Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-24
stats NEWS.

--wAshingtsn does . lively hog busi-
Supervisor Drummsnd gets . salary sf
$4,000, &c.
For the spArking.st girls in Iowa
McGrsgsr claims the belt.
-Koskuk 10 to be skatise parked BY
Capt. Bish,p Of the Gray Eagle.
The Mech.nissville Journal has dried
up. Out Of soap.
The Dss Msinss German Fair was .
success t92a nett.
Tho V.R Il. has contrretsd for
100, 900 ties in Dallas county.
The hsnospashios Of Burlington are 70
start apublic di,psnsary.
IN 1913 Washington county raised
t5,476 taxss; 1868 the levy is $9i,4l2 ::
growing county.
John Wilcox has gone to roest upsn
the tripod Of the Ediyvills Gasette
The North Missouri railroad 10 now .
fact nearly - far north ~ Bloomfield,
Iowa
A little boy At Clarinda swallowed .
ANAL copper button. which caused death.
Over two hundred Lee coun'y girls
have woosd and won aniabls and Affection
ate husbands this leap year.
-Dsul Kellogg, Of st. Louis, builds the
railroad bridge across the Des Moinss at
Oltumwa, for the St. Leuis road.
The companies that insured the Bur>
liagsou market house have paid rs cents
on lhs dollar on their losses.
Five locomotives at . time passed the
Dubuque bridge ~ test weight. They
made no impression.
Wooden shovsls are manufactured in
large quantities near West Liberty. Mus
ca,ins 10 the principal market. Price so
cents per pair.
A two feet spstted garter snake was
killed in the snsw in Museatins last week.
This indicates that the winter will last ill
spring.
The ksokuks are vsxsd that they dent
have Il carriage wny on the new railroad
bridge. The Constitution calls it . swim
die
N. c. Ridemann seats himself upon
the editorial nail keg Of the Page County
Democrat, rtr. James Arrack, who made Z
fortune
A hunhy darksy of Des Msinss, mar
red bouncing white girl at Dss Meinss
the other day. Tho radical father Of the
proud bride bounced around and had The
happy pair put in Jail. For shame II
negroes can vote with white folks, hold Of
lice with white folks, why shouldn't they
marry the snowy skinned daughters ol
white folks. Let " have peace"
A Burlington lass named Bella loved q
Burlington lad named Mark. Mark wen,
away on business often, then ne,
% often, then not . word. A lsng bitter
suspense the news that he had mar
rled. Bella had missed her Mark. and de-
terminsd on cold pizen. Her eonndants
An old negroes. prepared the dose, biz
one, che said her prayers, burned her love
letters, took of her waterfall. seized ths
fataI powder dissolved in quart OF water
down il went aud down she laid to die i,
out on that line anyhow. Bella "rastlsd'
with death an hour or two-gst sick =
didn't like the buslEess-cslled in q dsctor-
bowl eHamined-Epsom sslts-got mad
PLAYED smssh Old woman srinned
came TO her senses, msanssto have q hus
band ys'. Saved by saits
IN the rush aud whirl Of holiday presents
don't forget tho substantial gifts always on
hand ~ Sam Perrys. BE sensible in wha,
you buy. Clothes will last, and be Of some
use while you have them, good enes more
sspscislty than bad ones. Keep this in
mind and call on him for YOUR winter suit
GivE lIEsD 4 cold "a often ia ought to
be tee triaing matter to claim immediate Il
or serious attention until it gets such hold
on the lungs as to imperl tho life Of the
consumptiys patient then and not ~ then
do many thing seriously of relief, when II
often comes too late what foolish nsgli-
gsnce We say we say when % cents will 20
., far as to cure Cod Cough, Sore Throat
Hosrssress, Asthma, &C. hest ate not to
Go to a druggist and invest that in q bottle
Of NadIns P1i ter's Cough RaiSan..
In Paris. the average sale per week OF ar