Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-10-06
SU MARY.

a girl named Tather Ladd. who was sup
posed 20 haze been murdered ard thrown
into well OF Johnson, Vi, has been heard
from A letter was received by the post
master Of Burlington, fe days ago, from
the Newbury, (Nass) Almshouse. statating
that she entered that Institution the lst OF
October last, gnder the assumed name Of
Ester Smith Int that he now owned her
name TO be Ladd
The Concord \ II Democroi announce
the death 81 Peter Aver. nj the shaker vii
| lage. Canterbury IN the 18th 81 cpt He
was ~ years and 9 days old. lie was one
| Of the founders Of the society of ohakefs.
having been u member Of that fraternity
npwaris of 20 years. lie was most pow
| criul atheletie man, and one Of the few
SURVIVORS who took part in the. American
| Revolution
TIM PASsc AErcIiSc THE pgicr OF TOBACCO
The Richmond inquirer observes that the
/ tobacco trade Of Va has centered in y. y,
| owing 10 the present banking system, and
brings facts and figures to show that this
interest IS already feeling with u vengcnce
the pressure now raging in the great com
merciai emporium oil the country Tobae
co Of the quality which ten day ago sold in
Richmond for 30, sl1 and $50, sold on
thursday for SO, SIP and H. and the
market falling
The Supreme Cont nj Boston on Monday
last, in the case Of hirs Sarah T. shaw, sVt.
the Boston aud Worcester f. X Co, which
has been Oh trial Tor some time, awarded
the piantin $4,000 The suit WAS for dam
uges. the plaintiff : husband having been
| l. He'd by AN accident on the road
Diam OF a FAMot.s IIogsi--The stallion
Tjcoadtrogo Blaci Havk. which took the
first prize ~ the recent National Far, at
Luuissi lille. died suddenly last week, and is
supposed TO havo peen poisoned. Theow
~ valued him at loouo and 1t is said
few day ago he declined nh offer Of IS 600
for h IN.
A daughter OF Patrick Bnrgan, of Frank
In Ohio, was drowned in the feeder Of tho
Penn. and Ohio Canal near Rcvcnna. Sept
2',th. she was 81 the buggy with Lir
brother. The boy drove to ,he feeder 10
wator ~ hrrso, when the horse plunged in,
taking the buggy and its occupants INTO tie
w,tcr several feet deep. The girl was
drowned. aud the horse also.
Two colored men. pretending to be fuei-
tive slaves, succeeded lately, in Guilford
Conn, in pursuading suudry persons that
they had ldst esca ed from all soits 81
southern Tyranny The result was terri
lie row and general sympathy among the
al II "rops iation' The pro,enders to sla,-
oaic di eirAnc escaped.
sixty shares oi New Jersey Railroad stock
were sold on Monday for one hundred anc
tiiteHh do,lArs per shnre--a depreciation o
ten dollars during the financial pau.-.ht
, cause Il the depreciation being the strngen
ey e Tho MONEY market
A very beautiful Improvement has beer
made ii, th. manufacture Of writing apor
ny whicu the water Ices are made 10 eros.
each other at ,fght angles answering al
the pufi oses Of ruling, while il gives IL ,
I. fino appearance.
! The arr esian well in Louisville. Nv, ha.
been hored 10 the depth Of ne thousand tw,
, hundred and forty i.e,. Tie vorkmeu pro
| coed At an average OF 4 feet per day
4 iuan named john & Jones, died from
melancholy OF Petersburg. Va, on FRIDAY
night H. had deserted hi. wife al Rome
Y. " and led lille OF misery in the conse
4ueucc.
The Indiana State ,lovgsial says TINT tn,
A-1 lums Bind. Dtaf and Dumb, and In
! sluvl which were closed on the LIST of ! ! ri
because tie Legislature had made no aprro
lration, will be re-olencd on the lsl OF oc
r tobtr.
Grape cultare is becoming quite bust
ness in Monroe Co Ill Il j. estimated that
, the citizens OF thai county will market on,
hun. I'D tho sand gallons Of vine. winch
a, present prices viii amount t. sauUo0o
|
Charleston. : C., sold Tor ainc cats per h.
Fine times among Charleston cotton mcr
chants
\ lump Of gold valued Al 5000. Ias been
taken out OF mine in Cabairus Co. North
Calf, mia
u Lyon, the pa-ter OF the British church
in Iolembus, lud, and three Of his flock
have been arrai med before the church an
thortl iorJoiniuga temperance society il
that place
The Central America Relief Committee in
y Y. have already collected seventeen thou
sand dollars.
\ New TE,ve, sriov of the Bible Is an
nounced 10y DR.. Brun-en, Of Persia. II will
Issued in seven volumes.
The Erie Constitution says
Nh lawton, tn, cashier of the Erie City
Bank. has been arrested for endorsement
and after an examination, has been held t
! bail OF Sl0,uuu TO answer the charge
The editors Of Virginia are to hold grand
convention and conference ut Richmond, oil
the goth inst.
} Among the Mormons, boys of 10 and /.
year, ofage IRE enrolled in military bands
called the Hope Of lsreal.'
Chief Justice Tannev is now eighty wear.
Of age and the Washington States expres.e {.
the opinion that he is likely TO soon retir,
rom the bench
Within few days, the United States min,
at Phia elphia has received for coinage
over one million dollars in refined lars o,
) gold.
Richard Sherwn. the oldest printer in
Boston, died on Saturday
A TiuNc Worm kSowINe.--W What is ia,
difference between a woman who tears heI
dress and one who padss
One busts her stuff, the other stuifs he,
bust