Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-16

There have been nearly - many factories
built q the south sincs the var - 1t the
Moth; some say moes.
The Mexican folly has cost France 40
enormous sun. The Losses in material
alone, 70. 1854, ore estimsted At 81. SOC, 900
francs including the expense Of bringing
home the troops.
The ssescss who recently performed the
feat of riding on horseback over the eleva~
ted bridge across Broadway, New York, Was |
Leo Hudson. the performer of Mazcppa. at
Barnum's Museum. She rode the trained /
mare, Black Bess, who appears with her on |
the stsge
A destructive hailstorm swept over parts |
Of Nicholas and Bourbon counties, KY, on
the evening OF the Is, inst. In Nicholas.
the damage IVES confined 10 the western
portion Of tie county, but il WAS very
ereat. Every pane Of glass in many houses
were br. ken, and whole crops Of ereUing
wheat destroyed. The Carlisle Awessy
estimates the lose 1t $4,000.
Mrs. Mary Lauriss. wife Of JShn Laurits,
. wealthy grocer Of New YOk. vas some
/, four weeks ago given - 900 In cash. and
! an outfit Of clothing BY Ler husband 20 60
, 10 New Orleans. Instead 81 going 10 that
|
her husbands brother, Who pur ,hased With
e money OBTAINED from her . lo~ groggery.
!. Her husband sas informed OF the facts sent
!. TO Chicago, found his wife and her pasA>
- moor, md the former bsing very psnise Mt.
reconciliation Vas effected, and tho two
went home together.
9 Its es'imated that Sank county, Wis.,
y consio, will yield 81 ,00o. 900 worth Of hops
% this year.
The fees Of the Auditor Of Hamilton Co.,
se O.. (Ciucinnst,), amount 70 e25. 900 per an
. mum, and the Deputy Auditor realizes $40,
~. 0Ov 10 addition.
3, A good joke is told at tbs expense Of w
=. s. L,ngle, the radical editor Of the LAT
III Courier. During the war, by the death o
I'm . bachelor uncle, he became joint heir to
,is large property In Virginia, and while hes
!. ,,at,ng between trip to Europe or an ad
;" d,t,onAl investment in real estate, he learn,
les to his disgust that the adm illustrator hat
nd H. vested sixty thousand dollars Vi the per
ses sonsl property in confederate bonds. 4
-. large plantation in the Shenandoah Vale,
without tenant house or rail, 10 oil that
wv left oi his fortune.
," A we'll known young man living in High
re land. III and connected very respectfully
nay committed suicide last Monday. The fact
A II are briefly these: lie had been on in'ims
y. terms with young lady living in the 'su
~ place, but for somc cause IN estSangemeI
''d> occurred. On Monday last he invited b
. il to accompany him on an sxcursiou-s pie
ale. nc, or social party Of some description
which she refused. He theseupon withdre
~ and shot himself through the head with
'nts pi,t.l. death ensuing instantly.
'mo A correspondent writing from Indianap'
." lie, Ind save: "Whilc passing through u
Un,en Depot few days ego. was 40 'ost'
,.,. BY . one armed man in fnded army blue.-
Fourteen years ago first saw him at
~" windlass in the gold diggings Of AustrAli
to lie and his three partners hoists by ID
/ to windiass, from . single shat, more tbs
=. $500, 900. A few months later bade hi
- good bye, q he sailed from Melbourne 4
'''> New York, with 500, 900 ia bills Of excban
ear in his pocket. next saw him . w0und'
X. rebel soldier, lying on the fie Of Antieta
A little more thay year later cav hi
}. Union soldier, lyiag in a hospital in Te
ne.ses. To day he il helpless wander
dependent upon the public charity for
dinner"