Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-03
DAJLY DEMOCRAT.


The Atlantic cable 10 making viV,Vvv per
day.
NJ. Bsmark has been made Prince ana
not Duke Of Lauenbesg.
Cotton is yielding well on the upper
Brsx,s in Texas and elsewhere.
1t has been asked when rain falls, does Il
ever get up again. Of course it doss. IN
dew time.
The collection Of the direct tax imposed
BY Congress in 1861, has been suspe noeo IN
Texas till January, 1868.
The population Of Toledo. BY census
Just taken, is 24,&0l, against iv.oVS 10
1866, an incseaas oi 4, 500 in . year.
Ninety distsncsies were csvsed IN Phila-
delphia, . few days since, fer manufacturing
without . iicu,os. RAGS ~ 90
For six wseks mot drsp Of rain fen %
the city u Chattanooga, aud during ri he
time the thermometer has rsngsd, DUNG
the middle Of the day, from ~ to lO2 do
gvses.
The Darlington Is. CO. SonsAevser learns
that the negroes in that section are prepar-
ing to emierate in large numbers 70 the
public lands in Florida.
The widow Of tho late Sterhen 4. Doug
las, now the wife Of Maj Gen. Williams, m
officer Of the Federal army, vill be present
at the dedication Of the Douglas Aonumen:
D. Chicago next week.
One Of the conductors Of Toledo rail
road train found an 0vercoat last week in
the depot. In one Of the pockets Of the
coat VAS gee. 900 in counterfeit money. The
owner has not called for It
Two women made their escape from the
Bailston Jail, N. u, on Thursday night Of
las, week, by digging through the brick
wall with pair oi scissors, and then, BY
y mi, dresses together, let themselves down
In New York recently a wife met her
husband after eight years absence. Her
Joy at discovering him was somew hat damp.
ened when he produced - Indiana certifi
cate Of divorce and offered 10 Introduce her
to his second wife.
A lady at the Louisville and Nashville de
pot the other day, startled every body BY
crying OUT 1--WE got the cholcrai' A fine
boy soon made his advent into the world,
and it proved only to be a new kind Of chol
era infantum.
by the ocean telegraph We know the
price Of stock in London three hours befols
tue stocks are soLl. The position Of the
son marks the tune; It takes the sun more
than three hours to creep from London to
New York, and II takes the telegraph just
no time At oil therefore, . sale made there
BY London meridian, 10 known four hours
before noon, New York meridian.
The Supreme Court ). in SESSION at Mons
roe Louisiana. has decided, in case before
it, that the purchaser Of . wagon in Confcd
crate days at $500, must pow pay the money
in currency. The Court ignored the exist
ence Of de (acto Government in Louisiana
during the rebellion, and decided that the
contract must be enforced according to the
laws in force before the war.
The Louisville Courier Of the 2oth says
"Thc Emperor Ma imilian sent . dispatch
day before yesterday from the halls Of the
Montezumas, via the Atlantic cable, to his
Empress in France, nj . cost Of { IL, 1894. all
in gold The diapatch amounted to GOO
words in CIPHER. Yesterday he forwarded
two more dispatches to Carlotts. the one
at cost Of &l15. and the other at 1910"
The largest brick yard in the world ia
about to be established at Chicago. Il will
be eight hundred feet long by four hundred
wide, aud will contain machinery adequate
to the manufacture Of two hundred thous
and brick per day. A canal 1000 feet long,
200 vide, aud 30 deep, is to be dug, con-
nectirg the yard with the south branch Of
the river, the earth excavated to be used in
the manufacture .: brick.
The St. Louis Republican Of tho 2sth
says: I'VE had = visit yesterday from
Messrs. August Archambault and Francis
Stein, who have for the last three years
been engaged in trading in Montana Terri-
tory, and with great success. As evidence
Of II they opened few bags and poured
their gitteting contents before W, being
samples Of nuggets and dust from the rich
gold region Of Montana, about 100 pounds
in weight, and worth upwards Of $2o, 900.
The Charleston Is. o. Courier Of the
22d says: "Somc day since in the remov-
al OF public property in the qnartermaster's
department storehouse on Fast Bay. two
strange packages came to light, which on
examination, proved to be boxes containing
the remains OF two federal soldiers marked
o. follows: Private II. J. Hall, company b,
Sd N. II Vols; Private Albert .. flint,
company ID, 4th N. II Vols. The former
died % the 10th Of July, aud the latter on
the 9Th Of August. 1869. and have been
slowed away % msrchau ise for over year.