Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-17
DAILY DEMOCRAT.



The deaths 10 Detroit last mo'uh were
1876, against 202 for the corresponding
month last yesr.
Genera, Palmer. treasurer of the Kansas
Pacific Railway. and Dr.. Le Coass have
been examining the proposed route OF thai
road ia tie Ratocn Mountains IN Colorado
aud New Mexico. and discovered several
large beds of Goa.
A handsome new build.n-, - b. usedss
. Pos, Office ard United Stat Court House.
!. 20 be erected a, Madison. Wisconsin.
Senator Pomeroy has goae TO work on hs
farm in Northern Kansas.
Mr. Corr Am, the newly selected Governor
Of California. is only thirty.fou years OF
age.
Tie receipts Of wheat in Milwaukee last
week were two hundred thousand bushels,
nearly twice the amount received in the
corresponding week last year
The Upper Missouri is vefv low.
new and elegant hotel has been opened
10 ST. LOUIS.
Milwaukee is to have park on Lake
Michigan.
MIUttbUtu i1Sb1i.ik ihhtS SaN Ne''''- ~"'
nearly six thousand barrels day.
The total valus,ion Of property in WIS.,
consin, as returned, is $2ll.2T0,Si9 as
against $l5i ,226, 620 in 1860.
The Winona & 81 Peters Railroad is opsn
to Waseca, one hundred and five miles west
Of the Mississippi Rirer.
The receipts Of the St. Louis Custom
House for August were $l4l, 2e753. They
indicate a revival of the fall trade
A Cslifornis cucumber raised 10 Rock Is
land county, ILL.,. measures three feet, two
inches in length. and one foot oae inch 10
circumference q the butt.
The crops in Colorado promise better than
was expected Corn will be hall a crop.
potatoes more The grasshoppcTs have al
most entirely disappeared.
Mrs. Robert Henry lcndershott, wife Of
the famous drum per boy, was badly hurt
in Omaha while riding in an omnibus which
was demolished by runaway team.
Gen. Augur, At Fort Sanders. is arranging
for quartering his troops during the winter.
A number of barracks are constructing at
Omaha, and will be forwarded west by rail
The Young Mems Association Of Milwau>
kee have new library building, which is
said 10 be enc Of the finest in the country.
The Academy Of Music has been remodeled
for its purposes.
SOUTHERN.
Sweet potatoes are getting plenty in NIr>
gina.
Vick.burg, Miss, is reported to be very
healthy
An average cotton cror is looked for in
Red River country, Ls.
A colony of colored people in Michigan are
seeking good farms in Virginia.
tx Gov. Bramlette, of Louisville, Ky, has
received an elegant solid silver service from
citizens of Frankfort.
The population Of Natchez is put down
by the Courier at 5000 whites and 10000
blacks
Maj. John H. Gee, Of Salisbury prison no
toriety, is reported to be dying, resr Ial'a~
hassee, Fla.
The amount due the State OF Tenne s,ec
BY he Memphis & Ohio Il Il &c. for n>
teress on State bonds bonds issued for its
benefit, has been paid.
The Savannah Ca. Ne,rs maintains that
that city is the heathiest in the Union, al
though climatic and malarial diseases are
more common than usual.
4 German company have paid 500. eco IN
specie for large farm in NiTg MIA. Another
farm OF ,2s9 acres has been bought for
u, 100 By New Yorker.
Rev. \. F. Cobssh, u. d, late editor %
Mons Hrdii Boston, has ben elected
Presiden, of East Tennessee Wesleyan Col
lege. DR.. Cobleich was formerly President
of Mckendree COLLEGE.