Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-13
GENERAL NEWS.

0Ey ZEAL NDVV0e
A premium of 81 80 i. oa.r.d for. H.
tory Of Peru.
Tso men killed each other IN Mobile 70
zen u r. "loveiy woman"
Nlneteer Peers have died during this ses-
SION Of the House Of Lords.
number or .,oets are now building 1t
Pi,tsburg Tor the Southern trade.
An exchange says business that pays 10
IN it into the ground. Is the peat business.
Several Americans are impsi >oned in Mex
ic charged with conspiracy. One is con-
d ,,nned 10 be shot.
II |. confidently expected in 81. DEM -
that annexation with the United States " ii
take place.
Maximilian IL determined to ahdicate un>
less Napoleon gives him men and money to
sustain his throne.
The wheat crop Of Minnesota for the
present year is estimated at 10000, 900
bushels.
A woman Of st. Louis, supposed to have
The grave burst open her coffin.
Why are bankvupts more 10 be pitied
tn an idiots Because bsnkrspts are bsvken,
while idiots are only cracked.
II cost gay New York milkman $50 for
wtering his milk the other day, . spying
policeman having nabbed him.
"Bsll Boyd" the notorious rebel spy, has
eeturasd v the United States, and joined q
electrical troupe in Mobile.
The esrth 10 tender and kind mother to
he husbandmen and Jet It one season 10
slwsvs hsrrs~s her bosom, and o. On other
pincks her cass
Mr. Lcius p. Starr, Superintendent Of
Rogers locomotive Works. In New York
committed sucide at his residence in Brook
'yn BY shooting himself
II il given out that Edwin Forrest il
cha, med with California. and intends TO
trke up his perm .nent residence at Geyser
Springs in that State.
The Drst public school in Chicago vas cs.
eli he'd in 1884. In 1856 there were AZ
| e,chers and 1896 pupils. In 1866, they
/
The second annual Congress Of the Rob-
erts Sweeney Fenians is in session ct Troy,
N Y. Gen. Murphy il temporary chairman.
The discussion Of politics is not to be al>
lowed.
A correspondent writing about California
| earthquake, says il the last severe shock
| in San Francisco had lasted but few Sec
onds onger. the city would have been .
mass Of ruins.
needle gun, hae constructed . new rifle. in
three pounds lighter and wholly Of iron.
Ed. Avsr,li, Boston man, he's perfectly
ID. sitsr fifteen years. labor, . machine for
ruling papsr bv electricity. One girl can
attend two machinss, Of which earh will d0
:hs work Of twenty men - now done by
any other process.
The whaling 6cet Of New England now
numbsr 304 vessels. averaging 2O5 tons
Zach. and 10 the largest sent to the whali' 8
grounds by any country in the world The
damag from the pirate Shenandoah have
been fully repaired.
An Alabama neeress gave birth to fou,
children. lat y. ct one as hOuchemement. -
Two were girls. the Others boys The w
man Was doing well. The new York World
says che will probably never do any better
James Stone. . native Of Dover, Tennes
see. Was shot in the head at st. Louis, OF
Friday evening. and robbed Of $1,000. II,
vas invsiglsd by pretended friend to Sc
Guided spot for the bloody deed. Stone il
said to be master mason. lie is Ieporte,
in critical condition.
The entire debt Of the State Of Virgins
including interest up to the LIST Of last July
was $42.3l2 1917. Of the coupon debt "
Virginia tnere IS payable, or held IN Nev
York, $40. 900. 600. and in London 81 500
900. the interest upon which, since July
1861. is still due.
This 10 likely to be very had wine yea
in France, because the protracted cold an
vet prevents the grapes from ripening
hree fonrths Of the Chateau Marguax vim
tage has been lost. However, as very l;itl
wine i. made from grapes, it will not ms. t.
SO much in the United States.
The New York Enning Post says tina,
sewing machine which IN New York cos.
Sos, in Paris costa only g. rs in gold, O
about &l5 in currency; and that co. tin
eli5 in New York. only Ga in Paris, O
about so in currency, the Paris machin
being in every respect IS good as tho Amer
lean.