Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-01
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Wisconsin State Bsss Ball Tourna-
nent IS to be held a. Bslpit, commencing
September "a.
A young man named Brown has been
arrested in Brooklyn, ". Y, charged With
forging his fathers check Tor $4,000.
The Old Mems Home a, Boston as just
been enriched go 900 BY the ossh Of one
OF the wealthy men Of that city.
The little raj, "Nonpareii' his arrived
safely At Southampton.
Teresa Longwor.h has appeared In the
English Parliament to plead the case OF her
marriage with Major Yelverton.
The Lafa,e cite papers are sgi'atin; the
the question Of railroad f'om thst c.ty to
Bloomington, H.
Cholera has broken out on the Block
Hawk plant.tio f,rty miles below N'dslia,
La, and twelve cases have already proved
fa.al. The type is yer, maIignant, causing
death in for d4ys.
There were 81 death, in Brooklyn n. Y.
last week, Including ni1eteen from cholera.
The Nsrsland farmers are threshng
Their whea:, which, III the upper counties
promises ia- crop, in tAe lower counties
the prospects OF the crop are indifferent.
Corn promises we'll. Tobacco prospects
are unfavoratle.
Lsonidas Crawford was arrested the other
day, in Shelbyvile, and field for further
trial, for committing abortion oD the per.
son Of Mrs. Duncan, Of Shelby county, from
the effects of which she died. Crawford
will be tried for murder.
There arc annually saved and shipped
on the Green Bay shore, 100000, 900 feet
Of lumber, ana the use Of the refuse
lumber for new method Of kiln drying the
lumber is urgel.
The colored people Of Aurora, ILL.,, have
. celebration on Thursday. August LIST,
the anniversary of the liberation Of the col>
ored people of the West India Islands.
Ferren. charged with killing man in his
saloon, in Peoria, few days since, has been
released on S. 600 bail.
Late Paris papers announce the death Of
NJ. Lambert Thlboust, one Of the most pop
ular Of French dramatsts.
| Some Californians are getting up medal
for Juarez. 4 skull and crosssbones would
be most proper design.
| General Grant has ordered General Thorn
IS to use the United States troops next
Tuesday in Tennessee, to preserve order at
the election.
| A young lady named Mary Smith, has
been arrested in Cincinnati, charged with
swindling firm to the tune Of $2 900, by
means Of false returns OF work done.
| Ed. Powers, who escaped from the Joliet
Penitentiary some eight or nine months
ago, was arrested in Fulton county, ILL.,, /,
last week and returned to his old quar-
tiers.
The Paris .Noniteur denies that there 10
any appearance Of war between France and
other European powers. aid says that
France is emincntly peaceful.
| The greatest excursion ever planned in
this country viii come of in the fell. IL
VII be on the occasion OF the opening Of the
Pacific railroad to the Rocky Mountains.-
Charles Dickens is expected to be present
On Friday the afficers Of the Louisville
House Of Refuge discovered . plot among
the boys confined in that institution, which
savored strongly Of escape and murder il
necessary.
Over 10000, oo0 feet Of logs have passed
through the main St. Croix boom this sea-
son.
There is great destruction of Freedmen
in some parts Of Kentucky. by cholera -
Whites appear 20 be exempt.
The iourneymen plumbers Of Chicago
have unanimously resolved to 20 to work
under the ten hour system.
The reports to the Indian Bureau show
that the Government will have little or no
difficulty in getting good reservation in
Texas, On winch to place such Indian tribes
as may accep. the peace proffers Of the new
Indian Commissioners
At Cincinnati, on Thursday, q hopeful
youth named James Roth, stole from his
father, 81 goo IN treasury notes, and started
out ION the loose lie was captured by
the detectives, who recovered about half the
amount stolen.
rhe negro convention at Columbia, S. G.,
on Thursday. voted dom the proposition
to add the word radical to the negro par.
y in that State They were sensible.
The Albany Journal says that after the
1st Of October all rairoad conductors are to
be uniformed alike throughout the State Of
New York. A provision to that purpose
was incorporated in an act Of the Lep;sla-
ture last winter.
Among the new documents published
relating to the capture Of Santa Anna. il
protest BY John Deaken, Captain Of the
virginis, who declares on oath that when
Santa Anna was taken BY force from his
vessel the Virginia was anchored more
then . marine league from the port Of Sisal.
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