Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-29
GENERAL NEW r.
4 NTH rane-matrimonsy.-

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Il is said that the gamblers Of New York
@in ten millions OF dollars annually.
IL cost Canada s9e, c2s to try the Fenan
prisoners.
married couple in Chicago bavc actually
lived together eight years.
A coal bed has been found in Genesee
county. n. y,
The ground was found frozen at the depth
Glover seven feet in Burlington last week.
Black cloth suits for weddings are being
abandoned
The workingmen of San Francisco have
$4,000, 900 in the savings banks.
Breckenridge is coming over to Qasbsc.
Rev. Mr.. Milburn, the blind preacher,
goes to Berlin to have his eyes operated
on.
Jenny Lind Goldscnidt win make The
United States professional visit nsxt fall.
In Germany every town Of fifteen thou.
sand Inhabitants boosts an opera company.
American canned fruits are becoming
very popular in England-peaches and
tomatoes taking the lead.
Napier found in church in the wids
Of Abyssnia q golden chalice engraved
with tho royal arms of England.
Peterson Of Philadelphia has published
the impeachment proceedings in full, in 3
cheap paper covered volume.
Wendell Phillips is opposed to ''this
idea OF gentleman" lie is at leaat con-
sis,ent in his practice.
The 4.h of July this year falls upon
Saturday, thus giving the workingman a
holiday and dry Of rest in succession.
Ecuador has the best Of US on financial
economy. The government cuts hand
some plug out Of every silver piece in or.
der to prevent the expectation Of coin.
A Brooklyn milkman told lady, tbs
other day, who complained that She found
. fish swimming in the milk, that he sup.
posed the COW had swallowed the fish.
The Mirror says that the Oldest inhabi
tans Of Manchester declares TIVE things Out
Of fashion that were common in his youn
ger days-sunshins and silver money. 4 :
Two bushels Of rats were found in tn,
vat Of brewery recently seized by revenue
officers in Philadelphia.
The French method OF mako z fine fancy
leather has remained an undiscovered 50
crst, notwithstanding all the skill Of chem
lists and oil the devices Of practical tanner
to discover the process.
A singular freak Of nature was seen il
an Arkansas town, recently, in the shap'
Of his head, and third-which belonged
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/. The retail sales Of intoxicating liquors il
the United States, 1t 10 asserted, amount &
nearly as mnch 40 the total value Of oil thu
railroads in the country, with there equip
msnts, which are estimated to have cos
81, G54 $50, 199.
1.-Two slender maiden ladies in New Y orl
are fattening against each other for wager
the first attaining one hundred and fit
. pounds to win. One trains on sherry, eggs
, and tripe, tho other on chocolate and shat
roes.
I A young lady at Ole Bulls concert at Al
hsny, tho other evening, regarded the ds
f mond tipped bow thcughtfully for severa
} minutes, and observed to a lady friend: ct
tell the truth, | should much prefer tina
bow to the one now have"
a Russian ukase in Poland orders per
sons to salute the police and TO remain un
, covered when addressed by any member c
that body, under penalty Of fine or impris
onment.
A facstious gentleman, dining upon
tough fowl in a Boston hotel, asked tn
landlady whore the fowl came from. Sh
!; replied, From Williamsburg" "Impossi
BILE" said the gentleman, "for the tow
hasn't been incorporated over forty years
A few days ago three emigrant fannie
from Franklin county, Mass, arrived a
Dubuque, Iowa, having travelled the Who'll
distance Of POO miles BY wagon.