Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-14
DAILY DEMOCRAT


GENER Al NEW0s
A lady Of Fond du Lac owns the watch
Of Malsr Andre.
Cslfsx put % csnts 10 the contribution
box last sunday.
Unnsturally small y aiats are not fashion
able in Paris.
mo smoking" is the snneun cement IN
Louisville negro churches.
Fcrnsy wants specis payment resumed,
His brother will take the specie.
The average price Of gold in 1853 WAS
1879 81, in 1867 il was 1852.
Grants son il to Be prepared fer college
Al Phillips academy at Exeter N. II.
1t Is new stated that the lose BY the
earthquake in San Francisco will reach
81, oOO, goo.
The Empress Eugene hss paid enc Of
her dressmaksrs LOO. 600 francs fer single
yeM's services.
The wedding dress Of Mile. Candamo, .
French lady with : fortune Of 100000
cos. 90 200.
In Folks administration enc agricultural
patent per day was the average. The
average now 10 seven.
Fornsy uablushingly announces that
Russia received S7,200,000 for Alaska.
when he knows it was only $7,l97,ooo.
| A fond papa in New York forked over
| $4,000 10 Delmonico-!ho expense ofa
little party TO bring Gu. daughter.
Striped flannel for morning dresses Is
considered very distinoue n Paris.
The latest style Of marriage certificate
| contains pictures Of the welded pair.-
Good idea.
A Providence rowdy has been compelled
to pay $50 and costs for splitting upon .
lady's dress on the street.
Gen. Cole is not living n Trumansburg.
N. Y, with his wife. Per contra. be
declares he will never see her again. except
to make necessary arrangements for the
future Of tho children.
Queen Olga, Of Greece, walks the streets
Of Athens with her baby in her arms, and
steps to talk with al the mothers she
meets.
The white Of an sgg in swsstsned water
10 French cure for Group, said 70 be sure.
To BE- given in repeated doses % long %
necessary.
A Portland man has invented vsloci-
psds which looks like buggy, and can Be
propelled BY both hands and feet. or 10
drawn By horse.
The "Wsstsrp Distributing Association
| . land swindls on the gift enterprise plan,
has lately exploded in kansss City, leaving
great many more victims than assets.
An English paupsr who made fscss during
divine service, and 20 set his nsighbsr to
laughing. has been sentenced to twenty
one days hard labor for the offence.
William Francis Molloy jumped OF .
New York ferry boat last menth ard saved
. sewing girl who had fallen overheard, fer
which tho Lifs.saving association has given
him . silver medal and $26.
| The Supreme Court Of Massachusetts has
decided that life insurance policy on
which . note had been given for the first
premium, was no valid, the first installmsnt
on it not being due when the party died.
| A New York policeman. thought 10 turn
an honest penny By srresting the proprietor
Of an unIiccnged saloon at which he OBJ
tanned glass of ale. but he was himself
| held to answer - accessory.
An old Boston almanac, printed in l 100,
records the fact that a gentleman OF that
city, whose name is not given had deposited
800 in the hands Of the Selectmsn. Of
this amount, $40 waste be given the person
who, in the year 1911, should have raised
the greatest number Of mulberry trees,$S0
FER the next greatest number, $40 for the
next, and $40 to the next.
| u-s,~ss~HAAaE~p AnHA~NN M
English.
Ferrin, the landlord Of the Wsstminster
Hotel in Now York, is not often non lnss.
ed, but last August dappsr little Frsnch>
man staggered him for moment. Walking
up to the office, he accostsd Fsrrin with:
'If you please, Monsieur, ysu shall send
bill do fire to my room"
"a what? 2" said Fsrrin, looking At the
Thermometer, which indicated go.
al wish bill de fire in my apartment
repeated the Frenchman.
IAN right, sir," said Fsrrin, with that
outward imperturbabilty with which The
true hcte! keeper receives IN order for any
thing, IL i. be gold dust pudding with dia
mond pums. John Ere in ten thousand
and one"
"Ysss, sir-r-r" said John, and by tht
time the Frsnchman had arrived at hi,
room, John, with psrspiration pouring of
Of him, had the CRATE filled and the blsz'
roaring up the chimney like mad.
Wat 70 diable you do" said thu aston
! ished foreigner.
"Build a fire, sir, ns ,e ordered" replist
the other exile.
Fire be DAM" said the Frenchman, -
shall roast myself wiz re heat and rush
ing down stairs be appeared at the ofiic'
with inhamcd face and moistened shirt col
lar, exclaiming: 81 ask you not for zs fire
what you think ! want to make mysel
more hot, Ell! call tor bill de frs-z
bill, 70 carte, SO can eat myself wiz my
dinarr."
"Bill Of fare, sh {; yes, sir" said Ferfin
az beg your pardon" and he politely pass
ed out the programme for the day, but de
puied enc Of the garcons Of tho rsstauran
to answer any further order from the sub
: ject Of Napoleon"
Rothschild's letters from ruined clerk
, who were to blow their brains out unless
certain sum arrived By . certain hour, aver