Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-06-26

Posr OFFICE DAVENPORT, ScoTT Co., Iowa,
June 25th. 1868.
A the new Postal Law. which di6srs
very n.alsrially from the old one. goss into
eFsct on the morning ef the let day Of Jolly.
1888. 1 have thought proper to call ysur ss'
pecisl attention to the following portion OF
the same, - | an compelled TO follow u 10
the letter refer to the following Section
Of the law:
"S,o 3. And BE- it further ENACTED. That NO
mail matter shall be delivered by the Post-
master until the postage shall have been paid
and no box at any Post Ofii,s shall be as
signsd to the use OF any person ustil the
rent therefor shall have been paid for At leas.
one quarter"
INSTRUCTIONS oV rosrnAsrER GENERAL.
Instructions on Sec 3. Ths section sbss-
lst.ly prohibits the delivery Of any letter.
newspaper, pamphlet or package whatever.
until the postage 10 paid. or tho use Of sny
Oox Until its due rent has been paid.
Ii will be observed that under this lar. no
accounts cao be kept a. heretofore. lock bores
arc not considered SAFE and boxes are not
rsntsd until paid Tor lin accordance with
this, the lsck boxes will bs elssed on the
morning Of Wednesday. July Let. 1868. and
all boxes will be considered - vacant sntil
rstakss and paid for. Hoping this circular
will give sufficient information. you Will
please netios and govern yourself accord.
ingly.
Respectfully your obsdisst ssrvast.
CnAs II. ELDRIpoE. 7. n.
II will be seen that the new Law probibits
the use Of look boxss" which can Be opened
~ the oonvsuisnes Of The holders. and here.
after oil mail matter will bs delivered at the
general deliveries by the clerks. This will
he . great ineonvsnisnoe to our business
men. and render IL an utter impossibility to
deliver oil the mail matter the same even
ing 1t arrives. Safe or not. the lock box
systsm was very popular. and as the loss, II
any occurs. falls upon the: box holders. vs
thiak the Postmaster Gen ral would have ex.
hibitsd good taste II he had left that In
struetion out Of his circular. The advance
pay system 10 sll right. and should have been
carried into eject long ago.
SOMETHING NOVEL IN 1owA.-Y ester
day Mr.. JAmss Thompson, Of this city. sold TO
the agent OF the Amana Society in Iowa couu-
ty. his clip Of wool. amounting to over 1890
pounds at 81 l.2 ots per pound. This sosisty
has agents in Indiana. Illinois and Iowa pur-
chasing wool. which they ship t. their manu-
factsry at Homestead, their village In the
above named county, where 1t 10 manufactured
into cloths. satins.ts. blsnksts etc. Their mau.
factory there hss . capacity for working up
100000 pounds Of weol per annum, but they
ire only running il at half time this year. on
account Of the high figures st which wool 10
held. The goods made by them are very de-
sirabls. They have = standing order from
7. Stewart. Of New York. for all they ssp
make but they will let him have only por-
tioa as they wish to supply the homo trade 10
soms extent Otto Klug, Of this sity, 10 their
agent for purohasing wool. He has just pur-
chased . thousand dollars worth Of their man-
ufaoturs.
II this osncsrn can make 1t profitable 10 chip
wool from Indiana and Illinois to central Iowa
N manufacture and sell in New York at profit
able figures, there is great. Tor
the woolsn manufacturing business in this sec.
ton.
Police CoURT.-Mary Bowman, a
periodical attendant upon the police court. vas
up this morning charged with being vagrsnt
She was assessed $50 and costs-twsnty csnts
would have answered every purposs-oOuld' mt
pay. and was sent up for thirty days.
Maria Duffy. an old hummer. got on one Of
her drunken tsntrsms, fell int the hands OF
the police, and had to go to all for the want
Of IS to pay her hns.
Sam Boyd. for getting drunk, paid the city
IS and the officers ~ so.
A parcel Of ysung boys we're brought up op
. charge Of firing cannon on the levse. load
ed with balls. one Of which came very near
putting . period to the earthly existence Of .
Teutonic individual who was sailiRg on the
river. 1t cost the boys $3.50 each for break
ing the ordinances. They paid it up like
% en-.
JUST THE THiSG.-Lovcrs Of a good
dish Office cream will be Interested In the adj
vertisensnt Of Mrs. Lewis in another column.
10 these dog days . cool dish Of rich straw.
berry. vanilla or lemon 10 not at all bad TO
take. Give her . call.
LADIES BAsKETs.-Greens has the
largest aud best selected stock Of Ladies' bss.
ksts 10 the city also . fine lot Of bird csgss
selling very low.
REAPER SALE.-Attention is called
To the Advertisement of sais Of a Mccormick
Reaper in another column.
T.. RODDEWIG
D8ALBR IN
GIG AIRS AND TOBACCOS.
No. 70 LeClatve Row.