Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-11


sesibed ol6. 900 % the aeock Of The War
saw, Rock leland 1 Gslens Rsilssad.
Twelve cents only viii Be chasesd fes
possass between Great Britain md shs
Uaissd Sti.es after next Jsnsasy.
Iss Y. Mann, prominsnt gain dsslss
Of Chieass. has been sued fer bssssA u
promise. the damages being 6xed q $780,,
600. BY Mics Ssmantha Portor.
A decrease Of 81, 500, 900 10 the ssesipts
Of internal rsssnne at New York has taken
piece in six months.
Mise Mooney. who with Eve others VA
burned By the eSplosiee Of kerosene lamp
st Kingston, Canada. died on the 9th.
A srot for psrse Of $3.50 tosk place on
the Susnyssde track. st Chicago, On Tees
day, mile heats. three 10 i've 70 hafnsss.-
Tho entries were VIM. Hodges b. b., Bay
Billy; Cslvin's b. M, Lady Alice. and Do
ty's B. g., Brown Bill. Lady Alice was th'
favorise. but Bay Billy won the race Gain
ing the 6rss. third and fourth heats in 2:47
2:46} and 2:4s; Lsdy Alice ron the second
heat.
A terrible riot occurred recently at cis-
Gus IN Marietta, Lsnsastar osuaty, Pc. 4
quarrel tsok plses between showmaa end
. citizen, when the former shot the lastes
through the heed, killing hin. A gsoera!
Aghs shen snsusd, when citizen struck The
above sbowmsn on bis head with the butt
Of pises, killing him. At the same tios
tho gun was discharged. the bullet passing
through the heart Of The man 10 whose
hands it was.
There he's been . land slide 10 Austria -
Forty ses - Of land in the romantic valley
of the Multa recently fell into the bed of q
mountain torrent, carrying with them gi'
gantio trees, immense bouders Of stone and
houses. The torrent Was obliged to change
its course. The whole country 10 desolats.
Sccsstasy Mcculloch says the nation,
al finances are in a most satisfactory seondi
tion, there being to>day over 10000, 600
in the treasury. He intimates that The
money 70 pay for the purchase Of Russian
America will mot b asked for Il present.
The Tammsny Society. or Columbian Or
der, Of New Yssk. laid the corner stone o 1
their new Hall In Fourteenth street, the eth.
They, had IN oration and poem. and the
ceremonies were presided over BY John +.
Hoffmsu, Mayor Of that city.
The Chicsso Journal Is informed that ths
wheat 10 Illinois, south Of Centralia, 10 cut
and in shock, the berry large and plump
and the crop - unusually heavy one. Osru
howevsr, 10 bsekw and small. Peaches
asd apples - lbsre % abnndant asd s,psn
ing 70 rapidly that farmers find il dimsul,
to procure ssficiest shipping facilities. w
hear that the winter wheat in this vicinity
10 about ready for cutting. So the grsai
harvest gees %. South Of % % fse @ "a
have noted wheat is everywhere good and
the yield likely 70 be very heavy.
The sessnoniss Of brsakins ground fos
ths Northern Central Railroad took placs
a lows City On the Fourth. A large crowd
formed 10 procession and marched to III
grounds, whss Mayor HeClsasy was istso,
dussd - chairman and aftsr . prelude BY
By the bend he directors and other oflceso
Of the rosd, with volunteers. ssissG III
spades asd doring the space Of 80 minutss,
amid the beomingtof csnosn, tbs dirt Asw
On oil sidea A round bed thrown up, ths
crowd adjourned TO the University grounds
when toasts wsss read and responded %
In absut sishtssn months The citizsoa d
Isws City lsek to b, eosoecsed BY rail viii
0t. Louis and Sc. Paul.