Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-07

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yceosetical revenue distsist, New Lee
Ion and Windham counties, )and they have |
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York Evening Post severely criticised The
|eeeso paiatinR u the de0e e the capital,
|or which the government pays the sum Of
~, 900. He says the plaster has been 20
ba( ltsAixel ~ laid on that great seams
stretch aceso1s and dive about the picture,
making the whole look ~ though danger
- te-a paesan bensath - The sain soaked
ceiling Of an attic. E8rE rArr~|
The story il told Of CLERK u sn English
church, who finding II very di1Reqlte TO
pronounce the nams o. ShA1resh, Assh !
sch, aud Absaaeao, whish eoesr ~ tines
in the third chapter Of DanjeI, read them
only once ana In the subsequent verses 70
lsrrsd v them = the Aforesaid seutlemss.
A laboring man in Rochester, N. T..
1eW days since tasted bitterness IN ess
coffee. His suspicious we're aroueees Ne
made inquiry It the drug store, and found
bis wife had purchased strychine, and had
attempted 70 pioson him, for she loved
another man.
A clergyman in New York came home
late one evening, bruised, soiled. and ROB
bed Of bic watch and money. he SAID ne
had been assaulted by six men, but It WAS
clearly proved that he lice, that he had been
ON . spree and in improper places. Blu.
hs still maintains his pastoral relations"
The value of the taxable property belong
ing 70 ths colored residents Of Washington
il Il .23s. 900. OF the ~ 900 coloFed resi-
dents Of this city the Ereedmen's Bureau
estimate that Z, 400 can read,an th Il about
5000 subscribe for newspapers. s.,,.
Massachusetts, manufactured last year
722,967 balmoral skirts, valued at 81 ,O49,
OO7 and requiring the investment OF $46l
97l q capital. There were 80 establish
ments running, employing l,0l2 hands.
Some Of the women of Kansas have me
morialized the Legislature Of that State ior
the right ofsuffrAge.
The Philadelphia waite works pumped
| 10. 967 ,569,l74 gallons of water during the
year 1866. The highest number OF gallons
per day was in June, to wit-39,0S6,s4A.
The collections Of internal revenue il
the Custom House in New Orleans during
Thursday and Friday Of last week amount
ed to $9l ,064 %.
Montreal is a nice place for firemen.-
They were each given free policy of iii
insurance for 81 900 this year.
The population OF Boston is 1872, 324. o
whom $4,000 are Of foreign birth, and 1852
are colored.
The latest missionary enterprise is topu
religious texts in bon bons instead Of senti
mental notices. Very candid.
There are 1000 Catholic churches an
chapels in the United States.
The biggest thing on ice is the berg men
toned by Dr. Hays, which contains 80
OOO, 900. 900, 0OO, 000, 000, 600, OO0-more Q
less.
When the new thread mill at whitman
tic is completed there will be 900 hands en-
ployed.
| Newport claims to be progressive city
in the fact that 80 fraudulent votes WEI
recently cast there against buying steaI
fire engine.
A Maine paper says If the wells are NJ
replenished by rain soon, the Maine la
! must be repealed, to allo the people som,
thing to drink.
A member of the Penobscot bar claim
in support of motion for "a new trial, tn,
"the jury were unduly influenced by Il
> great personal beauty Of the female plair
tiff"
. An agent of the Kansas and Arkans
Railroad is traversing Texas, stirring up Il
. people about making connection with tn
r road, so as to connect Galveston and
Louis ria Fort Gibson and Kansas City.
Il Boston is about to attempt to eclipse Il
rest Of mankind in the hotel line, by bull
ing first class house with all the model
and New England improvements. The b
, Of fare will, Of course, include Goldfish {
e ! Saturday.
IL The Hartford Courant tells Of an enar
ored man, who took young widow on
sleigh ride, proposed to her, and was AZ
cepted. Alter which he was SO elated tn
he "wished somebody would ask him for
loan Of few hundred dollars, without S,
curity," and that he was never so hapr
in his life."
u The Louisville Courier says that prof /.
is on foot to estabi. h line Of swift steame
to ply regularly between that port an Ne
Orleans, each boat to make seven day trip
The practicabiiity Of making the trip
seven days, is very much doubted by ma,
steamboat men, but in this fast age we {
not think anything impossible.