Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-09-04
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IMf' EfANI RAILROAD l'FtI>i'N.-i ne ~Nra-
cu-c Jourpo' saws Judge VIM. T. Wright Of
the Third Judicial District. has rendered n
decision in favor of the legal proprietv OF
laying railroad tracks through the public
streets of cities.
EEARREsr OF Mn BRAyM,N.-Mr. Bray
man OF the Democrat, was arrested at the
instance Of the L : District Attorney last
evening on "A charge Of purloining letters
deposited in the Post Office by the mail
agent for the purpose of detecting the rob
Der of MeNalv. lie was admitted 10 bail
in the sum of -. ooa.-thic Joarai
Almost \ DrrI-The local of the Buff
falo Hpubhc challenged the local OF the
Express to mortal combat The lat. + de
clined the encounters. One of those locals
Is u fool.
Two old friends met not long since. at
ter a separation Of 81 Years. Well, Tom.
said one, how has the world gone with
you, old boy! Married yetY Yes; and
Eve n family you cant match--seyen boys
and one girl | can match it exactly was
the reply, Tor have seven girls and one
boy
MAMMOTH OxES.-At the stable in Friend
street, opposite the Merrimack House. there
is a pair of oxen, which are supposed to be
the largest pair of matched oxen III the
world. These oxen are SIX years old and
weigh over six thousand pounGs. -Bosfoa
Post
An INNOCENT Person lIUXC FOR NuRDER.-
A woman named Eliza Fering. was tried.
sentenced to lie hanged and executed at
Newgate, England, some time ago, for poi
soning her mistress. Since then u baker
upon his DYING bed, confessed that he did
the deed out of spite, and that Eliza Fering
was entirely innocent of the crime.
The MERCHANTS BANK, ST. LouIs.-This in
stitution, under the general banking law Of
Missouri, has gone INTO operation.
1t is stated that the Secretary Of tn,
Navy has determined to shorten the cruise
of national vessels from three years to two
years.
AT a recent sale of autographs, de-, il
England, the original MSS of Sir Walter
SCOTS novel, Peyeril of the Peak. was sole
| for ESQ.
| "A Miss Wood recently recovered ter
thousand dollars for breach Of promise
from faithless swain. High price for wood
we think.
| The authorities of Keokuk, Iowa, max,
all sojourners of month pay 81 towart
street improvements. They should take ou
patent to pay off the national debt.
| The above specimen of meanness ought t.
have wide publicity given to it-Csncin-
natl Enquirer.
Thousands OF dogs are drowned q,
the dog pound in New York every sum
mer. The carcssses Of the dogs are t.
ken to Barren Island where every par
OF them is turned to some useful account
The fat is tried out, the skins are cold
to glovers, and of the bones Do Bura
makes superphosphate Of lime.
One hundred and forty acres Of land
was recently cold adjecent to Sioux CITY
at the enormous price Of seven hundred
dollare per acre, amounting in eli t.
81, LOG, 500. The original proprietor
after making the sale. offered SO, 900 te
have the bargain resoinded.
The Mobile "Mercury" has received
disc ouraging accouts Of The cotton crop.
from almost every section Of Alabama
and Eastern Mississippi; but the crol
Of wheat and oats is extraordinary, and
a great yield of corn 10 promised.
Owing to the receipt Of late new
from Mexico, Spain had resumed bel
war tone, and the negotiations with So.
nor Lsfragus were broken of 10 Madrid
It 10 said that the aspect Of the imbrog.
lilo hss become very serious.
Mics Eliza Logan 10 making . stud,
Of Meg Merriles, which character obi
will assume for the first time in the fall
Mrs. Ann 3. Stephens, il is said, 10 drs'
mstising her last new novel, "The Heir
eee Of Greenhurst."
Three prisoners broke jail on Tues
day, the 4th inst, in Marion. Two o.
them we're caught, bot one, . red heedst
rascal from Beaten county, in for foSg
cry, Gos swsv, bare footed and bar
hooded.
Tho Couneil Dlu6s sNcnpaseil' give
- asseaab u ths layins Of ~ essss
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