Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-24

In London, on Ascension Day s"A's'
,.,.norv was performed, described ~ The

s. performed, described by the
.c,s- rs follows:
az, IA. long been common on this sesti>
,l.y Of the church for the clergy, churc'i
,r.raer aud rarncissl authorities 10 protect
the boundaries of thtis parish by marching
round the,o ia procession. followed by the
bows belonging 10 their schools, who with
long switches beat the boundaries or
bounds Formerly ceremony Of some
What sevefer characie r sss observed, aBt
e, each corner Of The parish charity boy
y ~ bumped against post, the theory b.
ing that tl.atwAs the best means OF perpet-
uaiing knowledge Of tho boundaries IN
the minds 81 sous ut least of the psr,shon>
ers. In London some Of the boundaries are
curiously placed; in one q two cases the
boundary runs completely through house,
one part being " one parish end the other
10 The next. Tbs divisions 81 parishes ESQ
run Up Ill sorts Of courts, lanes and alleys.
Al the Temple there is always sturdy re-
sistancc to che dena'sds of the pas rhisl ~.
thorities. All the day ths eat~s ere closed,
and no one is slIovsd 70 paas in Who has
not some epeeal business calling Inn there
Ia vain the authorities Of st. Dun. tan's on
The one side. and those Of ST. Brides on tho
other, knock u the gates for admission
The Tempisrs say they are extra pasuchial
they scknowlsdgs no parish ofliciala and no
parochial control, and their sturdy portefs
standing within the closed doors listen h
dull silence TO the entrea,ies for adSni ssion -
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a lslons swindie.
We lesvn, from New OIleans paper that
a radical gospeller from the North was
recently terribly distressed n. finding the
negroes living together as husband ard
wife IN that community without having been
married o. preacher. He was at much
, pans to represent to them the enormity Of
such a sit, and so wrought upon Their ere
dulity as to induce them TO apply to him,
that he might marry them over again &C.
cording TO the scriptures. This hs willing
ly did in fact, that v0 just the job be VA
seeking but he tosk good care 10 dsmssd
two dollars to perfpsm the sssemony. Tws
dollars pair witsd oul The sia altsady com
m,,,ed, and mo sAtis(lsa NE conscienes q
the pious eespsllss. Our New Orleans con.
temporary says tha1 The pieus radical quick
ly made about two theusand dollars By d,
pious fraud.
Another cembiaat;on Of Northern radicals
took another way Of raising The wind oot o
the negroes. They psosessed OIuosDus Ger,
tiicstes, authorizing the negroes 70 vote
for which each negro was charged fifty
ccsts q . misiMum fec sometimes MOTE
aceordue 81 the ability Of the negro % oay
Some nineteen thousand Of these fraud lent
certificates were issued, by which the rad.
calls realized about ten. thousand dollars.-
These radicals, peeeeAers, and all, were oil
the class who WAs continoed until the
shackes were stricken from the limbs of th,
slaves Chilicothe Adsertiser.
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"SrArios' IN LrrE.-Ws find In an Eng
lish paper an illustration Of the New Yorl
appraisers ideas about "station In life:"
Last week firm Of well.kuown drapee,
Of Tottenham court road brought an actiot
against the lessee of the rsffeshmsnt depart
ment ct the Westminster Palace Hotel, u
recover i2S l9s. Cd, for some fine clothes
they bad supplied his wife. Mr.. Baker
pleaded that the articles in question, being
uusuited to Mrs. Bakers position in lite
were not, 10 the eye of The law. necessariee
aud that having himself m income Of bu,
goo year, he allotted 200 year to his
wife for he dress. Mr.. Justice We'Ies di
rec,ed the Jury that when husband allows
his wife sufficient income to provide bel
with necessaries, she has no RICH. to pledge
h's credit; nevertheless, in spite of the
Judge il sttuction, the Jury found ver,lic
or Messrs. Shoolbr.d ( Co for the wh u,
amount claimed What is an unfortunate
husband to do who is aill cted with foolish
vile having morbid taste for cosmetics
red hair dye, chignsns and fine vslnentf
Az Old Dutch farmer had q handsome
daughter, named Mlnnie, who recently pin-
cd tne Methodist Church, against whlcn the
old farmer was some~hat pr,Judiced. The
young minister under whose instrumsr tall
~ MISS Minnie was converted, visiting he,
frequently, excited his suspicion that al
was not right. Accordingly. he visited IN,
church on Sunday night, and seated him
sells. unopsefved, among the congregation
Soon after taking his text, the minister
who was preaching from Daniel, 9th chap.
ter, 10Th verse, repeated in a loud voice IN
words Of his text Meme, meme, tekel up
harsin," upon which the old farmer sprsnI
to his feet, seized his aiirighted g,sl BY tn
arm, and hurried her out # the meetin,
house. lIavipg reached the church yard
he gave vent to his feelings In these words
81 knows derc vas Something's wrong, un,
now schwares TO EN-"
why, father, what do YOU mean" re
piled the bew lldered and innocent girl.
"Didnt shouted the old man, strik
ing his fists together, and stamping will
hrs feet. didn't hear de paTson cali out I
you, Hinnts. Ninnse. tickle de uarson.'
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The RUSSIAN ARNy.-Ths Moscow Ner
gives some interesting statistics respecting
the Russian army A. the beginning O, IN
NrImean WAT the whole military force o
Russic consisted of twenty eight divisions
comprising liz infantry regiments, Will
now it consists Of forty seven divisions, wit
~ infantry regiments and that the mum
Der OF troops IN active service, which i
1893 was $4,000, is now 900. 900. At tn
beginning Of the present year there wer
10000 officers, 700, 199 soldiers, and IS. SO
deutstch'ks OF assstants According t.
she calculations made 10 the Russian Va
office, th,s force may be increased in . yer,
short time to 1.lSO,0O Besides, these
there are 300. 900 irregular troops, 20 tha
the military force now At the disposal Of tn
Gear may 10 reckoned 1t q million and
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FREEING CARcAssEs OF CArrLR.-Th
following 10 an extract from letter datet
Sydney, March 7th:
"A chemist has just found out that he ca,
III ship with an apussatus that will lee,
IN CONCEALED state five hundred cascssse,
OF beet 10 teoks, these caseasses hsvio1
been entirely frozen through At starting.
saw experiments yesterday sfa perfectly
startling chasactes. Beef killed Eve month,
ago was quite good. This discovery 10 sx
pected to maize perfect revolusios, in tn,
stock market and gives US all the aid Ne .,
sadly Wank"-Aslbosrne Argus. - -. =
An Esklish scisnti1c journal descsibss
steel boat designed BY the chief consiruc
ssr sf the Briseh Navy which is . % Il
search Of DR.. Liyiugstene. Il will b. hull