Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-12-28
DEMOCRAT & NEWS.
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Aue tnHohu ooAwech DIiuReport ana
Chttano oga is expected to be in ,uuning
order BY the Let Of January.
A resolution has recently passed the
North Carolina Senate increasing the
pay of members to 81. per-day equal
to less than ii in gold.
A Washington letter-wri,er say. at
cos's Secretary Weile. twenty FIVE cents
= day to dress his beard" AT that rat e,
his beard will soon have cost him more
than his head 10 worth.
A young lady in Cbardcn, Wisconsin,
has just received a large healing plaster
for her broken heart, in the shape Of a
verdict for $40, 900 damages against the
gay dsceiver. II was prove that the
"courtin," began when she wac "sweet
seventeen" that it continued regularly
for fourteen years. He then went to New
York and returned with wife.
According to The Washington CORES
pendent Of the Philadelphia Ledger, The
reclsmatlons clame1 by the French Gov
eminent from that of the United States,
tor damages sustained by French citizens
duriog the war-mainly at New Orleans
amount to the modest snm OF Sigty sir
m,il,ons OF d0tiors.
An ingenious parsonage has discover
Cd a moot economical way Of lighting
critics, and proposes to apply IT to Paris
Balloons, from the cars of which are to
emanate all electric light, are to be fixed
at certain stations and hover over the
city, at the proportion of one balloon to
80, : 90 persons; the city would be lighter
q: nigh. than it often is in water by
day.
The King OF Madagascar, Rsdama IL. ;,
has broken out OF his coffin apparently.
where he was consigned by lis vindic-
tive mobiles, and is reported a. marching
upon his capital.
A man has jaet been removed TO the
insane hospital in Concord, N II who
buried two children in September last,
and since then ha. been III the habit Of
standing sentinel by their graves during
the midnight watches to save them from
imaginary iutruders.
A STATUE OF JONI BRIGHr-A cor
respondent of the Epening Post has
proposed that the loyal citizens of New
York raise by subscription iuods enona b
to erect a marble statue OF John Bright,
to be placed IN Central Park, aud pro
tected by marble edifice
A PORTUGUESE BABr.-1he infant
heir Of the Portuguese crown was recent
" baptized with great pomp and ceremo.
nv at Lisbon. The fall names of the
infant Prince are Carlos Fernando LUZ
Victor Miguel I:aisel Gabriel Gonzaga
Xavier Fracisco de Assis Jose Simo de
BragaDza Savoy Bourbon SaxeCoburg
Gotha.
The statement that Schuyler Colfax
was the first newspaper man ever elected
to the Speakership, is deni. d by the
Washington Republican. 1t says Gen.
Banks was formerly an editor, having
conducted papera IN Wobnrn and Walt-
ham, Mass, and was afterwards asssoi
ate editor of the OF the Boston DAILY
Times, when that paper was one OF the
Democratic organs OF New Eng gland
Mr.. Colfax i., however, the first practi-
cal Printsr who has been Speaker
"A novel Case was trcd before the
Court Of Common Pleas in ST louis, On
Saturday. The suit was brought by John
Webb against the Union Telegraph Conpa-
ny, to recover 81 024 damages, which it
was alleged no had sustained through blnn-
der OF one of the operators. 1t appears that
Webb received rom his agents III New York
September II, 1862, dispatch as follows:
"Shsll we forward salt by steam or by
sail, on lakes" to which plaintiff replied Oh
the dsy following "Ship BY sail" Instead
OF this the company telcgraphed the mes
sage "Ship by rail-" and the salt was ac-
c,rdingly sent over tie railroad, at an ex-
psnse Of ST. ,O24 more than it would have
cost to ship by steam or sail Oh the lakes.
1t vas claimed in defence that the blanks
for dispatches set forth that the Company
would not be liable for any mistakes, nr-
less the party repeated the message paying
half the price therefor; and it was further
proved that this notice was brought to the
knowledge of the plaintiff before the mes
sage was dispatched. The Court, however,
instructed the jury that the defendants, be
ing common carriers, we're liable, potwith-
standing said notice, if guilty Of negligence
or carelessness in transmitting said mes
sage. A verdict was found for the plain
tiff, for the amount claimed. with interest.
A printer named Vim, who died in Roch-
ester, England, recently, was beard to mutter
to himself, few moments before his death -
II am on my last stickful am coming to a
paragraph. and suppose I'll have to wait for
old Death to put in period"
NOTICE.