Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-16
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H., Of the vessels now building ID
Name shows Tia; their Tonnage ! -
about cre- quarter that Q! the vessels w
airg Al tie same time as yesf
Several BOstonians, who intended - pass
IT, autumn IN italy. are returning hsme
on account of The Als.rsing II yasnee 81
Ia. cholera.
The Aroos.ook ,siaine) I,nss says n
that county the @he.t crcp gives promise
of an alum iant yield, and =. tatie vas quite
4 large breadth oil this sraia sewn tie har-
yes, will prove very remuneratlYe.
Tn. IRE. bath. in Boston haze beea
,oyedIy seven . hundred ard forty ,so
thousand Eve hundred and fcriy tao ps.
sons during the past three months
! The Pro,iucetosn whalers have ae
very poorly this year.
A furious Stow storm occurred u Mount
Warrington last week, driving back sev
eral pvt,les who were ascending. Inc
thermometer incics,ed the freezing point,
| and ice made several inches timex On TIE
.elegrsphic wires near:the top.
The New Hampshire and Main horse fairs
both begin on Tuesday at Manchester and
Augusta respectively.
The Providence papers advocate the ouil>
ding Of a now opera house.
The rain.fsll a, Hartford, Conn, FOR he
past three months has been iEe''3y e'sh
inches and for,y>nlne hundredtas.
Wo.yes are said TO be quite numerous IN
portions Of Aroostook county, Ne. 1hey
make FIR, auent torays upon the sheep ioids
Of the farmers. ia one instance killing eight
sheep. They are represented rs usually
bold anu bloodih.rsty.
The Boston Traxscript has the following:
at is reported that A. 1. Stewart oil New
York in 10 have branch house IN Boston.
II is not yet stated that hc has purchased
Park street Church fer TIE eftetisn ofs
grand warehouse
Gen. Longstreet is rurs!izsng among Tue
mountains Of New Hampshire.
The Bostonians are consratulating them,
solves on the excellent qualities ot their new
European steamship. They talk Of having
more built Is soon rs possible.
The farmers in Western Massachusetts,
are busr harvesting their tobacco. Ih.y
report only about two-thfds crop On an
average, though some fields are extra
Silas S. Drew / Co.. the Boston dry
goods firm which failed last week. with Ina
bilities of $25, 900 had been ia business only
four months.
Boston received 60, 900 barrels OF Hour
last week, OF which over t~o-'hlrds we're
brought by the Western railroad
The State Constable Of Massachusetts,
made ca prosecutions last month. 49,
034. &c were paid in fines.
One hundred and thirty six students have
been admitted TO Dartmouth College an {
Scientific School at the present taii term,
including eisbty>six to the freshman class.
The Boston Army and Navy War Claim
Association, for collecting soldiers back
pay. pensions and other dues from the Gov
eminent, free Of charge, has closed operas
tons, having settled two thousand two hun
bred cases, involving about three huna 81
thousand dollars, without cost TO the CLAIMS
ants. who would otherwise hay. had 10 pay
ct least thirty thousand dollars.
WESTERN.
ST. Louis is so healthy tia, its citizens
are now permitted to eat anything they
may fancy
The crasshorper scourge is affecting the
IdItUb UOIucrllE Oii LAM
The losses by fire in Chicas o for the last
four months have been S9S2, 7l9. lie l. q
significant FAC. that the acgreg gate insurance
on the burned property mounts to : 10,
1872
The Cleveland L.ddsr reports consldera>
BILE damsge to the Cstawpa grape crop on
Lake Erie and the adlsccnt islands, from
the rot.
A careful review Of the reports Of the
wheat crop in Wisconsin leads us to believe
tina, il is larger and Of better quality than
any crop since the great c-o? q 1850.
Immense herds of buffalo have lately been
seen on the Upper Missou.i The Indians
are no, far off.
The cash value Of the agricultural p-o>
ducts received in Chicsgoin oae day Of last
week was s565,4s7. and Of those received
during the week, s2,t6l go