Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-17
EENEag Al. NEWS IIE MS.

-Cv.r s, 900 letters arrived in San Francis
co by the last Overland mail.
The E mmon schools Of Ohio contain
600 .Os4 pupils or about $4,000 less than Penn
syivania.
The Utica ard Black River nailroad Is TO
be sold by tho Mortg agees.on the 3lst Of March
next.
The capitol Of the state OF Tennessee. at
Nashville, not yet finished, has cost 90 far
$3.50 900 The capitol Of OHIO. at Columbus,
unfinished. il estimated to cost when completed
Al 5s2.2o7 The capitol Of South Carolina,
when finished. will cost - 100000.
1t is said that the ice crop harvested this
wiutsr 10 the largest that has been known for
many years. and that in consequep &c this lux
ury viii be cheap in the summer
Til. ,nfan. recently presented t, her loyal
sui jscts by the Queen Of opai" has been chris
tened and received 10 less than sixty zone
names. None but . teion Of ihe royal house
could bear such bap,ismal weight.
The sixteen ladies Of jefferson, Jackson
county, Who were charged with breaking up
whi.ky chop few weekss go. have been tried
in Justice Court for tho act. The jury failed
to agree, standing five for acquittal and one for
Onviction.
The San Francisco Board of Education
has xsd the tariff Of teachers wages for pub
lie echools All but principals of grammar
schools (males) have 5000 month hrst as
sistants, 800; all other assistants, $o5. Prin-
cirals OF primaries (temales) have 500 tholt
assistants, So But the vacations are not rec
koned in, and the year really has but ten
months.
Mrs. Crolsy, of the Rockford Neus la
ments that there are five States in the L Mon
where a wife cannot hold her own personal
property these are NV Jersey, Delaware.
south Caroline. Georges. and-we shame to cay
it-Winos
Mrs. Joy, who killed her son at Paris, III 4.
has been discharged. 1t was proved that che
took the gun and pointed at her husband who
was chasing her, knife in hand. in order to in
timidate him. The piece was accidentally dis
charged, and the boy shot.
A shoemaker, named George Somers, and
claiming to be = linsal descendant Of Sir Geo.
Som.rs, who established the first English colo
nv in the Bsrmudas, Monday evening attempt.
ed his life by cutting his throat with shoe
knife, a. his residence In New York.
The Philadelphia Ledger says that tho ice
crop of that vicinity is larger this year than
last-ths amount harv ssted being some 10, 500
tons. The capacity of the dspots on the
Schuylkill is about one hundred thousand
tons.
Richard Jones Is on trial at Pittsburgh,
Pa, for the murder of his wife. The murder
wa accomplished by shooting the woman
while in the act Of adultery, on the Monongs.
hsla bridge.
Although the manufacture Of coal oil has
been considered very profitable, a correspon-
dent Of the Scientific american asssrts that, Of
the many companies that have embarked in it.
but one or two have ever paid dividends. This
is largely owing, it il said, to the ignorance Of
hose who attempt the manufacture.
| Some OF the German journals announce
seriously that company of English capitalists
| have mad. an application to the King of Ma
piles for a concession for the extinction Of Yes.
uvus. The principal seat Of the fire Of that
volcano is situated several thousand feet be-
low the level Of the sea. By cutting q canal
which would carry the water into the crater,
the fire would be completely extinguished, and
the operation. which would only cost 2OOO,-
| OOOf, would restore to cultivation land of ten
times that value.
"A learned Greek has recently published
sn Anglo Saxon Lexicon with the avowed
purpose of introducing the youth Of his coun
try "vithin the magnificent portals" and into
"the beautiful, interninable walks" Of Anglo.
American literature, of substituting the "solid
political conceptions, the pure morals, the ad
mirably arranged educational books" which
characterize the English american community
for the fiimsy apprehension Of the French. OF
bringing Ito uss another expression Of his
own.) the E"glish mind to the door Of the Greek
nation"