Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-29
DAILY DEMOCRAT
GEcE;sAE. NEWS.

IN an,de.e for the poison OF nosqs'-
toes AID other insects has bsen found IN
Barn.,rs Ka',istcr.
Europe las 1888, ooo, 900 invested 10
America
The n. me of Jeddo, Japan. has been
changed 70 Tookie
The Sorosis men have Q na'iensl
love feast in Washine g on next December.
Tho Yong Men. Chris,ia, Assecia-
tions in OHIO aggregate 4, 600 members.
"A fair at Atlantis hes voted . cane 70
A. ii. Stephens ~ the most popu.'r man N
Georgia.
Tho three shortest Post Oi'ics names 10
the United States ere +. b (Md.l All
(Oh,o), and Pc (Ind.)
Some Of the n.sr,.. 10 G.ergis refuse
to pay taxes until the Legislature restores
the colorsd members 70 their seats.
Large numbers Of Germans and Nor
vssians are going West, intending to settle
on the line Of the Union Pacific Railway.
-Seventy-hvs female employees in the
Treasury Department, ct Washington. vill
10 dismissed on the LIST Of Nosemoer:
The Vermont tsottipg horse "Pster
Palmer" has been sold to Erss,us Coming.
Jr., for $4,000.
The poorest 6 asses Of the. Chinese pse-
pie are reduced - the necessity Of eating
aimos. everything that can be msstlcatsd
and swallowed
A young gambler st Hamburg s,sksd
two hundred and fifty thousand francs, ana
HE blonde hair turned gray while the deal
was made. But be won.
The recent vote Of the leading cities IN
Indiana 10 % foil ows 1ndianapclis, 1877 {;
Evansville, 4.5os; Lafayette. 1858 New
Albany, 1865; Tsrrs Hauis. 2.s44; Mani
sen. 1902.
In New York, the Belgian pavement
costs GAGS psr square yard, the Nieo!son
pavement t4.75, and the granite block
pavement, new being laid in Broadway,
el0.25.
Carved wooden msntls-p isees and PAN
cling are oil the rage In England just new.
An Old carved work Of former ages, takea
from demolished houses, brings fabulous
price0.
A station msstsr at Rome started
train whom he ought not. II came int co..
lision With another train, and five persons
were killed. The station-mast was tried
and sentenced 70 Eve ysars' hard labor ct
the galleys.
The estimated cost OF conveying ton
Of msrehan diss mile on the ocean 10 from
half cent to one and half cents; on the
lakes, I've cents: ON the river. two and
three fourths eeots; on the canals, two to
Ave cents aud on the railroads, from three
to thirteen asd . half cents.
Ore Of tho royal Generals in Spain re-
Gently cendsnped child only five years
old TO b. shot ~ the son of rebel. The
child, not understanding the situas'"n.
moved about, and by extraordinary luck
Was not touched. The General then coolly
threw It an orange, and while stopping to
pick il up second volley stretched it dead.
Tho Eashua Post says that II is now
stated on excellent authority that the
McGrsgor L ). 9. r. r. company has lot
the contract for building lite road Is far
west ~ the Shell Rock river before the
winter Of 1869. 1t is doubtless the intsn-
ton Of the company to reach the Sioux
City and Minnesota road 1T the earliest
possible moment. The Doud Amendment
don't seem to stop any road in the State.
Prof. Mercy, ventriloquist and mage
ian, performed at Pennington Settlement,
Utah, Oct. 2, and Session Settlement, 80.
The doorkeeper took, in pay for admission,
Hour, wheat, corn, oats. barley, egg, but
| ter. iDolasses and Tried peaches. Flour and
oil kinds Of grain were received at cents
per pound, eggs At rs cents per dozen. mo
lasses At 81 = gallon, gutter "a cents, and
| peaches Is cents. One man wanted him to
take . wheelbarrow Of bricks. The Pro-
fessor got two gallon brass kettle for two
| Nickats