Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-09

The Herald, IN speaking Of the meeting
Of the Executive and Local Committees At
Clinton on the Sd inst, says that MsssYs.
Committee. and Mr. Shankland, Of the
Board OF Directors, met the Local Com
mittce Of the State Fair on the Fair Grounds.
Mcssrs. Joyce. Baldwin, Elrhart. Smith,
MasIll and Ellis. of the Committee. werc
present The locations Of The fine art. fruit
AID floral halls, the stalls for horses aud
cattle. md pens for sheep and swine, were
definitely fixed The south fence will be
removed Gi3 icct farther south, giving
twelve additional acres, and adding much to
the symmetry Of the grounds. Work will
be commenced Immediately on the fences
md stalls, aud the removal u the prsscn,
hall to ito appropriate place, and the filing
up OF the road south Of the grounds. TAe
Committee Of thc State Society express
themselves highly gratificd with the grounds
aud the general condition Of the improve
mcnts already made. They declare the
track 10 be in better order even now than Il
has been frequently when fair was about
70 commence. They also congratulate
themselves en- the perfect good faith with
Which the Local Committee has thus far
acted, aud they beg TO assure the friends oil
the Society that the people o: Lyons and
Clinton know no such word ~ fail in nnv
thing which they undertake.
fnr GHrtr PActric R,IinoAD. - The
Council BluNs Ncnparcn saws that the cars
Of the Union Pacific Railroad arc now ,ua
ing sos miles west of that citv The work
81 extending the road westward has yicor
ouSly commenced, and the Rocky Nouns
ta,ns will be reached this season. II is snid.
but up IN What authority we know not, that
next season second force will be put at
work at Salt Lake City, building the road
eastward. The distance from Sacramento
TO Salt Lake, along the proposed route, is
about 625 miles from Council Bluffs, the
eastern terminus Of this great road, to Salt
Lake, j.. 1896 miles. The distance from,
New York TO Sacramento by the railroad
route is 1929 miles. Of which ,ss7 have
been completed, and are now in successful
operation, leaving but 1859 miles yet I,
be built. Studying these figures. the Sal
Lake vedefss 10 confident that the road vii
be completed within two years.
WSAr IT Cosrs.-Ths Chicago zti1an'
Of the 4th inst, estimates the cost Of III,
sigh,,hcrr dsmonstratian in Chicago o.
May lst at So 900. Or this sum t45, O0t
were the lost wages Of those engaged in tn,
demonstration. Ito this be added the los.
Ia consequence Of the cessation Of produc
ton. which would certainly exceed 90, 900
the cost Of the dsmonstsatieM was Owe
100000. The Tribune estimates that Ii,
riots since the denomination has esss no
less than 100000 per day, OF over $500.
600. cost Of the sigh,-hous movement 70
four days, nearly one.half Of which cam
out Of the pockets Of the working class en-
gagged in the demonstration, who sacrifice
their wages TO that enormous amount.
GENTLEMAN who has been travelling il
the interior and southern parts Of this State
informs US that although the season is re
mar~ably backward, the winter wheat neye
looked better at this season Of The wear tina,
the present. lie also states that the bre.dtl
Of spring wheat sown is likely to exceed an,
former year notwithstanding the shor, tim,
farmers have had to pu, it in The farmer,
never worked more industriously than the,
have this spring. This is due probably /,
the high price which grain 10 now com
manding
Ii is probable that the coming wheat crol
will be the largest ever grown on this con
Onent.
Ma. DAVIS AND PARoLE.-Ths Wash
'ngsoa correspondent Of the New Yorl
Tribune says several prominent persons
having been here lately to Esquire regarding
the cass1of JEFF. Davis, With view q Oh
tain The trial Of release without further do,
lay. IL is asserted, on the very highes. au-
thor'ty. that the Government has offered "a
selssss Mr. Davis on his own parole. bu,
that he has positively declined 10 acccn,
his freedom unless the same il given mn,
condisionally.
Masonic DExoxssRArrox IN Bosros.-The
dedication Of the new granite Masonic Tenn
pie, at Boston, on the cath Of June, will b,
performed on the most extensive scale. an,
with tho most imposing ceremonies. Tn,
day will be public holiday in the city, ant
preparations will Be made by the Nasons Il
entertain $4,000 visiting brethren. Presi
dent johnson and Gen. Ora ut, it is ststsd
nave o0coutod in viAa tirs~a s~d - .-~.-A n