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The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23
ADVICE FROM Az '.OLD lNIfABIrAS1

ADVICE FROM ~ y '.OLD lSIfABIrASr."
i. I%'atronizn Your own traders and
mechanics. This is doing rs You
would be done by; and is building up
the town lou live in.
>. Pay your debts; so that others
can pay l-rirs.
3. Quarrel with no man; and then
no man viii quarrel vita you.
4. -" . steal yunr preaching; 4
man WAS once strack blind, you know,
Tor stealing fire from heaven.
). Send your cliillrcn constantly to
s%cho"i; and look in NV and ,hc,.
Yourself to see what they arc doing
there.
q. Keep all clean about your dwell
ings; for cleanliness. you know, is the
lialdmaid ii health and n distant cuu.
sin Of wealth
Z. Avoid scandal; for this is a pest
TO any Community.
:. &c liberal in respect to every
lau liable public enterprise; for the
god book says S, "thc liberal soul shall
be made fat
o. Visit TIE sick. the widow and Tie
iatlcrlessj for this is one part OF that
religion which is pure and;undciIed.'
10. Keep your children in vt night;
for The evening air is bad for them;
and finally.
IL. Feed your mind as well rs your
body; for that, you know, must go in.
to tho scales at last.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23
From .Ar,hur's Hume Gazette.
HOME SCENES.
No. 3.--7He Too Homes.
BY T. 8. ARTHUR.

Two men, on their WAY home, met
ct Il %trost u.oSSinG, aud then wa.kci
ON together. They We're n~righburs
ard i]ii.n,is.
This ln, beer Il, very hard day;
said Mr. Freeman, in a gloomy voice.
~ v,ry hard day echoed almost
scpulchraIly, Mr.. Wa!cott. Little Or
iio cash coming in--Iayulruts heavy
--noney scarce, and at r]";t.ous rates.
What is to become OF us
Heaven only knows, answered Alr.
Freeman. For my pat, | see no
light ahead. Every day cone new
reports OF failures; every day conf
dcncc diluinishcS !; every day some
prop that wc leaned upon is taken
away
Many think we are at the worst
said Mir. Walcutt.
And others, that NC have scarcely
seen the beginning Of the cnd'-rc-
turned the neighbour.
And SO, as they walked ~lomcward,
they discouraged each other. and ma :c
darker the clouds that obscureI their
whole horizon.
Good evening" was 1T last said.
hurricdly ; and the two men passed
into their hoincs.
Mr.. Wal,utt entered the room,
where his wife and children were
gathered, and without Speaking to
any one, seated himself in II chair, and
leaning his head back, closed his eyes.
Ills c~ountenancc wore Il sad, weary,
exhausted look. lie had been seated
thus for only n few minutes, when his
wife said, in Il fretfuI voice
More trouble again.
Whats the matter now?' asked
M. Walcott, almost starting.
John has been sent home from
school,
what! Mr.. Wulcott partly arose
from his chair.
He's been suspended for bad con
duct
70 dear = groaned Mr.. Walcott-
where is he?
up in his Dom. sent him there
as soon as he caInc home. You'll
have to do something with him. He'll
be ruined! it he goes on in this way.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23

RELIGION IN EvERYrlllNG. There
isa religion in everything around us;
\ calm aud holy religion in the un.
breathing things ofnaturc, which man
would 10 well to initiate. It. is n meek
aud blessed influence, stealing, as it
were, unaware. Upon the heart. 1t
conies-it has no terror, no bloom in
its approaches. 1t has not to rouse up
the passions; it is untrammcllcd, unlcd
by the crccIs and unshadowcd by the
snrerstitions of man. 1t is fresh from
the hands OF the author, and glowing
from the immediate presence of the
Great Spirit which pervades and
quickcns it. 1t looks out from every
star. 1t is among the hills and val
icys OF the earth; where the shrublcss
mnuntaIn,top pierccs tho thin atmn.
sphere of eternal winter; or where tho
mighty forest tl~uctuates before the
strong Kinds with its dark waves of
green t"liage. 1t is spread out like
y lcgible language upon the broad
face o! the unsIecping nc'an. 1t is the
poetry Of Heaven. 1t is this that up.
lifts the spirit within us, until it is tail
enough to overlook the shadows of
our place of probation; which breaks
link after link, the chain that binds us
to mortality; and which opens to i'm.
agination a world of spiritual beauty
and holiness Whittier.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23

