Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-11
Here and There and Everywhere

Mrs. Ann 8. Stephens has addressed q let.
ter to Victor Hugo. vindicsting Virginia for
the execution Of John Brown.
The New York Post says that six hundred
thousand pairs Of skates have been sold in that
city the present season.
The necessary expenses which will be in
CURED for the general census Of 1860 will
require the appropriation of at least 81 .OO0,-
600.
The homeopathic remedy for hydrophobia
10 10 swallow dog smaller than the ons which
occasionsd the malady.
1T 10 dated that &4oo. 900 will be paid out
this season in northern Missouri and Kansas
for hoga. Easier times are looked for in
those regions in consequence Of this flow Of
money.
Kites rise against, not Nth the wind. No
man ever worked bic passage nywhsre in .
dead calm. Even head wind Is better than
none.
"A man who won't take paper because he
can borrow one, has invented machine with
which he can cook his dinner by the smoke Of
his neishbors chimney.
An Auraris correspondent Of the St. Louis
Democrat estimstes the amount of gold taken
out in the Pixies Peak region last year 10 be
two and quarter millions.
The Superior Court Of New York has fixed
the amount Of Mira Catharine Forests alimonv
at 1900 yssr-$l 900 less than the award
Of the Referee.
The Democracy At Illinois will take their
- in hA hap I'D H.
their fret and earnest choice 10 Stephen A.
Douglas. their tina! choice 10 the choice Of that
Convention.
The loan Of 5000 900 OF the Hannibal and
ST Joseph Railroad Company. was awarded
December 2Sth. at prices ranging from fifty
to fifty eight per cent. 4 considerable larger
amount was bid for than was required by the
Company.
Hinton R Helper has the following in his
" Impending Crisis
I've believe that thieves are. 90 . general
rule. less smenable to moral law than slave
holders"
The man who stole 5000 from his employer
ought to know something about the feelings of
thieves.
The steamer Arizona, owned at Plttsburu
aud probably insured there, worth $40, 900.
was sunk at Alton, on Thursday Of last week.
She was from St. Louis. with cargo Of rail.
road ir,n, bound for Hannibal. The steamer
Martha Putnam, from Cincinnati for st, Louis.
worth $4,000. owned by her captain and in.
sured for 10000 bound for St. Louis with .
cargo Of railroad iron. burned to the waters
edge at Cairo recently.
The entire Census Of Great Britain vas
taken in 1851. in single day. and the reports
were collected. compared. and published by the
Government in three months. This Vas &C.
by the division OF the whole coun
ry into districts 90 email, that man could
collect the statistics 10 less than ! day, The
,umber of these districts was over thirty-nine
and the tlsnks prev iously prepared
~ the Government weighed ffty-two tons.
1t has been accidentally discovered that
he most straight % pipe stem hair" can b.
made to curl - perfectly - desirable by once
doing up" over night by papers made Of the
Tribune. The philosophy Of this striking effect
. obvious. since on two pages merely Of one
issue" the negro qussti0 il the turning point
Il no less than seventeen artielssl Extra
tyong copies always on hand and for sale ct
40 cents BY b. g. 4 Co.
During the year 1859 there have been 1le
Tres ct Chicago the estimated loss t760. 0SO !;
~ which there we're policies Of insurance
to tSl4,325. The origin Of these
Tres are put down % follows:
Incendiary, 80; defective fuss, l9; un-
.novn causes, II fluid explosions. s; caught
rom boiler fhrnaess. a; from stoves, 3; BY
lightning, 3; from cigars, 2; from matches.
rom gas burner. ! boiling over. 4; sponta-
,eous comb ustion, l.
The Denver City Express. With dates to
he 2sth ult. has arrived. bringing $4,000 in
,old dust.
There 10 much dissatisfaction regarding the
provisional government, recently organised.
md It was generally regarded - : failurA-
The attempts to collect the taxes levied BY the
legislature. In the mining districts. have been
There = > general want Of con-
idsnee In its being adequate 70 afford the pow
e and protection Of government, and the pee
,le look to the speedy organization Of The Ter.
itory by Congress % indispensable
Mining was continued o. limited scale In
he intervals Of warm weather.
Building wee progressing rapidly IL Denver
ity, but there was grsst scarcity Of the nse.
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