Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-09
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


The San Antonio (Tcxas) Express, re>
ferring to the obsequics Of Albert sydney
'ohn ston at Galveston says: III Genera
Jonstone was alive he would tell the fools
10 let his ashes alone.
Rock Island county during the year 1856
paid $3.5, o9l, 90 internal revenue from all
sources. or this amount, &es5. 6l3.3o Was
paid on distilled spirits alone, being about
two-thiris of the whole amount
Its said that there are in Maine "A 600,
COZ acres OF unoroken forest, Of which s.
000.0 600 is covered with hemlock timber.
Somebody estimates that this latter are
wsuld yield 100, 600, 900 cords Of hsmlSck
bark, Of which the extract fos tanning pUs
poses would be worth in market u ,600,<
O0O, 900
A private letter from geotlsman Who
arrived a Paris sbout the lat OF ksbeuasy
says person. about TO visit Europe had
better procure passports before leaving the
United States. ~ il will save him much vs1-
alton and delay after rsschioe Europe.
The Republican, says tirs broke out In
Iowa City on Sunday morning q about
three O'Clock. in the Iowa City Nstioeal
Bank. But little damage was done.
DR.. Sales, one Of the best men in Nerth
ern Iowa, has lately bought out about half
the stores In Anamosa, and 10 running them
al. He 10 one Of the kind who never does
things BY halves.
Two hundred men, SAYS the Oscsols SeN
fiRei, are st work on the Is. 3 N. Railroad,
In the banks Of White Breast Creek, west OF
Charlton.
A merchant of Mt. Vernon, Lee county,
received an anonymous letter few days ago
containing SEQ, which the sender said had
been wrongfully taken from the merchant
twenty years ago.
The Keokuk Consultation learns that .
boy named O'Brien, while coupling . ten
der on tie Des Moines Valley Railroad vac
caught BY the "deadwood'' and severely in>
Jured internally.
Wars RAr.-Ths editor Of the Cedar
Valley Times has Asen . rat which wse
caught by some one living between Cedar
Rapids and Marion, who says there are plenty
Of them around his premises. The eyes 81
the creature are beautiful pink, it's tail Of
the same delicate hue. and ito fur very fine
add pei fectly White
A boo SroRv.-The Dewitt Observer
tells Of little dog inthat nei ghborhood who
hes the singular habit Of keeping company
with his COW while at home or ranging fer
and near, the year q und. II her cowship
through neglect or willfnlsess, fails to turn
her steps home ward at the proper time. the
dog will remind her BY barking and biting
her heels, that she IS neg!ecting an imports
ant duty, the performance Of wkice he shall
insist on. The dog seems to fully sppreci.
ate bis responsibility - protector, % d jesl-
ousDy keeps of oil intrusion.
SUPPOSED DRowxiSo. - The Oskaloosa
Herald says:
90 Monday evening DR.. J. F. Erwig, Of
this city, had occasion to visit family on
the north side Of South Skunk The river
being high, he left his horse ct Smsdlsy's
mill and proceeded on his journey on foot
crossing the river on the ice above the mill
Having accom- lished the object the GRAND
on HE return about dark Mrs. Clary, At
across the bottom but lost sight Of him in
the shades Of approaching night. He has
not been seen since. HE horse was found
on Tuesday morning where the Doctor had
left him the evening before. Diligent search
was made and no trace Of the missing IMAM
could be found. There we're several places
whore he might have slipped through the
ice. but nothing Was discovered that could
certainly point out the scene Of the fatal
step. A. we 90 70 press . dilieent and
thorough search is being made for the body.
The deceased leaves . wife and family to
mourn his untimely death
The Masonic fraternity Of Dubuque ore
preparing for the erection Of Ane hall.