Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-08
DAILY DEMOCR At
SsENERA1. NEWS.

rAe'to@ ke.p the rich. and ss.rieh ke.1
the poor
Christianity requires effort by nature W
arc not Chrietians. III
The salary Of Queen Victoria Is about az,
O0e, 900 per snnum. t5 S.a{
The income Of Edwin Forrest, last year
was S29,7ei. McNicker's income was ga
oil.
An anaconda in Cincinnati has been safe
~ delivered Of 80 young and Interesting rep
tiles
Benjamin law books sold in New Orlean.
for about thirty five cents volune-GU0 o
them.
Some Of the largest hotels IN Paris ar,
occupied almost exclusively by rich Amer
leans.
pear in public. They had retired on aeon
petent fortune, but have been ruined By the
war
4 battered minnie ban vas reecn'ly ex
traeted IRON the head Of a recovered New
Haven soldier after remaining there lo7
days
A lead mine has been opened in Winona
county. Minnesota, and company organ
zed with a capital Of so, coo to work the
same
The Emitted STATES steamer Michigan, 10
long the only war vessel on the lakes, has
been designated as receiving ship for nav al
apprentices.
Further discoveries Of coal on the upper
Minnesota have been made. The river at
It Paul has risen over foot, and is still,
RISING.
Miss Harris, lately acquitted Of the mur-
der Of Burroughs in Washington city. is
about to 90 a. Ireland. 4 liberal subscr;p.
ton has been raised iur that purpose
Gen Dan sickles. Jamts T. Brady, John
Van Barren and Fernando Mood are inen.
toned anon. the candidates for the next
Mayor Of New York.
The first locomotive for the Atchison and
Pixies p,ah Railroad has been received n
Lawrence city Kansas, and wi b via ed
on trial III few days.
They had a row in L.ayenworth City on
Senday evening last between the whites
and blacks, IN which white soldier
got an ugly cut in the head from a slung
shot.
The railroads leading from Nashville are
dong heavy business. They are all run
n'ng OF. time and make CLOSE connections
The stroain Of travel to and fro continues
ut,bfehen
An arrival from Havana makes known the
fact that Jndah p Bea,jann, late rebel See
rotary OF State, Kilby smith, late re sel Cen
eia, and "Govcrnor Tcin Reynolds, Of
Missouri, arc in that city.
Billiards were invented by Ilcnriquc De
vlgne, French artist. IN the reign of Char
IL, IN, about the year 1871. and at once be
calhe Il most fashionable and captivating
game.
MAcNnielNr.- Secretary Chase predicts
cracy wi! Cove the South and elect mem
oeis 10 Longfcss. Won that DC ina.l,.il-
ecut;
4 shaue tree society has been oreanized
at Rockford. H.. the object being to procure
the planti z OF shade trees at the sides Of
every street i'll the city, which is an excel
lent idea.
Travellers lust in from Denver repre-
sent the route that far, as entirely safe
No trains are allowed to depart without
an escort of fifty armed men, and no
one runs any risk whatever, in travelling
with it.
The Troy New York; Inns is informed
by one oil its citizens, that On sun lny after
noon next, "A nan is to drink three Kegs
ol lager in four hours at n saloon in that
81 y, TO show that it is not un lntoxicatll.,
hevcrage.
Captain b. jackson, late Confederate OIL
Ger fcli overheard recently, between New
ORLEANS and Noble and Was drowned. lie
was SAID 10 be 4 brother Of Stonewail Jack
son. He was formerly a merchant in Au-
gusta, ga.
Last Saturday afternoon. the immense
cha,iot attached to Van Atuburgh Il Go. 5
incnagcrie, while on the road from Angelica
10 Caneadea, y. Y, fell through u brids.
near Belfast, Instantly killing two men and
three HORSES.
At st. Pauls Episcopal church in Rich
m0nl, on sunday last, the prayer for the
civiautiIorities was read rs follows =" Rlas )
Thy servants, the President OF the Couied
crate States and the President Of the United
States.