Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-10-28
NEWS rrRnS.

In Vienna . company has been form.
ed for the purpose Of washing windows
BY macbioes. The charge is one cent
per window.
A LITTLE boy fell down = coal shaft in
Dascoutab, ILL.,, . distance Of l53 feet,
and escaped with no other injury than
ducking.
WE wish that John Morgan could
live five thousand years, SO that be
might serve year in the penitentiary
for every horse he has stolen.-L0ais-
vile Journal.
A Times special Gays: aThe state.
mcnt editorially made by one Of your
cotemporaries, that Gen. Fremont has
been assigned to duty, is entirely desti-
tute of foundation"
CONGRESSIONAL NoM1NA1IoS.-Sam.
ue Knox has been nominated for Con-
gress in the First District of Missouri, 10
opposition to F. p. Blair, jr. The con-
test in that District is excessively bitter,
and promises to be very close.
THE well-known base bail player Of
Brooklyn, James Creighton, who was
the swiftest and most efficient pitcher in
the United States, burst blood vessel
in striking at ball in match PLAYED
on Wednesday last, and died in conse.
qucnce on Saturday.
WITHIN week past the following
regiments have joined Gen. Sigel's com
mand: 10th, 134th, 136tb, l54th
and l57th New York SD Massachu
sotts and oath Wisconsin. The SD
Illinois is on the way, and will join him.
The LAW OBEYED.-Iu Boston, a
man named Joseph Jones, who was
born blind, was selected to draw from
the box the names Of the drafted men
In conformity to law, be was blind
| folded.
| THE ARMY OF THE PoToMAc.-It is
said that both the Secretary of War and
Gen. Halleck refer all persons who in
quire about matters relating to the
Army of the Potomac to the President,
he having undertaken to relieve them OF
all responsibility in that matter.
APPLES are SO plenty in West ern New
York that they can be bought for fifty
cents a barrel! Potatoes show no
symptoms Of disease, and the best ones
are sold for dollar barrel, including
package. One farmer has an orchard
Of choice grated fruit, and offered tie
whole OF his crop of apples at twelve and
a half cents per bushel, the purchaser
to gather the fruit and select only such
as he wanted AMI could sell.
GEN. Birney writes an indignant let
ter about the publication OF Gen. Kear.
ny's epistle. He says he has many Of
bis (Kearny,s) letters, giving full credit
to Generals Helntzeman and Mcclellan,
and states that the division, now tha
their General slumbers in his grave, have
feeling of Indignation towards the
ghoul that exposed his bones to insult
and reproach.
THE rush to Pittsburg, Penn, for
Substitutes, is very great, as they are ex.
caodingly scarce in counties where the
/ draft has taken place, and the prices are
very high. $1,000 was paid in one case,
but the price ranges from $3.50 to $3.50.
Two gentlemen obtained substitutes for
$500. The large number seeking sub.
stitutes in the market has rendered the
employment of attorneys necessary, and
handsome fees are Of course pocketed.
How TO CAN CHICKENS FOR TUE
SoLD1ERs.--Boil them tender, so that
all the bones can be removed. Salt
enough to eat. Let the water be cook
ed down SO as to leave simply enough to
cover the meats with liquid; put them
10 the tin cans when boiling hot, with
the cans standing in hot water. Fill the
cans full and solder the same as oysters.
Pack them in boxes, aud you might
send them to China safely. They must
be soldered air tight when boiling hot.
as should all kinds of fruit to keep.
| The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Commercial writes: at is
believed that Mr.. Thurlow Weed, or
parties acting through him, have pur-
chased the old National Inteu;qencer
here, with view Of converting it into
an organ bearing seni-official relations
to the governmant. Such course has
been considered here among politicians
for some time, but it was never thought
that it would assume a practical shape
Various reasons are given for such al ~
gan. The Administration thr- a.,
NJ official newspaper, in mat ,e.nao, 10
ing :, decided exception to its prede. -
sors." P's'eces