Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-12-07
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Mr.. Slidell = sepcslSd 70 b. one Of the
richest men IN Psfis nsdsy.
Mr.. n. P. Willis hrs had . paralytie
stoke. and is in very critical coaditioo.
There is . Norwegian 1t Ottawa. in hi.
nois, with foot fificea inches long, and
Eve and thses-fourshs vide.
An English nswspapes, 70 describing the
mstsers. talks abeus "earssao ofstasleis' y
Ben. Butler d. said to have offered 500,
600 for the New York Commercial Adrer-
tssw. The pf. priesors ak nearly sstce
that sum.
Psoisssor Agassis says that Sbf forty
yeafs he ~ leAoAee. and never puniAhso
spsSl. He dsss sss believe il ~ vistses
u bireh.
The 6alean u fssksy is building . bot
heuos % - expense Of 1lOO.0oO. With
the nu0oer Of Sivss BE- has, Ne should
think hs he'd Aee-Aouse q homo always.
A papsr asks sSty isassuatly u Ais any
harm TO sA ID TIE ispse q ages. Another
ssp1iss that Il oil depends - the kid Of
aess selected. These frso eidhleen - twsn.
ty.1ve. Il puts dssn - extra hssasdsss.
,"Is Il possible lliss, that zen den's tno.
~ naoss Of ssnss Of your best tsisnde"
iuquissd eestle0an Of . Iady. ''Cestains
w." - replied. II don't esso know what
ny own may b year heaes."
II would not b. . weaan. for then ]
could not love her," says Montagu.' Lady
y. ". Meutaga says, THE Only oojecsion
have 70 bsing man 10 that then should
have to marry woman"
Professor Massh Of Yale College. pro-
neuncss he Seeails rssssaly found q Ceh0ee
to b The bsnes u . female nas(odon, cf
full growth, thoueh comparatively youns-
mere infant Of thousand years Of 49,
and says that the snimal mutt have existed
over thousand years ego.
Il 10 stated that the psoals Of the Finh
Avenue Hotel during the moth Of Oct 'oee
we're 100000 The average aumbes Of
guests wss si1 hundred, which would give
I profit on Zach Of eS . day.
An iron clad ordered year ago fog the
6slsan Of Turkey aew awaits . purchaser
in IN English ship yard, The representative
of tho Ottoman g0vernmont having failed
20 seeeive his renittsnces.
George Washisgten, . nephew Of Wash.
!nston. died suddenly few day: since 10
Wilmington, Cliates county, Ohio, while
attending tease he he'd 10 court.
New Albany, Ind, has trsatsd itself 70
- spesa house wsrth 800 geo, end taller,
By seven feet, than any other ediBcs IL the
city. The house is the property Of twenty
stockholders, and has seating capacity Of
2.loO.
Hdlle. Rosa Boahsur has nearly compile
ted large picture Of cattle and drovers in
the Aiebhnds. Ths men are vigorously
belaboring some Of the animals in order to
make then move on rough road
An educated Virgins farmer says that
after having had . large experience with
white laborers. both foreign and native, he
he's come TO the conclusion that the world
cannot produce Z nosv skillfal and sllciene
farm laboror than veil trained negro VIII o
is willing to work.
Two members Of the Vermont legislature
have refused to take their extra pay voted
BY the genrral assembly. They are both
young men, and ~ they grow older they'll
know how to put up with such hard hips
better than they do now.
A shop in the outskirts Of London has
exposed in ito window picture Of Perseus
aud Andromeds, with the following touch
ing inscription written In the margin -
"This young lady was exposed to be de.
voured by the unfceling wretch at her feet.
U.s."