Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-23
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


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The Knicke-bocker tells m excellent sto
~ Of Burchsrd. tas revivalist rot Of him
exactly either, but Of what b pened at the
close Of one OF his meetings. He Was in
the habit Of a6dres ing his con res atm in
this wise:
II sm now going to pray; and want al
that desire 70 be Irsyed for, 10 send up
their name on piece of paper
On the occasion o which we refer, there
was At once sen, up TO the dcsk quito pile
Of little slips Of paper, with tho names on
whose behslf he was to "wrestle" as he
said, with the Almighty"
a oause soon s0sued, when he said,
''Ssnd 'em Up | can pray for Eve thousand
just - easy as l can pray for . dozen.-
send 'em up. II you havn'tany paper. get
up end name the friend you want prayed
tor"
AZ this stage Of the proceeding, . man
man Of six feat aud half in . stock ngs,
notorious unbeliever, and confirmed veg
70 beot, rose in the midst Of ths c0neresa.
and 6ecks and Smiles Of the auditory, said
NE. Bsrchaid, want You 70 pray Tor
Jim Thompson ~
The Reverend petitioner saw from the ex-
ei,ement Of the Audience, that Oziel was Q
.'hard case"
What 10 your name, Sirs and who is
NJ. Thompsen p
Its Jim Thompson he teeps . tavern
down In Thowpsonvlle, and keep public
house little below him. lie is an infer
nal scouodrel, and | want you to give him .
lift"
"Bst," sail Mr.. Burchard. shave you
faith in the efficacy Of prsysrf DO you be>
lieve IN the power Of petition
THAT il n'ither here ror there" respond
ed Oziel; II rant you TO try it on him.
Mss CUNNINGHAM. Regen Of the Mount
Vernon Ladies' Association, states that the
receipts OF the Association since its organi-
cation have been two hundred and sixty
thousand dollars, Of which over sixty-eght
thousand dollars were contributed a. the
proceeds Of the lectures and essays VI Hon.
Edward Everett, who devoted a large share
Of his valuable time to this noble work.
Out Of this amount. the entire purchase
money, together with the interest money
that had accumulated on the deferred in
stallmsnts, has been paid, and tive, ty.three
thousend dollars have been expended in
necessary repairs 10 ths mansion and outs
buildings.
A controversy has arisen between Pro.
lessor Hall, Of the New York State Geolo>
gical Museum. and Edward Mcguire, Of
Saratoga Springs, touching the bones res
Gently exhumed ct Cotoes, tho former
A<v1 h. L. -. r
on and the other that they are the bones Of
Ia.ge show elephant that died and vas
buried in Cohoes nearly forty yeara since
Professor Hall thinks the bones have laid
In the earth %, 900 years. slight differ
enee.
Birmingham is the great seat Of the steel
pen msnuisctery in England No less
than 90, 900 gross are made weekly, using
about ten tons Of steel, and selling for el5- |
600. Thirty years ago they sold wholes,l ale |
At % per eruss, and now ~ lOw a. lad and |
] I'd per gross. When it is remembered |
that each gross requires 144 pieces Of steel |
to 60 through II least twelve processes, the |
fact that l44 pens can be sold for ID is 4 |
singular cxsmple OF the results attainabls
bv the division Of labor and mechanical
skill
A scientific French'nan thinks that once
in ten thousand years tine earth is dcluged
~ the sea passing over il from pole TO pole
But NJ one nov In ing neei feel any anxiety
inr the mex. dcluse is not due for six thou
sand years.
A. B. Kennedy, thu sc'or, whose arcs,
for the shooting Of Mr.. Kelley on the llth
inst, at Dabuque,has been discharged, and
the case dismissed