Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-05-18

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A singing me~as hes ben sssShs ~ NJ.
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A monster black snake. - tset long. has
rsq1QlNteBz,llsd IN Cat6lleia, iN9 y
There were seven deaths 10 Cincinnati
! last vsck from suicide.
The tax on tobacco will probably be
ehaases by ~ psssent Congress.
'nldy Indianl farmers are blowing up
their wheat fields and sowing oats and
aAx. sAA-ursa-s-.rs4.ssss sse = ? -
Ofs7, o00, 900 people In Frsnes. In 1881 !.
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There is . strike among The operatives II
Petroleum Centre, Pa, caused W feduc
tim Of wages. IA
sf1sws,1s sfss1sS ShoGis tooLs A.,e
b.eh w,ittcn 10 explain he Book Of Revela.
| lions.
There are six churches now existing in
! Boston, that were founded 10 the seventh,
/ century.
The two General Assemblies Of tie PM
\ a. AhA nsl nj
LOUIS, No., My 18th.
A grumbler, complaining Of the. ''infernal
revssdt y 4, cns, = ssy be can't PCT hiS boot.
on with0uta stamp.
The .oss TO New York city By the ship
wikhts' strike. which still continues, IL IS
timsted At t5,Ov0, 1000.
The next annual meeting Of the Wiscon-
sin State Teachers Institute will commence
~ Aii~auxee on Saturday, july aSth.
Mahsy L Co., Washington. have sus
p ,rdcd. II is said they are involved by II,
%. lure Of the Merchants National Bank.
| A yosine lady il New Orleans Is an cted
with disease winch the physicians .Lavs
Ip;ohornt e-i 20 be the ancient i,prosy.
| For every eise .po,sds of. aSua eaten b
the inhab,iants OF Worcester, Mass, the,
drink a gallon of rum. So Statistics sho~
John L. Dawson, n. q. from the II Il
Pennxy lvAnia District, another Democrat, .
said, will be ousted from his seat in tLs
United States Congress. asa.
The nc1t Min-esoss statefair will be hel,
q. Rochester. Oln'ste I'D county. Mi. Gen
SHERMAN will deliver an address on the oc
casion. f.
John Minor Bolts has published plan o
reconstruction, which he has sent to men
b.rs OF Congress. lie considers it just tn
thing.
The Washington correspondent Of tn,
Herald says that not less, than five hundrt
| cows have died in the Dn'trict Of Cvlumti.
vi tho cnttie disease.
Arrangements have be en- made by th,
christian Union Associate IN lor the cele
orat,on Of the Lords Supper in New Yoll
dir'ng the Anniversary week.
Ofall the pests n raging n this country
! the N,gyerptst is the " rst. It prevails II
It's blacklist form Mt WASHINGTON City. ant
is a far more offensive disease than thu
sm ,llpox. cholera or rinderpest.
st. LOUIS, No has popula ton of 2SO,
700. 81 chureh hes, 26 newspa ers, 80 publ
and 81 private schools, 4 universities.
other colleges, III brewerics, Ii distileries
and ,l5l saloons.
DR.. j. q. Holland (Timothy Titcomb) has
dissolved his connection with the Spling-
tield Republican,. and will devote himself
exclusively to literary pursuits.
Tho General Synod Of the Reformed
Presbyterian church, in North America
will meet in the Nenia, Ohio, on the 1911
day Of May. Opening sermon ny the rctir-
ing Moderator, Rev. David lie, ron.
BY permission Of the President, Mrs JEFF
Davis has taken up her quarters at Fortic,.
| Monroe. The only restrictions imposed n
her by the President are tina. she is not 10
use any inf renee or contribute any aid 10
his rescue or escape.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture has
ateiy received from the Royal Agricultural.
Society Ct Austria, a very fine selection u
choice seeds, ona,ed IL the United States
for experimental purposes.
There was n large attendance ut the New
York State Sheep lSr, elcrs' and Wool Grow
ers' Ex libiiicn, which was held at ROches-
Ter last week. The weather was fine I'd
The display Of sheep good 1t was nninu
cd ,be largest sheep exhibition ever held
IN The United States.
George Wari, tho Oldest Odd Fellow in
the world, al d o'e ofthe signcrs OF the frat
"diSptnSatiOn' to America di, d ut Preston
England, recently. after half c.ntu.y'>
ros'ne" ton with the Order. Grand Maj, +,
}. }. Davies, OF the New York U. der, whu
~as also Grand Scribe of the q and En-
campment, died at New Yu,k on Tuesday
| George Bancroft, historian VI the United
Stues. ienles the authenticity OF the letter
# The Marquis DC Montcalm, written M,
| nediateiy before the capture Of q ch,c il,
l7y3, and continuing y ren,ai kable prophec,
ono thing the future OF tie American ,Olo-
MES. The paper WI dts, ovctd hv Mr.
Carlyle and appeared in the last volume Of
.hc Lille Of Frederick"
A National Tobacco Fair will be held l.
L 'uisvile on TIE 2Sh and ~ h days o.
Way. Delegates wi; be in attendance from
Vmginis. Pennsylvania. Tennessee. Ohio,
indiana. lilinois and Missouri, and the hes,
spee'mers o! Cobarce grown ia ihuse States
viii he on exhib ton.
There is now pretty title steamer on
tie ihahcs, whct runs ten miles an hol
without pa.!dae wheel Or screw. She takes
IN water well forward, and expeis it an
under each quarter, and eau steer w,tl out
her rudder, and can stop in less t;.an h. T
length when going at full speed. As all u.
this machinery my be below the wae
Inc, and not liable to injury, it is worth
tying. S