Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-03
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GEN. Kirbv SuisA 10 in washington.
Postmaster 0saerAi Randali's family have
gone to Europe.
Yesss DUNES be- uads oSyoo0 Item The
first ediiisa u hia nee book.
Joha b. 0ough has taken che lecture plat
form fos The fail and winter season.
The New York 7r;6sse has offered Dick
en-. s., 900 to write novel for lis columns.
In Is years Iicentiousness ard dissip.',on
reduced the population Of the Sandwich Is
lands from lac, 900 to 10000.
The ohio foods enabled gsnslsmea Of
quiet turn Of mind, in Columbus, to hSh out
Of their upper story windows.
The Iron Mounsaia Railroad was Sid st
suction IN st. Louis, Sepe. 9Th, by Gov.
Fletcher, for e4.700, 900. The State d Ms
souri,, vas the buyer.
Robert Bonner has written an indignant
letter to the Milwaukee Wisccasis denying
charges Of gsmblins made against him IN
that Journal. 9r8sF
3 The Washington Repsblicon Is ''authofi:
ned and requested" to contradict the repp4
that Mn. Lincoln will reside in New York
city during the wiuter. .-..
James Brown, . negro in San Francisco.
has recovered : verdict Of $500 against ~
Norsjag Csll, for the publication Of local
item, headed "A Darksy in Luck"
A Sat Lake psp~, Sstisioe the death Of
. sttyn III 0MDRD
old, and leaves an interesting family Of IL
wives and ~ children y ssesrn his deash.'
The Toronto Clste says: 1.-THE incseas.d
impsr,a ion Of dry goods hess from Jeno11
Let TO the 6th instant Vas nearly SIX mil
lions Of dollars ever the same period Of less
year"
They havea mammoth restaurant in Paris,
ia California capable Of accommodating
800 people, and 1t which 3 900 pounds o.
meat and two casks OF wine are consumed
daily.
~ stated BY vAndering paragraph that
the records Of the Patent Once q W sshine.
ton show that no women has ever applied
for . pstsns, bot W believe the statement 10
esr0ns0us.
A Canadian newspaper contains The fol-
lowing plaintivs advertisement: Twill the
gentleman who stole my melons On last Sab
bath night be geaerous enough to return me
few Of the seeds, rs the melons ere rare
varicty?"
Edward Cruft. the Oldest merchant in
Boston, died on Sunday. lie sustained in-
juries by fall in December last that caused
him much suffering. aud which, with other
causes, led to his death. lie was well known
among Boston merchants. having been en-
gagged in importing goods and Is . shipper
for number Of years. lie was born in Bos
ton, was 90 years Of age, and leaves Tour
children.
The Portland Price Current says -
''Sin"e the great hrs Of July 4th. probably
no city or town ~ the Union has presented
more busy sel than Portland; houses,
stores and shops are springing up here and
there all over the burnt district; eli the
streets are lined with high piles Of luub her,
brick and al sorts Of building material, and
the various avenues are csowded With busy
trucks and teams, while every inch Of spars
wharf room along the entire front Of the city
| 70 crowded with oil kinds Of building ma
tesials BY the time the'anow flies come there
will b respectable show Of rev buildings
among the ruins"
The Hearts Content correspondent Of the
Boston Journal says :-"What amusss sss
At 6'sa 10 the inevitable baby, or the twias
in arms. There is blby in every house
end cords Of childred every where. But oil
the babies are Ofthe Sane age! To b sure
- the young lady remarked. Babies are al
ways in season bat it did seem strange
that they should al bc born at the same
time st Hearts Content. The life Of the
6shersuen may possibly account for this in.
FAINT phencmen ~ At this season, for in
stance. ell the boys. and nearly oil the abls-
bodied men, are At Labrador. They are ab-
sent al! summer. They return in the fall.
And this annual crop, Of juveniles, ~ Tony
Weller remarked, 10 the coasekans Of that
ere maneuver