Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-12-22
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sIlSsrd ks<Asa. The f6lssr oeM
lions, ssiIl rsmains In the custody Of The
Law. awaiting ss7tsncs.
The New Orleans papsrs cay that The
Adams Expr = Coppany has loaned tho
do s6ell boo I'D q tbs 80 sa,,6 rliirS1N
to enable them TO resume operations.
The New York Ne,ss announces that
John Michsll has ssiled Tor Paris, 70 ct %
corresverdest u that journal.
john Q6iacy Adams hiss been elected to
the Legislature from Quincy, Massa hu
aetts. He u A Adams e ths Sessth ess-s
eration.s ..k,.,,.
The aggregate producsien 81 cssesls end
potatoes in the Nosshsra Ststeas Jhs present
year, 10 put dowt il the Asricuh dri b.
pertinent u ,2S6, lOl ,S69 bushsla M
A FIRE 1t Lima, N. Y, on Saturday, de-
strsyed thrsss blocks ard . awell,Rg, inch, !
ding the posi- Office, Masonic kodee, -two
eropry steres, book stoses, photdirsph
gallery, and two shoe stores. Most 81 the
mail matter in the post oiIies was destroyed.
Loss s2o. 1000 partly insured. ~ tqtsl
N. Dupin, tho Senator Of France who
wrote ths pamphlet on The Reckless Ex-
trasagance Of Women" in the present day,
u recently dead. He left hiswhole torture
to the Princess Of Orleans, and fos announc-
ing this fact lhs Pseo -F1oagv lsss bsvu'
warned BY the NiNissSt q NJ i~sesiOs, 6e-.
cause as comic paper il has No business -
publish news.
The incsesse Of population imsome oftbe
English cities is quite rapid Since the
census was taken in 1861, the population of
the borough Of Shelf aid has creased from
f05 600 q upwards u 207, 900 souls, Pew
cities q the United Stays Gan ,uaL e bst>ss
show than this.
The London Timas ID astkesixed 10 stats
that tnc queen intends to open Parliament
IN person, should the state of her health 1t
the time alinit Of her making the effort. A
lev notifications will be made 10 the old
ceremonial. If
complete change Of system will be
shortly introduced in the madhouses in
france. Stsais waistcssts, snd az the
bthss iaetrumessts hitherto USED, are 10 81
se"'sshed, and the paticnts win live .togeth.
Or and be constantly occupied 1t some use.
fol work. The experiment has been fried
Mt the lunatic asylum At Blqis with. great
success.
An action has been b. ought IN one tho
New Fork courts by pefson Claim ng
that be has been injured to the extent OF
$1,000 by being described rs . c. lored per-
son in ore one IL the city directories. The
error happened in this wise, The person
who athsfed the name for the directory,
set down COLI meaning collector 0f bills.
after the mans name. The compositor set
+ up "coat'd." % il went into print.
y "A Paris newspaper antounces, m an in
duccmcnt t. subscribe, that none Of its pa
irons have yet died Of the choicss. IA
The titlo Of Mr.. John Ruskin'- next honl,
is to be " Ethics u Dust; being Ten Lee
lures to little Housewives"
Charles Dickens is to celiver the fret Of
. series Of secular Sunday evening lectures
in London. Z
Mrs. Gaskell had written all but three
chapters Of her serial story in the Cornhill
Magazine, when she died II is said that
she has carried it far enough for readers TO
guess ut the closing incidents with toler
sbls accuracy.
It is said that Queen Victoria is TO re-
turn to-public life. She will open the ne xt
session Of Parliament in person. There
will tie drawing rooms, state balls peril ps,
Tier Majesty means to give ec,dt to the new
Administration. The complaints Of fash
ionables d shop keepers have reached
the throne. ard the Prince and Princess Of
Wales. are not to b. any longer the center
Of aristocrscy. T,.s Psinesss Helena IL also
to have husband. Prince Christian, Of
Augustenbere, whe, as he has no Kingdom
and no expectations. will reside in England,
like good son in law, and take care Of his
mother.
The provisions at the Lord Mayor oil
lnndon's Inauguration banquet are said "a
have averaged about six pounds weights
IT food for each guest This included
nearly three plstsfals Of surtle-s"up for each
man.
The vexed question about the place Al
Wornls where tho Luther monument
Is to be erected, has at last b, Ell solv-
| ed to the satisfaction 81 the Luther Mon
ument Committee. The place selected i.
before the Meuthor, near the public prom
enadc.
General Chaxal, the Belgian Minister o.
War. has been very severely bitten il
the arm by monkey. which he received a.
present, and which va. supposed to bs
perfectly tame. The wound was severe
enough to neccssitate painful surg up
| Grafton.
Schiller has more statues erected to hi.
memory than any other poet in Germany
There is monument in Stuttgart, Wi mar
Frankfort, Mainx, Hanover. Mauhiem, Ham
burg, Munich and Graz. Vienna and Berlin
have Is yet only the projections for the in
tended monuments.
The honorary monument to Tha<keray
in Westminster Abbey. was lately uncover
ed in the presence Of his daughter. Tn
memorial consists Of fine bust, by Baroi
Aarochet.i upon base Of red scrpentine
mounted on bronze support, which bear
the Inscriptions simple record of hia nam
and dates Of birth and death. The bust i
slightly toned. It ia fixed against val
column, in the south transept, behind th
statue Of Addison.
The GROWTH OF Inventive GENTS
The wonderful growth OF the inventive gen
JUS OF the country is shown in the follow I'M
comparative table Of patents CLAIM ed an,
issued for fifteen yearspast.