Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-10-27

The commissioners DO not claim
that all these losses we're incurred by
direct participation in the political
troubles of the Territory. Thieves
and vagabonds Of all sorts took ad-
vantage of the disturbed state Of the
country to perpetrate outrages Of
every kind,-and in these depreda-
tons very little attention was paid to
political differences. The commits
sioners expires the belief that the en-
tire loss during the war amounted to
not less than two millions Of dollars.
Application will be made to Con-
gress for the reimbursement Of these
losses out of the Federal Treasury. and
all particles in Kansas will give the
measure their cordial support.
a PLEASANT ITEM FOR LOVERS OF
CnAMPAGNE.-An American travel
er in the streets of Paris, seeing the
words Swine baths given here" ex-
claimed, "Well, these French are .
luxurious people" Then, with true
Yankee curiosity, and feeling that
he could afford whatever any one else
did, walked in ana demanded a swine
bath" Feeling wonderfully refresh
ell after it, and having to pay but five
francs, he asked in some establishment,
how a wine bath could be afforded so
cheaply. His sable attendant, who
had been a slave in Virginia, and en-.
joyed sly bit of humor, replied, ooh,
massa, We Jest pass it along into an
udder room, where We glib baths for
four francs
Then you throw it away, l sup
pose ?"
mo, massa; den we send it lower
down, and charge three francs bath.
Oars plenty Of people who amt SO
berry 'tic'lar, who will battle in it
after this, at two francs a head. Den,
massa, We lets de common people hab
it at franc apiece"
''Then of course YOU throw it
away" exclaimed the traveller, who
thought this was going even beyond
Yankee profit.
"No, indeed, massa," was the in
d gnant reply, accompanied by a pro-
found bow; mo, indeed, massa, we
arc not so 'stravagant as DAT comes
to; We jest bottle it up den, and sends
it to 'Merica, for champagne"
A CoLD WINTER PREDIcTrD.-
About ten days ago tremendous
drove of gray squirrels numbering
hundreds OF thousands, suddenly made
their appearance on the Meramac,
covering the trees and waters ike a
pail. Thousands of them we're after
wards found dead in the river and on
the ground. They crossed the Mis-
sissippi at that point, and worked
their way down the river, until on
Wednesday they reached Cape Cir
ardeau, crossing the river at that point
in countless myraids. The citizens
turned out ell mssse, and killed them
by hundreds. Every tree and bush in
that vicinity swarmed with them until
night, when they all disappeared, and
have not been heard of since. Their
route was marked as by q devastating
storm. Trees were girdled and fields
destroyed. Old French settlers pre-
diet a very severe winter, ss it was
noticed in 1884 and '52 that immense
droves of squirrels suddenly made
their appearance, followed by intense
ly cold weather.-M. Louis Ezpress.
A Snow STORM. Of the most delect- |
able character, whitened the ground J
On Monday afternoon. On Sabbath |
morning the air was balmy as in early |
summer. In the afternoon . rain
storm blew up, that lasted all night
and next morning, rounding off With
! snow in the afternoon, and q wind
chilly as the breath Of December.-I
Des MOi,aes Citizen