Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-09

A million and quarter oysters are daily
swallowed in Paris.
Butter is sold in Canada at 10 and - cts.
per pound.
ST. Peters Church in Rome will contain
fifty-four thousand people.
The Wilmington Blockading Squadron il
! said to number one hundred and seventy
vessels.
| The Governor General Of Indiana is oblio-
cd to exc out his existence on 5000, 900 Der
annum!
John Mitchell, the Irish "rcbel' and cd;-
itor of the Richmond Enquirer, is reported
to be in command Of the rebel feet on the
James river.
a grandson Of Henry Clay is confined in
the military prison at Knoxville. Tenn. He
was at one time on the Rebel Gen. Morgan
staff.
Lord Norbury, the infamous hanging
Judge, is said to have wept but once and
tnat at play. He shed tears at the close OF
the .Begsar's Opera" where Macbeth was
| reprieved.
a sale at the incredible rate of .f3OO. 900
per acre, or $500 per foot frontage. took
place in London, lately, when two large
houses In Old Broad Street were disposed
Of.
A rebel officer writes from Charleston !:
I'VE have all the Honor we can drink for
ninety five dollars per gallon, or two dollars
per drink
The Oregon Legislature has authorized
The issuing of 100000 in State bonds for
bountics to help recruit 1000 soldiers for
service on the borders of that State.
There are now three female American
scultors, to-wit: Miss Hosmcr, Miss Ste
phens and a.Mrs. Freeman (now in Italy).
who is just becoming known to fame.
The Sunday School statistics Of the Meth.
odist Episcopal Church Of California and
Nevada Territory show 6,162 scholars. 9S9
teachers and ~ ,542 volumes in the various
| libraries.
There are now building for the through
broad guage route from New York to 81.
Louis one hundred and fifty locomotives.
I'VE thousand freight cars, and elegant pas.
senger cars in proportion.
A lady residing in Berkshire. Ohio. pre.
! sentcd her husband with their twentv-iirst
child last week. The babies are ali living.
but the father is all but used up. He wanfs
government contract.
| According to . California paper thew have
. queer currency in Owensville-scorns.
Business men got along very well until the
Indians began to lay up their winter stores.
when the currency became dcranged, and I
panic ensucdl
A wife in San Francisco lately put nett.
ton for divorce in the court. on the cround
! that her husband was sscoufounded fool .
The court wouldn't admit the plea. because
almost every married man would be liable "a
the same imputation. Did you ever!
Some fellow who has been obssrvine thines
generally, IN London and Paris, took occs.
SION recently to count the number Of vcbi-
cies passing across London bridge on point
On the boulevard dcs Italiens, Farss. wifhin
twelve hours. Of the former he found the
number to DC $4,000, Of the latter Il, 100.
Miss Anna E. Dichenson lectured a -
immense audience, last week, ct the Coouer
Institute, The Tribune says she was Am.
ed in handsome light purple MORE antinme
dress. Above all other women Is tho ma.
! ern political arena, Miss Dickinson e renuf.
Cd to DC "quicki n conception and easy ia
IL sst q A4f 81
81: Adams has had another scare. y harm
Vas burned on the outpkirts &c the vills~s.
FRIDAY night, and ~ ~ military eompaniS:
were got under arms, thuu<h ~ >ne6nv ~.
peared. Sons ofthe rhore imAeinsf3vss n 4.