Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-10-09

1nA OAhNASe Al OSeAs""AS"
The prospects Of the democracy in Des
Noines Co, the home Of James W.
Grimes, the Republican party Of Iowa
are encouraging. The Gazette says :
We feel much encouraged, and be-
lieye that old Des Moines will roll up
a larger majority for the democratic
ticket on Tuesday than ever she gave
before to any party. Our enemies feel
that this is the case and that their
doom 10 sealed. So mote it be.
MEETING IN JACKSON Goa large
meeting Of the democracy Of Jackson
| county was held at Moquoketa on Fri
day last. Seven or eight hundred per-
sons were psesent and the greatest en-
thusiasm was manifested.
Speeches we're made by the Hon.
Winslow T. Barker and Mr.. B. 3.
Richards of Dubuque. The meeting
was five times as large as that which
convened to hear Senator Harlan.
HORRIBLE MURDER IN Dies MONIES
Co.-Mr. Daniel Garner, Justice OF
the Peace, living in Huron Township,
in Des Moines Co., was murdered on
Sunday lsst. by William Enos. The
two men engaged in political discus.
sion, and Enos, becoming excited, at
tackled Garner with Ratchet, Garner
attempted to escape, but Enos over
taking HIM, struck him on the head
with the Ratchet, breaking his skull.
He died the same day. Mr.. Garner
was a respectable citizen, about forty
years of age, and leaves wife and Eve
children. Enos was arrested and
brought to Burlington on Tuesday.
ATIGnr FELLOW IN A TIGIr PLACE.
There is an old well at the upper
end of Main street, Burlington, and in
it stands a wooden tubc-sole remnant
Of the chain pump that once crowned
it. On Saturday afternoon this tube
was discovered to be in terrible state
of perturbation. The neighbors, go
ing to the spot to ascertain the cause
of so peculiar circumstance, discover
ed on the top OF the water drunken
fellow, who had tumbled in, and was
trying to walk the perpendicular tube.
He was rescued and taken home.
PoLlrIcAL WARFARE.-A couple of
politicians in Keokuk on Monday rails
ed their spirits so high by putting
spirits down, that they soon displayed
very pugnacious spirit, and in an ar
gument, one got so much excited as to
give the other name rejecting in
very ungenteel manner on his suppos-
ed ancestors. Very shortly afterward
they found themselves in rough and
tumble, in which the former got sever
al warnings against calling hard names.
MARRIAGE OF BROTHER EDIroR.-
With much pleasure we announce the
following marriage OLD. d. w. Carver,
Esq, one of the Editors Of the St.
Charles lowa) Lntl,gemeer, to the
daughter of Joseph Kelly, Esq, the
Pioneer and founder OF that beautiful
and fourishing town,
We wish the young couple all the
blessings and happiness Of married life
without any of its miseries, and hope
that they will, like the old Pioneer, 90
on, improve and fill up our great
North West:
MARRIED.-In St Charles city, Sept 23d.
d. III.
Parmlee, Mr., d. d. w. Carver Editor of
the st. Charles City hstevigenccr, to Miss
Mary Kelly, youngest daughter of Joseph
Kelly. Esq founder and original proprietor
Of st. Charles city.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT OZARK. JACK
SON COUNTY, IowA.-Wc learn that
Mr.. S. Z. Hildreth, the founder of the
town of Ozark, and owner of the -four
ishing mills there, while engaged last
Saturday in repairing his mill dam on
the Maquoketa at that point, was in
stantly killed by the bank caving in on
him.
He leaves quite family, and large
circle of friends to mourn his loss.
DEPopuLATIoN OF CRESCENT CRY
We learn from the Crescent City pot
tawattomie County, Oracle, that
great excitement Of the subject of the
Pixies Peak gold mines exist there,
and numbers of advcnturers have left
the western part Of our State for the
new Ell Dorado.
TaE LEAD MINES OF IowA.-The
lead mines of Wisconsin and Iowa are
just now yielding extraordinary quanti-
ties Of mineral. Two young men at
Fairplay, Wisconsin, are taking 10000
pounds per diem from lode which
they have recently opened, and from
which they have raised they have rails.
od <hroo million ,,rounI. Af:. =: