Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-10
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
GENERAL. NEWS.

Commodore Stockton, one OF the Oldest na
Al heroes. died at his residence in Prince
ton, n. j., on Sunday last.
The King Of TIE Sandwich Islands is
breaking down. He manilests . constant
d.sire TO sleep. and fears Of his brain soft.
eninr are felt. II re dies, Queen Emma
will succeed TO the throne.
The Freedmen Of Hampton, Va, have
been notified BY the Bureau that on the LIST
Of January ensuing, they must emiGrats TO
Floriday as the only means Of escaping
want ard starvation.
birthstone Brownlow has been suffering
from an attack of bile, at the Barnett
House. Cincinnati. The sudden stsppags
Of his board bill by the Central Committee
has made him convalescent, and he will
soon Be able to travel.
Returns from oil the Lodges Of the indie
usndeat Order Of Odd Fellows In the United
States, except those in Texas aud North
Carolina. received at the recent meeting Of
the Grand Lodge in Baltimore. show that
The tctsl number If lodges is 1915. and
Of cucnmpments 26.74e.
Krupp's great steel works, in England,
consumes $50 tons Of coal daily, and give
employ ment to above 5000 men and boys.
whose wages amount to nearly &4VV,VVO
year. The establishment last veaf, turned
out upwards Of sc, 600 tons Of eastsel.
A Bordeaux journal mentions that man
AGED 1873 wears, residing in the commune Of
Tsllancc. was three days back summoned
before the tribunal Of correctional policy, III
that city, for trcspa $, and appeared in per-
son TO answ er the charge.
The Franklin Insurance Company Of Al
ton. m J., is closing up business. The ma :
;or;,v Of the risas have been reinsured, and
~. halance viii be cancelled. The Globe
Insurance Company OF Chicago has. also
zone out Of business, all their risks having
been rcinsursd in the Enterprise OF Cincin>
natl The causes for the decease Of these
two companies are simple-thc fire epi-
demic and low rates.
In a recently published statistical work.
there ure said 10 be IN London .4O0.OO
nersons who never attend public wOrship
i5o 600 hah;tuai drunkards 100, 600 living
| in open proiiga~y; 10000 professcd beg
CARS; 10000 gamblers; 10000 destitute
children. and 5000 receivers OF stolen
goods.
The Portland Psss records what It calls
lone Of the wonders Of the world in the
case Of woman who has just died in the
slns house in that city, at the ago OF seven
" years. Disappointed in love in early life,
she made . vow never to speak another werd
during her life; and during the thirty Ave
yesrs she has spent in the Portland poor
house, she religious'y kept her vow. until
death sealed her lips, not uttcring single
ineligible word during al that time.
Professor Geo. w. Harper Of Cincinnati,
| 10 bis regular monthly weather report says
Of September :-"In several respects the
month 10 marked period 10 the
meteorological history Of this place
The maximum temperature and the
mean temperature Of the month are the
lowest I have ever recorded for September
| The amount Of rain-nearly eleven inches
lis, believe, unprecedented. This excess
will moro than make up the deficiency O.
last May. The year 1856 10 memorable =,
containing the dryest May ard the wettes
September, perhaps ever experienced q
this point. More rain has fallen during tn,
past month than | have ever recorded il
any previous month.