VALUE OF GyMSAsT!Cs.-A writer
i'll the New York Atlas, having attend.
cd au exhibition of gymnastics, gives
the in.loMing pr:ictic.tis Illustration .!
tlieir l|lietils;
Ah"uttlvt years since, apaIe, deli.
eat" dS>fcciic, with incuaiCtiu:y rrnn.
tcmamcc and iccbl, gait, whose flarc;d
muscles were incapable Of the lcas,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES chest, when dis
tended. niraSu:rd but ,hirly'inur inch.
Us in circumference, ana whose lungs,
when filed IL their Utmost, held bu,
30 cubic Inches Of air, although he
was quite SIX 'cel in height, entered
iii. gyuna>ium TO. the first time, II,
ny say s'i"n. Ills position in the
present exhibition seems almost mi
rac"ious. He is foremost among the
rcri;,rmcr<; his comHac, bones, clothed
will, muscles capable Of the utmost
tension, measuring forty inches around
his chest, with a ,ung capacity OF
Gra:iy zoo clibic inches OF air. and
'.andi.n. 'irnsh bells weighing iity.s y
!o,:rlS each, linc toys. Beside him
stands another, who ST. hinhiy mounts
til ladders, ropes and p"ics-wh,sp
ann, bctw ell the elbow and shoulder.
:IcisArrs fifteen inches in rircumier.
cncr OF pure bone nni mAscIc-thc
man who can easily run three consc'
cutive miles (seventy'two times the
c!rc it OF the gymnasium in twenty
minutes. But II few years since lie
had scarce lie enough to walk an hour
without exhaustion; and being hcred.
i'arily pr~rd:>Inscl u consumption,
WAS L constant attendant at the doc
tors "!licc--now with pain in his siuc,
now with cough, now with shnrtnrss
oi breath, or so3ne other dubious
symptoin. which have /. NJ since van.
ia!rd, leaving the conviction that hard
w"ik and trc,a air are the beS, anti
Lotrs IT, disease.
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lMpOKrANr 10 .sCIirnL TEAcurr

IMPORTANT 10 SCiipoL TEACHERS
y case has jnst iccn decided Il, Il spc.
cial term Of the Ipremc Court that
II wa'ct, belonging /" and used by a
school teacher, IS exempt property,
and cannot be reached by Il receiver
under 4 Judges order Oh pr seeding
supplementary - executions. Judge
Cowles held ,hat-the watch of 4 school
teacher comes i" Thin the law, AMI is as
necessary for him il his occupation rs
the hammer OF - mechanic is to the
latter; and allowing the watch to be
but Of an ordinarily expensive kind,
that it is cxemt from execution.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23

"Julius, why didn't you oblong
your stay ut de Springs7"
"kase Mr.. Snow, dey charge too
much"
why am dat, j%ulius2"
"Why, dc landlord charge this col
.lored Individual with stealen' the
spoon"
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23

VIZ TIN oHiih' 'oiA. .
-Ai'i"i's Tie iA'nc''rna' VII" attend.
et ,''e iatc Dali given at Inc liotrl &c
ne l;a''s' WAS Jack '%l''cer, "l Neil
'ocky. '"cN rushed III; dre>s SUNG
"""' >''"''S' anu SP"''c" '.'""'c''eS on
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The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23

