Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-02-05

4 nm ~as that the depth Of tho snsw
increased as i, went farther soseA. AT
Crnt,cyilIe, Illinois. bat six inches fell
At Cairo the fail was nearly foot. Al !
Memphis there was deposit u over
fourteen inches, tie greatost kaown
inc, 1913, twenty years ago.
G.s,nALpI.-Gasibsldi, according 10
reports from Turn, ~ ouos moe in the
political world. lie hss accepted the
Presidency Of the Roman Comnittes Of
Action, and, in reply to the offer made
o him. he advises the Romans 10 ''lis-
ten once more 10 his counsels, and 10
place confidence only in tbemse'ves.'
An examiner in the Patent Office 70
turned spc ,fcation TO IN applicant tor
4 patent for amendment, requesting him
to correct the false "au'ography." 10
iue time the specification vas returned
to the examiner. with letter informing
the Office that the writer had done his
best to cure the deiccts . lndtd to; but
re pee fully suggesting . doubt whether
az were The proper letters TO spell the
lirs. 8, liable ot photography"
Mr.. Abraham G. Snyder, forman Of
the finishing shop in the Wate,vliet Ar
seuA, ~ll probably receive $4,000 Tor
having invented 10 his 'eisure hours, a
: machine for making bullets, for which
- he could not obtain I.i,c,s Istent be-
. cause he Was in government employ.
). rhe machioc is 10 use 10 oil our srsensls,
and AZ Matenliet arsenal alone, the
saving by it's use instead Of old patterns
: e bullc. machines, between May y,
II 1851, and December |, 1862. Is SCI. ..."
Il 10 have been $llG,lS4.
!" The London Times, correspondent
= makes an important revelation IN his
II last e,ter-importaDt if true. lie rays
II that the counterfeit parole certificates
a. ale sold to Union soldiers at twenty-five
6 cents apiece, and have been furnished
:" hy thousands, 50 that there are far more
G Noahern men ut homo under parole thar
q were ever TAX. prisoners.
y A relic OF the past has come TO light IL
~ Boston, illustrative Of the depreciation
% OF Continental currency. Il is rcce'p
: taken by Gov. Hancock, in 1903, show
ING that he paid sixty dollars fer t~'
= packs Of play NJ cards, TO be used At
party.
:. Payer from wood is no longer an q
:. pertinent /; II 10 = success. Ihe'e IL
-. mill at Rogers Ford, Penn, nov makio
PAPER from 80 per cent. Of white or la
ch wood, AID 20 per cent. Of tho coarst
=. lax fibre swccpings, which is in use up
=. IN the Boston journal and other pr
!, ,.rs, and which is isl NJ govd - at
Lei newspapcL "G"scllng in Nashville
f,'iy dollars cord. The U".am "a,
s~N'ih bousSb uNtc Uecu ION OOWO
no, nike fuel Of, and some Of tho ctize,
arc ns'ny tier fencing for tho came pu
-" pose. The gas works, the supply
~ coal having been exh au.ted, have bee
81. sed, aud the citizens have been r,
r. inccd 10 the stsnda,d Of light sffo dc
!. by candle, which were selling on Thur
enl day at thirty cents pound, and wei
IRE, held on FL lay 1t forty i've cents. ]
.e" VI iwaukcc, Wis, wood 10 selling at 70,
''' dol ars cold-some~ hat mcic reason
ns, able than tho price obtaining 10 NASH
rms vile.
"a The New Workers are going 10 in
=, port ice this season. Ii is said that
.,e large nambor of vessels have bee
10 chartered TO bring ice from Norw az an
ito Sweden--~heIe there is hardly IN,
y" thing but ice-and also from the S
-. Lawrence river.
'ch The VELOCITY OF LIonr.-A Frenc
is s.vsu, NJ. Fcacauit, claims that he h.
found \ mistake in the received es,imat
rps 4 the velocity OF light aud that
re. moves al the rate of s0l 900 900 feet pc
are second, instead Of 027, 0Ue,t 100. II
arr tight, the common calculation of III
'ch distance Of heavenly toaics from eac
or .. her IL incorrect.