Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-19
DAILY DEMOCRAT


Samuel Tryon, cigar manufacturer, Of
Wssth.ld, MSS. has failed for $50, GOO;
The granariss Of California are ovsrs
flowing With the surplus product Of "a. 600,
900 Bushels Of wheat
Deer hunting IN N,rthsrn New York is
attended With very successful results this
season.
The French mistress Of the Sultan i.
said 90 be the most powerful politician in
Turkey.
There are new .66s journals in France,
Paris has 60 political journals. ana ITO
that are net p0litical.'
| An Alabama Ju igs has decided that the
present Legislature Of that State 10 an lille
gal body.
The New York slate rosfers are o. .
strike - aeceuot efa rsdustion Of their
pay frsu $3.50 70 - per day.
lee hes formed % inch thick ct 81. Au-
gustine, Fla. this year, the weather having
been colder than for thirsy>thrss years.
Six ssw Post OBcss have been named
"Norwsed" since the publiessien Of Henry
Ward Bsscbsr's story in the Ledger.
Canned ssimsn are now sent 10 New
York from California. A ship recently
sailed from San Francisco with $50 boxes
Of these dslicaciss.
Meetings are being held in ,hs Upper
Peninsula Of Michigan. ratifying the move.
ment lately i,auguratsd at Houghton to
form . ssperate Territorial Government.
A bar Of pure mershan.abls tin, weighing
IS pounds, has been turned out in San
Francisco from ore from . tin mine ct
Tsmessal, San Diego county, California.
The Bay Of Sandusky 10 enc vast skating
rink, with fifteen miles Of clear ice in .
straight line. The boys and girls Of San
dusky think nothing Of skating four miles
across and back.
One OF the strongest reasons why . mar
risd man should get his life insured 10, that
the msnsy would prove great help to his
wifs's second husband, and might be the
means Of starting him 10 business.
The miners on ess Of the lesds Of the
Csnstock lode in Nevada have get dswn
- whore it 10 very hot and current Of air
crssps through from below 90 strsng % to
blow out their candles. They expect every
day . break threugh int China, and car
~ maps Of the csuntry With them, - -,
in such case. 70 know whore they are. and
the road - the coast.
The farmers in Frssbosn and FaribaulC
counties Minnesota, are successful raising
living fences. They use cottonwood, gray
willow, white maple, black oak and wild
plum. From three to Eve years are sun.
cient 70 raise living fence, 70 protect the
aslds from stock, uulsss the stock Is 70 IN.
ruly.
The ysung Americas lady Who stud
led anatomy At the University Of Vienna
has abandoned her purpose . become
physician. . wealthy young Hungarian
having asked her to marry him.
A distinguished hsrticulturist learned By
chance that the best way to label . tree 10
to write with lead pencil on zinc. The
name cannot b erased q 6rst, and Il
Crews more distinct and durabls with age.
At the new Tanmsny Thsatsr a New
York, they have woman psrfermsr on
the trapszs, whs swings herself ID the
stage and ever the heads Of the audience.
holding BY rings, until she rssshss the
suspended trepsxs, which she catches with
her 'set and letting g the rings, hangs
above the audience, head DOWN ard, and
6nishss the exploit BY reversing thsprocess
and getting back 70 the stage again. This
msy b possible for bold woman and enc
81 steady nerve, bot it can hardly Be done,
- the Sun says, with entire nedssty and
grace"