Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-04-02

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- Affairs.
The Aussisan ssheonse Alna ~ rseeat- .
: captured By pirates II ths Chiss -. /
A living horse was SD By ssstisa tx .
sut peandat Springfield, Aaas. - satus-
10y. l..
The Cineinnati volksblatt, radical Ger
nan Journal, sustains the civil rights veto.
A meeting viii b. ibid at Atlanta, Ca,
N Wednesday. to organize board oftrads.
A 0sArssvE PsorLs.-A young man Who
had lest leg In the war, killed himself in
PhilaAslphis because b could g. ~ work.
Five hundred factories In TIE North d
vrases naAs l96, 0o0, 900 pounds Of sugar
feoa bssts, last year.
The entire assets Of . recent bankrupt
were nine children. The creditors acted
magnanimoasly and let hin kssp them.
The Government paid >4oo, 900 for the
steamer Illinois, The highest bid recently
for her was 100000.
A fellow accused Of having murdered
four men has sued bis accuser for libel, al
ffming that be had killed only three. He
cut the threat Of the fourth but be survived, |
A negro in Petersburg, w., pasted . cy.
phse later the figure on two dollar
green back and passed it on Sussex coun.
~ white man for $40 note.
The British ship Orient experienced the
shock Of On earthquake in mid ocean, while
on her passage from Australia TO Londsn,
Nov. II.
There 10 . rumor that the headquarters
| OF the O'Mahony wing Of the Fenians, in
New York, havs been robbed Of e60, 900 in
funds.
A jury in Loadon has given verdict for
| $22, 500 to Rev. Mr.. Eland and wife, who
we're severely injured in the recent railroad
accident ct Aplehurst.
During the week ending March Sd, six
teen vessels were wrecked of the British
and Irish coasts, involving . loss Of nearly
>l,2So.ooo.
Lyons, France, consumes annually -
0OO, 900 pounds Of spun silk, using up -
900, 900 cocoons, and enough silk thread to
extend 81. 800 times round the world.
The mansion OF Pierre Soule. at New Or
leans, has been restored to him by General
Howard. II was used for over two years
- Colored Orphan Asylum.
The brig D. G. Allen, which recently Or
rived ct Gloucester from the West Indies,
fell in with On abandoned vessel ct sea, and
four of the crew went on board and succeed
cd in getting her into Charleston, making
e60, 900 thereby.
| II is thought that lake business will not
be brisk TIE coming season. Freights will
be low, owing to the light business and
consequent light demand 1t New York City.
: A fair business may be done, however.
, As the entire line Of the Russo American
telegraph has been explored, surveyed and
the route located, and a. many miles q the
line have already been constructed, the prob
abilities are that we shall get communica>
{ ton with Europe quicker in that way than
! by the Atlantic cable.
+ The present commander in chief Of the
. English forces in Ireland, Sir Hugh Henry
. | Rose, 10 IN officer Of distinction. He has
served in the India campaign, and was the
one who blew the Sepoys from the mouthi
: Of cannon. He now ranks IS Major Gen
j. eral, and also wears the ribbon Of ths
French Legion Of Honor. His age is ~
. Tho New Jersey Legislature are At deat
lock in regard TO the election OF Senator
y in place Of Mr.. Stockton. The Senate re
y fused, BY = vote Of eight to ten, 10 so into
t an election.
I'll A London paper alleges that tho Britist
= government is not disposed to be very
] strict in the matter Of not allowing Amer
; leans to enjoy the ocean fisheries on tn
l. British American coast.
OM.-Within the radius Of fifty milcl
: there are now in Northwestern Pennsylva-
. MIA no less than four cities-Erie, Mead.
vile, Titusvills and Corry-one with = pop
|. ulation Of 10000, two with 10000 each
and one with from 5000 to 5000. Sc
much for oil
APRIzR- There is single woman in La
Crosse who owns . block Of three good
o holscs, a Government bond or two, ant
e some hundreds Of bank certificates. Al
a Of this total is the result Of eight year,
steady energy Of tho elbow, iand devotion
to the wash tub.
II The Erie Dispatch says, that . well il
that city has come - near to striking OF
. a. to send up two Goldfish tails, = dead "a
y and very bad smell, and that q furthe
J. yield 10 highly probable.
70 BY the simple invention Of moulding com
# mon bricks, with dove tailed grooves, in ~
r rious ways, by means Of which they can be
more firmly cemented together, adecidec
i'm rovcment in the construction Of bricl
walls appears to have been secured at LITTLE
!, or no additional cost.
Afreight train on the Erie Eailroai rar
= off the track IN Wednesday, near Bingham
ton, N. Y. The ears were loaded with pc
tro.eum, and one fthc barrels WAS burst BY
conclusion. The fluid spread over thu
, ground, and \ little boy touched . match t
{ it ''only for fun" Result: four cars Of pc
0 troleum and two barns burnt.
The death Of Phillip Burrows in Italy, i,
published. A letter writer rcviyes the hiss
Tory Of this man. He was prominent law,
yer in Now York, employ ed BY the Van
D RENSSELAER, family, A. I. Stewart, etc
W men CtcWurt UouDut tne metropolitan lO
tel property Of the Van Rensselaer, family
Burrows acted as trustee for both parties
and in the negotiation the purchase money
> $500, 600, was paid into Burrows hands, hs
4 to deliver the deed to Stewart. Burrows
pocketed the money, fed to Italy, where hs
has since lived in great luxury.
The war Of the American revolution clos
. cd about SO years ago, and it is announced
= that Of all the many thousands who once
figured Is revolutionary soldiers on the
l pension rolls Of the Government, barely z
I remain: William Hutchins, Of Penobscot
Maine, and Samuel Cook, OF Clarendon, Or
leans county, New York. Several have
>. died within the past year; and it may b
Il that 1866 will witness the closing Of thu
books. We trust the Government vii
u promptly announce the fact by proclama
ton or military general order, ard that tn,
death Of the last revolutionary soldier vii
e be ttly and generally commsmorated.
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