Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-23
OAILY DEMOCRAT.
GENERAL NEWS.


Yale College owns sl,oss. 40 worth Of
property.
Philadsspia 10 to spend four millions on
Fairnont Park.
Half the cultivated land in Utah is sowed
to what.
The real name of Frank Leslie, the pub
Usher, is Henry Carter.
II Gas been warmer at Montreal the PAST
week thea a, New Orleans.
George Wilkes is the rutative father Of
the astooishsr, you bet,
Caba physicians pronounce this years
pine apples dangerous to health
More than 100 animals xsre killed by
heat in New York Tuesday.
Nicely dressed, good looking infants are
let gu, in Pals fog four dollars an hour
The British Parliament proposes to buy
o residence TOR the Prince Of Wales in he
lsnd.
An india-rubber buggy has been made
at Br dgesport. Conn. and $4,000 refused
for it.
II il said that there are $50 fewer news
papers in the country than there were Eve
years ago.
swarm OF bees have chosen the s,eep's
oil the BAptlstmeetlng house in Canton, Ct,
for their hive.
Tn. Empress, Eugene, according TO the
gossips, has been advised by her ply sicians
10 drink beer.
An ugly old bachelor sugges. that births
shn,,ld ~ uuhl;s h. A =, ss2.r N hAad ~ ssnn~
music"
John E. McDonough, Of Back Crook
fame, has sued the Philadelphia Press for
libel, claiming &1o0, 900 damages.
In one month, Josiah Richardson's COW,
Of Perry. Ohio gave 1889 pounds Of milk.
A reverend gsatlsmAa Of Montreal has
been fusd 500 and damages for marrying
. youth Of sixteen to = widow OF forty
nine. #U{4- .IEi
Enormous fires ale raging in the woods
oil along the track Of the Grand Trunk
Railway, from Quebec to xostrsal.
NJ. BsscAss prssehsd for the last time
this season on Sunday, and the church Will
be closed till September for repairs.
The fss are beginning 70 ripsn' There
will soon be an abundance Of this delicious
fruit in al parts Of Southern Louisiana
Mrs. Lincoln passed through Pittsburgh.
Thursday, en- route fos Europe, to 60 with
Rsverdy JOhnssn from BaltimOse.
The crops in South Carolina are suffer-
ing greatly from drouth, and the most SER
ious apprehension exists among the farm
ers. -
There is sssae scarcity Of Buffalo and
antelopss on The Plains this season. Badg.
srs, rabbits, and prairie dogs are the only
game 70 be seen.
A Alasning distsmper hes broken out
among the cattle in Georgia, and is On the
iaereas. Almost every csss psssss fatal.
A Calvanistic old lady, on being asked
about the Univsrsalists, observed 7" Yes.
they expect svsrybody will be saved but
,vs leok Tor better things."
Ths orange crop Of Florida 10 unusually
promising. and has been generally engaged
81 go Thousand. Other tropical fruits
are growing finely.
A lady, visiting Saratoga from New York
city, will carry thirty pairs Of shoes and
numerous fans and parasols to match diff.
fsrent toilettes.
A gentleman presented . lace Collar to
the object Of his alteration, and in . jocu.
lar way said, "Do not let any one else rum
pie il. mo, DEAR" said the lady, ~ will
take It of.
Recent showers have improved the wheat
crop in Minnesota. The prospect 10 some
what better, and tie hop - are entertained
Of good crop, if the showers are csutinu.
ed.
American Newspapers. it is stated, have
paid during the last year more than A70,-
600 for messages over the cable, while the
English journals give emily tho brisfsst men
ton Of highly important intslligsncs.
Burnett's Kslliston is q Bsautifer Of the
the Complexion and . refreshing Toilet
water finely perfamsd .-PnovIDsRcs PaEss.