Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-07-22
THE NEWS.

On the 18th OF last month, q man
named John Davis died quite suddenly
1t his residence zeal Mendoza, in La
Sale county, ILL.,, and was interred.-
Owing to some suspicious circumstan-
ces, subsequently, the body was ex
humed, and on the 9th inst. a post
mOrtem examination and a %coroner's
inquest were held Over the corpse
This investigation brought out the facts
of the case, which, We learn, are-that
the deceased, in company with his two
cons, vas returning home from Mendo-
to on the 10th ult, the two sons being
intoxicated. On the way, the elder
son got into q scuffle with his father,
and dragging him from the wagon
struck him over the head with a club,
rendering him insensible. The father
was then taken home, where he died a
day or two afterward from the effects
Of the injuries inflicted by his son.
The boys reported at the time that
their father had received his injuries
by falling from the wagon. But muir
der will out and SO in this case.
The above facts were clicted by the
testimony of several witnesses, the
most important Of whom is the youn-
ger brother. The patriclde has fled to
parts unknown, having left immediate
" after the death Of his father.
John Lakin, under arrest for kidnap-
ping at st. Louis was on Saturday held
to bail in the sum Of 81 900 for his ap-
pearance at the Criminal Court. No
testimony was taken, but the witnesses
we're at once brought before the Grand
Jury.
The affidavit, made by +. w. Burke,
charges that on or about the thirtieth
day Of June last, John Lakin and Will
lam Hedges did without lawful author
ity, seize, confine and kidnap one
John Bellamy, a free man of color,
with intent to cause the said Bellamy
to be sent ont Of that State without
his consent and to be held to service
against his will.
Hedges has not yet been arresled,
the officer into whose hands the war
rant was put not being able to find
him.
On Saturday two men working on
the Levee in st. Louis were Frustrated
by the sun. They were conveyed to
the Health office where the Physicians
we're assiduous in using the customary
restorativcs for two or three hours
One of the men, was restored from the
effects of the heat, but was taken with
. congestion of the brain, in which
condition he was sent to the Hospital.
The other man, an Irishman named
Forbes, died.
A Swiss woman in St. Louis the wife
of Henry Hoelzer, on Saturday, gave
birth to three healthy well formed chill
dren-two SON. and a daughter
Hoelzer is q shoemaker. Mother and
offspring are doing well.
Last week a respectable young lady,
moving in the highcsr circles in this
city, says the Lancaster (Pa.) Daily
Times, attempted to commit suicide
by taking arsenic, but fortunately for
herself and family, the dose was entire
ly too large, which saved her life
Medical aid was procured as soon as
possible, and the proper remedies APP
piled. She is still in a very low condi-
ton. 1t seems that she had fallen in
love with q certain gentleman, who
could not, or would not, reciprocate
her affec,io Is. The knowledge of this
70 worked upon her, and so destroyed
her peace Of mind, that she determined
to take her life. This is the second
attempt of the kind that she has made
within q few months.
On the 18th inst, lightning struck
three times in New Britain, Conn.,,
killing two oxen, one each out Of two
pairs standing in a field. A flash fol-
lowed the telegraph wires into the Of
flee, knocking down and rendering
senseleas the operator. He was re-
stored to cOnclousness after a long
course of cold water treatment and
rubbing. Between Longmeadow and
Springfield a dozen of the telegraph
poles we're shattered, and the wires
were 90 heavily sur-charged that ever
half an hour after the storm a man
VA knocked over by putting his hand
on them.
There is . person calling himself a
doctor in Chicago, who advertises as
follows:
"Fevers Of all descriptions success
fully treated, and cures guaranteed in
Gaze notice is given from "a to AS
hours before the patient is struck so;M
DEATH"
A legitimate inference is that the
patients always die under his treatment
within the time specified.
A work of Martin Luther, never be-
fore translated into English, has Just
appeared in London. 1t is called "The
Creation A Commentary on the First
rive Chapters Of the Book of Genesis"
The telegraph announces the death
q William I. Porter, widely known to
tho sporting world for many years as
the editor OF the Spirit of the Times.
A year or two since he established a
rival publication entitled Porter,s
Spirit Of ne Times, which obtained a
vide circulation. Mr.. Porter wss 4
man Of fine personal appearance, pos
'ssased engaging social qualities and
Aad trooPs Of friends" He VA,
originally : printer, and wEae acting
aaety Of . fSsD10n in IN Of
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