~:n
PhopucTs OF THE STArEs.-Wheah
oats, rye, Indian torn, potatoes, hay
and tobacco, are raised iii every Stalls
and territory in the Union.
Barley raised in all except Louisi.
ana.
Buckwheat raised in all except Lou:
isiana and Florida.
New England, New York, New
jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio
and Wisconsin do not raise rice.
The States that do not raise rice,
together with Maryland, Delaware and
Indiana, do not raise cotton.
Every State and Territory except
Iowa does raise silk.
Every State except Delaware makes
sugar.
New York raises the most barley,
viz: |, e05,gS3 bushels.
New York raises the most potatoes,
27,907,55i bushels.
New York raises the most hay, viz:
4,595,936 tons.
Ohio raises tho most wheat. viz,
O,7S5,7 05 bushels.
Pennsylvania raises the most tye;
viz: S,I29,220 bushels.
pennsylvania raises the most buck.
wheat viz: 6,4O0,50S bushels.
tennessee raises the most corn, viz:
67,73S.4i7 bushels.
Virginia raises the most flax hemp,
viz: 3t,12e lbs.
hel lucky raises the must tobatco,
viz: 72,322,543 lbs.
las, 75,l29lb lbs.
South Carolina raises the most rice,
viz: G7,s92,2O7 lbs.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23

OnlGlN OF JEALotsY.-Our lady
readers will be interested i, the fol
lowing account Of the birth of tic
"srecn.cyed mons, cr,''Awhth we OK
tract from Mansfield ipaRins' most
entertaining work. 'Lita in Abys
%sinia." air. Parkins hcarllhe story
from the lips Of Il pious Abslcm ac.
quaintancc:
when Adam and W., were in
Paradise, they were for sine time II
mos. happy c'upIe, Git 1ay he sup,
posed for 4 month or iwd like most
married couplcs.) Adanlwas in the
habit OF going every evc,figto heav.
en- to pray. The Devil, Mo had stu
died the female mimi, ahA knew its
W ak points, thought that tttn intro
ducli"n OF jealousy might Dy q gom!
Foundation whcrron Il M,ld mach
mischief. S, he " II. 10 Ek, and nj.
Ter pr"pi,ialiug her By s:e4timcd flat.
terry, he inquired aftet ALAN. Eve
,cpiicd by Informing him where her
hdsbaild was gone. ~ ~ ,h. Devil
sm'lcd incrrd"luls.y, utt ajU nothing;
and even when II iii i, nrlhar press,
cd him To- tx. ser the !,ci,cuL of his
S%nniir, rc:usrd to nnsNvr Dg ! time,
tciylstug lAat he would rot hurt hcl
feelings or injure Ike r"pllntion OF hi.
friend.
This conduct was uat additional
evidence ui his profound Acquaintance
with the Weaknesses vfj the ie;liait
)';c;.rt, for 81 acting nc w,'Ngit strong
iy on her curiosity as wei! rs her sus
picion ill III last, iuving worked hel
up to II state OF mind cnlablc of re
cciving any lies he miylt choose Il
tel! her, II. informed her; with every
appearance of SORROW. ihhs Adam wa,
deserving her aud paying his address
IS To another lady. At this Ev,
laughed sc"rntully, saying, 'how ca,
This be, iur know thai there is II,
won,an created except myscli?" Til
devil again smiled with All cxpressio,
"f pity. Alas! poor liiits, said he, i
| show you Muuthc' woman will t:.;.
mndcccivc you! She assputed, and h
showed l,cl a mirror! 1--we WAS, q
course, ,ph y ny a. .iyfN lhpug
she The ,Al ar. nii ."' S'E,iN.&!-.i
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23

