Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-09
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
G1SEEAR. NEWS.

G1sEEAL VIEWS.
A circus company gave q performance
in Memphis lately for the 5eneh: ola church
4 clergyman in Cincinnati has preached
twenty seven barrels full OF sertsons.
A floating rsilway has been pstented in
France.
/ DR.. Mudd, the assassin is to have new
t,iil, when probably he MAJ be hung
Edwin Eooth has bought lAnd n, II New
London ard is going TO build cottage on
il next sprns worth 80 600.
An Amcri an teacher i, Europe says the
lump Of butter an A,nercan girl puts on
plate would make . Par,sieans stare
wildly.
Gen. Wade Hampton Is at Atlantis. H. is
locking as elegant as in days Of yore."
The French mesricsl system has been
adopted in Austria with few unimpoftant
restrictions.
Gen. Banks constituents are Il d; mon.
ey to pay his debts.
The debt # shetcygsn city isnearly
$500 600.
A Louisville piper says TO take care Of
the ship Of state in Kentucky means to get
the scnaiorship.
A western paper il the negro was taken
out OF politics what airesnendous hole there
would be IN the republican party.
An indianapolis paper ssya that Par.o
Brownlow took severe bod On the occas
ion Vi having his shirt washed.
Maryla paper puts forth general GIANT
8 President and Gen. Lee as vice president
Chief Justice Chase is said to be Of the
opinion that wren three foSrths Of the
10, al States have ratified the amendment it
WI bea part ,f The ConstI. u,ioD.
A Tex,s editor says II he had . pair Of
water prof long legged boots he wouldn't
speak to anybody for a week.
Punch offers . sentiment May the tear
Of tens,biliiy be wiped by the pocket hanl.
kcrchi,f Of common sense.
Gossip reports the speedy return Of Gen
cral Mcclellan from the continent and that
he will reside at his country home in
Orange, New Jersey.
The University OF Oxford, England, has
conferred tho honorary dcgree-of Doctor Of
Divinity on John Jones Whitehouse, Bis
hop OF Illinois.
William Henry James, who invented the
now living in extreme poverty in London
st the aee Oft.
Gen. Sherman couldn't end President
in Mexico and wasn't authorized to make
ore. So he bad nothing to do bnt come
home. and he did il vel, a. he does every
thing.
As srRAHGE as it may apo soms Of
The colored people here cherish the idea
that there is a class Of physicians who prac-
tice "butkipg," and are addicted TO the dis
section of living human subjects. for the
purI ose Of procuring castor oil, and that
for this purpose the doctors prefer bodi,s
with dark cuticle. This opinion il 30 |
firmly impressed on their ininds that no |
amount Of reasoning will remove it, and |
Ne know many Of them. particularly juve> |
nile Africans, who will not bulge . foot |
outside their dwelling after dark. an 9th. |
erwise intelligent ''Topsy," employed by |
US, describes the mods Opcrandi Of thcse |
imaginary ghonis by saying: "Dey steal
upos cullii persons unawars, clap plaster |
oser DER IN ut Ia keep him from hollerin'.
and then 'lra. um away to whar iey Law u,n |
on table and eat up, and den bile u,n |
down fur or. This is = cheerful notion
for those insalids who use the oil OF the |
linn oh - hao, . . ~.
uapohs. Mryland. RynJiican states that . |
similar belief prevails among the c,loEcd |
people IN that section. and it probably ex>
'sts elsewhere. H"w il originated it il in
possible to tell Washington Star.
The iiirnrd Estntc.
The Philadelphia Press gives . summary
Of the last rcpor. on the Girard estate. The
gross revenues for 1867 8 are
$4,000, an increase from last year Of over
liitv per cent. The great wisdom Of Mr..
G,rlrd in leaving a h,Quest IF real estate il
now clearly seen. Its valie il constantly
increasing As the real estate can not be
sold. or leased for longer period than five
years. II must always furnish a large aud
steady revenue. The trust owns nea,Iv
two Hundred properties in Philadelphia.
consisting OF stores, Dwellings. wharfs. lots
and farms, besides valuable coal and timber
lands in Schuylkil: and Columbia counties.
Some OF the tents have been doubled. Oths
ers tchled The dwellings, on Chestnut
st'ee'. ntwccn Eleventh ard twelfth streets.
arr soon to &c convert ed into stores, when
they will lid five times the rents Of 1866.
II is hoped lhtt the fund ill soon be able
to support twelve hundred orphans.