The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-01-29
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In -~-ln the vicinity OF Boston there are
manufacturers to the extern. OF q lsast olb0~
0pO,OoO Annually, aad The valus ADDED q |
the raw material BY labor esnnet be lssa
than $4,000, 600. a
-An entirely new route. over which
Jsatney from the Carson Valley ,o6alt Lake
Was made in only seventeen days, has just
been discovered The diatAncs 10 said TO
be three hundred miles shorter than any
route previously discovered
The whole number Of miiss Of rail-
wy in the world 10 52.as6. or these
America has the lareest share, 1Aeel.---
Europe has nearly ~ mAHy, 2A.20s. The
res, OF mankind have only about 800
amongs, them
ALL efforts to keep the channels Of
Boston Harbor open have proved uusuccess-
| full, and the harbor wss ffO9sn over on Sat.
| arday, being the first time for number Of
years. The ice has closed up both the
Narrows and the Light House channels.
"a bill to prevent fraudulent voting
by the enactmsnt Of stringent registry
| law, has been read iu the Pennsylvania
Senate. We know Of no State who're Z
law Of this kind i more needed than Penn
sylsania.
"A contemporary says: ain our sstius-
ion the result Of long experience and OBJ.
seryation. an editor Of newspsper deserves
isr more credit for what he keeps out Of his
paper than for what he puts in il.
i There ars now twenty Indian treat
les, ii 10 said before the Senate, involving
the cession of l90 900 acres Of land, for
consideration Of abou, Ola, 900 900.
The Kentish Mercsry, Easland, says
that no candidate can think Of being elect
ed TO Parliament for Greenwich unless he
can put down at least $4,000.
The Rochester Amsriean mentions
the existence of an unusual amount Of des
titution among the mechanics and laboring
' men Of that city.
) Mise Gesrgisna Delaney has been in
dictsd in Boston for causing the death o
Daniel O'Hearn, by pushing him dowE
stairs.
IL -Ars. Julia Dean Hayne has aban
doned her trip to Australia, and returns Il
New York in the spring. prior to voyage ts
England.
II The ST. Louis Democrat says tha
/ the inaueu ration Of Gov. Polk, Of Missouri
was delayed half an hour while search
was being made for Bible. upon which to
administer the gubsrnatorsl oath! AZ last
one was handed in from the penitentiary
and the oath was administered.
II At Galens. on the evening Of the
9Th, according to the C0srier, the mercur.
Indicated IS degrees below zero; at II
o'clock, 20; on Sunday morning At O'Clock
2S; and on Mondty morning ct O'Clock
81.
The plan Of hospital for inebriates
! is to be seriously tried in New York. A
petition, signed by several hundred physi
clans, including many who have themselv es
contributed to the object, has been present
ed TO the Legislature for the aid Of tht
J State.
in Central New York, near Utics, tn.
, thermometer has been playing around 10
, degrees below zero for some time.
III is reported that mass Of pure
silver weighing IS pounds was recently tax
en- from the Minnesota copper mines, Lake
Superior.
! The Cynthians, Ky. Age IN notice
OF iurs, says that many ladies wear white
bare skins at parties-very beautiful.
j, Mr. Barnes Of the Detroit Tribune
denies the truth Of the report Of his recen
death.
The Thermometer was recently g.
degrees below zero at Lawrence, K. T
I cold enough to freeze negro.
A baker in Aurora the other day was
presented with three heirs, all in lump.
The Memphis Eagle nominates Hon
James Bell as The Know Nothing candidate
for President in 1860.
The Chicago and Rock Island Rail,
road is to erect magni6esn, depo, buildings
at La Sslls in the spring.