BoEEs.-Sare all the bones Of the
melt consumed on your place, and
every other place as every 300 pounds
dissolved with 100 lbs, of sulpluric
acid, diluted with twice the quantity
of water, if mixed with 20 bushels
of spent ashes, will iertilize an acre
Of ground sufficiently well to, carry it
through a four or six years cultivation
10 be narrowed in.
Attention to such things, may be
considered q small matter, but atten.
:;uI 10 such things, though they may
he thought small are c.lculatedt to
produce lnrge results. for an:acre thus
'aanured-ihat preyiou!fy would net
bring more than i bush. ofscorn, may
b.. made to produce 10 bush. AMI con.
;inue i'll good heart for several years.
The world i~tselIis al aggregation of
small PARTICLES, 50 formed by our Crea
Tor that man should not hold himself
above $" divine an example.
While upon this branch Of the sub.
Icct, We will remark, that there is
scarcely Il farm or plantation Of any
considerable size in the country where.
"n There are not soap.suds, and urine
enough spent annually to tcrtilize 100
loads Ut marsh and, river mud woods
mould, aud kindred substances, SO rs
to make the Whole the most enrichina
manure, if these substances were, as
made, poured over the rough matcri
ais named, and IL little plaster sprink.
led thereon. 100 loads thus made
would manure 5 acres Of land thor.
oughiy and well: aud make it bring
rs many bushels per acre of any veyc.
table product rs would 800 lbs. of gu.
AGO per acre-with the difference in
favor OF the fnrmcr-it would last
logger. To DC sure, the hauling and
spreading might make it cost more
but then being of domestic production,
the fact Of its being su ought to com.
mend it to a.tcntiun.-The American
Farmer.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23

OrrsErs.-The LOWEST valley has d
muddy swamp, the noblest muul,taia
piercing blasts, and the prettlest face
some ugly features. The faitest facG
is mos. subject to freukles, and the
handsomcst girl is apt to be- proud;
tho most sentimental lady loves cold
p!orH, an the gaSest mother lets her:
children go ragged. Tile fandest wife
sometimes oVerlouAs lin absent shirt
button; and the husband forgets to
kiss the wife every time he steps out.
side Of the gate, and the world get
angry and squall; and the smartest
scho ar will miss o. gssur and the
wittiest say something stupid, and The
wisest cssayest arits some nonsense,
and stars will fall, and the mooi
suffer eclipse--and meh won't bs
angels, nor earth heaven.
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Il man called upon an unfortunate
tradesmar TO pay q demand,
III can never pay it," said he | AM
not worth 6 farthing, but | will give
you o note. Lam not so poor vet bull
that can sign note
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Tue PoEr PopE.-Pope Was very
sensitive on the subject of his person.
al deiormity, and therefore objected
to sit for his portrait. DIR. Warton
says; lite portrait was drawn witlon:
his knowledge, when he was deeply
Engaged in conversation with Mr. Allen,
in the gallery at Prior Park by Mr..
tloarc. who sat Mt the oth.r end Of the
gallery. !,oi,e would never haze for:
given the painter had he known il;
he was too sensible of the dctormi;y
uf his person to allow tie whole % it
to be represented; tii, drawing is,
therefore, exceedingly valuable"
SIMPLICITY OF Dress -Prcntice, the
Editor OF the Louisville Journal,
| speaks thus 10 his readers:
"IInse who think that, in order to
dress well, it is necessary To dress ex-
t~rava2an,Iy and sa"dily, make agrcat
mistake. Nothing SO well becomes
true feminine beauty rs simplicity.
We have seen many remarkably fine
person robbed Of its fine effect Ivy be.
ing ovcr.drcssrd. Nutl,in. is more
mbecnmins than overloaded beauty.
The sim liciIy of the classic taste is
seen iii old sIrlucs and pictures, paint.
ed by men Of very superior artistic
genius. In Athens, the ladies were
not gaudiIy but simply ARA, cd. and
we doubt whether any ladies ever OK
cited mere admiration. So also the
nuble old Roman n,atrons, whose su
Ierh forms we're gazcd OH d%clighted'y
by mrn worthy Of Them: wore Away:
very lainly dressed. Fashion, otter
presents the lines of the butterfly, blu
fashion is not q classic goddess.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23
No. 29.

