Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-04
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


GENRRAl NsHe.n
Preca,ious style Of life-dwelling 10 Other
peoples memory. .ss- Ia III
The bankers Of St. L,uis are teking the
prelim nsrv stsps $3.50 esSblidh,ng .
clearing hOars IN tbsf eey
George ftasois Tsaia has eaa'Ii tnst!t -
large land purchase 10 Nsbrsska tho iarg-
est ever made in the Territory.
Tbs cable tssesrsphs SIX words minute,
and the electricians say it is eating lis own
head Oh, the batteries sre SO heavy
The latest guess about the uthor Of ''Ecce
Homo" i that It is from tho pen Of Mr.
Richard Holt Hutton, distinsu s.hed jour
nalise. sN
In 1860, the taxable property Of, Georgia
amounted 70 ssven hundred millions Of DOL
lars, it 10 noe about two hundred ukllions.
The bell Of william and Mary Csllgs
has been taken down 70 be re-east Il has
rung every day since before the Rsvo'sslon
W. J. Valentine has been associated with
Prof. Agassix ~ the United States Cem-
missioners from Massachusetts, 70 sect
yea,' 8 Paris Exhibition.
Mobile papers state that stock coapAay
hes been Organized in that city With capir
I'll Of e250, 900, for The erection Of large
aud elegant theatre.
Il d said that there is scarcely member
Of the French Court who does notew mere
than hs can By any sacrifice possibly pov.
Dissipation and sylravaGanc&f
Nm. Horace Greeley 10 charged By .
Wsstcbestee farmer With drying uP spring
sad injuring HE wafer privileges. lie
seeks an injunction in court to restrain her
Ills stinated thsG it will take 600, Ooel3
900 feet Of lumber to rebuild the burnt die
trct Of Portland-or about the entire pro-
duct Of Maine for two years.
Rev Dr.. Chaplin recently said in : ser
mon: Tho resurrection Of Christ trane-
formed tho Interrogation point Of the philos-
ophcr into the exclamation point Of tho
Christian"
The Mont Gents Railway is nearly done.
1t viii be open for travel 5y winter. The
incline sometimes attains eight and haN
feet in the one hundred, and some Of the
turnings have radius Of only one hundred
aud thirty. three feet.
Il is said that there is village in vcr.
mont which has four churches. Only one
Of these has . bell, but inasmuch q the
othcr denominations refuse to assist ~ pay
for tho ringing Of il, the owners Of the bell
will not allow it 10 b rung u all.
A newspaper in England wound up IN
account Ct . murderer with this odd anti
climax: FOR tire safety Of society, il is i'm.
possible mercy can be extended to him (the
condemned) in this world; beyond that. the
province Of the journalist does not extend"
4 Mary land farmer tried TO stast balkv
hesss attached TO wagon filed ~hh wheat;
BY firing . sheaf under him. The horse
Kicked the blazing sheai into the wagoo.
which was consumed with its contents. the
horse being narrowly rescued fr"m like
fate
"Eccc Homo" has reached its tw, 18th
thousand in England, and the demand still
continues. The authors name Il not yet
known; but if he prefers profit to fame, be
10 probably satisfied, for it is announced
that his publishers have already paid hin
$4,000. ~
Taking the census returns Of 1895. from
seven Statee - . criterion, the Census BE-
rcau At Washington estimates that there
has be IN increase Of the agg- egste popu-
iaQon Of the. United States since 1866 Of 1874
per ONT, q 3,Aes, 7S7. The total psesent
population Of Oh the States and Territories
is estimated at 5 100000.
The Paris book seller. Dentu, having paid
100000 ct auction for the privilege 81
printing the catalogue Of the Paris exhibit
ton, . cores ondsot .makea the following
calculation Of the probable amount Of prof
he will lcap:. 'Supposc million Of copies
to Be issued the cost Of printing, paper,
and Advertising these said copies viii It
least come TO 100000. To this sum add
the elOO, 600 paid for the privilege Of pub
fishing them, and you have the formidable
sum Of $780, 900. Sell each copy At franc
and n. Dentu will At once realize $4,000.