Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-05
OALIY. DEMOCRAT.



fFrom the New York WoslA, DE. Isl
During the past week considerable ezeita,
oJDe - bssa nsoahets1 ~ An sperti6t
men Of this ely at tho puhlisptien in shs
World Of the news that John G Heenan.
the Benicia boy, vAs expected in this city
and would arrive ~ The Steamship Cuoa
from Liverpesk Ths Ouoa 1ssived at Boston
On last wedaeeaey, b asiAe = part Of it,
priceless caseo. ~ "a saoiavtUh, whose sx-
ploits in The afsaa for the pass ave years
have been tie theme Of I'll sporting men
throughout The United States and England.
Hecnsn caos ever The water - 6rst cabin
passenger. end lfoo bic qaiss deanean"r
and retiring habits. but very few persons
% shs vessel i0agined thas the world ~
nov ned athelets was fellow passenger Of
Ii irs. Heensn - Creased in very nm
ostentstions manner, and said but liaals
during the voyage " give clus - bis
future movements in this country. He has
been travelling with . circus in Ergland,
and j, 10 reported that the boy has amsssed
. large amosct Of money On tie trip in
England. No sooner had the steamer
Cuba reached her wharf in Boston than the
ness &pr,si throughout the city that tlse
Benecis boy was . passenger. A large
crowd collected At the dock, principally con.
sissiag d members Of the sporuag fraser
nifty, among whom were > select coterie Of
lieenadrs personal friends. Heensn was
heartily received by them, and they pro-
ceedsd to the Psrkef hocse, where The boy
engaged rooms. Heensn is greatly changed
10 appearance from the day when he left
this ,ity IN route Tor England to fight Tom.
Say.rs. The boy's face is cleanly shaved.
ano his luxu.isnt tlark moJstache has d 3
appeared from him. He looks older. and
has Ioss all sspcsfuous flesh. gaioing sois.i..
~ by his loss Of sdcpose matter. Heennn.
during his stay in Bost..n, paid visits to iii
the sporting hou.es and billiard saloons,
being . great admirer Of the fashionable
game.
Ma. GRAHAM, in closing the defense in the
Strong scandal divorce cSse in New York.
gave the following description Of the plain
til, With some general remarks. which have
the merit Of novelty at least: " The plain
tiff IMAM Of forty years Of age. educated
to the Law, hut without practice or the de
sire for practice. When man has the
shire wdns*s Of . lawyer, but without his in
dustry, he is an uncomfortable member OF
any family. You might Is well have the
plaques Of job in your house. When
man has been sharl,ened by the hone &c the
law, he NEEDS something 90 cut, and il he
doesn't cut the world, he will his family"
Fsox al parts Of the country the word
comes that the PRISONS arc being file, Wy
again. The frequent comm sion VI crime
has been attended with proportiona:e num-
her Of arrests and convictions, and the con-
sequence is as stated. Courts and Jurors
are growing more unrelenting, and offenders
will find themselves ultimately in limbo,
however they may succeed in avoiding de
I. ction at first.
The contributions in $50 in the Corgrc
gatiOnnlist churches towards the 5000, 900
church building fund, foo: u something
over $50, 1876. There are about three thOus-
country.
A young lady named Rose arrived ut
Louisville from Texas, on Thursday morn
ing, on her way to Shelby county, where
she was to be married. While going to the
Lexington depot, she was run over by a
wagon, and SO badly injured that she died
in few hours
Recent experiments in the British navy
prov. that the thirk oil Of petroleum. the
resiJurm Of the third distillation, is
the best substitute for coal in generating
steam.
Three grand Italian projects-a railway
through the ttalo Heivc,ian Alps; a line of
steamers be, wecn Genoa and America, back
ed by American capital; and the coujunc-
ton Of the Mediterranean with the Pc.
John q. Nash, an ex Mayor Of Rochester
N. Y, died on Oh, istmas day, from pneu>
monin. with which he l,Sd been suffering
for fifteen days. lie hid i,cid the Offices Of
City and County Clerk.