Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-21
lfLY DEMOCRAT.
eiE 1.lgAs. NEW y.

Cincinnati asks s'r ceniral rai'rosl de-
PCT a, an cxrcnse Of 81. 000, 900.
4 romantic v.it,r saws tie A'abams
sunk ca, attn The was,s"v.rein and uf;eiil
ed hostile l. cad
A lady s'ipn In the stree. a. Covingtor,
XIV On Sa u,d,v, a. d Killed sn infant sh.
W catt, iug ia Ter arms.
Nr. Leonard jerome is nnller. .ool q
& # ! TO ran Iii o.ieh, atrd ho:.e Kentucky
ayninsi any iurse in IL, Moild from two /.
!o,lr ,ulc heats
Circi' nl'ian COMPLAINS Of e-'er dogs
cs,t sh tad o,h,r iish,s IN III, drinking
water
Twenty wreckers on Roanoke island
Va, have been arrested for plundering the
s,es mship Sheridan ct 100000 worth u
goods.
During the week cnding December : h
1866. children were born in London. Of
HON the girls were in u majority Of four.
During The saIue week there we're .5Sl
deaths, only orc OF " hch was from cholera
Deaths from this di.ease for the FIVE weeks
-ndin. De, Ter sth, were respectively 81,
80, =, 8. ard !.
SUnyEYs FORA PxEuMAIic RAILwAY.--A
/ patty oi engineers are engaged ia t,kng
;, findings across the Eas, ana North rivers,
with n view to locating line for the pnou>
,na,ic tubes with which it is proposed to
unite th> city with BIool lyn and Jersey
! City. The ~o:k is done under the direc
,ion u Mr. Davidson, the engineer CT the
Union Pneumatic Railway Company, re-
Gently organic d to larry out the sabove
mentioned pr,ject 1t 10 said hat the result
ii the examination II favorable TO the &C
remnIi hment of the undertaking.
York Ioa.
TnE BRA,x ~ SLErr-Thc principal cv>
iacnce a TO The state OF the human brain
in sleep is d. rived from the obs, vation OF
woman al Mon pe,er, u ease we'll known
III lieu qu', She had lost n rortioa
Il her skul cap. aud toe lain and It's iDetn
branes were exposed. Wh,n she was in
deep or sound sleep. tie brain lay in the
-kuli an ost muiionless, wlrn ~l- VS.
liz, snit Z it hecsme elevated aud wtcn her
dreams, which he ht,d on waking, we've
vivid or interesting, the cianal sperruv,
wdcred Tins condition has also beer per
| imenial, brought about and observed il, AZ i.
,nas, and the same result has been seen,
amely, that in sleep the surface Of the
ram and IT'S m-mb' anes became p,le. the
| veins AID e. be distended, nnd OIL, n
few small vessels containing the arterisl
blood were di.crrr iblc.
Blollo .hemrtcd enamlissn.
The following incident shows the differ
enoe between practical beheficesce aud
inantilin s-ntimentnlis
Eugene Sue u ed to visit, Amos, daily,
me OF the most fashionable la, les ur Paris.
Majnne de -, and huld firth in her
,ichly iurnif hcu b. udoir on the condition
-! The DOR.
"Do you ever relieve their distressr ask
i Madame de - At the clio of enc Of
',e-r haraneues.
To tii!llng extent" answered Sue
hut though ny gifts are small. they are
always chccriuilv bestowed give one
fou,,il OF my income in aims" :.
That afternoon. as he left the cafe de
Paris. where he had been eating costly
dinner, an apparently old woman, clad in
iars prayed for charity.
Go away," was the stern reply.
but am starving-g've me . single
copper 10 purchase bread with"
II will give you in charge OF police Of.
ficer. il y"u thus annoy me.
You viii - said the beggar; "ard yet,
Monsieur Eugene Sue, you are the man
Who writes about the misery ii III. poor
YOU are the working mans champion Won
are
"Who arc you?' exclaimed Sue
"Malam dc -" WIS the ,.ply. and the
disguised lady ,eft the no-cl.st 10 his ic.
llcr'iens.