Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-10-15
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TnENEws.
Il appears from the returns OF the
..n.ss a 4.xss. thu. the population OF that
sat. !, soous four hundred and Fifty thou
and fsmrs.ed tbs. In eighty years Ie1-
:. Ia more than doubled the number OF In
h.h,ants. vhiIs it, productive capacity has
besn developed in . still higher ratio
Amsn osaned Graham. whilst walking
ou,s ly long the street 10 Louisville. ie"
a.v, 40. VS.. attacked by tuo large oul'
doxs belong ina to German, and dr'ad'u''S
ino.resrss:d They fret. hit hin 10 tho 'ss
threw him down, and then IN various psr''
OF the body ard bis arms, one OF when ne
had thrown across his throat to protect II
woman and few men, who we're at work
on . new house close by came to Mr. Ora
hau.'s rssoue. otherwise hs would have been
killed
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican,
publishes o table showing the amount Of
rain that Ia. fallen at that place since Jau-
uary, 1853, together with the wafer from
melted snow. The entire quantity amounts
70 depth Of forty feet and two inches on
sl.,eL 1t is fortunate that they did not
ell fall at once
A notorious individual, Colin LIE
Blen. who had long been the terror Of ST
Landry and CaIcasieu, Miss. was killed 70
Gently at the latter p scs. As he was az
nroschinv the botel. four heavily loaded
guns were discharged at him, lodging forty
shot Ia his body. Three yourg men were
arres,ed COR the deed but subsequently, re-
leased. the deef hapi"q bee" done ey the conc
Amt of tn. community Le Bleu. on one oc-
ca.ion, forbid the Judge to hold court in
Calsaslen, and actually, w pointing pi'-
tol st him, made him leave the bench.
Tho, Philadelphia Mount Vernon
Record announce that AlabAm as contributed
moro than any other state towards the fund
for the pnrehsse Of the home and tomb OF
Washington.
VIM. Haakerson with two assistants. re-
Gently washed out nearly en- worth OF gold
In Plymouth, Vt One piece was valued at
1870 This gold range is one or two miles
wide and extends through the town.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
have ordered twenty station indicators to
be placed on tho car. on that road. The
Indicator 10 90 arranged that after passing
a station the conductor pulls a cord ard the
nome Of tho next station appears. The
sound Of a Hell calls the attention Of the
passengers toit
Hon. Mat. Ward, Of Texas, has writ
ten u letter confirming the rutnor contra
lic,ed some time since. that Gov. Runnels.
Of that State had appointed him to the Uni
ted States Senate. to ill AN existing vacancy.
Asa gratifying proof of the decrease
Of crime in Ireland. tie Cork Esporter men
ma that the number Of prisoners in the
Ito Of correction, in that city, ia now at
~henest point. since the years 1855 -'5s,
Esther nsreAt temperance movement, by
IT'S al tt.ew, had reached its climax 49,
For e'gh, ""eephioued that Tor tho last TWEEN
40 throusn tr'esrs no criminal has suffered the
.oa !" inshmers of the law at the Cork Jail.
A great yacht race came Oft at To-
ronto. Csnads on Midday of last week. for
prize Of $40. in which vessels from all
parts Of Canada md the American shore Of
lako ontstio participated. The prize was
won hy the American sloop Coral.
The New York police department
~ siI.xompriaes 20 captains, lo5 ser eants.
We roo,y,ls seysi. $40 pa,rolmep. SO special de-
we Beoit s;sen, and 81 doornsn-a tai OF
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