Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-15
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A Nsfsesssa u wissossih measures :
feet ten ioeAes. = =
The fano.s stallion George N. Patches
6ss been so:d fer SIT 900.
Al Indian wou,n's scalp is on sxhibi.
ton at Omaha.
A &e7O nugget has been found It the
Chaudiere (Canada) gold mines.
salmon in Sitks bring only Is IS per
hundred pounds. II costs less ,hsn the
wood used In cooking ID,
"P-ay, n.dam. why did you name your
old hen, Msedufy' because, sir, wants
ed her 10 lay on"
A Washington paper says that John Nor
pine Ssts 's-F-
wIrliam II. Brown, President Of the
Msnulactusess' Natfoeal Bank, q Chica>
-, died ~ Amslssdsm, Holland, last
Geek. n ~ ''sef fo''s7
A party Of young men have sailed
from Galveston % Padre Island, where
they intend to dig for Lafitte's ueas-
ure.
Ia Pspatown. Ill.,. . farmer hung himself
last week, the day astes his marriage to
beautiful ycuog g,r,, because gossip said his
wifo lived iafasaously. .ir E fr3 -
Three singular beings, covered With hair
but having human voices, have been fausd
rowing wildly in Misscusi, and 81. Lo lis
payer suggests that they belong to new
rec. Ai0 i .ra $3.50 .A--t
A soung German. IN Terre Hau'e, Ind,
committed suicide on Thur day, By hsng
- n = -. q IL
lseser explaining that IN unhappy mare
risgs waathe cause Of his death.
The British Consul At Brunswick, Ga,
vas murdered on the 9th inst. at that
place, four hours after bis marriage. A
Captain Martin, who committed the deed,
wss arrested. A great mystery i supposed
tecnvelope the origin Of the deed.
The wood consumed in ono year BY the
New York Cen'ral Rslrosd amounts 70
100, 900 cords whlch. It 40 cords per acre,
would At least require 4. 200 acres Of heavi>
| y numbered land TO furnish this supply.
A boy at Providence, r. l., nineteen years
| old. swan . distance Of three quarters Of .
mile the other day, and towed by rope
fsom his wrist boat Twelve feet loag, con
tsining six men, in less than three quarts
ers Of On hour.
A lady in East Brooklyn. N ". lost
somen;ee Vslenciennes lace. and looked with
suspicion upon . servant eirl. Shortly Of.
| svr wards she found neat BIRDS nest in her
garden, fabricated principally Of the vaien>
cennes lace.
The death is announced. near Brentsville,
Va, Of william Washington, aged - y. srs
nephew Of Colonel Was lington OF the Rev
oiu,ionary army. and third cousin Of Gcner-
al George Washington. The deceased served
With distinction throughout the war OF
1912.
| A gentlemen asked Mr. Beecher, the 9th
Or day Whist he. intended 70 do with the
characters Of bis novel now running in the
Ledger. lie said he was bother ID 70 known
ous felt tempted to ges up grand railroad
accident and kill them an:oG At once"
The great elns Of Boston Common-the
pride Of the New England metropolis
being desastatsd BY worms. "A Few years
ago Mayer placed colony Of squirrels in
Il, which have driven awsy the birds, and
the park is uov abandoned to the
worms.
In Buffalo, = few days since, poor wo-
man and her daughtsr. we're prostsated by
The heat. and inqusy elected the feet tha,
they had stsrted from the CENTRAL portion Of
New York tate. with the intention Of walk
ing all the way TO idaho, where they had
relatives living.
]. W. Hol., of Bsllsrdvale, near Boston,
bargained for an insurance Of g.. 900 on
bis life with an agent Of New Jersey
company, and the application VS. duly
sigaed. Before the papers were msds out
and the premium vas psid, Mr.. Holt had an
attack oftyphoid fever and died His heirs
sued for tho amount Of the l.olicy and gain
ed their case.