Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-02
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Ea-ap ,uring-An embroidered handker-
chief m teaed wish b. aetts exquisite
perfume. Fo mel.
4 monument to ThsddoUs Steven is al
ready suggosted.
Rev. Mr.. Milbare, the bind preacher, is
preaching in London.
S.onewall Jackson's coat has been b.
oueaihed TO the Glasgow MUSEUM.
Napoleon wears a five huadr, d franc Pan
on, hat.
Baltimore is building seven thousand Eve
hundred new houses.
Queen isabella, of Spain, on State ecca-
sions wears diamonds worth - 100000.
The only son Of George wilkins Kendall
Is study ing At Royalscn. Vt.
The Sandwich Islands give their King
>45 900.
Est Tennessee rejoices in the finest corn
crop raised in that section for 40 years.
Greeley hiss bought $4,000 farm a.
Hamden, CT.
Twenty Eve thousand bushels Of peanuts
we're brought 70 Boston last week
I. is rumored in ST. Petersburg that the
Car Alexander will add cate.
Gen. George b. McC' elsn is expected to
arrive in New York city on the 10Th OF THIS
month.
Alaska has sent its FIRST texas 10 the gov
eminent A remittance of IS, 600 for Gus
toms has been received.
There are 1,2o0,o0o Pro.estants in
France. The annual allowance to their
churches from the government is equivalent
to s336,000.
Geo. Francis Train is in excellent health
and spirits, notwithstanding his long i'm
prisonment
1t Is said that IIarpsr's Monthly will be-
gin 10 publish the names Gifts contributors
next year.
Ohio has new law which will stop the
pill business Of all doctors who can't show
diplomas after Oct. l.
The Church of England is coming out ex-
tremely strong against the re-narrage oil
divorced persons.
Mr.. w. b. Astor's property is certainly
wor h t50, 100000, by manv good judges,
est mated at 500. 900, 900.
Ole Bull has engaged hall in Milwaukee
in which to give concerts on Nov. ~. b and
goth.
The fortune of $l5, 900, 900, lef, BY the
late Commodore Stevens, goes to child
now / 3 years Of age.
A Mormon elder was recently made very
much Of = parent. He was presented with
nine boys and FIVE girls the same morning
1t is estimated that / 900 lives have been
lost, and $3.000,0oo worth of property de-
stroycd by lightning this season.
new steamer is being built in France
which will, it is thought cross the channel
in three quarters Of an hour.
Ifa farmer in Wisconsin plants . row Of
trees along the road, he is exempt from
working on the road.
Jacksonville. ILL.,, 10 going to have stree
railroad. The company is now organized
and the subscription books open.
A very enterprising Italian is getting up
company 70 reclaim and cultivate the
Desert of Sahara by digging a:tesian well.
10 the sand.
Napoleon is the politest nan in Paris. III
built milo OF railroad rather than have
Victoria step into and out of carriage al
Cherborrg.
The Roman. Catholics are preparing tc
cree. ia Msn1ato, MINI a church which
will cos, in tho neighborhood of $l00, 900
The main building will be GO feet front by
1866 feet deep.
The year 1869 will witness the compile
ton ofthe two greatest engineering enter
rises the world has ever witnsssed-the
Susz Canal and the Pacific Railroad.
Russia sends 1900 criminals to Sbcris
every year. One nfth of them die from the
fatigue OF the journey, 1900 miles, which
10 performed on foot