Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-19
Here - There a,d Eyerywhere.

Here ana There a.d Everywhere.
Tho fur trade Of 3. Louis last year ex-
eesded over half million Of doIlsrs
- Throsgheut Virginia elsrgymea are
obliged TO give bonds before they can marry
persona
In the beginning Of Dsssmbsr there Was .
heavy fall Of snow in Texas. sn unprecedented
| occurrence
The library of the State Of Pennsylvanis
contains $4,000 volumes-next IN number to
the New York State library
The detaultinQ treasurer Of Maine's bend
10 for the sum of 81 sc, 900. There . eight or
nine sureties. one Of whom 10 Neal Dow.
"A friend tells . story Of little girl in Sab
bath school, Who wanted her mother to buy
her kitte~ehism, - the easechism was too
hard for her.
The people Of the unorganzed Territory
Of Dacotah have elected . delegate TO Congress
in anticipation Of Congressional action author
zing them to do DO.
"A very heart rsndiug affair recently &C,
CURED 1t Mt Vernon. A lady was found
weeping bitterly at the ice house, mistakiog 1t
for the tomb Of Washington.
The Rocky Mountains are covered with
snow Elk feet deep in come places and the
| weather has been most fearfully cold. In the
South Pass the snow fall has been light
-Incipieut artis'. Ms. get down on your
hands and knees . minute, rleasew Mother.
"Why what on esrth shall do that for. pet 7"
Artist. cause l want to draw an elephant! !"
The Chicago Herald says that the whole
number Of buildings erected 10 that city dur-
ing the past year, 10 1852, at cost OF nearly
ven millions Of dollars.
Mind. john" said father to his son. IF
you 60 out into the yard. you will wish you
had staid in the house." well, If stay 10 the
house shall wish was out in the yard; 20
there 10 no great difference, dad"
"A dealer at Galena has done good bust
ness in the game line this season, having
shipped over two thousand dozen of quails, be-
sides large quantity Of phsssants and other
game
"A witness was called up to the stand to
give in his testimony. Having taken his place.
he turned to tho counsel ct the bar, and, be-
fore testifying. very earnestly made the enqui~
ry, Say, stranger, which side an on !"
In France il has been ascertainad they
write on an average, each inhsbitant, nine LETT
tiers; in England. twsnty-one; in Scotland.
sixteen in Ireland, seven. How many in
America, We wondsrf
The Palladium notices that paper up in
Massachusetts, has come out with copper faced
type. 1t 10 none of our business to make sug.
gestions to our neighbor, but We must be al
lowed to say that this lie great improvement
On brszen faced editorials.
Long worth. Of Cincinnati. has sent to Mr..
Shs rman, the Republican candidate fer speak
er, 200 bottles Of his famous Gaia ~ ba.-Er-
change.
1t was probably intended as . Helper" to
the impending crisis; )" but 200 bottles will
hardly induce Mr.. Sherman's election to the
Speakership.
We see by the debates at the recent SEES
sion that the friends o! Sherman feel that they
cannot succeed with anybody who is known
wilfully to indosss Helper. Here they are try.
ing to persuade ~ House that Sherman did
not Knowingly inderse that scoundrelly book
Morris, OF Pennsylvanis, a. it were. by author.
ity, so declared, in behalf of Sherman.
The satire of young lady houseksepers,
conveyed in Punchs anecdote. is almost too
we'll deserved to be considered absurd. The
cook asks
Ma 6m, Wu8G Will OEOer uiuuof
what was it yesterday Biddyi"
"a leg Of mutton ma'sm."
well, then, We will have leg Of bel. To-
day"
The female nose in America Il now the
subject Of philosophical discussion. A German
traveller says of our ladies-'They cannot be
r.llad in garA-.l. h..-.:s~i, because they are
apt to be wanting in that fulness Of form which
perfect beauty requires and because the ma.
jority of them have long noses !" The Home
Journal asks, is the length Of the American
nose owing to the fact that the sex, in our
country, does not allow Itself to be snubbed?
Governor Banks message to the Maesachu.
sets Legislature 10 characteristic Of the reas-
oning and shiftless political character Of the
man. In view of the present national dangers
he sees nothing to be alarmed at Massachu-
setts will prevent dissolution! Massachusetts
will do this, and do that! Bunker Hill is in
Massachusetts,. and yet In Massachusetts stand
the blackened walls Of female seminary,
burned by q mob from religious prejudice. 1t
was Massachusetts Legislature that appointed
Q Know Nothing committee to ransack Cath
Ole boarding school, in the belief that the
Pope had warlike weapons sscreted there. II
was in Boston that an officer Of the law was
killed in the discharge Of his duty. Massa>
chusetts 10 not the State it was in 1916; and
Governor Banks 10 . very poor specimen of it,
former Governors. One day he 10 willing to
"let the Union slide" and the next day he will
prevent q dissolution" Nonsense Gin.
Enquirer.