Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-06-12

THURSDAY MORNING. :. JUNE Il. 1862
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n THE cITY.
The Hon. Edward Everett will surely
lecture at Metropolitan Hall on Monday eve
ming next.
+ WHISTLER is still able to supply the
demand for those beautiful prints, which hl
sells so very cheap. Remember the next lot
may have to Be sold much higher.
Strawberries AND CREAM.-Admir.
ers Of these Injuries can be accommodated
with the choicest OF both At Mrs. Akin.
Garden. 1t 10 very pleasant walk Of drive
to her place these summer evenings.
EDINBURa REvlEw.-The last num-
bsl Of the standard production is on our table.
and 10. Is ever. filled with the highest order
Of reading. Leonard, Scott 4 Co., publishers.
New York.
PAID OFF..-A letter from Corinth
inf,rms us that the 18th, 18th and 18th regi.
ments have been psid off, and that the 10th
will also be paid in few days. This will De
good news to the families of our brave volun.
teers.
WEE DRoP SCn1EDAM.-Jerry Conk-
lin. Front stret. near Brady. has just got in a
number of cases of this splendid liquor. i'm.
ported under the new law allowing liquors 10
bottles to pass the custom house This gin 10
in the same bottles it was fret put up in. and
is really very excellent liquor. Try it.
STRAssER's concert, last evening, on
behalf of the Ladies' Aid Society. was a perfect
euccess. both in an artistic aud pscuniary
point Of view. The performances Of the ju.
venile crtistes. were unusually brilliant. We
have no time to particularixe, but only to cay
that 1t was q pleasant time. The Hall, with
its new arrangement and splendid finishing,
was pleasing to all.
THE FA1R.-We hope our citizens
will take great pains to contribute to the Hor.
Eicultural Exhibition 20 be held on Saturday.
The Importance Of 60 doing should not be no.
Bring in your fruit. flowers. plants
and such garden products a. are in readiness
The exhibition will be held at the store In
Metropolitan block formerly occupied by J.
Let every one who can do 60
take pAins to encourage the Society and make
the fair attractive.
THE ladies of St. Luke's Church will
give q Strawberry Festival a. Metropolitan
Hall. on tomorrow (Friday) evening-Aadmis.
zion ten cents. A case containing . very hand.
some lot Of fancy articles. needle. work, &C., has
been received as . donation from some of the
friends Of the church, at the east, and will be
on exhibition aud for sale. This will be fine
opportunity for thosS persons Who have not
seen the Hall 10 its greatly improved appear.
ance to 90. and st the same time do come good
in their visit.
BULLY FOR You.-The fedgling who,
in tho absence Of the editor. runs the Mueca.
tine Journal machine, is particularly severe
upon ne Of late. Whiffst.like, being too small
to be noticed, he barks away at our heels be
cause some one residing In his own city took
occasion to pickle his hide for him through
the columns of our paper. He says, until
lately, We have been inclined to let him and
his alone. What We are to understand by the
latter expression, unless it 10 that the writer is
engineer Of "crib." we know not But keep
your hair slick. Bubby! Everybody knows
you would have been . smart boy il you
hadn't had fallin' sickness fits.
THs WHEAT CRoP.-The great sscare''
about the chinch bug and the ravsgss of the
hessiau fly 10 about playing out we think. We
have inquired considerably and have passed
over tho road between this place and the wap.
eis this week. and va could neither see nor
hear anything Of the destroyere. The wheat
looks finely and nothing hirders a good .til
crop. There may be some pieces that have
been ehinchbuggsd. but for the most part the
humbug prevails. Those who sowed theis
wheat ON corn stubbls ground and scratched il
in without plowing. will have poor crop. a.
they might have known at the .tart. Ifther<
is nothing more destructive than the bugs OF
flies there will be good wheat crop harvest
cd in this county this fall. Corn is backward
though the crop may yet be full one
The REBELLION REcoRD.-The third
volume of this excellent work is now befor,
~. and With the arrival Of each number y.
feel the more strongly convinced of its grea,
merit. As history Of the present var-as 9
medium through which the facts concerning
the rebellion can bs obtained, 1t 10 unsurpsss.
ed, and unsurpassable. When completed. q,
il will bs when the var 10 clossd-it will b.
Get down - the only standard every day his.
tory Of the civil war in existence. ts page,
are crowded with faets-with documentary
history drawn from the only reliable sources
These documents smsnate from both sides spt
are given verbatim. We know of no historica
work We should prefer to it. Az yet its tru,
value 10 not fully appreciated. In after years
when this trouble il over. and the public mine
calmly rsvtsvs the acts and deeds Of the past