Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-29
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


/ 0IUrNE NAIL ~ " re
Butter Il 75c. . pound in Philadelphia.
Guerrilla Mostly. is rusticatng at HarveF'
sack, n. j.
The best whsst crop in fifteen yesr' % re-
porsed in Canada
Budlsog, The Geauga County, Un,o'
cheese msnuiacturer, has failed with vl4o'-
600 liabilities.
O.P. Kane, formerly United States lar
ehal Of Baltimore, 10 engaged in shs MANU-
facture Of tobacco at Danville, W.
The new Catholic Cathedral At Indiensp.
oils. Ind f. 10 to be crowned With . hier q
tower than any other in America-
The conssactors promise to hevs he nev
Academy Of Music ia New York ready -
oeeupa ion en New Years dsy.
Charles Dickens writes to friend that u
viii be impossible "a him to read in A~se'
iss, bis engagements in Europe being % M
merous.
The shippiag disastess in July embrace
twenty oios Americas sea going vessels,
end tsa foreigners sngagcd IN our tTsoe'
worth, With their cargoes, 465, 900 10 goso.
Seme curious genius hes discovered thAi
~ Of 81, 80 600 q people, 9,0Oe. 900 q
then write thsir names With an Hon. ~
| fsss then. What 10 ianef
The news from he minor Gsrosa States
= gives in he lou, nails Of Fathssiand undss
ths pretty little heading 'Miteieu rspaie-
chestaatsngrsppe."
Books have beea opened for subscriptions
Ioe . new Atlantic cable 10 be laid Va. bers
muda add the Azores 70 Lisbon, distance
q 2, 100 miles.
The MINES ,ta Valley Railroad will b.
finished to St. Paul in three week The
Pac nc Road will b. finis1 ell to st. Cl.ud,
90 miles north Of St. Paul, MIMI, by Sep
tember.
There 10 . new counterfeit twenty five
eeut piece, in which Mr.. Fssssnden has .
black eye, and the last two letters Of the
ward assistant in the left hand corner are
tzansposed.
An enraged husband publicly horse
whipped travelling photographer 1t Plyh-
euth, Conn.,, lew days since, for distribu-
ting photographs Of his vile. which had
been DIST cured by tn addition Of wh'-kcts
and moustaches. The artist went to law,
and Was coln!otted to the extent ofsix cents
damages.
The suit between the ow lcrs Of the New
York Express has been decided in favor VI
Stephen r. Clarke. and against the Brooks
es. confirming C'arkc's cain to the owner.
ship OF one sixth Of tie paper. lsy this YER
dict the paper must be sold. unless the case
should be carried up to the Court Of Ap.
peals.
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Homes In the West.
In every neighboihood there are honest
and hard working men who are anxious to
attain to position Of comparative independ-
e.ce, but year by year finds them no near
Ct their object.
The influence Of wealthier people, though
they are unconscious Of it, leads them into
style and an expense that bears them
down to an eternal drudgery.
Why do not these people break away
from these influences, and under the homer
stead law become men Of position and in
auence in their turn! There is plenty Of
eDod land to 10 had for the asking. There
IS not . quarter section Of good tillable
laad in the United States that will not 10
ten years be worth twenty dollars per acre,
il it is but moderately improved. There
are no new continents to be discovered.
That game is up. The millions Of Europe
ere hocklng over. Thousands Of our fellows
will work bard for the next ten years and not
gain 600. will warrant them to b. worth
a 900 il they win take my advice, aud do
NJ charge tsceaty:6ce ceats and three red
slsmps. evsa. And they may be just - hzv
= they please, If they will only get their
living and keep out ofdebt. Tho land, with
few feeble efforts at improvement, and the
stock that will grow Ground them With
soaroe On effort, will b worth in ten wears,
1910.
Those desirous Of getting along faster will
6nd ready market for every useful thing
they c,n produce. The mining interest q
the TAR West will come TO their doors and
ak to exchange gold and silver for aour and
usat. But, gold Of no gold they can have .
hewo Of their ewn, ar ] the man who lives
sd dies without svnisg home aisses one
sfthe sweetest sublunary joys.-Cor Wis-
esssis Parser.
A1TEMPTED- ASCENT OF Mt. SnAsrA, Cat.
On the Is Of July. . party Of four star.
ted on IN excursion to the summit Of this
noumtain from Yreks. They arrived q
Oinsn's IN doe time, and commenced their
asdeeus labor Of ascending The mountaia
Vhsy teok what Il called the len hand
eoah which vas clear Of snow, but after il
80 pegDsd they round Ne passage along
~ 80 q ~ Oovotoiu dimoule. TheV
slevegisd upward, sad whsn thsy had nsde
aeasiy twe-ehirds u ths distance they coIld
ealy aeoemplish sbeat two miles in Eve