.
An Ohio politician was boasting. in
public speech. that lie could bring Al ar
gament to pint as quick As any other
man
fou could bring n quart to pint a
good deal quicker" responded kentucky
editor
SOME Of the persons who drew gold
from the N4v York banks are returning il.
being unable TO scIl it at a premium ss they
expected
The n Y Herald saws that the money
psessures is telling feariully at the theatres
OF lhat city. Some are reducing "a laries
and others close up 1t takes a crisis to re
gulate matters.
Coon NEws FOR MrRpERErs. hcmp
factories IN brooklyn have stopped business
and discharged Their hands
1t is said the lIarper- only wanted
$4,000 to carry them through, and that
bank which had promised it broke its pro
mise the very hour the amount was to have
been loaned
srnciE.-Specie in the Boston banks, ac-
cording to the last statement, amounted to
2,6ol 300 The circulation amounted TO
s6,355ooo, and the deposits to SIS 3,is9 300.
The eight savings banks in New York
city have on deposit an aggregate of s29
ooO,oUU.
A letter addressed to the "Church of |
God, al Portland Maine, some years ago
was returned to the General Post Office |
have nothing but sectarian churches in this |
place"
The difference betw cen perseverance |
and o. stinacy-the first is strong will |
the second a strong won't.
The ~iamese twins, now about Is wears |
Df age, have fourteen children They are |
about to proceed to Cuba to exhibit tham-
selves.
The Stamford ideocdte says Barnum is
richer than he was before his connection
with the Jerome Clock Company He is
now refurnishing and retitting !" lranistan"
IN good style for his future residence.