Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-08
DAILY DEMOCRAT
GENERAL. NEWS.


Bergh has been TO see the Ccnmun' paw
ssue liter houses, aud reports that they
smell bad, and thu, it hurts the anima's to
kill them.
Thad. Stevens is reported to have said
/ that Ben. Butler Vas destined to immortal
fame or immortal fame, he did not know
which
George Francis Train says that England
is the only place where God aud the devil
are harnessed into double team to rus
Church and State.
In Wisconsin, Indiana and Minnesota
foreigners can vote after residing one year
in the State and declaring their intsntior
to become citizens.
England now hss an army Of Ut 900
men. OF which 20. 292 are gsrr'soned in the
British Isles, so, 900 in India aud The re
mainds' IN her other dependencies.
The Pittsburgh Commercial is afraid the
postal telegraph project before Con grsss
will become job-,he curse that rides to
death many worthy measures.
A correspondent Gays that nearly every
one who receives q salery fon the Govern
inert i anxious for the Government to i'm
mecisttly resume specie payments.
The Postmaster ut Lowell received q let
ter from town in Vernon. few days ago
asking him what the names Of the men are
wlo carry OF the factory there''
An apostle Ct Mormonissn in Denmark
writes TO Brigham Young that there are
5000 members OF the Mormon Church in
that country.
The current expenses Of the New York
city schools for 1869 are estimated at So
10000 Nine years ago they we're only
about 81 $4,000.
Tbs appearances Of beggars 10 the strsss
Of Salt Lake City is noted by Utah
journal IS an evidence Of advancing civili-
zasion.'
A church tower at Fritzlar, near Co.
logns, Belgium, blew down. in . fearful
storm on recent Sunday, and killed 20
persons.
Mr.. George Roberts died At Msquoh eta
on the 18th inst, from blow received in
the abdomen, from a falling crswbar in the
stone quarry in which he was 1t work.
In view Of the recent terrible disaster on
the Ohio river, the Cincinnati 4 Louisville
Mail Lire Company have directed their
officers not TO accept petroleum Tor freight
on their steamers.
Spectators are after Edwin Booths new
theater At New York, and enc has already
offered $500 for one hundred Of the best
seats for the opening night, but be didn't
get them.
A beautiful young lady" living near
Louisville. mysterisusly disappeared. leav-
inh her garments on the bank Of . creek.
She came homo in . noDby male suit, just
IS her distressed folks were going to drag
the stream.
In recent French press trial one Of The
lawyers urged that there should be more
calmness aud gravity in French politics.
say ing that in America the people prepared
themselves for an election BY several days
of lasting.
A single firm 1t Boston, engaged in the
manufacture Of clothing, employs 80 cutters
and 900 sewers, and they are sending out
every week 500 huge cases OF cut garms nts
to be mad. up in Maine, New Hampshire
and tho interior Of Massachusetts,.
The engine house Of the Sioux City and
Pacific Railroad, .. Missouri Valley. in
Western Iowa, was destroyed BY FRO on
Tkursday evening One engine. which
could not be removed, was burnt Los.
ever $25, coo.
The population Of Illinois is one fifteenth
| OF tha. Of the Whole country. 1t now de-
trays the fifteenth part Of the whole burden
OF the General Government. Its proper.
ton ofths Federal taaes equals t24, 0O0, 0oO
annually.
A marble quarry has been discovered
upon "Indian Hill" in the town Of Wssh
ing,on. Wis, eight miles from Monroe
which 10 said T. be Of excellent quality. l,
is Of dark brown color. cloudsi with black
~hite and other shades.