Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-23

The Indian Treasury reports sass 900
on hand.
Cleveland papers say that city 10 plenti.
fully supplied with houses TO rent."
The black aud blue berry crop Of Maine
this year is estimated at one million five
hundred thousand dollars.
On Friday last large saw mill Of Daniel
Shaw, At North Eau Clsire, Wis, valued At
$40, 900, was entirely destroyed by.firs.
I.appears that between January and
July oftho present year. there were >63,oCo
attacks Of cholera in Italy. followed by 32.>
900 deaths
Peoria has six temperance organizations.
each holding weekly meeting. Besides
these there are a regular street meeting
once q week.
The subjec, OF compulsory education aud
establishments OF "A system of free schools
at public expense is under discussion IN the
legislative chambers in France.
Hamilton, Ohio, makes more malt than
any other place in the United States, and
hss 325 drinking shops for population OF
1000
Twenty y.ssven prisoners were liberated
from the Penitentiary Of Joliet on Thursday
afternoon. by reason Of having served out
their time. The greater portien of them
were from Chicago.
A New York paper says that il the State
sells the Erie Canal it will be bought by the
transportation company, who will then
double the price Of transportation of bread
stuifs.
There are ten States engaged in..iron min
ing. They rank - follows: Pennsylvania
Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Missouri
Massachusetts,. Connecticut, Maryland and
New Hampshire.
A man met with singular death in Cairo
the other day. His death is supposed to
have been caused BY holding q piece Of ice
in his hand, while overheated, until he was
chilled.
The Cincinnati Times, initiating the Sol.
aier's Friend Of this city, pcrpctrates the
following joke by running up the following
as its Presidential flag:
For Presidsnt-IIon. Edwin n. Stanton.
For Vice Prcsidcnt-Gsu. P. H. Sher-
iGan.
A farmer from Dixon, Ill, writes to the
Agricultural Department in Washington
that he has successfully made sugar from
the box elder trees. The sap, he asserts,
is very sweet, granulates az readily as the
maple, and makes whittier sugar, Of finer
taste.
a part Of the rice crop has already been
lost in some sections of the South in con.
sequence Of wet weather and low tempera>
ture; but such rs remains is reported 70
be in favorable condition, aud the harvest
will probably be in about tbs end Of the
present month.
The Caro.lton (Ill.,) Gazette Of the 18th
says: The corn crop in this section, with
a few isolated exceptions. will prove fail
ure The long con.ipued drou,b. togethe.
with = back ward spring, has thwarted the
hopes ossome Of our corn growers.
The other morning the fruit tram Of the
llsnois Central left Golden for Chicago
with twelve cars, each containing 500 boxes
OF fruit. This train also took one and 4
half car loads from Auna and six from Ma
kanda.
On Kelly's Island aud about Ssndusky
Ohio, the rot has re-sppeared on the grape
vines, making sad havoc with the fruit
From so to IS per cent Of the crop will, i,
10 feared. be lost.
The new charter election in Baltimore j,
fixed for the fourth Wednesday iu Octobel
next. There are almost hundred caudi
dates for every ofioe in the peoples gift.