Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-01-02
DEMOCRAAAO& NEWNI

Tho great isos clad ram .Dictatot 49,
lsssehsd u New askpa soagat6ay. Z
The New York 1riissns la. tia
itsm :-sT'hs New kos lasd clsexy sss,
il i said, talking d . sltiks fsr the high
o. taIsries." csf Sc 3A7s
The ssuitary fair = BSstos closed
on Thussdsy With ~ auesioa ssls # he
remaining articles. Tss psosss1s Of
the fair amount 10 @l4o, 900. Rxpso-
500 not stated. sl Bs es.sa
The School Committee Of Boston
bavs reported in favor Of sddiog City
dollars TO the salarles OF The lowest paid
class Of female teachers 10 thst city,
thus leaving untooehed the sa!ssies Of
three hundred aud sixty female teach
ers and oil Of the male instructors.
There was genuine seoaation in the
provost msrsbsl's Off II Norwich the
o,hsr day when . geniIemas Of African
descent wac striped for examination and
suddenly discovered to have the small
pox.
Secretary Seward is ct biz home in
Auburn spending holiday week. He
usus ~ rides 10 tho baggage car anil
smokes cigars, but i. is chronicled that
on this trip from Washington to New
York "he had . wh ole car consccsa,sd
to himself and lady"
The total amounc Of the elaine pre-
scented BY ci,izens Of Minnesota Tor loss
20 sustained in tho Sioux war il %, 6OO,-
600. Tho Cover ome,t CommissiOuers
have allowed them. 1t 81, $4,000. The
total number Of pArs claiming relief
was 2,94O.
A Boston be sgar woman, who has
heretofore been contented to receive .
Eve cent bit, nst on,shed the editor Of the
Evening Gazstte thn other day BY re-.
tnroing it with son.e disdain, exclaim-
ing: "Why, yer h ooor, don't 70 know
everything 10 riz." Az she was sv,-
IDENTITY on her strike he yielded.
A "FAr TAkE."- A j,urrcymsu prin-
ter, engaged on one OF the dsi y news
papers OF Boston, ~, zee, has just re- :
ce'ved info mstio" tn At = legacy Of 81
500 70 awaiting his =. ;cep'a.ce on the
other side If the wau r, and that there
is more Of the ,ame e ut 10 store for the
came iudiv dual.
Mr.. Phelp., OF San Francisco, has JUS
brought to New York = pear IN D. RECT
state Ut pre-crva ion, which was picked
from m orchard in Los Angeles 4. long
ago ~ the goth Of August weighed
just thirty four AID half .,nncea, and
measures fourteen ard a h s:f inches
round in one way, by cish,e en- and .
halt inches the other way. 1t is anon
ster Of the cgetabIs kind.
HARD TINES IN OLp VIRGINIA
letter received BY lady in Syra .as+.
from her sister, in Il chmoni. tavs the
Standard, give. +. gloomy accouo, of
"9i'rs NJ he rebel CAPT a.. 1t s.ys ::
"Ihe people you meet GU the street hsy 9
a starved look. Flour is selling At Gao
per barrel; Id ca shoes $50 to 800
per pair. Bonnets and dress goods can.
net be obtained, aud ladies' Ar. wearing |
geots' bats, add = coarse article u |
homespuu for dresses The writer Of
he letter had just purchased the mste.
'ial tor homespun dress, at cost of
&c.,"
Two New Workers, living side BY
de in similar tenements Of The came.
lock, made little mistake, recently.
hat might have been serious. For some
inc an open drain before enc OF the
e"tm, nts. had shown them in the bonrs
IT darkness their resp c,i.c homes, but,
While they we're both abs ent, their drain
.ss closed, and 900 was opened before |
he other tenement. Coming home late !
nd applying the usual tes', they got
nto the wrong pace each OF them, but
lidut discover tho mistake until morn. !
e, when there were femioine outc,ies
hist a'ouseI them to . senae Of their
,o-i'ion. Explanations were made, and
no parties wisely concluded that il |
night hare been worse. |