Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-31


man named John Qaian was. on Mon
day last, run over and instantly killed about
ane mile north of Brighton, in this State
He was lying on the track, and Was not
seen by the engineer until too late. We do
not learn that bottle was found in the un-
fortunate man. pocket
They are building at Green Bay in Wiz
cousin. : snip Of eight hundred tons burden
Of the native timber, and when completed
will be loaded with . cargo Of lumber for
ship building, and taken direct to Liverpool
The vessel is ready for launching, ami is .
staunch and noble craft
/ once met free and easy actor who
told me he had passed the three festive days
at the seat Of the Marquis and Marchioness
o: -, without sny,inyitation convinced
IS proved 10 he the case, that my lord and
lady. not being on speaking terms" would
suppose the other had asked him.--Rey-
noids Life and Times.
Mr.. Field has crossed the Atlantic twenty
one times in the service Of the Atlantic Tel
egraphic Company. Once he remained in
New York only five days. and once he re-
EN- barked after one day in England
A letter from Franklin, N. H., says there
was o snow equal Of FIVE minutes duration
at that place yesterday morning. There
WAS not enough snow to show upon
the ground, but it was clearly perceptiole
a. it fell.
"My dear" said . smiling spouse to her
other hall, I'm going c shopping 10 day,
and want a little change" "Pooh !" res.
iad he
change at all; you 60 q shopping every
day"
The Clarion. a spiritual paper pinted at
Auburn. Mas, is informed by merchan,
| Of that city, that since the 8Oth July, at a.
most every meal time. q chair Is moved up
TO the table aud placed in n suitable position
| by some invisible power and intelligence
represented rs s..spirit daughter. Mr.. II
has undoubted confidence in the agency Of
his child
A DARING EXPLOIT WITH BEAR.-Al
Woodland, Ulster Co., n ", on Sunday, al
| two brothers, John and Matthew Schoonma
! ker, were strolling up the Muddy Bush Hill
with no weapons but their pocket knives
and no companions but their two dogs-one
a fox hound, the other water spaniel-they
stopped awhile to fish; but they had caugh,
onlya few specklers. when they were star
tied to hear the hound utter the well known
cry Of his species upon seeming game. On.
them Immediately put chase after the dog
and on reaching the spot on the bank of til.
stream where the dog first found the trail
was not a little surprised to find the foot
print Of a large bear on a hemlock log
| ,xI,. b. L.. l.;
bath The bear had retreateI about TWEEN
ty rods from The stream 10 u cover whcr.
the dog came upon it.
1t was but the work Of a moment to &C
quaint the other man of the state If tn,
case, whereupon, giving his fishing poll {
toss into the stream, he ran up with the 9th
er dog. Then regular rough aud tumble
fight ensued, during which, part Of the tim,
the bear had the upper hand and part, tn,
men and the dogs but in a lucky momen
the spaniel got the bear fast by the hint
leg, and then, rs she turned to give him
the dog-his Iuietns. the hound siezed tn,
oppol tunity and the hear too, by the under
jaw, and 50 the two pinned him to til,
ground, when John thrust heavy stalk,
into his mouth, and placing his knee on tn,
bears head proceeded with sorry speci-
men OF "A jack knife. to perform the opera
ton Of tracheotomy upon Bruins throat
and killed him
They swung him upon a pole betweel
them and carried him to the nearest settle
ment Snyders tannery, two miles distant
1t proved 10 be II genuine black bear, on,
of the red nosed and most savage kind, an.
weighed when dressed some 300 pounds
Ereninq Post.
HE Yrs A>r Downs OF MERCANTILE LFr
An Incident of the late monetary ci.isi
was related to us few DAYS siuc- as ha,ius
occurred in this city, showing in a iorcibi
manner the hazard attending mercantil
business in this country
\ merchant Of Boston had Nv a faithful
| Attendance to business and general unrigh.
ness OF conduct, for a number of years &C
| cuiulated "A fc.t tue of some two huudre,
thousand dollars while vet in middle life
and IL seemed M assured matter that tn
remainder of his days would lie spent in TIN
enjoyment of this ample competence 4
few months before the crash excited hy tn,
rapid rise oi HI article in which he traffic
ed, he veEtured in it nearly his whole CAPT
| Ia, and declined to sell at the Repeated. ad
vaGces which were made to Lin. Finally
the tide 'urned, and the article went will
tremendous rapidity down, and down. unit
nearly all OF the accumulated fortune wa
Involved in the wreck A short time after
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