Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-12-09
OOANARY.


Thirty thousand men are employed in
the United States In iron castings.
The deposites At the Philadelphia mint
during October, amounted to el,428, $50 in
gold and sssS,l4 in silver. The coinage,
during the same period, consisted Of g.
los,42s in gold, s7os 900 in silver and ti6,
300 In copper cents OF the coinage ST.
s99 400 was in double eagles, s72 900 in ca
giles, $50, $40 in half eagles, and $685. in
Collars, and the silver coinage S340 900
was ia half dollars, t2z 600 in quarter dol.
lars, 1885, 900 in dimes, and S26, 900 in half
dimes
Preparations are being made by the
people in the wheat growing region Of Tex
as to SOW an immense quantity tue coming
season From the best information, at least
one-third more wheat will be sown this year
than last
"A number Of cotton planters in Central
Georgia have called meeting for the pur-
pose of organizing into an association to
send their cotton, by means of all agent of
their own, direct to Liverpool.
Miss Julia Armstrong, daughter of the
late Col Robert l. Armstrong, residing in
Woodbury., \. j., was 50 dreadiully burned
by the upsetting of fluid lamp, that she
died next morning.
The municipal election in n Y. on
Tuesday was the most exciting that has ev-
er taken place in that city. The vote was
over "a. 900. being the largest ever polled
Tiemanns majority over Wood is 1921.
The legislative branch Of the city govern.
ment, according to the Herald. will stand
az follows:
Aldermen-l2 Democrats, Opposition /;
Councilmen-1O Democrats, opposition.
There is fortune Of ten thousand dol
lars lying idle somewhere, for young lady
to claim it. The Dayton co., Journal thus
explains the matter
Twenty years ago Gs3D, while two
brothers, named Wright, machinists, were
working at Dayton Ohio, one of them be
came at ached to young girl named
Muntz who was then living in the family of
a Mr.. Machir. The two brothers after.
ward worked for Ross. Winans d Co., of
Baltimore, and finally became interested in
the enormous contracts of that firm for
stocking the st. Petersburg and Moscow
Railway, went out there and both became
very rich. Ten years ago the brother who
was interested in Miss Muntz, died in Lon
don, leaving her, by his will, $4,000. Miss
Muntz left Dayton for Preble county wears
ago, and though she has been advertised
for, she has not come forward to claim her
legacy. The surviving brother was at Day
ton last week and left here for Eaton, hoping
to hear some tidings Of her.
The latest news from Mexico we find
in the Boston Post, and related thus:
From the 10th to the 9th of last month,
inclusive, there was no revolution in Mcxi
co. One old MEXICAN gentleman hung him
self in consequence of this state of affairs on
the llth. He left note intimating that
he had been accustomed to his revolution
every morning after breakfast for the last
40 wears. and he couldn't live to see his
country degenerate, etc.
The public printing of last Congress
cost the nation within Il fraction of two mil
liols of dollars.
The Hartford Carpet Co. distributed
turkeys and chickens to ever 2N families of
their operatives at Ihompsonvile. on We'd
nesday, the 18th ust., as Thanksgiving do
natiin.