Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-09-12

Conn, upon ner errtvAI nome from
New York on the steamboat, discov-
cred in her pocket an old pocket-book
and other articles, which she had never
seen before. Had the owner missed
them, and the passengers been search
el, they would have been found upon
this lady, which would have placed
her in a very unpleasant POSITION
The pickpocket had distracted the
money, of course.
A gentleman in Boston has recently
purchased for the Emperor Napoleon
three Of the finest horses be could find
in the Eastern States. The order was
sent direct from the Emperor himself
The New Commercial says it would be
interesting to know the price the En-
peror pays for the horses. Fine spans
of horses now bring high prices. We
know a gentleman who gave $4,000
tsFs pair of horses now in use.
Hume the American spiritual me-
dunn" who has been astonishing the
Europeans, is actually married to Mile
Knoll or krof, who brings him the
sum of 100000 in cash. Since his
marriage it is said the spirits have left
him, for in one Of his attempts to evoke
the shadows of deceased aunt of one
Of his new relatives, the spirits refused
utterly to obey. But he has played
his cards out, and has secured for
tune and wife at twenty nine years of
age; he had better retire on his laurels,
says the New York Times.
The Louisville Courier state that
some days since, in Wellington county,
Ky, two men, Henderson and Yocum,
made an attack upon a man named
Thomas Faris, and in the ARRAY killed
Faris' son, the old man escaping for
the time. Henderson and Yocum were
arrested, and are now in Jail in Spring
field, Ky. On Friday the elder Fars
was found in the public road, murder
ed, not far from his own house. He
was shot, and as yet the murderers are
undetectcd.
A laborer named Oowen, in the en-
ploy Of Judge Dyer, Of Dyersvllle,
Iowa, murdered fellow laborer named
Kelly, on Thursday last in quarrel.
The deed was committed by shooting.
Owen is in custody.
We learn from the Nashville Tenn
papers that on Tuesday last, as the To-
connective was passing up the Nashville
and Louisville Railroad, near Saunders
vile, car loaded with iron broke loose
from its coupling, and ran back in the
direction Of Nashville some four miles,
with terrible velocity. There were
quite number of persons on it, most
Of whom remained and received no in
jury. Two, however, who leaped oft,
were injured. One, an Irishman, whose
name the Ne0s did not learn, slightly /;
the other, MIR. Wise, who resides in the
vicinity of Saundersville, quite severely
having his head badly cut, his leg
broken, and being considerably bruised.
The last intelligence we had of Col,
Titus whereabouts, placed him in Tex
as with some one hundred followers,
about to set out on an expedition, the
object of which was not known,
though subsequent rumors via ST.
Louis reported him to be at FL Passo
(about July 10Th cn-route for Sonora
by the Southern mail we have intelli-
gence that letters received at San An
tonia, Texas state that Col. Titus pass
ed Fort Chadbourne July Goth, with a
company, number not stated, to rcvolu-
tionize Sonora. 1t was probably from
meeting this party that the story about
Gen. Walker arose.
Mexican accounts also report that
thisty Texans had accepted an invita-
ton Of Vidaurri, and entered Mexico
to assist him.
On Sunday night last, Mrs. John
Robb, of Chicago, died somewhat sud-
denly, under circumstances which, in
the minds Of some of the unhappy res
idents of that unhappy neighborhood,
gave rise to the opinion that an inquest
should be held upon the remains. Up
on the tongues of garrulous old ladies
the circumstances were exaggerated,
until rumors Of poisonous drugs and
murderous agencies of divers other
sorts were rife. The Coroner proceed
ed to the house, but being unable to
find anything to warrant a suspicion of
foul play, declined to hold an inquest
but directed the body to be placed in
a vault for a few days, so that if any
thing shall become known to furnish
cause for an inquest, a post mortem
examination might be made.
After the funeral, the tongues of the
scandelmongers ran buster than before,
until to silence them, the Coroner pro-
ceedeG, on Thursday, to hold an in
quest. The body was taken from the
vault, and post norton examination
was made by the county physician. No
indications of poison or other material
onancv cou11 ho found