Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-29

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Londsa ssaaans Il. 900 miles of gas pipe.
There ~ 700 earthquakes recorded 10
history siscs the year 2e5 D. Q.
They hsss ssssrvciss q mod in China for
extinguishing eschagrations.
Oas nan On The Evening Star had an acci-
dental assurance for $4,000.
4 nee 4Geeurt ~ ns6d1n = SpuSst lbs
u hest waking hesse. ss..s
A micresscpe has been constructed which
easnifes N object 1875 ,ooo. 600 times.
They are boring for petroleum in Italy.
Why dos't they try the Lie II crssss
coass,ts 81. valuv vefosD, eoe, 600 wss
run thfsoeh ~ tascsadsSshrs - war.
The Hartford 1s.es says that The barns
Sse miles around Hartford ore chuck full 81
tobacco.
The Cincinnati 0dseeae thinks Andrea
johnson 10 q bed - Thomas Jefferson, or
even Andrew Jackson.
Tee couple Of rabbi,s, introduced in Geeb.
lpeGs ANQkalie, u j639, ehagea yIehted, J.
0o0 ~ ~ eonsumption. ss-'Aa ~
rhSk0 OuldE,.ef ppolge. 5tnerly Of
Dallas, has presented the authorities Of the
Letter piece loe sesesefs hrd adjoining the
tova plos Of Add.
Out Of ga. 900 required for the establishs
0sat Of fishing 6eet at Nantucket. <l7,-
900 have already been raised. 80 that the
success Of che enterprise 10 assured.
Complaint 10 made that Bostonians do not
aGasnd chsreh. They must be atirred up,
and made to do their duty. Even pew
Owners prefer sleeping At home.
NJ. Shirley Brooks hes written . nov
sovel. entitled "Sooner or Later to Be
published serially in London, with illustsa
ton.
Lee Clafiiin, of Boston, has given 425. 900.
aud Lieutenant Governor VIM Cisfiln, his
con, $4,000 for the endowment Of the
Methodist theological institute Of New Eng.
land.
Il 10 reported that quite furOrs has been
css1ted among the farmers Of Burks csuaty,
Pennsylvania, in the culture Of the rhu.
barb or sherry plant. One farmer living
near Reading, who put out only one>haf an
asrs, reports yield in cash Of 81 100. His
wine sold 1t $3.50 per gallon.
The Canadian Government requires each
foreign insurance company to deposit $780,
600 in Canadian securities before doing bu.
sinsss there. Most Of our companies re-
fused to do this, and consequently very few
Of them lose anything by tho great Quebec
Are.
III you marry . woman," said Roman
consul 70 his son, "let il be q woman who
has esnse enough to supesintsnd the setting
Of meal Of victuals, taste enough to wash
before breakfast, and aense enough TO hold
her tongue when she has nothing 10 say"
In pumping out an old marble quarry in
Rutland, w.. recently which had neither
eatlst y inlet. several large spsckled treat
were taken out. one Of which weighed two
pounds and bali. How the trout ever got
in there must remain . mystery.
10 life Of fifty gears = man make up.
wards 81 500 oO0. 60 e,sespirations, draw
ing through his lungs nearly 10 tons
weight Of air, ard dischargipg nesriy 20
tons weight Of carbouic acid
New York etaltoners ere making note
pspsr embellished With rebel faga aud Con.
ledenae dsssess,, especially foe ths Soath>
esn trade.
The tunnel under the Alps has reached
1915 feet IN length on the French side, end
IL ,2ee on the Italian. Al The present rate
Of progseas, five years will be required to
the work.
A London correspondent says il will 49,
eonish rent payers in American cities to be
that in the incest and healthiss
parts Of London. handsome three-s,ory and
hasssnsnt, " eixht>roomed houses, IN per-
feet order, can be rented at from $3.50 to
$500 per annum.
The Western Usion Telegraph Company
report that tho messages received over her
wire and transmitted to Europe BY the Al.
lantic telegraph cable. hass avessged recent.
y about Ga, 900 in gold per week. The
brat week in October they ran up to $50,
800. The receipts Of the British end Of the |
line are in advance Of these fgurcS.