Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-18

rcsIi1S Monarchy aleepa upon : volcauo-
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Nc o. Great Bsitain wfli BE In irish Amesi-
can On. Ireland, On Charge Ireland.
charge were the last words Of . gallant
fsishmsn.
Sincerely, Gsoscs F.Ascrs T,ArS.
-6.dA srAri ITEMS. 81
Aaj. Drummond Of Ne0rssor has gone to
South Carolina ~ Commissioners Of Taxes.
{. There hss been twenty school houses
bush in Fayette county the past season.
According to the Register, 500 buildings
have been erected In DesMoines this ., asos.
Coal is selling u fifteen cents bushsl in
Oskaloosa
The Eeokuk and DesMoinss telegraph
line was finished to Ottunwa last Saturday.
Mr.. Thrall, Of Marshall county, raised .
pumpkin this season weighing 100 pounds
Gen. Cor,is passed through Bornsboro on
the 9Th inst, on his WY east~srd.
McPhail, Of Boston, has just presented .
s575 piano to the ladies' department Of
Grinnsll.
The Aaquoketa Erceisior. has at the head
Of its columns. Col J. j. Woods, Editor"
That's modest.
There 10 mill in Iowa City for the man
facture Of rope, which employs forty work
men.
The assessed valuation of real and per.
sonal property Of DesSioinss for 1866, will
not be very far from s3,l7O. 900.
tits intimated that the editorial manage.
ment Of the Dubuque Tines has passed into
new hands.
The hotels At Fort Dodge are. crowded
with people seeking locations and with re-
turned miners from Colorado and Idaho.
The Lansing journal complains Of the
rowdyism Of many young men Of that
place.
During the late visit Of Gen. Curtis to Da
kota he concluded treaty ofpeace with the
representatives. OF II Indian tribes
On Saturday last, Mr.. G. Epperly Of Mus
catine lost $500. Fifty dollars reward is
offered for its return.
The Editor Of the Burlington Hdnkeye
has been shown four good sized apples, set
closly on one twig, the second growth Of
| this year.
A lady was seriously injured at Dubuque
by stepping through hole in the Sidewalk.
The City Council has lately ordered the
walks TO be improved.
The teamstcrs at the Dubuque lumber
yards struck for an advance of wages from
81 to s. perssday, and now receive it.
Mr.. Durham late editor Of the Burlington
Hcrkeye, was recently presented with a
gold headed cone worth $40 by the en-
ployees Of the office.
The people of Washington are agitating
the Railroad question, and seem bound to
secure north and south road
Thomas Round. of Washington conntr.
had his arm horribly crushed in threshng
machine. DR.. Mckee amputated the limb.
W. Z. Shepherd, Esq, Postmaster Of
Oskalooso, has sold his interest in the Her.
aid newspaper to Col C. w. Fisher.
A National Bank has been established at
Fort Madison. Capital $4,000. J. II.
Wintcrbotham, President; Gen. Clark r.
Weaver, Cashier.
The Boonsboro Inder says route has
been surveyed for railroad track from the
depot in that city to the coal mines worked
by the Des Moines Valley Mining Co.
Daniel lIerrold was arrested in Lyons on
Saturday last, on charge of burglary, and
bound ov, to answer at the next term Of
the District Court.
There were 1851 stulents in the Dnbu
que public school during October. The city
is to be lighted with ga ard . respectable
police force is to be maintained. .
N. X. Lounsbury, recently from Des
Moines, and for many years connected with
; the Western Stage Company in this State,
has taken up his residence at Burlington.
Tho First National Bank of Cedar Rap.
ids, for the year ending the LIST of Novem
Der, has declared dividend of ten per cent.
leaving six per cent. still undivided, The
capital has reached the sum Of 100000,
and it is designed to increase it still farther
10 100000.
Mr. Slocum, formerly Local Editor and
Foreman Of the Msquoketa Ercelsio-, died
on the I'd inst. The Escelsior SAYS that
within four years there have been eight
deaths among the typographical fraternity
+ Of that Office, five Of which were in the ar
my.
the Dubuque City Council have voted to
donate to the Illinois Central and Dubuque
and Sioux City Railroads sufficient grounds
for Union depot, and also theright Of way
across certain streets, provided the Illinois
Central Road would bridge the Mississippi
al or near 7th street. The Illinois Central
are understood to have fully determined to
bridge the river at that point.
The House of Bishops.
The house of bishops Of the United
States numbers 40, one from each State
and Territory, together with one mission.
ary bishop Of the southwest II is the
highest authority Of the Episcopal church,
on all subjects where its -elig,on is con-
cerned, and from its acts there is no appeal
The following is . complete list Of the
members Of this body, including those ad-
ded at the last general convention:
Bishops. Dioceases. Consecrated.
Hopkins. 49,. Vermont 1892
Smith. ....... Kentucky. 1882
Mcllvaine. ONO 1882
kemPer !. Wisconsin. 1886
McCosky. .Michigan 1896
Whittingham. Mary land .lS4O
Elliott. -. Georgia. 1aAl