Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-22
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GENERAL NEWS.

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GENERAL NEWS.
A little nsvsboy drew prise sf ~. goo
10 the Mobile lottery.
A society for the colonization OF tue noV
Land hes been formed ut Peris.
Il 10 stated that Fred. Douglass u about
70 commence the publication Of ne~sPs>
per at Alexandra, Va.
Gen. Grant i. out with letter depreca-
ting the habit Of army officers taking pro"'-
incnt part in political adaifs.
Capt. David Hinkley, Of North L'vesmose
Me-, now 10l years old, has voted ~ every
Presidential ele ton.
A man II Portland hes bsea cent TO jaA
for thirty days It besrosine ~ umorena
without leave. Here 10 On advance IN CIVIL
ization.
Mr.. Roses artesian we'll, ct Tssre Haute.
n down 1905 feet. Water Of o me kind .
confidently looked for In the next 20 iest
The deiicacy Of some Of The ornamental
eess.irum wosk. known - Berlin iron. %
such that it requires Of eeme pieces ten
thousand to weigh one pound.
One half interes, in the stallion, Gold
Dust, who lately trotted against Dexter, mas
been purchasei BY party Of geutiemsn ..
Bffualo, for $4,000, With the privilege o.
the consrol Of the hosse.
More than one hundred iesuovals Of New
York pos,fhasters were made on wednes.
day, and about tifteen hundred removals OF
Internal Rsvesue efliessa.
Aneshsr horrible u.usdss hes been com
m;tted in Philadelphia, an old lady OF sixty
years having been discovered with her throat
cut
Lsousrd w. jerome has the best horses,
the Aandsomest theatre, the uost convcn'e'"
stables, aud the largest nsUustachs. Vi any
man in New York
An italian has been arrested ut New Orr
leans for poisoning . family ot four persons
with venemoJs ring, n scratch irom when
caused death.
The President d, MES having received
letter from Mayor Monroe. Of New Orleans,
in which he asked 10 have the American
flags removed from that city.
The statement Of the receipts and expend
lures Of the Government Tor the quarter
ending June Both, 1876, exclusive Of trust
funds is rs follows: Receipts, SCI ,433 ,oc5;
expenditures, 1929. 442, 7O1.
The Ohio 4 Mississippi river steamer: J.
A. Gilmore, sunk near Cairo on "Wednesday
night. She had cargo Of merchandise val.
usd At 5000, 900, aud the vessel Was valued
ct $4,000.
Two companies, the Pioneer and Union.
have been formed 10 work the Minnesota
gold mines They have = capital Of $780,
OOO each, and have selected thisty.e'ght
veins. They also have valuable water pos
q and timber lands.
In the prixs. fight Tot The championship
Of America b, tween Davis and McCool, neat
st. Louis Wednesday, McCool was declsr.d
the victor, after fight Of twenty minutes
Butler, Burnside, Bolts. ani Brownlow
are busy BE- who propose to improve the
shining hours in the Radical hive this fall
Its estimated that there we're during the
late war 1913 churches burned in the south
ern States, involving loss Of about 8. OOO,-
900.
An eminent German musician says there
are better judges Of music in the United
States. better critics, and better perf"ssners
than can be found in Europe.
The Catholic Bishop Of the Memphis Dio>
cesc, in view Of the prevalence Of cholera, al
lows the use d fresl, meat On Fridays and
other established days Of abstinence.
A man who charged the soldiers, while
lately encainped at Sharon. six cents per
Ing TO find that his grind>tone and lots u
other things had fallen into his we'll, through
some Misrepresentation Of the soldiers.
Gen. Gran, is expected At Galena in Octo-
Der, TO witness the marriage Of Col. Babcock,
OF his staff, to n charming young lady Of
that city. The Generals house 10 kept in
excellent order, aud ready for occupation at
any time. Visitors are always admitted.
An eccentric individual who refu cd to
give his name, presented Treasurer Spinner
with tsOO in $50 bonds. the coupons sf
which were uncut, stating that he bought
them when be thought the Govern nent vas
broken up, aud now rs it was safe he desired
TO return them to the Treasury.
A gentleman in Waterbury, Conns,tic
discovered that somebody Vas rotbing bic.
horses tail Of the means provided BY ns>
ture for protection from the assaults Of
winged insects, and finally scta watch fos
the rogue. The sxpedisns vs. rewarded
by catching young lady of prepossessing
appearance in the oct II stripping the tail
oflts hairy appendagc. She wa arrested,
but begged % hard that she Vas let off,
She gave - IN excuse that The outrageous
prics 0f hair made it impossible for her to
meet the demands Of fashion. and she had
70 resort TO this ingenious aud novel way to
keep Up appearance
The Madison (Indians) Press has been
shown snake nine inches long and about
one inch in circumference. . coomon stri
ped water moccasin. which hsd been eject
ed from the stomach Of little son Of Col
Mullen. by IN emetic. His snakeship was
alive and crawling. but vas soon dispatch
ed by ito former proprietor BY plscing his
foot upon its head. II is supposed that the
little fellow must have swallowed the snake
wben il vas quite young. while ont bsst-
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