Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-25

w. 3. Champlin, implicated In the recent
forgery OF West Side street car tickets have
been held for trial. Bail, one thousand dol
lars each.
The National Base Ball Club arrived this
morning. Abou. forty members OF the club
are participating in the tour. 80 far on The
"Trip tie Nationals have plsyed six match
games. la each case they have been viclo-
rious.
The tournament here Will be opened 10
morrow hy "a game between the Nationals
aud Forest City clubs.
On Friday tie State Convention OF Ball
Players meet nj the sherman House.
In the afternoon there will be exhibition
games between the prominent western clubs
and the Atlantics will play their return
match with the Cream City Of Milwaukee.
ON Saturday the game between the Ma
,ionals and Excelsiors Of this city, and ON
Monday q game between the Nationals and
Atlantlcs Of this city. This afternoon the
Nationals visited Dexter Park, for the pur.
pose of viewing the grounds, and this eve
ming received a formal reception at the Ex
celsior Club rooms.
The Press railway excursion, which Ar
rived in this city last night, nambers nearly
three hundred, and includes representatives
from every leading daily newspaper and
nearly all the weekly press from sporting TO
| sacred press The breakfast al the fremont
House this morning was . fine affair and
very enjoyable. At four o'clock this after.
room the party sat down TO most sumptu-
Gus dinner ~ the Sherman House, after
which the visitors were taken out in car.
riages 10 see the sights in the city. The fes.
tivilies OF the occasion closed this evening
by grand hop at the Sherman House.
The party start on their return tomorrow
morning, and on their way will spend half
an hour at the Union Sto k Yards.
The excessive warm weather, 81 deg. in
the shade, has been an obstacle in the way
OF interest on the occasion, but the brain Of
the country Will take their departure
with ideas very satisfactory TO our PEG.
pie of Chicago greatness, present and pros
pective.
! Dubuque Is soon to have its first steam
fire engine.
About fifty ply scans met in GAINESVILLE,
Wis. yesterday, to organize State Medic.
al Society.
There was great trot to day at Dexter
Park for purse of 800, between the Saint
louis mare Thackery and the Chicago gel
dings, Cooley and Medoc. II was won by
the former in three straight heats; the best
time was 2:2s4 Magma Charta WAS entered
Tor the race but having bees bunglingly
| shod was Withdrawn.
The artesiau well in the Capital Park
Madison, has reached depth OF i've hun
dred and twelve feet.
l, is raining today at Madison. Wis. and
Dubuque, Iowa.
Corn looks very fine in Ohio.
Escobedo has been placed in command
of the Mexican army, and Juartz is an.
nounced as candidate for reelection 10 the
Presidency
George Knapp, of the St, Louis Republican
sailed for Europe to day.
An improvement is noted in the New
York dry goods market, and lively de-
mand tor all kinds of goods will be looked
for after the let OF August.
CHICAGO, July 24.-The case Of cholera
reported at the stock yards wac . false
alarm. There has been Is yet no case OF
Asiatic cholera.
The U. s. Inspectors Of steamboats, met
this morning 1t 10 clock in the IT, S. cir
cult cour; room in the custom house for the
transaction of such business as may come
before them. They will continue in SEES
sion severa! days. II is understood that .
great many Mississippi river men. with the
owners Of lake craft. are coming here to at>
tend the decisions Of the body.
We are having line and much needed
shower here this morning.
CuIcAGo, July 30 A Washington specs
ial says: The rebutting testimony Of the
prosecution in the Surratt case will be closed
today. in preparing the case against Sur.
raft, the counsel for the prosecution needed
certain articles and documents found in
Surratt's house, FIR the purpose Of ident>
fcation these were known to have been in
the possession of the Government Now,
however, they cannot be found. The Ju
dietary committee when invc, t eating the
case, found that one OF the counses in the
ease had turned these documents, some Of
which had passed between SUI astt, Bnoth
and other parties to the conspiracy, over
to Miss Ann q. Surrstt. On being called
upon to make an answer TO the committee
this gentleman replied that it was done by
order Of Secretary Stanton. This Secreta
~ Stanton emphatically denied.
Street Commissioner Lawrence. Of Cin>
cinnati, has sued the Daily Commercial and
Advertiser for libel. laying damages at $780,
900.
young man named Hunter, Of Chilli.
cothe, Ohio, in a fit Of intoxication, struck
his mother SO severely on the temple with
IA stone that she die d in ten minutes.
At a political meeting ct Rogersville
East Tennessee. on Wednesday, row &C.
Cured and two or three men were killed.
About 100000 worth Of property va,
destroyed by fire, on North Franklin street
in this city this morning. Two breweries
and two large dwellings are among the
buildings destroyed. The Fire Department,
was unable to get a sufficient supply Of
water from the hy drants, hence the extent
Of the couilagration.