Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-12-26

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o. Shae Ahey wsrs Two Or tAess ysars ago.
Old insa AM lives 1t b Thomas, in
the Wit lndisA and some Ameilean naval
icerssscentle dsncsA u : srsas ball which |
he gave.
Professor Baily, Of Yale College, is going
to Washington, Chicago, and st. Lonis, to
give public readings.
Tho Detroit Penitentiary has been fierce
~ denounced by . Grand Jury who have
been sitting upon it. Indifferent food and
barbsrous punishment are the gist Of their
complaint.
Mrs. Rastington invited an old friend
~ho called uJon her the o,hcr day, to take
seat upon the sophia, that they might
'fsesbsa th4is msm0riss With sweet ssssiss.
ness Of the past
Sir Walter Scott pespetrates q curious
blunder in one Of his novels, in making Ger
tain Of his characters behold sunset over
the waters Of . seaport on the eastern coast
Of Scotland.
The widow and daughters Of the late Mr..
Proudhoa, the distinguished French re-
former and Free Mason, have received from
Masonic Lodge donation Of 25,000f, to
which twice that amount will soon be added.
The most extensive brewery in the world,
Is at Dublin, Ireland. II employs three
hundred men, and turns out about $1,000
hogshesds Of beer per day. Each work
man is allowed . quart daily. The brew
cry was started in 1880.
There lisa singular uniformity in the num-
Der Of marine disasters occurring in the first
eleven months Of every year. In 1868 there
were 4l0. in 1864. 424, and in 1856 !, Ais.
The losses reported this year amount to
$29,00o,00
Two young deaf inutes in Hartford have
volunteered to 90 to the west coast Of Arr
ca, to teach some fifty Of their unfortunate
kind in thn' part Of the world.
Railroad accident insurance companies,
are becom ing almost ~ numerous as the
accidents. Syracuse has the last
The owners of the Congress and Empire
springs at Saratoga, have contracts for all
the water they can bottle in the next ten
years. the business amounting in that time
to millions Of dollars.
Saturday was the thirtieth anniversary Of
the great Fir. IN New York, which destroyed
about five hundred stores in the First Ward
Of the city, aud involved an aggregate loss
OF $50 ,0OV, 900.
The New York correspondent Of the Bos
ton Adoertiser hints that priestiy influence
has been the cause of the malcontent
existing among the members Of the Fenian
Senate.
Joe and Bill Benton went to New Orleans
with fiat boat of corn. Joe wrote to his
father thus:
"\o OnfgENs Gune Dear Dad markets
is dull and corn is mighty 10 aud Bills dead
-. b."
The destitute ration" was withdrawn in
Richmond last Friday, and the papers there
arc much exercised IN view oil the starvation
that stares SOME 5000 persons in the face
Gen. Turner notified the City Government
more than month ago that the Government
ration was to be withdrawn, but the Coun-
Gil has, as yet, taken no action on the sub
jcct.
The Nashville Dispatch, in a single issue,
CO. ,ains items hcadeo as follows: "Mr.
House shot and MORALLY wounded !" =" An
old farmer robb, d - "Thcy attack ne
gro;' "Gang Of sixteen negroes captured
four Unidentified - Excitement Of the
people; y Lynch law threatencd;' "A
burglar shot fataliy;" Another bur
glary;' Another man knocked down aud
brutaly beaten" lsumored murder OF
Edgcficld; "a robbcr caught "C,ti
zens' meeting ca rying Of weapons
permitted" Dog klllc ~ !" Boy LOST
etc, etc.
All kinds Of manufacturing are unusually
active at Providence, X. l., and the various
business establishments are ovenun with
orders, while new cntc priscs are being
started. The Union Horse Shoe Company
employs. 800 men and turns out daily Twelve
cons Of horse 5 ocs and ton and half OF
toe calks. The Perkins sheet iron foundry
has just finished rolling mill and other
buildings at a cost of 5 l5o, DOC the Phoenix
iron foundry have lately put up $4,000
worth Of new buildings; and the Silver
Spring bleachery has spent $40, 900 in the
same direction. The Nicholson File Co. are
expanding $40 600 on buildings aud will
commence the manufacture Of files in Feb
ruary.