Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-12
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


White dressed leather harness the nov
city at Newport.
Boston drinks !, 900 kegs Of lager day.
A diamond valued at 'ei0o has been
| found in Canadian river.
The public baths at Boston were patron
izsl in July by S26,972 persons.
Some S53,445 80 lar contributed TO the
Baltimore sufferers.
The orange crop in Florida has been en-.
gagged at $40 thousand.
The haryss, is reported very bad through-
out Russia.
The Boston Sculptor Nall has done Gov
eraor Andrew in marble.
The wheat crop in Miosesot has in
creased from 5000 bushels in 1857, to l5,-
0O0, 900 bushels in 1868.
Anew York paper mysteriously ssys
that funerals are fashionable in that city.
Quilp, Who is lover Of music, says that
"Comin' thro' the Rye" never goes across
the grain"
California is largely engaged 10 driving
and packing fruits. We trust she will send
them East.
Nearly all the Catholic churches Of Mon
treal have been robbed Of gas fixtures.
| piping, etc.
A new gambling g. heir at Long Branch
has been fitted up at an expense Of fifty
thousand dollars.
workmsn in Brooklyn sewer have
found gold watches, jswelry, and silver coin
of large amount.
The Illinois river is barely navigable.
Large amounts Of freight are accommodating
along the river to 60 down.
The Orangemen in tho North of Ireland
have burned Mr.. Gladstone in eifigy.
More than thrss- e fths Of the chaplsns in
the army and navy Of the United States are
Episcopal clsrgymsn.
y A woman was fined at Nashville. on Sat
urdsy for whipping her husband with red
hot poker.
Italisns are ENGRAVING TO South America
BY thousands.
The Chicago Times makes but 90, 900 .
| year.
The Southern negroes ere being taught
that Seymour always dimes oG roast black
baby. sndsmulatte sauce.
All the Boston dailies make money, their
profits being from $50, 900, to e75,0O0
year.
Overland mail time from San Fran
cisco has been shortened two days within
. month.
Ayoung man Who advertises in Boston
paper for situation ~ book keeper, declares
he il Hvjl1in1 n black boots"
An act o. the Legislature Of Tennessee
sow nsk0 habitual drunkenness . cause
for divorce, On The part Of either man or
wife.
The New Orleans Tsmss says the CON-
Dsscisl fia1s in that city ere At half. mast in
memory Of departed business.
The Catawba grapes in the vicinity Of
Dayton, o., are rotting rapidly.
New York merchasts still say that they
see No evidence Of the heavy and early fall
trade that was 90 confidently expected last
month.
Many trunks ct Long Branch stand in
the halls because they are tso large 70 be
carried through the room doors.
During racing week at Saratoga, the
glove shops are stripped Of their contents
BY sporting ladies for the purpose Of pay
ing bets.
Potatoes weighing four pounds each.
raised in fifteen days from the day Of plant
ing, without irrigation, were offered last
week in the San Diego (Cal.) market.
1t is rumored that Charles P. Leland is
to be proprietor Of the Grand Hotel, Paris,
for which he has offered the sum Of S..
500. 900 in gold.
Fish eggs are an Alaskan dainty. The
Indians collect them by sinking pine
and eat them raw.
1t is estimated that over 10000 subur.
bans dine Or lunch in Boston daily.