Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-12
DAILY DEMOCRAT
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GENERAL NE W1.

The new Nal. and Hop Exchanges erected
in Londor, cost over &700, 0o0in gold.
The United States has 100000 school
population, Who require 2o,00o,0oo books,
at Coz, Of $3.50, 900.
Tho whe.i crop o! California this year
am lun,s to twenty millions Of bushels an
enormous welt.
Iis said that Butler has bis eye 6xed on
the Presidency which eye is not slated.
@The Jew 81 faith in his country Is
represent IS Inc ri0iicals. The He
brew population in the uustsd States u
estimated at 100000.
"Golden Fleece" q full blooded merine
buck owned by Mason & French. OF New
Haven, w., and valued .. $4,000. died
last week Of lung fever.
Going barefoot viii soon BE- IN fashion
The latest style tending that way 70 hesh-
colored CATERS, SO stitched as to give tue
appearance of naked pedal sxtfemitics.
winter squash has been raised near
Eau Claire, Wis, which weighed one hum
drei and nine and three quarters pounds.
A Wisconsin paper records the death Of
q oonposi.or By consumption, who WORKED
to tie day Of his death, the last take
being notice Of his own deceese.
Coueterfeit twos on tine TreuontNationsl
Bank, of Boston, have just made their 81.
penrsnce. They arc vel executed, and
will easily deceive the unwary.
The Nicholson pavement has been intro
duce d into Mobile, where yellow pine, pitch,
~ T. al anOh Abundance
a. to make il the cheapest pavement, 10
well as the best.
Some burglars lately worked long time
in . San Francisco store to break open .
safe. At last they succeeded, and found
no doubt to their infinite joy, . joint Of
cold meat. The safe WAS used As rsfrig-
orator.
The Jewish Messenger says tha: many
Isrsclites have abandoned the idea ofreturn-
ing to Palestine, being quite satisfied With
America.
Of over 1000 gas meters recently exam
ined in Columbus, Ohio, but 24S wsse found
TO be exact Of the remainder, 939 regis.
tered in favor Of the company, and ST in
favor OF the consumer. As between the
wet and dry meters. it was proved that the
latter were the least reliable.
A nailroad Company Breaks
Open n Snfe.
From the Peora Transcript.
Monday afternoon the Chicago, Burling
ton aud Quincy Railroad mustered squad
Of men, headed by the master mechanic OF
their road. aud deliberately proceeded to
break open a safe belonging to Mr.. i. +.
Nowlsnd. Mr.. Novlands Office is in one
end Of the freight depot Of the company, in
this city. and the safe in brick vault.
they efested an entrance by digging
through the rear wall BY means Of crowbars.
When in. they smashed the combination
lock on the door. They ovsrhaulsd the
private papers Of Moss, Kellogg + Co., and
Of Walker 4 Kellogg, and distracted oil
the books aud papers belonging to the cid
Peoria and Oqaawka Railroad, and sent
them up to Chicago by the noon train.
NJ one knows what is the reason for
this astounding procedure. The company
mado no demand Upon Mr.. Rowland fer
the documents. and bad no right to them,
As they were private property. The com
pany IS now engaged in suit with Mr..
Richard Gregg, and il is surmised that
they took this method Of obtaining these
old papers, in order to And out what rights
and privileges were granted to the old
Peoria and Oquawka by the city.