The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-05-21

~inS pcoperty and cutting up sa'u.y
tricks. such Is unrcofng houses' uuows
down fences,scsttering clean washed eso.Ae
in ali directions; finally taking UP noe sn1
,.,,vins j, bout two rods, white men aho
ss;.isns took ine ride for about hiteen
rc,,s ~ ,he vsses Of The eetsd. - Mac uosefa
Ercehtot,
Nr.ns TRrAL.--TAe case of c. Sharp
sA. eed with the murder of. +, Stout has-
ing been broegh, from Delaware TO Daeu-
que Co. by change OF venue, came TO thai
on the 18th inst. The Express and Herald
describes sharp as abou, 70 years OF age
ve.l-ar, ssed and with tue appearance Of
having moved in cultivated society
NV PoSK fiorsK --Messrs. Davis,
Weekly & Co, laieiy OF Lafayette, incIana'
bu, now located here, have purchased 10 @
30 acres OF land Of P. Saunders, sod'h west
Of town, ard have commenced the eFeceoh
thereon OF large pork house. The ouiid,
ing is sixty by something over one hundred
fsr, Ia size. Soge Is CT 80 hands are 20"
emp,oyed ia making excavations, isylng the
walls and Su,,ine timbers MI, pssasan'
OBSERVE.
MELANCHOLY AcclpEST.--Ne arc soi'S
10 have to state that en- "Wednesday a'.s
noon. as a li,tle son Of Mr.. Bailey 81 "a
nlaec was wandering by the side o. stone
ansrrv in the lower part OF town, IN @hieh
w.s Jeep hole filled with water, he seci-
aenYsuy fiji IN and was drowned As no
~ Mas rear. 1t Was not knewn what had
q ore al HIN until late CT night, when nus
cap was dseeyesed floating ca the water,
wherenpon his body vas searched iot ana
icnna. Poor little fellow-his loss ialis
heavily on his parea's, brothers and SISTERS
w aferloo ReaisisF.
F.rAa AecsDGNg Duncan Gray @asin'
stan,iy killed on the I'd inst. by the aeei
dental discharge Of a gun in the hands o
| his son, near Monroe, Jasper county
| FAsr PLAcs. Cedar Falls, according
to the Review, is fast town. A robbery
was committed to the amount OF $500 ans
The money recovered-two gentlemen were
| Q rested for stealing pointer dog--a phy-
stefan was burned in efigy Tor his istima'
~ with married woman, and the woman
chased her husband through the streets with
, revolver for taking his child from her, and
all in single week!
FINE SrocK-We are always pleased 10
| notice the introduction OF superior stock in
10 our State. DR.. ]. c. Bennett, of Polk
county, in communication 10 the ford
Farmer, says
NV French Merino Buck Aapoieoa,' for
which | paid $4,000 when q lamb, land
| whose father, an imported Buck, sold for
100000 in Uhio,l sold few weeks ago
to Charles S,odsrd, Esq ,of Auburn, Mahas'
ka County, Iowa, near oskaloosa,l where
may be seen one OF the best sheep that the
| world ever produced have likewise sold
| Mr.. Stodard and Mr.. VIM. B. Godfry, OF
Auburn, some of the fine English hogs
| which | purchased OF Prince Albert and
Lord Weston, and imported into Iowa
| rhey are OF the best Suffolk or Windsor
| stuck and the Essex.'
WEsr UxIos.-The editor OF the Fay.
cite Co. Pioneer in speaking Of the N oral.
of West Union, says he has seen bat one
drunken man in two and half years. Thil
| is tow which cast 25l. votes at the late
election.
INAIGRAIIoN.-Our streets Tor the las
four weeks have literally been crowded BY
strangers, emigrants on their way well VI
can't say where. The average of teams
crossing lhe ferry per day is about one hun
dred and sixty per dsy.-Edaysite Com.
CEsrREuLLE, in Appanooss Co., is a
point on the proposed North Missouri Rail
road; contains 100 inhabitants, twelve
stores, three churches and good schools. Il
It's vicinity are Mill privileges on the riRel
Sharon, buidin. rock, coal and plenty q
timber.
CoaPLIaEsrAkY.-The Keokuk Wing
says;--"Some trends Of Nr. H. w. Sam
pie had neat gold-headed cane prepared
for the purpose 81 presenting to hin in
consideration of his advocacy Of the inter-
ests of the city of Keokuk"
Asd42t4SA ~ "
tor Press 10 reply to our paragraph recon-
mendine the merchants Of Davenport TO I'D.
yertise in that sheet, says:
THANK you, Bro. Sanders Tor the ,ugses-
ton, and hope your merchants and other bu-
siness men viii profit by il. They would
do well to make the acquaintance OF our cit
izens, for when our eastern railroad il COM
pleied they viii only ben couple Of bours
drive apart"
CLAyToE. Town, situated on the
ives, bank OF the Mississippi, in Clayton
county, is iourishing, like most ofthe towns
above. There is erecting there, in addition
to many other Improvements this spring, an
extensive iron foundry and machine shop.
Clayton has two good hotels, the Clayton
House and Stewards Exchange.
LAST AND BEST ITEM.--The official re-
turns of Blackhawk county show that the
total vote was 754, Of which the Repubi-
ca majority was 216. The total vote cast
IN Payette County was 1857, OF which the
Republican majority was 476.