Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-12-05
DAILY DEMOCRAT.



A colleos. ~ sssosed students 10 about to
sssesslsa = New Albany, Ind.
A DNsesese kssealy l. 70 b sdssd y the
oomose o. ssw mansisss to be stated this
The loegsst tunnsi 10 Enelasd l. The
oo0oeeo! e the line Of the Maneheeses
end SheosId Railroad. 1ts length i $1,000
feet.
The rare spectacle Of six water spoets
.as recently Witnessed on the St. Charles
river, near its junction with the St. Law
renee.
Coal has q length bssn found on the
0ovssnmeoe esoaSe In Kansas. The vein
Va struck q depth Of ave hundred and
sighty 81.
TIE n1uesdo (lowa) Ledger savs there
gToae nostality among the farm horses Of
hAsdh county, from what cause 10 not
known.
The Ohio Psnitsaiiary bas nos eight
hundred and siehty-two convicts confined
within it, walls. Mo- sbess one hundred
asd 6fay more than this time last year.
A young hdy in Newburyport has been
hoaxed BY forged arisfpaphic dispatch into
believing that her ticket has drawn the Chi
ego Opsss HOUSE.
A joint stock company has been formed
n C6svsjand with capital sasek Of $780,
600 70 erect nev opssa house in that city.
y ID seating capacity for an audience u
$4,000 to 1000 psrsons.
The most sssoanding 6sh story yet told
i The statement By Pre6sesee AZ .ssix, that
ia Brasil Shsy hass species Of hsh which
can climb trsesi
Il is ststsd thaE Senator Sprague. on his
return from Europe, will prosecute certain
parties Tor the gross libels that have been
circulated rsspssling himself and wife.
George D. Prsatics was banqusssd resent
y b. The attaches Of the Louisvi h Journal,
4 being the thirty sixth anniversary Of Mr..
Prentics's editorial management Of thas
paper.
An advertising firm has paid Els. 600
for the exclusive right to post placards 10
The area Of the French EXPEDITION. ond asks
E4O per square metre for wall space in the
avenue.
A mass Of msteoric iron, weighing $50
pounds, is on ito way from Colorado to
Amherst College.
Richard Lawrence, who made an attempt
70 assassinate Gen. Jackson in 1885, still
lives and il an inmate Of the Maryland
Lunatie Asylum.
A man net big Indian On the Plains .
lev weeks ago. The gcntls savage had .
large bundle Of scalps, and the white man
made bold TO ak him what he had been
doing. ileugh?' said tho noble red man,
me been skirmishing for waterfall 81
The following 10 g,ing the rounds a.
domestic drama:-Scene l. Mother in the
CELLAR. splitting wood. Scene II. Daughter
10 the psslor singing to Clarence Fitx Noodle
the pathetic ballad Of Who shall care for
Meteor now.
An old bachelor acqusintance remarks:
A great many anecdotes ere relstsd OF
personal bravery. We wound like 10 zee
that man who would deliberately allow
woman TO catch him making mouths ct
her baby.
A certain Connsctieut boarding school
teacher. With - eye - the psaee. instead
Of giving his pupils 70 sipts Soe twenty
dsl!ars, when their bills reach that amounl,
pays them 6ack one cant. credits them With
dollsss end ninsty nine cents. and
thus saves the I've ceos revenue stamp.
A statement hes bess Published Tia. the
President has given 70 Mrs. Thsmpson
permission for her husband, jacob Thomp.
son. TO return home. This 10 nn'rue. He
positively refused 70 give any such permits
sion, but said Thompson must take the
Of retur ming, like other promi-
nent rebels still abroad.
Il 10 announced that surveys are nov being
rade in the English Channel between do.
yer and Calsis, in connection with the pro.
jected tunnel between England and France.
Dover paper states thst the engineer
gagged in the work have3a steam tug specs
tally 6lted with scientific apparatus and i.
ran be seen any fins day anchored in Dover
Straits.