Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-02

toO CO1bSCtIOu IN SUCH . vtKOBOUb t00Uucb u
to astonish the recipient.
DIED OF BLuxDER. London Req
der 10 dead. Dr.. LATHAM issued . new
edition Of Dr.. Josxsox's Dictionary, re.
tanned the original grand Preface written
b. De. Johnson: himself The Resdss
subjected the Wo-k 70 critical rsvisw treat.
Ing the Preface % Dr. LA1aAM's, and ct
tacking il With severity foe style, and es.
peeially for its pres- mption and for making
no acknow Judgement Of indebtedness "a
JonNsoN's labor Il Vas horrible blunder
for critical and literary review to commit
sufficient TO make il the gazing. stock and
the butt of all the wits and satirisis. II could
not long survive. and the latest intelligence
is that It concluded to put out the light
and die at once. We believe such blunder
as that CON mitted by the Reader 10 unpre.
cedentcd in the history OF periodicals.
A SrukkY BRiDs. The Lewistown corr
respondent of the Herald relates the fol>
lowing: eve hear OF case Of remarkable
bravery which happened in this place or in
the suburbs, during the first snow storm in
January. A couple Of young aspirants, who
thought Il Was not well for . man to be
alone. determined TO make s:change from
single blcssedness 70 matrimonial bliss, and
accordingly stsrted out in . hack to get
"spliced.' They proceeded on their jour.
nsy to the parsons, but the snow fell with
rApidity and the wind blew Il with such
force into every crevice and corner that the
hsckm descended from his seat and with
eli the gravity possible announced to the
pair, who were somewhat chsgrined be>
cause 0f the slowness Of the coach, that il
was impossible for him TO proceed further,
aud he must return. But the young heroine
was exceedingly wrathy ct the course OF
thinss, and announced 10 her sutton that
she must got to the parsons and, suiting
the action TO her word placed herself upon
the box, and, Drawing the stern, placed her
precious load upon the door. stone Of tho
parson's house.
The Nevada Gazette is informed that the
snow ct Meadow Lake 10 ten feet deep on
the level and at Bear Valley twenty two in.
chss. The people Of Meadow Lake are en-.
joying themselves hugely, snow-shos races
being the great amusement In which nen.
women aud children participate.
tits reported from the British Exchsq uss
that during 1886, single will was admit-
ted to probate which paid into the Treas
ury for taxes on its legaciss and other char.
gee, the enormous amount Of $l4 ,OOO, 900 in
gold.
We find in the Methodist Enterprise .
statement showing the numerical strength
Of Msthodiem in North Caroline, from which
ws learn that there ere in that State 80 800
white Methodists. 8. 074 colored 10, 1926 Sun.
dar scholars. 17S local preachers and 100
travelling preachers.
Salt lakes and ponds are said to exist in
Dacotah Territory in great numbers, and
when porked will prove source Of much
wealth. Salt can DO made at but small ex-
pense. and the land necessary for the evap
Grating watts can DO had for mere trifle.
A pair Of shoes, seventeen and half inv
ches in length and Ave inches in width
across the ball Of the foot, are on exhibition
in Richmond. They were made for negro
man in Hanover county, Va.
A SPLENDID rife, worth $500, has Just
been completed at Mansfield. Macs, At the
order Of several citizens Of Rhode Island, ~
. present to General Grant.