Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-01-18

The assessed valuation Of property in
Pennsylvania 10 e595. SOL ,904.

hive, sary Of the birthday of Benjamin
Fsapklin occurs to-day.
Mrs. L ncoln aud Mrs. Sprsgne each
asp re TO lead Washington soric,y du-
rin, the winter. The chances are that
the youoger woman will have It all her
own way.
Mayor Guntbur, OF Ne~ Yo'k, ,avs i"
his NE sage ,ha, Central PAX has cost
the y, up to Jan !, 1863. 81 372,
426. but II has decreased ne Ia. ALL val
alton of thee wards adjoining, $27,
100000 from 1856 to 1862.
MAYOR Harris, OF Cincinnati, had a
NV Year eiit of 81 500 fr III some Of
his ainiring te.l,~ cit zens.
A telegraph COMPANY in Pennsylvania
was lately sued for refusing 10 send
,nesslye that was known t. be nn'ru,
and the court sustained the G, mpany.
Ia the publ shed commercial sta'i.-
tics Of small French sc pot 'o"n, cel'-
brat, d TOR its manufacture of counterfeit
mines, we find the total ext orts for III.
I,,t year : roc cssks. Sh pped TO New
York, G 400; San F,s,clsco, 500; New
Orle.nr, 800; all other tlace-, Ito. New
York nearly mo opeilzes tue trade oil
the precious stuff.
TIE mix dealers Of New York have
raise the price Of chalk aud water TO
eight c-nts per quart retail, and SIX cents
Wholesale.
The newspaper reporters who have
been with the Army Of the Cumberland
for some time post, have generally Va
Gated 'heir post, thee being notaing
to write about.
A foreigner in Hartford wanted to
escape the draft, aud 90 ,ook medicine
10 produce symptoms Of drolsy. lie
escaped the draft, but died OF dvols;.
Raw cotton and castor ell are an in
faliiole cure iog iiost b item limits. l.
has restored them when amputali,n was
thought necessary to preserve LIFE. So
sa,sa correspondent of the Cincinnati
Comnae~~-
A v~scnlsnt Of the
New Yo,. -..s.~--.. southern uion
man. wno is Represented az having re
Gently teen clerk in the rebel Wxr De
partment-ssy. that rebe seat OF gov
trnmept is about 10 he ic moved SO G.,
lnmbla, 5. g., and that the rebel gun beats
aud iron cl.ds that have been build .Dg
a, Richmond are ready for service.
The most extensive coal field in The
world commences near Cntolton, Ken
lucky, AMI runs north through Indiana
LII hos and Iowa, containing about ely 4,
thousand square miles, OF which ten'l
pat, or eight thousand miles, i. in IL
diana.
An en,erpri ing Boston woman is Fl
tin. out an ex,eltllon for working III
the pitch pine regions OF N e h Ca,oli
ma She lakcs with her mechanics ~ne
;ool-, AID o vessel has aI,ea " sa led
THE k."knk papers eslima the num-
Der OF h"gs slaughtered aud packet a
that DIN, the present. season, IN r,unu
numbers, at 100 900.
The specie tak..n from New Yoik er
Satu day, ty + ynh steamers, amount,
cd 10 $ ,4uu,UOO.
Or, u d will be broken in a few day.
at 5 Paul. for theatre huid.ny. /,
polished sore. 10 cost $5O,OOU, c,pAl Il
Of seating 800 eorlc.
Tha, y'ung prohigal. the Prince q
Wales. has bu 1t 4 private theatre 70,
his vii. ana her tr cuds to amuse them
ceiyes IL.
Tue ri tsbur.h Chronicle says thu,
we lrakeueh tn t. e OH Cre.k Ri
| ,oai wee Ioz.n to death, the otheI
| night, one OF wnon rolled OFF the Car
and the other WAS iolni 1T his post, hi
| hand frozen TO the brake wheel.
A, Leicester. w. on the 9th ult til
wife # j hn T.. i;ni uk died, on til.
2Sth lis daught'r dcce lsed, an on IT,,
20 h the husband aud father lo.loweo
them both 10 the grave. All were VIC
utns Of dipthetis.
Some Of the Connecticut boys a,
Giouce ter Point, Va. have measured
con rahiEd's foot, with the following re-
salt Length, TT cen and half inches
bre oh, eight and half in,hes.
Sharp negro tina, at knde. hook. VIII.
made his viii N d.r-itlag for camp
hequeathing all ia bounty money to h J,
wi e, provided she didu't ".un away w:tl
another gger.'
The i rec,ors cf The Cuciun..i SAM.
tsry Fair have made an appeal to III.
pcopc Tor additional contributions. anc
hope 10 be able to hand over 100000
fer the tenefit OF the soldiers.
Nescr have the heat in your living
room. spthat the Thermometer will .,
above 10 degrees and it yon can posi-
oily bear 1t down t, G2 degrees, j, IL yer,
"reh better. 1t takes a double cxpe..
diture If fuel in cold weather to ,a.,
The temperature OF room f.cn 65 TO Z;
degrees.
| S65O.OO0 Of the treasure SINK q,
board the wrecked steamer Goldc,
Gate, in the Psc fc, have been recovered
by two wreckirg pntics.
| Ex Governor Pratt. who vas recent,
Ordered &C o.s the lines for dislo,alty
and had proceeded rs far rs Fl Monro,
On his way South, la. returned TO Bait
more, he having been UNCONDITIONAL,
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