Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-24
STATE ITEMS.

Mr. Phillip Clark. formerly of Iowa City,
returned TO that place day or two since,
from California, after an absence of Years.
He left a wife. children, and n valuable farm,
when he went to California. He finds, on
his return. that his wife long since married
again, having first secured u divorce and n
decree giving her the farm for her support
The farm ha. been sold. and is now in other
hand-, nni his former wife ia in some other
part uf the country.
I>S.-'rlree prisoners broke Jail on Tues
DAY, the 18th inst, in Marion. Two of them
were caught. but one, red headed rascal
from Benton county, in for forgery, got
away, bare footed and bare headed
Sioux Cuy.-One hundred and forty acres
of land was recently sold adjacent TO Sioux
City AT the enormous price of seven hundred
dollars per acre, amounting in all to $780,
500. The original proprietor, after making
the sale, offered $4,000 to have the bargain
rescinded
A ScyrHE FIGr The Princeton Ua }
Clarion tells story Of II seythe fight near
Oakland. in that county. Some Of the hands
III wheat field got into II row, and used
their ugly weapons so oifectually that two
men were wounded, ii not more dangerous
w. certainly more fearful TO look at. than
any we have ever heard Of who survived
One man received II wound in the thigh
eighteen inches long by two inches deep
aud another was wounded quite as badly il
| the chest
PorTAwoTANIE CouNTY. - The Council
Bluffs Nonparea gives an account of tn,
laying of the corner stone Of an Episcopal
Church in that place on the first day of the
monlh. 1t is to be fine structure
Clippings.
The election of REYNOLDS, Democratic
candidate for Governor in Massachusetts,. is
regarded rs certain. IL Democrats and 8
Americans have been elected To the State
Senate.
-" Christy's Mnstrels' made their first
appearance at the st James Theatre. Lon
don, on the Sd inst, and met with great sue
CESS
CEors " ALABAMA AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
The Mobile Mercury has receive ed discour
aging accounts of the cotton crops from al
most every section of Alabama and Eastern
Mississippi; but the crop Of wheat and oats
is extraordinary, and great yield OF corn
ispromised.
ca "Look ont for counterfeit 50" on the
Lee Bank of Massachusetts,.
GAS AND STEAM IL EGyrr.-A comnanv
from Nice has entered into contract with
the Egyptian Government to light Alexan.
dria with gas, and has already commenced
the construction Of the works. The Nile
Steam Navigation Company has already
three steamers running, and is expecting
nine others from Holland and England.
WHERE TIE DEMOCRATIC STRENGTH, Is-It;s
frequently charged that the South is the
home OF the democracy and yet Buchanan
received twelve hundred thousand votes in
the North, and only six hundred thousand
in the South.
MIR. McElrath's name has been with.
drawn from the ". y. Tribune. The firm
is now Horace Greeley d Co.
Dickens perpetrated years ago one of
-. "t"" itSoiu MT. DAgg
nephew was demonstrating the philosophy
OF tea-ke'tle and describing the application
OF steam as a motive.
have nrincinailv 90 ,h;m,' '.e uncle We
name y WHAT was MS
WATT was b;s mana.
'ep''e' '"e 'ad'
WALKING MArcn.-There Is 10 no q wall.
ing match of . thousand mila. IN . ,h.us
hours, at Syracuse. commenc;nn -, ~ ".,n
INST VII Tue N4'"
-. - DOW mortality statistics show that
nc people OF the United States are the heal
mes. on the globe. The deaths are three
'uhdred and twenty Thousand per year, OF
,ne ana onethird per cent Of the popula.
ION. In England the ratio is over two per
,en' ana In France nearly three per cent.
virginia and North Carolina are the health
;nhsh;,sn.s a' s.A nusared ana
ears ot noe "'e' o"e huhured
counterfeit bills Of the denominations Of
ems and t'centses Of the Quebec Bank are in
circulation. They are altered from one,
md well done. The genuine are a different
'iate. The counterfeit tens have the mum
raj X instead Of 10; and the LETTERING |
TWENTY in the false tusnsies encroaches
m the first letter of " Currency" following
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