Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-10-28
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The \. Y. Tribune fears that >ihlcytD cm)
ia elected Governor If Minnesota. Most
vt the PHILOSOPHER -tsus- npWssdsyp are
realities
4 man had his neck broken, in Cincinna
Il. on Saturday night, by Icing struck in
the back of the neck with brick. lie died
instantly.
A Utica editor has mnde M assignment OF
NIL bic affections for tho benefit. ethis crs.ii
tors
Ia Verdiersville. Orange county, Va. "a
little girl deaf and dumb and puny, l.ss late
" had the typh"d fever. when she rccov
cred, her sP.ack ana Hearing were res
tored
SSow.-Passengers by the Great Western
Railroad report the ground in the vicinity
OF Hamilton covered with snow to the depth
Of six inches. ...
The Port Gibson Herald wants to know
what the poor Indians win do when tho
butialoes are extinct Indeed, we cant tell
I'VE nrc afraid they will have TO bear it
Irnttcc.
a young lady was recently asked how
she could possibly aiFor'f in tiiese hhrd times
tn take music lessons. 'uh" said she. IL
contine myself to the lowest notes"
The Boston theatre has PROV ell u failure
financially, aud the stockholders have votc cd
10 sell it at auction, III will bring SCI 900
The cost of the establishment was nearly
twice that amount, and il is now in debt
s2W.7l2
A man named lIaidy, convicted At Rich.
moni Va. of rape On "A girl Of nine years,
has been sentenced to the State prison for
20 years A previous sentence of five years
for felony, makes the total Of his imprison-
ment 20 years, not u year too much.
Richard Taylor, Esq, only son Of the late
President Taylor, is the Democratic canIi
date for the Senate Of Louisiana In the st
Charles district
A traveller VINO lately passed through
Southern Wisconsin estimates, from court
made on nm elevated position, that within q
circuit Of five or six miles around GAINESVILLE,
there were at least two thousand stacks of
wheat.
pEInL-An officer writing from the camp
before Delhi Oh the 9Th of August, says:
mo chance of taking this place for some
time TO come Reniorccmcnts march to-
wsrd- IA, hut they never seem to get near
en-
A young man named John Rogers has
been arrested i'll New York on charge OF
numbering Mr.. John Stevenson on Saturday
evening The murdered man was walking
with his wife at the time the stab was inilic-
ted. Rogers is Implicated in the murder by
a companion who was with him, aud he has
made IA confession
The Harrisburg Telegraph, of Monday.
says:
We regret to hear report from Pittsburgh
this morning, that Mr. }. Il. Backho,se, a
Republican member of the last House of Rep
resentatives. and re elected, died at his resi-
dence in Ohio township. Allegheny county,
on Friday last. lie WAS detained from his
seat at the extra session by sickness His
disease was consumption. A new election
will be necessary to fill the vacancy.
The piers Of the Suspension Bridge, which
Is to span the Ohio at this point, have been
SO far completed rs 10 be above the reach Of
the water by the present rise, or any that is
likely To occur this fall. The work is pro-
crossing gradually, though not very rapid
~. IL Is thought, however, that the struc-
tnre will be ready for travellers about one
Year from this tilns.--Cin. Erguiyer.
GENERAL RErupIArIoN IN MlNNksorA.-The
merchants Of St Anthony, Minneapolis, and
st. Paul have had meeting, in which they
unanimously agreed to ask three months
extension from their Eastern creditors
They say 1t is utterly impossii le for them
to meet their engagements at the we-en,
time. New Workers will have to grant it
or they will get another.
A NoBLE EAAArlE-'IhsD Dubuque 7vi5mle
records the creditable and oteworthy fact,
that Mr. Selon L"ngworthy. (ofthe banking
house Of l.ongworthy l. Brothers, who, are
perhaps the weslthiest firm in Iowa. aud
who are large real estate owners aud land.
lords in pubuque,l a day or Two since visi-
ted all his tenants. occupying stores. and
dwellings in the city, and voluntarily redu-
ced their rent a2 II per cent. and in one
instance RENTED $40 on rent past due.