Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-10
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
GENERAL NEWS.

s,skes 10000 bushels Of oTsters to
s.pply the city Of London annuslly.
A ioint stock company in Australia pro
noses to boil down 10000 sehep PEI wecl;
inio tnllow.
The Brazilian Parliament proposes 20 ex
.in~,;sh the national debt b means OF Tote
ter.es.
The Phoenix Iron Works at ST. Louis
xere DESTROYED oy fire en- the 4lh inst. The
'oss is estimated at $4,000.
"vitsls cooked here" is the appalling 40
nouncement plasardsd in the window OF
New York eating house.
A man pitched himself from the top Of
The column in the Place Vendome. Paris,
rsceutly. lie has not written TO his friends
since.
Gen. Sherman is Of the opinion that the
var with the Indians on the Western plains
will soon be brought to 4 close Ii 10 TO be
hoped ,ha. his opinion may prove correct.
H. G. Craig, the man sho has been te's>
graphing false reports ofthe Indian outrages
over the country from Ellsworth, has been
arrested for forgery in Missouri, and t'kon
TO tina. State FOR trial.
The Italian Government has concluded q
treaty wi,h lir. Colt, Of Hartford, tor the
supply in the course Of two years OF ono
hundred thousand treech-loAding rifles on
Bsrdsr system.
A letter from Kossuth has been publish
cd a. Turin. in which he declares that he
will never enter into any relations with
Russia. sthe executioner Of Hungary and
- NJ FraA.
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MO men returned to Denver last week
from the Cimarian mines, near Taos, New
Mexico, bringing three hundred and twelve
ounces Of fine gold, the product ofless than
three months labor. They report many
rich veins.
A gentleman in Pittsburgh Pa , has train>
ed four chickens to draw small wagon in
which a rooster 10 perched. They come
when called by name. and when harnessed
rattle ovsstae lawn with great speed while
the rooster looks grave and dignided.
Great discomfort prevails among the
workmen OF Paris on account Of the dear
ness Of bread. placards were recently found
on several houses in the Faubourg st. Ara
tome with the following threatening in>
scrip,on: "Chcap bread or war" Sitni'
| lar cards were torn down in the Fsubourg
du Temple. The price Of bread in Paris IS
equivalent to a,out twenty cents the four
pound loaf.
As evidence Of the extraordinary growth
OF vegetation ia Florida, il 10 mentioned
that a single tomato plant, spreading like
the banyan tree, has entirely covered bed
eighteen feet square. 1t had produced about
| ak bushels Of fruit up 10 the latter part Of
August, and was still producing, busbel
or more being on it sometimes at once.
AT the recent races At Kansas City, q
horse owned BY Col. Jsnnison, Of Kansas, Of
memorable fame, won race, and his frierda
gathered around and were cOngratulatinl
him on his success. A wag Who val
standing bv, chimed in, however, saying
"lt's no wonder you win race. You have
had the pick Of horses in Missouri for five
years." The valiant Jennison saw thu
point.
Chignons in Paris are worn higher on
the head than ever, and are usually elsbo-
rately plated; long carls, too, fall from be
hind the ears on ore or both sides OF tht
head, over the shoulder; and occasions ly
long matte Of hair is worn falling do"r
he b,ck.
The total receipts Of the Illinois State
Fair. last week, amounted to sbou. so, oo0
those of the Indiana State Fair about $780,
600, and those Of the Iowa State Fair ovcl
$l4.OOO. The Minnesota State Fair, hello
last week at Rochester, was no. as success
full as previous State Fairs in that State.
rcr R.,uyeo.rd visited Richmond las
week, for the second time in his life. Thu
is strange. bat true. In May, 1851. h
made rapid passage through the city in I
hack, from one depot to another. Subse
quent to that period, in the manifold
changes, marches. countermarches and mill
tary movements. Besuregard never once
entered this city in the cventful career Q
the Confederacy.