LEARN TO Cook WELL-Weagaiu
propose this advice, to those of our
young female friends who NAV chance
to look into this Journal. There need
to be no scrnpIe on the gtphMd ,that,
the aim is not sufficiently high for q
generous and cultivated mind. TO
do well whatever it becomes our dutg
10 do at all is an ambition sufficiently
elevated for the highest and most gift.
ed spirit, Tie ,carsof The Esrn;1y Will
be tic duty of the ", man tilt We alt
get translated TO II higher sphere ofeS.
istencc and family cares will always.
as now, he made up of dc,nils, small
III themselves, It's true, but in the ae.
S:egate, and to their connections, vast:
~ Important. We say, then, learn t.
cook Well.
The health Of the family DEPENDS
II; on it. We know there IRE those
WHO associate luxury, cfieminacy, and
all dependant ills, with every attempt.
ct the kind recommended. But. we
DO not believe that health is promo.
ted by eating raw carrots or doughty
~bread--or that to secure long life it is
necessary to turn c.nnibaI.--Nor we're
men made to Craze like cattle, or cat
like dogs.
Nor is it necessary, in order to shu1ih
the errors Of which we speak, to rusli
into the opposite extreme. Good
cookery docs not consist in producing
the highest seasoned dishes, nor such
us foster a morbid appetite, but i'll:
preparing every dish we'll, hoNepef
simple or common it may be.
there are, for instance, families who
never eat good bread from one cen.
fury 10 another, and have no idea ~
what it consists. Nor are meats any
better within their precincts. nhosa
little, simple. and healthy d~elicacies,
which the ggoUdi ~housekeeper knows
lntuitive!y how to produce, are never
seen here; even a dish of potatoes
cannot get themselves well buiTed.A
A meinber. OF the family might as
we'll fall among the Hottentots, as, lar
as any proper NURSING is cointcefrhed.TI
These things ought not to be- nor IS
there any need Ut their existence, if
Itne.Wlte Q any just notions of hetS
~<obIisatIons to herself and those about
The science Of bread making, meat
boiling, OF vegetable cooking, and Of
preparing multiiar:ons small dishes Of
all sorts, which go to make pleasant
The table and all about it, are, hers
hers, to understand and practice.
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SINGULAR Eh"rIoN.-ih he following,
written in al elegant business hand,
was Inscribed on The back Of IL five
dollar bill lately received in New York
from North Carolina:
"llrrc is IL five dollar bill | intended
to toss out OF my window, IN Norfolk,
as soon as have written this. ] am
now no lover Of money. | hate it
most cordially, for it has been the
ruin of 10y family. | will beg from
door to door ctcrua!ly rather than own
another cent one hour. 1t made my
grandfather u suicide, my father u
murderer, my mother tho victim ola
sorrow which sunk her early to the
grave, my brother gambler, and my
self II conyictin the STATE prison four
years"
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The science Of broad making, meat
boiling, of vegetable cooking, and Of,
preparing m,ltifar:ons small dishes Of
All sorts, which 81 to make pleasant
The table and all about it, are hers
hers, to understand and practice.
frdirie Farmer.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-29
The Presidents Message What In the Wind

Tie National Iateliigeaeer, in comment.
ing upon the deplorable delay in the organ
izs,ion OF Inc House Of Representatives,
says:
From the disclosures which took place in
the course OF last month the complicated
state OF our relations with England, ind
the critical nature of the unadjusted mat
te,s between the two governments, there is
ro,m TO infer tina. the pent up national cf-
poH vi the executive 10 Of far more tlan
ordinary importance; and during the inabii-
i,y OF Congress to receive the communica-
ton and 70 taks such cognizanee as may be
proper OF our foreign affairs, the Executive
msy, by the force Of circumstances, be drift,
ing into difficulties which the national leg,
islature, if made aware of them, might ena-
bic them 10 avoid. The very fact OF unnat-
ural and scrupulous care taken to keep the
Messape secret until it 10 laid before Con-
eress. strengthening the probability Of Its
unusual importance. II is, therefore, most
earnestly to be hoped that the House will
now put an end TO the Idle ceremony on
which slmost three weeks have been spent
and see to the state of public affairs. Much
further delay may be frsught with the gra-
vest consequences.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-29
rHR sAIInoAD Y1gIIvAL

