Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-10-01

NEWS ITEMS.
A rAp1sEa Eve feet losg vas shot In tie
Wasd In xilvsu6ss, last Thursday.
IT 10 decided hat Milwaukee 10 70 have
lorss railroad. The Comoon Council vote
rye.
Tus Great Eastern steamship 10 larger
han Nosb's Ark, and 10 Of greater tonnage.
i is. therefore. the largest chip ever built
Ma Tes Brock writes from Eoslsnd 70
friend IN Memphis. that his winnings in
England this year have exceeded $4,000,
= gain which be risked but $4,000.
A Nas Roberts and her four daughters do
al the labor upon I hundred acre farm, in
Erie county, New York. The eldest plvwed !
twenty acres. and the yOungsst dragged in
the grain.
Tue following slanderous paragraph goes
uDrebuked:
A wag has invented . nsv Telegraph
He proposes 70 place . line Of women fifty |
steps apart. and commit the news TO the
first Of them - . secret.
TaE rope which supported Blondin. While
walking across Niagara River, has bsen cut
spisto ANAL pieces. 70 Be distributed among
the wonder-mengsrs. and seem to be re-
gardsd with - much favor - Q section Of
the " submerged cable"
Rsv. Mr.. Mathew, Methodist minister.
Of stark county. Ill. va killsd last week,
by falling from. and being run over BY, .
wagon. He VA twenty -four years Of age,
sod only six months married.
The following question was addressed 70
. lAudlady. by an eccentric genius. Step
ping into the door he observe will you,
ma'am, give me = drink Of water, for | am
90 hungry don't know where to rtay to.
night" We doubt whether more meaning
could be embodied 10 70 few words.
DArxs from Arizona to the Sth aay the e.
press had arrived, bringing news of the
complete submission Of the Mohave Indians
BY M,jor Armistead. They acknowledge .
large number killed. and surrender . fine
tract Of land to tie United States Govern.
msnt. and promise never again to moles. the
whites. Major Armis, cad 10 on HE way
east, on twelve months leave.
An oyster bed. three miles long. one mile
wide and q foot deep. has been discovered
iu Long leland Sound. The New York
Tribune states that one vessel landed 500
bushels Of the largest bivalves ever seen in
that market, which we're taken from it,
Over 900 vessels are engaged in Raking up
the 0ystersI
A COMMISSION is sitting in Paris for the
purpose OF making some alteration in the
Uniform of the army. Ease and simplicity
are the order Of the day. and there is as
much writing on the subject % would Gil
the fashionable columns Of LIE Toilet upon
the ladies' toilette for many successive
m0nths.
A srArEM8Nr was made at q late Convsn
ton OF the Congregational Clergymen Of
New Hsmpshire. that not one pasto, IN The
,chois connections used tobacco.
A female Brigham You g hives In tho
person Of The Queen of Boni, who after
having spent some time In her seraglio OF
twelve husbands at Pasempa. has abdicated
the sovereignty in favor Of one Of her gene.
rails. rejoicing in the name of Aroe Palatta
Who has been proclaimed king" Whether
he viii turn the tables now remain to be
seen.
THe only instance on record Of . blind
man acquiring a proficiency in the game OF
chess. is that Of a Mr.. Lumbley. an English
man, who has lately been astonishing the
English club by his skill. He has only been
playing about two yesrs and . hall, and vet
~ the Coventry Chess Club he conducted
three games simultaneously. all Of which
after . contest Of four hours and . hall, ter.
minated in his favor. At the Southampton
Club he performed the similar feat of plsy.
ing three games, winning the frat, drawing
the second. and losing the third. after near
" four hours play.
A machine has been patented In England
for copying the written manuscript of .
message, and though it has worked success
fully for q distance Of 800 miles, it is yet in
q crude state. Tho comm unieatfon is writ
ten on tin foil with varnish. The foil 10
placed in the machine. and by the use Of
some ingenious devices, which come alter
nately in contact with the non.conducting
varnish and conducting foil. make and
break tho circuits in . manner correspond
ing to the shape Of the latter, which is duly
registered at the other end OF the line, ON
chemically prepared paper.
The New Hampshire papers state that
the effect OF the recent frosts has been very
~ Suo CtORS uoviuk O0cu RlIIeO.-
On Thursday and Friday the White Nom.
tsins were covered with snow. apparently
as fully as 10 January. and the occupants
OF the Tip Top and Summit Houses dec, nd
ing Mount Washington on Friday. found
snow to the depth Of six inches. with drifts
Of considerable magnitude. The old resi-
dents say that never since 1ll6 and III
has there been weathe' Of equal severity st
go early q period in the season. There has
been " frost in that locality every month in
the year.
Inx Liverpool Times says II has the best
authority for stating that the prospects OF
emigration to the United States are " most
promising" and that an active movement
for some months is anticipated. The lates
emigration statistics show that while there
is y falling off in the Irish emigration, the
number Of English and Scotch emierants Il
largely increased.
1t 10 stated In the accounts from India,
that in consequence Of the permission Of the
English government for all soldiers who
desired to quit the service. now that they
we're transferred from the East India Com
pany to the Queen, no less than 5000 would
60 from Bengal alone. 1t was never though,
that the movement would he 90 serious. A
general order has been issued by Lord Clyde
almost begging the men not to avail them
selves Of the Governor Generals offer. 1t
comes too late. Here and there . handful
repent, and withdraw their claim, but The
total of them will be very Insignificant.
~ The N. Y. Daily Neps thus