Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-09-18

TnE White Mountains put on thsir vhiis
night cap Of snow Cd the 9th Of Augusf,
preparatory to . long winters sLoozs OF
moIths
Tue 20oth anniversary Of Nantucket - to
be celebrated IN October.
story is told Of lady io Salem having
for gotten that che had deposited some 600
or !AU0 10 the savings Bank. some vears
bet, re-, which now is Increased to !2soO.
Tux premiums Of the Manhattan Fire In
sursnee Company. o! New York. on the last
wear. bu.jue.s amounted 10 the handsome
figure Of Sl62,3lG stock quoted At 80 per
cen, u,emium. Last annual dividend 80
per cent.
Tn. Catholics Of Newark. \. J.,are about
10 MACE chime of bells in the tower Of one
of their churches 1t will be the first chime
of belle in that State.
In the Superior Court, sitting at New
London. Ct on Wednesday last, jury rem.
dered q verdict for the PLAINTIFF. In . SLAM
der suit, assessing damages at three cents
The parties to the suit were married cou-
pies.
HAEvAsD LlBRAaY-The total number of
books belonging to the University at Cam
bridge, including the professional schools
and the society libraries, is set down in the
last catalogue at one hundred and twenty
three thousand four hundred.
The Sons of Malta 10 Philadelphia pro-
poee to found hospital for the relief Of in
aigent persons. They propose erecting a
large building in the city and furnishing it
throughout with bedding DC, in q manner
equal to that of any similar institution in
the Country.
The citizens of Westminster. Mass, have
voted to cor memorate the one hundredth
anniversary of the incorporation Of that
town some tune 10 October, and have ex-
tended an invitation to Hon. Charles Hud-
son. of Lex ngton. formerly resident OF
that town, to deliver tn address upon the
occasion This was one Of the five towns
granted in I72S as reward TO the men
who served in the Narragansett Of King
Phillips war.
LARGE Conference.-The general agent
of the Western States Of tn. famous and
unprecedently successful E,na Insurance
Company, Of Hartford, receives compen.
sation larger than that of the President Of
the United States. The Hartford Times
Gays his commissions annually range from
SIS GOO to 10000.
A LARGE sae-j8O,OOO worth-of the
goods of the Thomsonville Knitting Com
psny was made in New York one day last
week We have heard it stated, says the
Hart ford Times that one ofthe stockhold
ers in this company, DIR Grant sold out his
shares a few days since. for five cents on a
dollar. The company has been doing
large, and it was supposed pro titable bu-
siness.
IT is rumored IN Paris that the State is
about TO bring an action against private
individual tor the restitution Of Cardinal
Richeieu's head. which was cut off when
the mob broke into the chapel Of the SOr-
bonnie. a: the time Of the great revolution,
and has hitherto been kept as an heirloom
in the family OF duputy, into whose hands
it fell.
Tue French Government are building .
new description Of vessel for the tmbarka-
ton on coasts of cavalry. infantry and guns.
The 6dteaur de GdrgHeneut will bs armed
gun boats, with wering platforms. This
the throwing of troops Of an enemy's shore
Moved by steam power, they can penetrate
where the line-of battle ship or the frigate
cannot follow, and where huge steam rams
are powerless.
curious cas- is now pending in New
York. The illegitimate son Of q woman in
the 74th year Of her age, The 52). applied
tor con nilsson to take charge OF the per.
son and property Of his mother, on the
! ground of habitual drunkenness. During
the examination It appeared that the old
lady was somewhat Incorporate. but that,
nsvertt eless. she was shrewd enough not
only to keep her estste unimpaired, but to
annually add to it. Among other proper
tv in her name, was q bank deposit Of $3,-
+, 40. which the son was very anxious to get
hold Of But the court ruled against him,
and the old lady holds on to her cash.
IL America we fin men and boys who
go in to swim In England, the magistrates
set such offenders free. and condemn and
ridicule the conduct of the complainants-
1t strikes US that the English course is the
best. All things that promote health
should be encouraged, and swimming pro-
notes it greatly.
DEATH FROM Fly .BIrE-A letter from
Cassel, in the Journal de frankfurt men
,ions the sudden death Of NJ Habicht, a
Protestant minister OF that town ON the
puncture of fly. The wound was intlct-
ed near the corner Of his eye the tumor
formed, which was followed by erysipelas,
and speedily caused his death. 1t is presumed
that the fly had been feeding on some dead
carcass in state Of decomposition, and had
imbibed a ,oisonous virus, which had en-.
| tered the wound