Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-09-18

FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

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ready for the FAIR Of the American lnsti-
tute. Upwards of 500 laborers have been
set to work digging bitches, and dreaming
y the swamps around the Palace, and notice
is given that all shanties not removed by
the 18th inst, will be forcibly demolished
by the commissioners
"A man. named Isaac L. Wood. was ar
rested at Rantoul. H., on the Ill Central R.
Ro, on the morning Of the Sd inst. bv Jas
Brewer. Sheriff Of Livingston co, y. T. on
and wife, and two Of their children. All OF
the parties. except the children. died. The
shocking deed was perpetrated by him in
May, 1855. in Danville. Livingston CO.. n.
y, where all the parties then resided. The
object Of Wood in poisoning his brother .
family was to get their property; which
ed the terrible fate and thus defeated his
object.
A man who moved from Cincinnati.
O.. to this country, last spring. and who had
no means Of conveyance there and thence.
hit upon this original plan Of going and
coming on horseback. and making his rid
ing profitable withal. lie visited town twice
a week, and upon the morning Of his return
he would repsir to the Fifth Street auctions
and buy one sf the horses put up at a low
! figure. ride him out. and the next time he
came to the city, resell the nag, and gener
| ally at an advance. In this way he got to
the country gratis, and raised, besides, it is
said. some sixty five dollars in cash.
/ Some days since well dressed and ap
parcntly respectable young man, presented
| himself at the window of the paying teller
| of the Bank If Baltimore and offered check
| for 81, 900. drawn upon one Of the wealthy
firms of that city. The money was pronp-
tly placed in the hands Of the forger, who
walked off with it, and has not since been
seen, nor is it likely he will be.
AT the regular meeting of the Columbia
Typographical Society. Of Washington City.
on saturday evening last. committee was
appointed to confer upon the feasibility Of
procuring, through the contributions e the
printers OF the country. statue of Frank
lin. the Printer, to be placed in one OF the
public reservations. The committee con-
ssts Of Messrs. VIM r. Mclean, VIM Wood
Michael Canton, J. &. Franzoni, and James
j. Chedal
The State debt Of Tennessee proper, is
s4,l40,s56 Besides this, che has issued
IL.
Roads, Of which she has now in progress
| ,569 miles in 20 different lines. She has
agreed to issue 81 SIS, 800 additional bonds
to these roads as they progress in ten-mile
sections, taking first line as security. This
makes her entire debt present and prospec-
tive, $2i,e ,e5l 500, of which over twenty
millions go for railroads.
A woman named Mrs George Moore,
resident of Upper st Clair tp., Allegheny
co. Pa. who had for some time been part
ed from her husband returned to live with
him recently, when some Of the Young men
of the township, thinking her character not
irreproachable seized her. on the night Of
the It ut.. and covered her with coat Of
coal tar and feathers. She left that neigh
brotherhood next day
Accurate experiments have been made
in Illinois to test the comparative value of
timothy and clover hay. The experiments
were carried on for two Years, and the re
suits were that the clover hay uniformly
yielded ten per cent. more milk than the
timothy.
The Boston Daily Advertiser says
There is not the least degree of panic feel
ing in that city. Railroad Stocks are low,
mining ocks more firm, bank stocks de
clining. money in good demand at IL to IL
per cent on first rate paper. The general
feeling is that great caution ought to be OBJ
served in business, and resources husband
ed for the future.
Wheat has come in very freely during
the past week In two days the Messrs
Harrison alone, (millers) purchased 1900
bushels. The average price paid. We learn,
was Sl,l0 per bushel. But the price has
since declined here, and in fact, ev verywhere.
| It now commands seven bits to dollar
Bellriiie -idrocats
| A SUPERSTITION REMovED.-A sub edit
or of 20 years standing tfor the editors
shoes y says that when Luther threw the
inkstand at the head of the devil, it must
have been the printers devil, who had,
doubtlessly been Tor hours dancing about
his elbow, bothering him for copy, De-
Punch.
The present Bishop Of london, it is
said, will not live at Fhlham This small.
though fixed, income of the see will not nj
low Of a house in St James Square and =
palace at Fulham.-H,4strated Lond Ncms
This is a pitiable poverty The "smali
though fixed income Of DR.. Tate the pres
ent Bishop Of London. is precisely s5S,5oO u
| year, added to which is the rent OF man
sion in st. James square, which is probably
$4,000 a year. Total, $6s, ,5C0-Boston
| Courier.
-REsuLr OF THE NATIONAL FNIR-We un-
derstand from Mr.. Arthur Porter, local trea-
surer, that the receipts Of the National Fair
will exceed s2l 600. This sum, it is thout,
will be amply sufficient to meet all the ex-
penses incurred for the grand exhibition
The receipts of the Frankfort Railroad for
the transportation of passengers between
this city and the fair grounds, during last
week, were considerably over s6,0oO.-Lou
.IoW.
-CoMxIssIoSER OF PATENTs--1 Correction
1t is not Col Thomas H. Holt, but Joseph
Holt, Esq, of Ky. who has been appointed
Commissioner OF Patents. Mr. Joseph Holt
is Ken,uckian, and years ago prscticed
law in this state and Mississippi, retiring
after amassing large fortune in a few years
lie is man Of genius, rare intellectual gifts
and one Of the ahlest and most eloquent in
the nation. We are gratified that he has
been pursuaded to accept place which his
rare qualifications will adorne.-LouisriHe
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