Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-06-25
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


GENERAL N8vVo.
Dr.. Chapia sa,s there Il clsss Of men
too shallow to hsse . eonscience, aud toe
cold 10 have hssst.
The Differences 6ssvssa OArlyls's Works
and Beadis's Dioe Novels h, that vhils tho
one ere sensentious, the others ere ten
csnts~ious.
Cirrus W. Field has made thirty three
voyages scross he ocean % the Atlantic
telegraph business, which i in his ''line.'
MERGERS expectation 4 iemals 10 Wash.
ington Territory proves . poor speculation.
The women don't get % .rred, and they
talk Of suing Mercer for damage.
Tie British authorities in Calcutta have
Just completed census Of the city. The
whole population, including the suburbs, IS
one million souls.
The hedge growers Of Illinois VIII hold .
convention in jacksonville on the 2eth Of
June. The object Of this convention is to
discuss matters relating to the cultivation
Of hedge plants. aud cstablish uniformity
in prices.
The waukegan Patriot Of June 10th.
s.ys: The crops Of every kind are looking
finely. Grain end grass are growing apace.
and corn is coming on finely, under the in
fluence Of frsqucnt showers and warm, sun
shiny days.
The following is the regular official state
ment OF the arrival Of emigrants at New
York. Number Of emigrants arrived 70
June ., 1868, 90. e64; number Of cmigrants
sinos June 10. 1856, 1890. Total l04, S63.
To same date in 1856, 57,6s7.
One Charles s. Dunlap got himself into
Jail the other day at GAINESVILLE. Ohio, for
going through the country and poisoning
the moths Of horses, then suddenly ap-
pearing as "horse DOCTOR" and offering to
cure them for $50 much" lie ought to
be made take bit in his own mouth.
At Navasoto, Texas, there was recently
hail storm Of uncommon severity. The
hailstoues averaged half pound in weight
and many were picked up the size Of
nsn's two fists. The roofings Of houses
were broken through, and the growing crop
Of cotton entirely destroyed.
Elias Hove, the inventor and pstentce
Of the sewing machine needle, has declared
his purpose not to apply for an extension
Of his patent, on tho ground that he has
made million and q half Of dollars on II
already, which he regards as fortune
enough for one man.
An old man passed through Lafayette
The other day, who had walked from Alba>
~, N. r., to Iowa City, and that far on
his way back. He d 76 years old, and car
ries knife which he claims to have pur-
chased June 9Th, 1912. the day he enlisted
in the army for the second war with Great
Britain.
Il issaid that cattle from Texas are not
to b permitted to pass through Kansas in
the future. A large drove were recently
turned back q the State line. Tho reason
given 10 that, in former years, diseascs
have been communicated to cattle in that
State, resulting in heavy loss to the farms
eSs. 49, --...~
A certain gentleman had always been
complaining TO his fathcr-in>law Of bic
wifss temper. At last, papssin law boz
coming wearicd Of these endless grumb~
linss, and being bit Of wag, replied -
"Welf, ny dear fellow, If hear Of her tor
menting ysu any more, shall disinhcrit
her" The husband never again con>
planned.
1t seems certain that the present system
Of sounding" car wheels by striking them
with hammer, is Of no sccount Whatever
in the determination Of their strength or
freedom from flaws. The accident on the
Psnnsylvacia Central Road, last week took
place scarcely three minutes after tho bro.
ken wheel had been ''scunded" At Gallit-
sia. @ .fr
Several meteoric stones fell at Nashville
on the 18th. near the railroad depot. They
were Of blush color, and were quite hot
when first discovered. Geologist say that
nothing similar has been found in any 9th.
er part Of TIE world. One specimen has
been forwarded to Washington and another
to New York for examination.
Mr.. Dent, fathsr-in-law 10 Gen. Grant
lies dangerously i'll Of cholera inorbus, a
the Generals residence in Washington, and
in consequences Of his advanced age and en-.
feehlcd condition, but little hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery. The General and
Nrs. Grant have been informed BY telegraph
Of his condition.
The Jackson County Banner says thai
little Norwegian girl was bitten by rat.
| tlesnake on the 81 inst. while walking
along tho banks Of Elk creek, il
the Vicinity Of Elk Mound. As rem
ely, her brother cut out piece Of the flesh
where she was bitten, and drew the poison
from the wound with his mouth. The last
heard from the little girl she had almos. en-,
tirely recovered.
number Of young men Of Indirnapol,.
have given the principal Of the Baptist Sem.
mary in that city considerable trouble BY
pessistently making love, orally and by let
ter, 10 the young ladies under his charge
The other day the principal learned tina,
some ofhis pupils bad packages Of letters
from ycung gentlemen Of the city-.ende'
spistlcs. Exasperated beyond endurance,
he caused the young ladies to stand up be,
fore the entire schecl and read the letter,
in full. With The names Of the writer's
Thsre was . fluetseing in the school.
A machine is now In operation in New
jersey pcAt bog, which turns ont twenty
6ve tons Of peat per day. The peat il
pressed into bricks and comes from the ma.
chime ~ hard IS bituminous coal, and much
usates 10 handle. Il Is estimatcd that peat
can b manufactured u . cost Of one dol
laf per ion, exclusive Of the handling. Ths
success Of this machine has given . -spscu
latite value 10 me peat bog in the east. -
The peat thus prepared makes . cheerful
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