Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-16
DAILY DEMOCRAT


| On the Kennebsc and Portland Railroad
person whs fsrgets to buy . ticket Ia
charged twenty Eve cents extra BY the
conductor, who hands him check good .,
any stration for that amount.
Upward sfssvsnty newspaper corresopn-
dents, from I'll parts Of Europe, have as
semblsd in Madrid, aud the telegraph lines
between Madrid and the other European
capitals are Doing aboutss twenty times ae
much business.
The grange trees Of Florida have recover
I'd froa the effects :ofths late frost, while
the lemon, lime and other trees have appsr-
emily been killed.
Nsarly Ill the japan tee exported comes
to this seustry. English people will not
bny u. Thssxpset dsss ~ Increase.
4 Philsdslphia reporter apologies for
the csarssosss ofhis language. caused By
the gold pen with which be was writing
having been lately used to open oysters.
A cargo Of SOC. 900 gallons Of Petroleum
left New York for Antwerp. Friday. II il
the largest quantity that has ever been
a6oat in one vessel.
1t is reported that Gen. Batler recently
bought fifteen hundred barrels Of Bourbon
whiskcy in anticipation Of an increased
tax.
A woman in Cincinnati, arrested while
Walking Cd With fifty pounds Of bssf, apol.
ogized for taking % much BY stating that
she had no knife to cut it with.
Tho coal miners who hare been on .
strike for some time past en- the line Of the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad, have 70.
sumed work at the old rates, four cents
per bushel. They demanded Eve cents.
Sitka is said to be nearly dspopulatsd.
Every enc who vent there wanted TO keep
saloon. There being no one to pay Tor
drinks. where ell we're berksepsrs, business
became dull, and now the emierants are
going back to San Francisco.
The widow Of Baron James Rothsohild,
Who 10 an enthusiastic blue.stocking, in.
tends TO bsqueath . large portion Of her
vast fortune to literary men. During her
husbands lifetime she often qusrrelcd with
him about the assistance which she wanted
him to render to goor authors. The Baron
cared very little fer literary merit, and
eften Dragged Of his not having read any
Of the books which created . great sensa-
ton IN Paris for the last twenty years.
The citizens Of Portland, Maine, are en-.
forcing the liquor laws wirh great zsst and
vigor. Many dealers have bssn 6ned and
put In jail for three months, Numerous
cases Of this kind are pending, and some
forty offenders must 90 to jail or emigrate.
The bars Of the leading hotels are closed,
and return . the psrnisious club room
practices is..prsdicted.
The tunnel under the English Channel,
ct Dover, it 10 asserted, will have 70 Be
bored through . chalk formatisa. asd
though the actual psrferatisn will be easy,
yet the pressure Of the 90 upon the yield.
ing rock will b immense In building the
Thsmss Tunnel the water bsrst through
the roof several times. and Bruesl, The
engineer. nearly lost bis life during one Of
these irruptisns Of the river. In the event
Of violent STERN the danger Of . break
would be imminent, and the workmen,
having 70 run several miles to obtain .
refuge, would have but poor opportunity
to escape. The difficulty Of ventilatine
such tunnel must prove to Be very great
But, notwithstanding these serious objsc
tons, three eminent English engineers
have pronounced the plan t. BE- feasible,
and the estimated cost. ~. 0O0, 900, to be
reasonable.