Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-18

A Washington special to the Chicago
Times says tist the statenent persistently
published in one Of the New York papers,
for few days past that the President has
already commenced to prepare his annual
meeage, and has declined TO recommend
the adoption Of the constitutional amend
ment, is SO far the merest guess wsrk. hav-
ing no greater foundation than the Ledger
bsax.
In cases where the additional bounty pros
vided by the Get Of July %, 1856, Is claim
ed BY the widow Of deceased soldier, she
having msrried, It has been desided by the
second comptroller Of the treasury that If
the re-marriase took plsce before the pas.
sage Of the act she is not entitled TO receive
Il II REMARKED alter the passage Of the
act, then the widow would be entitled to The
bounty.
The pauper burial expenses Of Nashville
for the past three months were t3,606 80.
The track Of the Northwestern Railroad
i now laid 10 Dennison, Crawford County,
Iowa.
Texas has exported within short time .
million dollars worth Of cattle.
The cholera still continues to abats in
Chicago and elsewhere West.
In the United States there ore 750 paper
mills in active operation. They produce $780,
100000 lbs. paper, which at % average of
l0c. per pound would be worth 81. 600, 900.
AZ il requires about pound and one half
Of rags 70 make one pound Of paper, there
sss consumed By these mills 400. .0O0, 900
pounds Of rags in . single year. lfw ss-
timats The rags to;cost four cents pr pound,
there wosld b . profit Of tll.oo0.o 900 in
this branch Of msnufacturing.
Ristori, the great tragediesns sow playing
IN New York. has already pockstsd ths sum
Of 3a6,9l0. as her share Of her theatrical
engagements in New York and Brooklyn
Gx nights and ono afternoon.
10 Pennsylvania The radical disunion -
ioeity On the vote for Governor will not vary
gFsasly from 10000. The majority toe Lin
ce,n b 1854 Vas 20,O76; fos the radical
slats ticket in 1866 it was -, eco. The cen-
Drvative gain in the present contest has
therefore been from 5000 to 5000 On the
populsr vote.
The radicals have gained 10 Pennsylvanis
two cougrsssmen-H. L. Cake, 10 ths 10Th
district, (now represented By Stseuss.) ed
John Covods. In he alst district, which vss
s;isssd BY Dawson in 1e4s BY . oejssisy
slighay exceeding 100.
Land 10 icing surveyed near Washington
for the erection cf the new White Hsass
for the President, and for IN extenelve Ma
tional Park.
Oregon hes shipped ob, ,1ss. 500 ia trsas>
are daring tie lest eight menths.
A tsssibls ssciasnt ssok place st st.
Nays Church. Dubuque, so the 18th inst.
A young man. - years Of sss, By The NAME
of Michael Neysa0, While wesking % tn
spise Of the church u . distance et 20 6sss
rom the ground, lest his footing and wss
prscipitated 70 the 6ooe below. Ths unf6e.
tuasse nan struck upon his hsad and ~
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