Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-19
DAILY DEMOCRAT


There was slsighing at ST. Paul lass wees.
Lowell voter pat Eve cent stamp on
his ballot, thinking il essential.
Liberia has 600, 900 inhatita nts, Of whom
only $1,000 are American nsgrese.
The Duks Of Nassau recently invsstsd
ii .O0O. 900 in United States bonds.
The fee on registered letters wi'i % 70
duesd Jan. / from 20 10 10 Genus
Society has refused to notice Fiftn ave
nue. lad = because formerly her husband kept
4 stssd 10 FELTON, market.
Canada has young lady Of 20 we az
seven feet seven inches tall, and ws'sns s'o
sounds. =,
Er.ios muifs, cellars and cuiis w'n -
tho st,le ,h,s winter, ssnseq usntly the priss
Of The for has increased.
The nsxs Natislal Beard Of Trade go.
aion vill b held Of Cincinnati On the ~ Of
December.
Anew volume By Whittier 10 announced.
The title Of the book comes from the long
est poem, "Among the Hlls."s
Two thousand tickets TO Anna Diekin-
sons last lecture At Nsw York wsrs given
away 10 tuuuiO = toA oss~soO
Congressman Schsnck hes taken umbrags
at the DAYTON Journal, and il to establish
q new paper st Dayton, Oaio, with CAPT
tai Of 100000.
ABslsian clergyman shot himself at the
tomb Of Napoleon, laying that he wished 10
offer himself up Is sacrifice to the genius
Of the First Emperor.
TIE Tho enktop and ~nalnr
mills in North Adams, Mass, work eleven
hours per day, ard the average wages is six
dollars per week.
Careful observations BY scientific men
has proved that The greatest known vslosity
Of the largts. ocean wave 10 900 miles IN
hour
The San Francisco Bulletin says "Mors
farms have besn cut up and sold in this
State during the present year, probably.
than In any three previous years"
A young man named Grimes, living At
Bryantsvills, Mo-, became jealous Of his
sweetheart, Invited her to walk enc evening
last week, and during the stroll shot her
dead. He has escaped. His victim taught
school 10 the village.
A csupis in Albany are seeking to be d.
| vorsed, and the original cause Of their q
| traneemsnt u . dispute, number 81 years
| ago, a. 70 how . picture in their parsr
should be hung. They have lived in differ
snt houses for ssme time.
The French Capadians residing 10 Fall
River are appealing to the New Domini'n
Government for aid to enable them to 70
turn TO Canada. They aecuss the American
people Of treating them with contempt,
like slaves"
During the nrst nine months Of this yas
The total export Of cotton cloth fIem Eng
land was 1885, sol ,2S0 yards, an amount
larger By $50, 000, 900 yards than in tie
came time last year, which ives then tie
most favorable year yet knswn.
A solid block Of Italian marble Ave feet
high, seven feet enc inch long, and thr~
feet seven inches wide, with heavy mould.
ings at the top and bottom, and . rich,
carved wreath Of oak leaves, 10 the nonu-
msnt which is to bs placed over the gravs
Of James Buchanan.
The New York Express says: This sss
son We resurrect in hats Of the oldest fash
ions the sugar loaf with crushed-in to-
and curled brim. To b consistent the mex;
revival should consist Of the we'll remsm-
bered bel. crewn hst-with which the stag.
Yankee 10 TO this day furnished"
The eldest tannsry, it is said, in tn.
United States 10 located at Bethlehem, in
Pennsylvania. II vas built BY the Moravi
ans in l743, and enlarged BY them in 1901
Eleven watts used BY them are still in use
having been repaired on several occasisss
The building 10 Of stone. three stories high