The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-11

loUa News.
FiNrp.-On Tuesday afternoon tho keep
CT Of one II the bccths ON the circus ground,
commenced selling liquor, but wa, -oon stop
ned by tue Sheriff, who arrested the offender,
and took him into the Court House where
he was fined SO, and costs, which he paid.
LINZ G.. Regis'e.
BIZ CRops.-A writer TO the Dubuque
7,,a,s, dating at Camanche, says he finds
the crops in good condition. In Scott, Gin
ton and Cedar Counties, he is confident twice
as many acres were put under cultivation
this year n last, principally in wheat. which |
promises very well.
urNGARiAN GRass.--The Monroe County \
Agricultural Society offers a premium Of
twenty-f dollars for the best acre Of Hun
garian Grass. "Thc object in offering pre-
MUM on single acre" correspondent in
forms US, is to give all chance to compete
Owing 20 the high price and inadequate sup
ply 81 seed, many farmers have sown but
small amount, while some have sown nearly
half their FARMS
TRIpLETs.--The wife 81 Lowell Baglcy,
ESQ., OF Dycrsville in Dubuque county, pre-
scntcd him with three fine boys at one birth
last week The mother aud boys are said
q be doing well.
MITCHELL Co--The State Commission
crs appointed in accordance with an act Of
the late Legislature, have located the Coun-
ty scat Of Mitchell at Usage. There was
graf rejoing at Usage over the result.
LEI co.-Thc Fort Madison lade,xn.sent
says that the new constitution will receive
1900 majority in that county Il is not
supported or opposed on party grounds, but
the intelligent citizens Of all parties agree
that the old constitution is radically insult
ell to the commercial wants of our State
Man Observation-Disclosures Wheeler held
an inquest on the body &c Geo. u. Dodge,
who was drowned on the morning IL the lth
Dodge hailed from Chicago and had arrived
in the town but the day previous. II wa
supposed that he went to the river IT, bathc
his feet and wa, attacked with fit, n he
was found in quite shallow water with all
of his clothing ON but hi- boots and socks
Dubuque Express.
SNAkE BiI.-A little daughter Of William
Dc,inc, II Dcs Moincs county, was bitten ~
a rattlesnakc on "Wednesday evening last
She was at play in the yard when her pa
rents heard her utter scream, and going
cut, found the poor child bitten Al efforts
e. save the little sufferer were unayalling,
and she died before morning.
ALLAaAKrE CousrY.--Thc Lansing Nh
ror speaks glowingly II the progress of that
town. II says that number of the iincs,
warehouses between Dubuque and ST. Paul
have recently been erected, three steam en-
gines introduced, fine Touring mill put in
operation, new ioads built, and Others pro-
jectcd, etc
JoN.s CouSrY-The editor of the Ana
J mesa Eueka records number IL sales 81
) unimproyed land in that town for 81 GU
per acre; also lands adjoining the town 1t
IRON 500 TO $1,000 per acre. lie add
ave own five acres in town; three years
J since We offered il for thirteen hundred dol
lar, with all the Improvements, and could
not sell IT, Last year we offered il for
three thousand dollars but could not sell
one day last week We offered IL for four
thousand IN the morning, and did not sell
In the afternoon, We were offered forty eight
hundred dollars and would no, take IL. We
merely state this 10 show our good neigh
bors that property b not d,ad but hriay.n
That editor is either hard to suit, ~ el,e he
does not wish t. sell ycrs badly.
lIuS... Al extra i,om the Anamosa Gd
sstte of the Both. states that = horsc thief
who was convicted on the day before of
stealing horse On Sunday last, at fairvicw,
and brought u Aname.a for confinement,
J was taken nj L. orlock from the house IL
Mr. Peet, where lac was quartercd, by
mob Of about sixty men, and hung. No
traces ii the mob have been discovered but
IL is supposed that the men composing IL
came from the southeast. The thieI's
name is not given
GoLLr.I CoSIRAcr.-our fellow citizen,
y y. MAINS, has taken the contract u
build college for our friends mp at Oska-
loosa, at sd, 50o.--Ofa@wa Courier.
DRowNrp.--Last evening ut . o'clock,
lad aged siA years, named John CRAZY, step
son of Patrick Kennedy, fell into we'll at
Ncails old foundry, c"rIer II Sixth and
Blnn.cau streets, and was drowncd,--keo-
kuk Posf.
lioRsr TniEt SHor.--A man calling HIM
self John tray, who stole horse az Iowa
City aud took him Ia Galena aud there sold
him nj auction, aud then stole another from
Capt Smith and mas pursued into the coun.
try, was shut on the lst hy officer Burke, |
II Galcna Gray Is not expected 10 rcco,
CT. III refuses IL tell where his relatives
ar friends reside.