Az. 80 he,ov the programme Q! clio
. YS;ew ou Thursday oext
celebration at IoWt SNy ~
IS .ha n. II M.SRailraad. II
Of the opening o. sue ~
-.see han il noN xppa-
nohsnS r .monv
feHa - :. -. fa>,;vities
those " 10 shalt pegtacspseo" w
OF the acNosaQA ,n,
an AVN yAILl0AD yxoTIVAA1i
Ts~s csfs es1 tas sti1rrie Cs so cs.sis,si Aslf
resS!-I ae Netsess a. a. .srsiisi sfEs~ isrh,
cksess., isra c,tg cad Pisise .snss. mad.
"a, shs a. pi,sl Of lows, Will ee appsopmns.y
iiy selebrntsd al Iowa City, on Ne 's'f3 "
! y Ne ox,,..auu
o,se.rs J tas dss:-Acn - SnsS nstin n 81.
vIA.n,.si. C Culbsrtsen, lsQ.s zen J. W.rse,
- 49,, Ydward csnnslly, E.0, RoSsn ~
ESQ, Samue. W OF - - sssSTssss sc T. Z. Lyon
. C.. VICE Presidents: Col. Lyman Anes'
Gilesr. T. Defosss., Assistant Msfsasi'
Taa AporDoc6 @! S4s SSt~ 80 -. - dau
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-29

~ sBaEEsE'e DEcIsios OyERRuLEp lit viii
be recollected that Judge Breese, Of the
Dslieville Circuit Court, some months since
decided that the liquor license laws Of Illi-
Sois had been repealed by section OF the
1ains law. which the last legislature sob.
mitted TO the people. and which was de.
Tasted The case was taken up to the SUI
rems Court recently In session At Mount
vsrson, and rsvesed-,he Supreme cour,
decided that the laws authorizing licenses
toT the sails Of liquors. and providing penal
de- for selling liquors without license.
Asvs not been repealed. but are in full force.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-29

TIE TRIAL or AsElsos.--Aftcr trial OF
twelve days, the major portion Of the time
employed IN empanneling jury, the case
Of Arri6on. the "iniernsl machine" man Of
Cinsinnaii, was submitted on Thursday
evening last. On Saturday afternoon the
jury came into Court after an absenc. Of
! forty hours, and stated their inability TO
agree. They were discharged, and Arri-
SON now will have his third trial. The
: Gin. 1ir,ss says that it was rumorea that
On the hrst vote the jury stood eleven fa
conviction and one for aequittaL That
twelfth man seas q Dir. Cooper, aho during
the, pendng Of the case violated bis oath as
juror. HE case is TO be brought before
she grand jury.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-29
For ths Gsseits


As the course OF Lectures before the
Young Mems Literary Association is sboa.
half fnisaed, would il not be 10 harmony
With the interests OF the club, aside from
yielding little 10 popular desire, it they
would reduce the season tickets to cne-hsIf
their present price. Our impression 10,
that ii would siys sstisfsction TO ell parties.
Dec. 18th, 1855. IspARrrAL.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-29

RIG. Watson, one Of the oldest and most
Gu bs,antial citizens OF New Madrid County,
Missouri, " as shot on the 18th inst DE
died Immediately after receiving the wound
I, is said that 6ity-lour shot entered his
face Judge Watson was sbont 10 years
of age. The persons charged with his
murder are Presley Philips, Sullivan Phil
lips, hi. son, and Dr.. John Ross, and re-
ward OF $4,000 is offered for their appts-
tension.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-29

SuppEs DEArH. "A strangN who bad
been about town for few days, spending
bis money for brass watches and bad whl.-
key, died almost instantly, yesterday, while
sitting on the back stairs OF Bates saloon,
on Front street. He WAS said to be intoh-
tested and wss singing bis Christmas song,
when he died. II 10 said he was Nor.
wsgiAp,-R. / Rep, 27h