Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-28
DAILY DEMOCRAT.



Jshu C. Brsekinridse has len Loado~s
With his family, and gone to Geneva.
DR.. ]. G. Holland aonoasses hiDself on
The lecture platform for one year.
Prentice says sick man 10 in : bad way
when his disease u acute and n's doc'~
isn't.
The only living descendant Of Ch!'sto-
pher Columbus lives At Rome. ana y g
visit America next year. He Is desc''oso
- . genial nan Of sixty.
Bickham got out the Dayton Jonradt tns
nieht the flood VS. highest, and then 70
eendsls bsing II haed) wsdsd home In 'os'
feet Of Waasr. s
BsssaAh lay Cookies banking hsssc %
Philadelphia, free lunch 10 served every ~
to the thirty-6vs attaches Of the bank. in.s
10 - keep shem from going to restaurants
asd being tempted to dpple.
The New Haven Historical 8 cssty -
Bsaediet Asnold's account book, ana sne
sien Of his store in which he did bus'neea
before the Revolution. The inscription On
il reads, "B. Arnold, druggist, bookseller
etc.
During the fl,od at Mcphersonvilie, OPP
peoite Dayton, Ohio, sixteen psssene wcse
baockadsd for fosty~eighs hours IN tne
seeood story ofa house. without mosss' q
eat, except few grapes that grew on
aeiehbosing arbof.
There 10 no prospect Of the immediate
payment Of bountics authorized ~ CoLs
eress ct the late session. 1t IS estimate
snat about forty III usand claims are on D .,
vith thu number increasing at the rate o.
four OF dve hundred per day.
Jshn n. Surratt, the principal confederate
sfJ. Wilkes Booth in the assassinatisn p'el
is now living in friendly European cou"s
ty, and Secretary Seward knows Of hi
Whereabouts sc said Mr.. Boutwell,, OF Mas
sachusctts, in . recent speech at Marl'
boro.
II is stated that during the past fortnight
the sum Of tllO,OO0 wa received from
msnufacturers ard traders in New Yofl
who hard omitted TO take out licenses in &C.
cordance with the revenue law. The strin'
gent clauses Of the amended revenue act il
rel 4tien to distillers have bad the erect o.
closing some Of the smaller establish,
ment0.
Bishop Hopkins. Of Vermont, reports il
his annual address that the theological de-
partment At the Vermont EPiseepal Inst
tute Is without students. The Treasurer d.
40 says in his report: "Thcre are no young
men in the diocese looking forwafd 10 tht
ministry, Or preparing to ep:sr t."
The Memphis Commercial publishes {
business csrd Of Gen. N. B. Forrest, snt
says: "As honorable and high toned il
bis private a. in his official life, he has sole
out the property rem aiming 70 him after sh'
wss, and discharged HE obligations (nany
Of them wholly in the interest Of comrades
in asms) and now seeks, - cotton facte
and commission merchant to retrieve. I,
some extent, the large fortune used and Toe
| in the confederate army, and make sup
port becoming his family and position"
The following touching description 0
Louis Koss1th 10 from Jate letter from
Paris: III 10 1t the CAFE Flcrian-a mai
Of hairs 50 white that you do net note the;
thinnsss, bowed down, and meek and silent
yet very kindly eyed; but never flushed b.
any period to which he comes. passed th
young dreams Of grand free State. but wait
ing yet though death seems closer than Il &c
dom. reading the Journal ali apart, III res
pected that not the busiest intruder doe
more irrsverencs than look with mild an,
loving asksntness toward where he sits
alone, aged, very thoughtful"
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