Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-28
GENERAL yHWs.

There was q destructive fire at Minneapo-
l., N,nneAOtoi ON W eslneaday oG last weel !.
destroying IN entire block Vi bu ldings, val
ued At $4,000.
In the late Hood in the 81 Lawrence. he
Nv Montreal, over 300 houses were destroy
Cd and 90 lives lost
With this year the British Parliament
has been IL existence ak centuries. LWd
PaIinerxton has had 0ns tenth Of that time
~ his share
Stoncs we're first used for bullets: iron
ones are first mentioned in 1857" l. m'len
bullets were made before the close OF II G
sixteenth century Stone cannon bal al e
~til used in the East
The most stnpcnanus canal in the world
"a one ia China, which pa>scs over 2.'~o
niles and Al cities il was commenced IN
ne tenth century. 4 monster work Of
| nan.
The most ancient manuscripts are ~r.t-
| ten without accents. stops. or scpar Il n i'c-
ween the words, nor was il I'm Il after the
ninth century that copyi lists began to leave
: spaces between words.
The first piece or artillery vas invented
| ~ GermsAn, suon alter the invention o!
sunpowder, and artillery was frs, used Ivy
the Moors ut Algesiras, in Spain, in the
seigc Of 134l.
| The FIRST banks were established in Italy
n the year SUS, ny the Lombard Jews. ot
whom some settled IN Lombard street, Lou
Ion. where many bankers have ever since
resided.
The Oldest version Of the Old and New
Cestsment belonging to the Chr taos, i
hat in the Vatican, at Rome, which was
written in the fourth or nth century, and
published in the year 1851.
| In obedience t. orders from Gen Pore
| 3ris adicr Gen. Thomas 4. DAVIS. has as
>umed command Of I'll, [. ) military af
fairs in Wisconsin. His headquarters is at
Madison.
Hon. William II. Seward, the Secretary
Of State, was Torn in Florida, Orange coun-
", New York, May IS, 1901, and IS. there
fore. 81 years old. His Oldest son. Freder-
ick, is 30 years old.
At the charter election in Quincy. H., on
the II h, the ,cm"cratic candidate iol
Mayor, Geo. T. Wxldhaus, had 25S majnri-
". and the remainder. Of the general ticket
received $50. All nf the democratic Alder
men were elected save two.
The Provisional Legislature Of New
Brnns~ick was in session IL Nassau wher
,hev head Of the murder Of the President.
They order d their hall to he dr.p-d in
..ourning, and Immediately adjourned out
of respect to his memory.
A number Of empty bottles thrown into the
sea on the west coast Of Africa have been
y, ked ur on the Irish coast Une has been
'ound after sixteen years, another after
i"urteen, and third after fifteen years -
''nc wss thrown into the Caribbean sea, ard
liter i've days was picked up 80 miles dis
ant. A bottle was thrown in nj Behring's
straits and 20" days Afterwards was found
m n" Honduras coast, having Travelled
300 miles
Tue LAST "LirrLE SroRY."-Mr Lincoln
t"ld his little story" IN Richmond. While
seated in the parlor Of the fugitive Confcd-
crate President, some one related to HIM
the circumstances of Davis A yht. He'd
Sad It remind. d him Of the negro wb.,.
*"'n his preacher told the congregation
there we're only two roads. one LEADING ~
Heaven and the other to da,nnstior, ~
'a''ned: Den dis ngser take 10 dr.
| woods"
Mrs. MCLEAN rccentlv obt.;red . Ind
rent tor yJ.Ow ia. ages against the own
~ of ST. Paul ferry boat, FOR the acc;,.u. |
al drowning Of her husband at that ,lace
about thr years sg". The ac-,dent wss
n ca~'onrd bv the breaking OF cable Cas
'en'ng he bat to the SHIRE. which p-e in;
t"ed coach containing passengers nto tn,
'iver. two Of whom we're dr. wned. Mr..
Mclean at the time. was on bis way FROM
~. Louis to Saltwater.
All the iron manufacturers Of PITTSBURGH
have suspended ati"ns. All Of them
ssnppN short time ago. except two. ore ~
which wAs engaged on government work.
AND the other on agricultural implements. /
we-k'ng up for that purpose m extra ouan.
tity Of iron. These latter have nov also
stopped. The cause Of this unfortunate
state q things is the price Of labor aod
STOCK, tr comparison With the price Of man !
utactured iron.
LAST Friday. when the superintendcn,s
sno sseaents of The Wilberforce Cn,yerx;
~, q Tswswa Springs, Greene countv
49, ebsent - xenia, io!ifyinr oss ~.
vseeossoos stetovtea of&Ise Vsvevsws.~ -
me end Of The slav. hclderss rcbeli;"r .' ~
villain In sympathy with>the rehsli;c. .'"e
nre to the bs,!sdtsEs. and thcv ! re us..ss..
destroyed. The 1oea. II over ESQ M,n" -
} we learn there was but little ip~vrsScsrXy
. ene prrperty. This shuws thlt therS IL .
!. ,eesas.n q ~ rsbsatba u, thai ,mpirhHer.
9o"a ssss requires sehjusation. Dayton
? o0U0k "a =. ,.~ssi - - !.