Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-12

outset IL writing IN eighth and laet book
A horse hospital il one Of the insltutiens
Of New York.
Five thousand coolies were sent to The
West Indies last year. +,
II il contemplated TO build Bible House
In New Orleans.
An insane woman in Brooklyn stranslsd
herself with garter last week.
An ambassador from Turkey will arrive
in W ashng,on in week or two.
Large ORDERS for grain have been sent to
the United States from France.
There are 10. 900 persons in Brooklyn,
Who do business in New York.
Mr.. Scp,imus Tennyson, beother Of the
posl, Nd rsssntly - QlSs'tsahan. Eng.
o. he ssw PsuniaA coinage, The Kings
head Is surrounded BY laurel wreath.
The past summer has been the wettsst 10
Europe daes 1860.
The cattle plague % well ~ the cholera.
is devastating Hungary. Aosavis and Gal |
licia.
The hank Of France has German treasure
70 the ao0unl Of 1900, 900 eaoes h Ia
vaults.
A ieweiry stors in Detroit was robbed Of
$4,000 worth Of wetchss ON Wednesday
night.
Sen Francisco has II, 1913 voters. Of whom
s.5l7 are native Asscricans, ssd 1901 fss-
sign born.
The people Of Dayton, Ohio are catching
Ash IN their cellars. They eonsidsr this soms
compensation for the fool.
The Oregon legislature On Saturday sx-
plunged their fos0ss ntioeaaioa o( the Coz.
stitut ional amendment.
Msj. Gen. WV. Avssill hss bssn ap-
pointed Oonssl General 70 TIE British North
American Provinces.
A family whose hsuse was busncd h
Portland, No, went 10 board, and were
shown iuto room furnished with their own
stolen furniture.
A shrss story building 10 Hillsaale, Mich,
fen o. Friday ,borylegs fa01y In ~ sains.
The fathes. molhes and sns con we're in
s.antly killed.
Maj. Gen Morgan 8. Smith, Of No.. has
been appointed Consul At Honoluiu. and
Brig. Ger. DuG, Of H., who vac Chief Of
Artillery On Grants staff, Council 1t Gas
gov. Scotland.
Great pscpasssioas arr nakiag at Oissia-
nati Tor the meeting Of the Association Of
the Army Of the Tsnsseses, on he 18th Of
raxt month
There aso seventeen nanulaetesiee q pa.
per collars in New England. and each girl
employed makes about 800 OF them
dsily. 'r
, A balloonist made 90 ascension q Albion,
: Nee Yssk. - nsn6sV ~ ~ ~ 6sen
acsn since but his balloon was picked up
by schooner on Lake OalArio YESTERDAY.
!, Santa Anna hes succeeded 10 negotiating
!, . loan q 0W miU1oo AplAfo viii lheee
! banking houses in New Yesk, aud has au-
: thoriasd the pnschsss Of cir stssaers fos
the service Of the Mexican Llbstals.
wiscasset, the county seat Of Lincoln
/. county. Aaies - hAlf destroyed b Ass
. rly ycstssdev nosning. The custea hsuss,
1 . large hotel, warehouse. and many other
. buildings, were wiped out BY the destroy wing
Z element, and large number u hniliss
! were rendered homeless.
;, On the third day Of the session Of the
: University Of Virginia, says Richmond pa
per, there had already gathered At The Uni
> verSity between thsuo huAdred and cry Aad
y four hundred studcats, nearly every State in
:. the Union being represented. It is expect.
i oil that tho number Of students will reach
:, five hundred before Christmas.
Il What il that ?" said the SUNDAY schoo
: teacher. pointing to the letter y.
d ''Dunno, said the urchin.
"What do YOU say when you stub your
o tocf'
It "Damn it," was the prccocious reply"
d Tlalfpenny newspapers arc generally sup
: posed to be an invention n the nineteenth
n century, but such, Il appears. 10 not III,
: case, for in the year l494. during the exps
4 dition Of Charles viii. into the kingdom o.
4 Naples, halipenny Newspaper was sold il
! tin de Ia Grande Armss d. Aslsss spool
q meme Of this journal we're recently discover
i ed in tho puolic library At Naples. and pub
T. lishcd by N. De Ia Pilorgerie.
&c Lately, a gentlemen sat down to write
deed, and began with: "knOw ono woman
BY these presents"
"You are wrong" said . byslandsr; ri
ought TO be know al men,
IS "very wcll,' answered the Other; III on
= woman knows it, oil men will, Of eoufse."
:. A little orphan boy, who has recently sup
y ported himself by blseking boots 10 Litsl
\ Rock, Ark has become the possssses Of
10 fbrtunc Of one hundred and twenty thousan
:. dollars. BY the death Of . wealthy rslativ
n in Louisiana.
{, The CAristian advocate and Journal state
'e that "ffom q. 0OO. 900 to $500. 900 wort
= If tobacco 10 annually consumed By tn
70 members Of the Methodist Church in th
70 United States" This 10 between 500
q and $1,000 day for the Qualification Of
=. sensual habit.
nc John 8. Rarsy, ths cslebrated hsepe tame
n he'd suddsnly 4 Cleveland. OHIO, q The Il
4. inst Last Decsmbee b. had . otsoks Z
in paralysis, since which time he had bee
IN trsats BY several prominent physicians. :
ne On Thursday, at 2 p. NJ, be left the W Cd
y dell House fes walk, bat sooa reeusnot
n complaining 81 pain in the head. Ate
d being seated few minutes exclaimed. I"
am dying" and in about IN hour he szpir
= I'd.
d While three little boys were amuein
"a themselves with toy cannon in New On
IS leans on Monday, Oct. let. one d then pu
= ball or seme'othss missile into the littl
D. gun, and fired il 10 the direction Of his meth
:: :. e, not dreaming Of ths injury 4 night d
:" The missile entered the mothss'e right cid,
- end. psaslsaeiag ths heart, w. aassoe h
y sssdiasely fatal: The little beys wess beelh
& IN, iron , = 10 ysafs u -, ed IL uetl
p er had her youngest child. not three uenth
y Old, IN her aTma q tho tina. Tia hobo q
e not injured.
q Tns wDsv..-ln the gteGa ansual sxhib
= = ton Of pictures 10 Para there l. this year
= portrait Of lady, With the simple title