Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-09-24

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pest week.
Miss Eliza Loeas, the aelsea, - ohllno1
% throw up . recent sagassmsot q Os7nl
uati on account Of - affection q the tAsoDk
An attempt Il about to be nads hs -
High Church wing Of the Episcopal Cksssh
in New York. to procure the restoratiaa q
Bishop Onderdonk, TO the active duties Of
his Office.
On Tuesday last, William B. Aston called
ON the Receiver, and after paying about
SCI, 900 on personal property, rendered his
check for t60, 600, the amount Of tax-on his
real estate.
The Opera Troups Just formed by Strs-
kosek loe . Weeten snd 6outhwn teas.
comprises two tenors Of the modest aslayios
Of 81 500 per month for one and $4,000 for
the other.
Three young Cubans have been arrsstsd
at New York. charged with forgeries 70 The
amount Of 100000.
The Providence, R. l., steam cotton mill
was sold at auction on Thursday for oS8-
600. 1t was assessed last year for taxes 1t
100000.
The Savannah Republican says. that
Thomas Hsnnelly. who Was shot few days
since, lived four days aud nineteen hours
with pistol ball lodged in the left VEN
ticle of the heart.
The New York Times says "Amopp the
passengers who came out by the Persia. is
Mr.. James Card, member of Parliament
from Dartmouth, the we'll known statician
of British Agriculture. This is Mr.. c. first
visit to the United States. and We UNDER
stand that he proce eds ut once on q tour
through the great wheat and corn growing
districts Of the North West.
New Haven is in danger Of being shorn
Of her glory. The long rows Of venerable
tiles which have given her the name of the
Getty Of Elms," are dying from the puison-
Gus vapor that escapes from the leaky gas
pipes. No less than twenty fine trees,
many Of them quarter of a century old,
have recently been killed from THE cause on
Wooster Place alone
The Green Bay Aduocote says: "Informa-
ton from nearly all of the farming districts
of Norther Wisconsin, substantiate the fact
that the wheat and oat crop have proved
failure. The potato and other crops, how
ever turn out WE'LL
At camp meeting in Loudon county,
Virginia, last week, the committee" seized
upon one hundred and forty gallon of whis-
ky. being vended in the vicinity, and pour
ed it on the ground.
Mons. Goddard has challenged Prof. Stei-
ner to an ascension in the large balloons Of
the respective parties, each holding over
$4,000 cubic feet of gas. The race will
piopably take place At Rochester or at Buff.
falo.
The descendants Of Robert Cusa man met
at Plymouth, Mass, on Thursday, to dedi-
cate monument TO him. None but men,
bers ofthe Cushman family took part in the
sided at a dinner given at the close Of the
Samoset House.
1t is fact highly honorable to the scien-
tific standing Of the United States, tn at of
the fitytwo associates of the Royal Scien-
tihc Society of London, seven are Ameri-
cans-i'rofs. Bond, Pierce, Bache, Mitchell,
Gould, DR.. Brunn and Lieut.. Maury.
Ahe ctoPPy sLyIe Oi cuttiny the nalr mas
just broken out among the young ladies Of
Milwaukee, and is raging fiercely. The
Wisconsin states that one barber alone, has
cropped no less than $50 young ladies'
heads within the short space Of three weeks.
The San Francisco papers are iubilant
over the fret arrival of the regular weekly
stage from st. Joseph, Missouri, at Placer
vile, after journey of thirty days.
The St. Anthony. MINI. ,Ne~s, Of the llth
instant, states that the corn lie now ripe in
that city and fit for grinding, that sprang
from seed planted sixty seven days ago
The Louisville Courier has had difficult
ty with the Typographical Union of that
city. The Union published the Courier %
. rat" office. The Courier says it don't
care copper, and is entirely Independent.
William H. Monaghan. of Charleston, s.
c., was killed on Thursday night, by fall
ing from the window of his room at the
New York Hotel while in state Of intoxi-
cation.