Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-12-28

$50 9osPt ne rooo 20 borIiuet0h ~ rapidly
~ me1 and money will do it.
Wilson Booth, son Of Z. II. Booth, form
erly Of Muycaine) Of the fremont House, in
!. kepkviuA. Nd killed BY fall from . car
rage in that place few days since. The
&nNlliaaa 49, ~
the carriage made suddsV 44tayl ~,
away, upset.ing the vehieil idd dasfing
young Booth vlole9uy)s ~ eaytb.{l n
l. ID - 0asNER -. NEvvR.I i1i ~
a.i ns s'j Es i: = s,'H''ea '''s pA'''1
auX luQl,1 k)0os4, sSllo.Lns
the example OF Judge Barnard. in tin,ng
Ssnqusns jursss twenty I'VE dollars each.
London has nov dnaefkto,n1dt penny
tfalss III day long. Thsir.saivaatage oset
We Old style " tecpinot ION 10, that they ore
six times quicker aud M times cheaper.
Stste military histories of the war will be
very generally pphllshpd. -Nes, ,Yssk has
one in preparati6n. md aAiaiA AlGkSag ~
it.
80 yssa-.ss fsrr
Most Of the royal family Of Sweden write
going 10 4nHiet 'transiat,on u j. On the long
suffering British public. q =
Acsrdngto Tn ststsmd nt Of !, Tnnes,
see Wsehsljer bf Congress-, a. majority Of the
marriages thseArs DstipB plsec II Neuy,JAls
arc between ex secession ladies and North
crn cmigrants. xss4Essv VA
A paragraphs going the roshds aserib-s
ing the authorship OF the lines, YOU'D
scarce expect one Of my age" to Edward
Everett. They were written by Oliver Ev-
crctt. Boston schoellpatttf. =.
Two little sons of George Shaw were
drowned on Friday in pond at East Penn
"a i.s.s wv i s~Bod. 81 sSwss ,hr "S
the thrice. taskst with their dianer
stood on the bank.
Ayssns lady in wessboro, N. y, was
married Oh Thanksgiving Day TO returned
soldier whom she had nekerseen before. the
c'urtshiR having been conducted by letter.
On the 'follo king inornins she put on her
cloak and bonnet aud ran away, an has
not since returned.
The eight paper, collar, manufactures in
Massachusetts nMdc il the month OF Nav
last 5000, 900 collars, worth $274 DO0.-
The value OF stock used was 81 C5. 600. can
ital employed, $340,uO the number Of 90
eratives, 166. The nusbber Of lActor ies has
decreased very largely during the last nine
months.
United States paymas.er went into a
bank IN Washington on the 22d, and Law
ing package containing SIS, 900 on the
counter turned aside to write check. and
while thus engaged, some one took the
money aud made mis- escape withit.
terrible tragedy occurred on Sunday
mo, ming, at Gciuan boz riding house, on
West Lake Street, Chicago. Six men III
the prime Of life were stricken down III
mortal agony by the escape of gas from n
pipe IN their sleeping room Five were
found dead, aud the ether 50 near the eiye
OF the tomb tsas'~is rscescry 10 vcry ddLbt.
full. = =
The Chicago J56rnal s ates auth Sita
lively Nat ths Hon stssrrtt Smish has m
shtuted proceedings for libel against the
Chicago Tribune, III the United States Cir
cut Court at Chicago, placing the dam
ages at 100000 The libel is said to -coi7E
sist Ola statement in that paper that hTf'
ic'gncd insarity in order to evade any re
ssponsibility in tlAss Johsr beows Harpex's
Ferry raid. - 4<ys G ID
1t is estimated that the war has reduced
the number Of horses in the United States
fully one million in number. The average
destruction in the Federal army alone has
been less than five hundred per day. The
average use VI horses IN the various depau
incrts, taken collectively, is about one horse
Tor every two men.
A VERDICT Of $4,000 has been rendered
against one crotty, at Ottawa, Ill.,, for cali
ing another thief. 1t seems that the
plaintiff had l'eeN trici OH . charge OF thcft
and acquitted. Crotty still believing hun
to oe guilty. 50 oppressed himself The line
OF defense IN the sander SUIT was iustiG n
ton; in other words. Crotty attempted to
prove the theft which was not proved be
fore, and tailed. The ease has beeu TAX en-
to the Supreme G@urt. - 4 - -
A Washington correspondent states tha,
the advalorcm duties will be done away
with by the present Congress as far as no..
s'ble, AMI specific tariff enacted. wf,ii
will protect not only the American mani,
lecturers, but also the Government. as there
will be no. means Of evading specific duty
by false invoices.
Messrs. Coutts & Co., the London bank
ers, have presented to each of their en-
ployes 4iUO. The present high price Of
provisions has, IL IL said, prompted the firm
TO TINS act ~ generosity, BY which they
have expended the sum Of E7 900.
An Italian paper says that l, 100, OOOfr. is |
the sum demanded by the brigands "a ran
SON fJG the I've Swiss they lately CARED
oil from the gates Of Salerno, and that the
family are dong their utmost to raise the |
money. s.tI i
A freight trim on the Centra, Railroad
at Indianapolis, ran into . street car on the
2Oth, killing one man and woundne several |
pers ms. Among the wounded vas bow
whose leg was 40 badly crushed that it had
to be ahputated.
A person, for many years government
interpreter for several Of the tribes on the |
plains, givss it IS his belief that the yarions
tribes Of Indians are determined to unite in |
the spring for the purpose Of wipire on. |
the white population II the mountains
lent. the chief who led the attack in which
Merwip and. others were killed. and tho
stock d the Butterfiell Overland Dispatch
for one hundred snd sixty miles was driven
Oh, has declsfsd that the = 1,tes shall not
settle On his hunting grounds, and that the
stage lines shall not pass through his !
country. -"
B. =: Busrlsn.--The following remin.
tscence is from the Memphis EuUetin: A
"On Monday evening succeeding the
Bal,hapye OoAvenldd Of I0d4x q ssAt ctN..|
course Of people gathered in front Of the