Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-03-15

. California has made its FIRST piece Of cot.
ton cloth.
Nevada papers praise warmly the regu
larity Of the overland mail, during the win
ter, which has been the severest for many
years.
Oil borers at Lodi, Ind have struck .
spring which yields Eve hundred barrels
daily Of superior sulphur water.
There have already been SIX hundred
balls in New York this winter They have
been attended BY 100000 people, and the
whole expenses have been ess4, $50.
The gross receipts of he leading thea
tres and places Of amusement at Boston for
January were $lO4.176, Sal, 695 Of which
was received At the Boston Theatre during
the opera season.
General Lee testified before the Recon-
struction Committee that he never took an
oath to support the Southern Confederacy,
having avoided it purposely.
Among the Eve hundred Shakers at New
Lebanon, N. Y, arc six men and eighteen
women whose united ages amount to 2,100
years m average of about SO. The Oldest
is %, she youngest SO, and six are more
than 80.
The receipts from customs last month
at the principle Atlantic ports we're Sl4,-
1884, A. follows: New York, $I2. 5000,
1904; Boston, February to February
"a, 81, 5,514.G7; Philadelphia, $84O, 1885,
90; Baltimore, $322, 549 .S3.
According to the Belfast Age . mania
for lotteries and raffles 10 ravaging the in
terror towns Of Maine, end worthless farms,
spawned horses and Brummagem jewelry
are disposed Of by these means in large
quantities.
Some Of tho London merchants have in.
stituted custom of charging an admission
fee to their stores. The lady sight seers
can enter by paying small fee, and exam
inc all the latest styles and costumes with.
! out making any purchases, unless disposed
to do SO.
Dressing for roast fowls Soak slices Of
stale wheat bread, well buttered and salted
| and peppered, in wine, und then put them
into the fowl in rs large pieces as possible
The wine and other seasoning flavors the
bird richly, and the bits Of bread them
selves come out ratherish good.
William A. Chase, Of Christian county,
ILL.,, has clock that was made in 1884,
and IS said to be an excellent time piece
The works are very large and strong, an |
somewhat clumsy in appearance, it having
been made before machinery was invented
for making such works.
There is quite company Of prominent
Mormon merchants and missionaries in New
York busy in buying and forwarding goods,
preparing to receive and send on the spring $
emigration Of proselytes from Europe,
Of whom there are said to be 5000 on the
way.
There are in the vaults Of the Treasury
Department $l4, 240 900 in IS notes. The
total amount Of the denominations is $llO,-
100000. The Treasurer will receive in =
few days from the Bank Note Company
$500, 900 in 81 aud So notes Of the green
back issue.
The winter has been very mild one in
the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Spring
and pl owing and planting had oil come the
middle Of February even up q, 600 and 5000
the season has been unusually severe; heavy
SHOWS and severe cold. The papers Of
Northern California aud Oregon are lily
with the stories Of Of rough winter in the
mountains, Of storm aud flood aud frozen
animals.
Two lawyers in county court-one Of
whom had gray hair, and the other, though
just rs old man as his learned friend, had
hair which looked suspiciously black-Lad
some alteration about question Of prac-
tice, in which he gentleman with the dark
hair remarked to his opponent: "a person
ct your tune Of life, sir" looking at the bar.
rister's gray head, sought to have long
enough experience 10 know what is
customary in such cases. Eyes, SIR" was
the reply; you may stare at my gray hair
if you like. My hair will be gray rs long
as live, and yours viii ic black as long as
you dye"
~ could soon finish you up" said some
lemons to bbttls Of carbonic Of soda. II
answered the soda. "Lct us try our
strength" sal | the lemons. "With al INV
heart" said the soda; and to work they
"~"es ~ IuS Will su luetT tni6uC 10 extl0
guish each other; iizz-wcnt the lemona
tizs-went the soda; and they went on
tizsing, till there was nothing Of either Of
them left, and only a nauseous puddle
showed where1he fight had been.
The annual report Of NJ. Dryer, Chief Of
the Bureau Of Immigration, says: 1.-The
propriety and advantage Of placing The
whole subject of immigration under the
charge Of officers Of the Government have
been fully INDICATED BY the results. The
draft Of . bill has been submitted to Con-
gress, in order to correct abuses and pre-
vent emigrants from being victims I'll
sharpers aud intimidated into fraudulent
contracts" The total number Of passen.
geD who arrived in the United States du-
ring the year ending December, 1866.
to 2S7, 397. Of whom 225. v39
landed in New York, and $3.50 in Califor-.
MIA. All countries are representcd-ll2,
600 we're frSm Ont Britain, and nearly
q 900 were from Germany.
NAMES o. CALIFORNIA Towns.-Jacksss
3olen. dim Grow Canon, Loafer FL. Whis- |
o o D'gS 'nss Slap Jack Bar, Yankee Doodle j
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