Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-22
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
q ENERAL NEWS.


0striches are to be acclimsted in Austria.
tralis. They can be bought in Africa fog
t4s, so apiece.
Capt. 7. Maury. Of the ex-Confederste
navy, Is 10 become one ofthe faculty OF the
Virginia Military Institute.
A dreadful pestilenc. is prevailing in
Hong Kong. China, said to originate from
unwholesoms food. Tie natives are ring
at the rate II 21o per dsy.
A collection Of rare books and manu-.
scripts sold in Paris recently produced the
enormous sum OF t20o 600.
Eureka, Wis, 10 10 have glass factory.
A company has been organized and large
amount Of the stock takan.
The new and extensive docks proposed
TO be built 81 Chicago, have been comRene
ced.
The track on the St. Paul aOd paciiie
railroad 10 laid, and the road i 10 running
order out i've miles from Minneapolis. The
work will hereafter progress 1t the rate Of
half mile per day.
The New Jersey Central Railroad Com
pany have arranged 20 transport $4,000
bas .ets OF peaches daily during the peach
season, which doesn't look like . small
crop. $40,
At one of Mr.. Beecher's recent Fridsv
evening meetings, q woman arose aud made
most ridiculous remarks. When she bad
finished Mr.. Beecher quietly exclaimed
'Notwilhsta' ding this, am still IN favor Of
women's speaking il meeting.
The cheap Ocean Postage act goes into
feet January l, when letters Of not over
taft an ounce weight can 60 for twelve
cents, and newspapers and packages 1t six
cents per ounce.
A company in Avignon, France, makes
from sheep's milk four million pounds Of
cheese year.
One hundred and thirty million feet OF
lumber we're cut on the Upper Mississippi
last winter.
Physicians tell US that peculiar disease
is prevailing this season in our CITY. It's
ap affection Of the head, and msnifests itseli
in 90 eruption in one OF the ears.-Fhiia-
delp1ia Star.
A step mother whipped Eve year old
child 1t Sterling. H.. nearly to death. re-
Gently. She beat and smothered it with
pillow till life Was nearly extinct, when the
neighbours took the child away frem her
and found its back literally cus to pieces.
The SaS,atha Proctor who has begun
suit II breach ofpromise Of marriage against
Ira Y. Mum. Esq Of Chicago, is the noto>
rious fortune teller, Cora JAmss. She 10 to
manage her own case in court. The affair
makes much excitement. even in Chicago.
MAMMALIAN, an his trial, WAS ably defend
ed by able counsel, who made the best
apology that could be offered Cor the motto.
rious 81 Of October decree, and eloquently
pictured the disgrace which would b.
brought upon the country BY his execution.
marrying two wives, excused himself by
saying that when no had one she fought
him, but when he had two they fought each
other.
Ex.Confsderate Genera! Louis r. Wigfall.
formerly United States Senator from the
State Of Texas, 10 about entering upon the
practice Of law in Engand in connection
with American cases.
Mr.. Frederick Kspp is said to be writing
in German, work entitled, Tho History
OF the German Emigration to America the
6rst volume Of which, embracing an ac>
count Of Germans in the State Of New York
down to the beginning of the present cen
fury, will appear early in the autumn.
The New York Citizen learns that Ben.
Wood got hit With a red hot poker about
ten days ago-a draw poker" in fac,-to
the tune Of forty five thousand dollars, the
winner being a prominent and respected
member Of the upper House of the Common
Council. The interesting information is
added, that - hand Of three aces against
three queens" warmed the poker.