Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-30
GENERAL NEWS.

The frst Postmaster who refuses to Tor
wa,d . letter because II 10 directed In pen
Gil is to be sued.
The recRnt earthquakes and other disas-
ters have revived the hopes Of the Second
Adsentists.
The Chief Of the Cherokee nation IS snx-
ious to have newspaper in his capital,
printed in English AID Cherokee.
DAYTON stage horse has Travelled THY
weight thousand in les in seven ard hall
years.
Mrs. Ruth Parrot, who witnessed the
burning Of Fairfield, Conn.,, by the British
in 1850, died 10 Bridgeport few days ago.
The thsrmomsser in Binghamton, New
York, registered thirty one degrees below
zero on Saturday.
Portland Is talking about q grand boule.
yard, eighty rods wide, with oil the modern
Partisan improvements.
The young Chinese Emperor, twelve
years old. sejoices in the celestial title Of
His High Prosperity" HIS Imperial
father was "Perfect Bliss"
Prince Alfred was met BY %. 900 school
children, oil singing, when he arrived o.
Adelaide.
The patriots Of Milan refuse any longer 70
wear hats imported from France, thinking
thus to atillct Louis Napoleon.
Cattle are among the chief exports Of
Texas, yet the State imports extensively
butter, cheese, and even milk.
Miss Anna Lambert, . sewing girl q
Niles. Mich, has fallen heiress to csc, goo
BY the death Of an uncle in England.
A Scotch resident Of New buryport, hass.,
ia reported 70 have fallen heir to $500 ,00J
by the death Of . sister in Scotland.
In 1856, Connecticut Wa FIRST settled BY
John Winthrop, son Of the then Governof
OF Massachusetts,.
Fifteen hundred and sixty FIVE lives were
lost in the coal mines Of Great Britain last
year.
70. G. DALEY, the artist, married q
daugh Of Warren Colburn, the aritAma-
tician. and not Zsrah, as erroneousiy stated.
Officers Of the Army Of the Cumberland
nfe insieod b. y circular to nsst in Oius,n
natl, fstsuasy 9Th, 70 form An asssciation.
A match factory in Detroit 10 said to oc.
cupy three and half acres Of ground, and
to be capable Of making one million matches
every year.
Brigham Young advises the bishops aud
Mormon people of Salt Lake TO lay up from
two TO seven years supplies Of wheat and
flour, Is he expects great famine.
There is said to be a region in PERI
where the climate restores consumptive
persons 70 health o certainly as night fol
lows day.
The phenomenon of mock suns-thres
at time-was visible one morning recent
ly. in Lee county, Va, and the unscien
tlfic natives were greatly frightened for
time.
Nearly ill the hotels Of Boston have
opened their bars for the public eale Of
liquor.
Canada 10 now luxuriating in the coldest
weather known 10 that section for the past
eighteen years.
Within the last three months Atty three
tlopsments have been contaminated At the
Brunner House. Jedersooville. lnd.
Nevada 10 . treeless country. The want
Of fuel is q grea, draw back to the value oi
the mines IN that State.
Boston is to have a skating park at last
2s, u00fest in extent. 1t wall be open &c
the public every Saturday.
The Baptist church recently destroyed
BY FIRE Fl Washington vas the one built
principally by the donation Of Amos Ken
dali, the veteran politician.
Harper Bazaar has in six weeks achiev
ei circulation Of one hundred thousand
The Washington monumen. has reached
the heisht Of ia feet, al a COST Of 500
600. Il il proposed to further elevate i
3,i feet.
The poets Of ST. Paul afe abou, to eniel
into competitor for box OF CT ysrs, which q
dealer agrees TO give for the best poem on
his stock.
Thousands of working women in New
York are earning less than % PER week
and trying to live on it. "God help The
poor"
The poet who won The French Academy
prizs for an ode on the death OF Lincoln il
going to send $500 TO Mrs. l..