Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-02

tas distribution Of the 80 evening mail.
A sre dance 10 expected at LsOlsirs On
Christmas Eve. and ansthss st Asysvills,
bssides several in this city.
Tng City Council meets this evening
regular monthly meeting ladies interested
In the sidewalk question invited.
Musn AND MILK Sseiabls at the llth
Street N. Z. Church (cornes l4th and Bra
dy }, this evening. All are invited.
wes'r tho 0szetts give US the name OF
the man who declines Aldsrmauic honors
II would be 90 refreshing 10 see him.
TnR ladies' Of the Episcopal Church Of
Moline have . fair aud festival on to.mors
rev and Friday evenings. The street cars
will run for the aces u mediation Of oil wish
10 attend fron this city and Rock Island.
TssRs will BE- Q Sooiable at the rooms OF
the Young Mems Christian Association this
Wednesday, evening. All who are inter.
ss,sd in the work Of the Association, and
any whe may 10 strangers in the city are
csrdiSlly invited.
FouL PLAr.- Mrs. Maggie Price, ol
Cherry Valley, H.. wishes 70 know the
whereabouts Of one, Mrs. Lizzie Hamilton,
wife Of X. P. Hamilton. the horse tanner,
who disappeared very mysssrious'y from
Flint, Mich. some three years ago.
Rsxovss. Streets Bazaar. has removed
from Metropolitan Block 70 the store for
msrly occupied By Miller, the runaway
best and shoe dealer. Cali and see hii
magnificent display Of holiday goods. HI
hes . selection Of goods especially for thia
purpose.
PKssosAL.-Ool. T. J. Sanders leaves
this evening for Washington D. O., q
spend the winter in the capacity Of Ssc'y
Of Senate committee on District Of Celum
bia. Col. just remember the Reekinghau
P. O. and not let Robert get the start eI
us.
RAILROAD ExfkSsroS.-Aftsv struggling
through the snsw drifts in the cuts fol
several days. the Dss Aoinss Registsr sayi
that the c.. II. &P. r. r. felix's hav,
passed the chief difficulties. tire iron il
going down At the rate Of mile and hal
to two miles . day, and last Sunday nigh
the iron horse Smoked his mesrschaum moi
many inches shsrt Of seventy miles freu
Dss Aoinss.
vAaisrr FAn AND FssrivAL. ladisi
Of st. Antbony's, Catholic. Church are MAX
ing arrangements for holding : fai. and fes
tival, sometime about the 2sth inst. fol
the purpose Of raising money to compiled
the work on Ste. Mary's church, in tn,
western part Of the city The effort is:s I
lsudabls one. and deserving Of success
which will NEST assureGly attend it, or ",
very much mistake the ability Of those en-
gagged i, it. Go ahead girls-excuse US
ladies, aud give us - much genuine sper,
as zen did at your last festival. and y,
promise you . large attendance, and hsapi
Of greenbaeks.
MAraIMoNY IN Rock ISLAND. - There
were only thirty marriage licenses issued
by the Clerk Of the County Court in Rocl
Island for November. The Union says thil
IS considerable Of falling of, there having
been 43 in October and so in September
The number Of licenses issued on this sid,
Of tho river. according to Judge Eagle'i
books, was 60 for last month. Scott count
is still ahead on the msrrirgs question
and, TO the best Of our information, and y,
have it from the dear creatures thsmselves
it will continue to bs the banner county O
the State until the good (Lsap) year 1861
shall have run its course and be numbered
with the things that we're.
DONATION PARrr-Thsre are pleasing
even;s-brighs and sunny spets in the jour
ney Of life, but perhaps mono more 80 &c
all parties engaged, than the spsutanssu.
gathering, and free will Offering Of church
congregation to their much respected pas
tor. Such an event transpirsd last even
inc, when the members Of Trinity Church
asse n blsd with liberal contributions, at th,
residence of their officiating pastor, Rev
W. II. Barris, corner Of 18th and Perry
streets. After Spending an hour very
pleasantly, BY way Of social reunion. the
company took their departure, leaving th.
substantiuiteksuso Of their good will. and
esteem. OF such are aeme Of The pleas
srss Of life, that will bear repeating.
JoKs ON rus ASSISTANT SscRsrARY OF
SrATE.-Shsrif Schnitgsr was ordered b.
Judge R;cha,r, at Il last tern Of court, Il
take one Of this boardsrs 10 The state Re-
form School. Nov The Sheriff wanted Il
do II, bet couldn't end out whore that in-
ssitution is located. 50 hs tslsgrsphed "a
the Secretary Of State ss Dss Moinss Il
kaow whsesabouts, ,within the IS 600 squar.
milss of1owa, the institutioo 10, and rscsiv.
ID On ansvss from the Assistant escre.ary
Of State that be didn't knew any thing about
il. Since then later information has beer
received that the school 10 in the ssutherr
part Of the State, and on this The Sheriff
starts to-day, with his charge, On . voyag,
Of discovery. Should he succeed in hudiol
the place he will report at Dss Noines. Th,
suiFrage amendment has eurled The vel q
tight on The heads Of authority at Del
Aoinss that they lost sight Of this i'm por
tant ias titutiou.
DAvEHPoaf / Sf. PAU X. R.-DsLaI
tefss sns TAx.-Ths following dispatch
to the SECRETARY Of the D. I 81. P. X. X
Co, tells the result Of the election held ia
Delhi, yesterday, On the question oi votin 1
Eve PER cent tax, in aid Of the road
DsLwAns Co. Dec. End. 1853.
II ". A. Heath, Ste'y D. d 81. p. x. Il. Co
Delhi votss the tai, over two to one.
I. ,. DooLrfsLs.
The result at Delhi, is only repetition
Of what hes besn dous wherever Q vote has
been taken. DAvspport Tewnship lead %
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