Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-19
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
GENERAL. NEWS.

Colorado paid $l65. 47e internal revenue
during tile rear ending Sune 30
Daiiy 'huckle>he,ry trains" are run from
New Jersey Into New York and Philadel-
phsa.
Gen Grant is trying to reduce him self to
fifteen cigars 9 day.
The richest man in New Hampshire 10
Isaac Spaulding, whose weekly Income is
81 600.
A lsborer in Boston, named Geo. lngra>
ham, has fallen heir 10 Sj0, 900 worth o. an
English estate.
The royal family Of England spend or
pocket over two and a half million dollars
every year.
4 Connecticut begyar while whining for
q crust Of bread, stole q Sc, of teeth to cat
it with.
II is proposed TO erect . new Jail at Lou
isville, Ky, ~ a cost of 100000, the city
to pay five sixths and The country one>six,h.
A woman in New York, who drank if
teen bottles Of soda water on Friday, died
the next day Of cholera.
Mr.. Robbins, who sells chickens in Full
ton market, Brooklyn, tending the stall
himself, is worth 81, o 600.
The vessel which recently brought a car
go of coolies to New Orleans has been l,bel'
led, and the master and crew bound over for
trial.
One Of the Black Crook nymphs at New
FORK has sued the manager and lost her
suit. Qlilp suggests that If it was the suit
she wore in the ballet there was not much
u Jose.
The New York Tribune Association has
| decided to erect 9 new ediiice, at Q cost Of
$4,000. 1t is to Re built upon the site Of
the present building.
An island, one quarter Of an acre in area
and covered with u heavy growtl Of bushes
aud trees twenty feet high, that had .ong
been stationary in pond at birmingham.
Mass iloated the other day a full half mile
from It's original location.
4 man named Kirby laid down to sleep
on the railroad track near Whitehall, New
York, recently. Soon after he suddenly
awoke under the impression that something
had bit hun. when he found that the eve
ming tram had Just passed over his lett foot,
comp .tely sevvring 1t.
TIE latest theory about Carlotta's insani
~ ; that she WAS poisoned by the Juarists
nile in Mexico. The drug DESTROYED her
intellect without putting an end to her lille.
The story lacks credibiity.
Mr.. Dana's new evening paper will be
called the Adroclte, and it will be very rad
ical in tone. He had selected the name Of
telegram, but the BENEFITS have cheated
him out Of that title by starting the Erening
1ele0rdm.
Ira Aldriige, the mulatto tragedian, who
was soon TO appear on the American stage,
but died recently in Poland. was born in
| Maryland in 1910. In 1926 he was Ed
mund kean's personal attendant, and thus
become attracted to theatrical pursuits. He
accompanied Kean to England and returned
to this country as an actor in 1880. He
did not succeed, but going back TO Europe
won many triuInphs. lie received decora-
tions from the soyereigns Of Russia, Austria
and Prussia, and was considered especially
tine in Shaasperisn characters. His wife
was u white woman.
In 1850 Moses A. Dow, :hen . composi>
tor in the Boston Trdreler office, without
FIVE dollars in money, with small children
and large debts, and without education or q
particle OF literary thlcnt, stdfteu the VdeeF-
~ Magazine, a weekly paper, open TO all
those who chose to write stories and verse
without pay, and depending on its attracts
ions on beautiful typography and 4 large
amount of reading matter. such as is was.
lie has now $50, 200 . year from the paper,
owns 5000, 900 in brick buildings, and has
Just built in addition q fine hotel in Charles
town. costing $500, 600.
Anew Y ork correspondent Of the Roches
tel DeMtocrdt says Commodore Vanderbilt
has . way Of dealing with opposition which
shows his decision Of character. When the
Central road failed last winter TO comply
with hi, demands. he stopped it's travel by
refusing to connect. In like manner, he
kills of the steamboat opposition 70 the
way towns. This season q boat commenced
running from Csrmansville dock to the city
at a cheap rate, and was well patronized.-
The Commodore immed iately sent Mr.. Car
man tthe largest land holder OF the place o
notice tina. if that steame- was allowed to
use his dock, the cars would pass the sta
ton without stopping. As the inderdict
would be fatal TO the place, Mr.. Carman
immediately took steps to stop the boat and
the excitement growing out Of the affair was
one of the causes of h;s Sudden death