Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-10-08
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There are four murderers confined In the
Dubuque jail. One Of them is TO be hanged
on the 9TH inst
The distance from Fort Leavenworth to
tho new gold fields Of Pixies Peak is794
miles; It Is travelled in from twenty five to
thirty days. and the cost Of getting there is
estimated al about $3.50. The country and
climate are represented TO be something
similar to the mountain districts Of Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia.
Last Tuesday evening. Mrs. Corrigan Of
Exeter, Mich. was killed by being thrown
from . carriage.
A barn and its contents, valued in all at
$4,000, was burned At Liberty Seneca Co.
o., on the 2Sd ult A man named Gwiu
nsr was arrested az the incendiary, and
held to bail in the sum Of 81 900.
The new Steam FIGURING Mill at Waupa-
eonnetts, o, was blown into macs OF ruins
by the bursting of a boiler. on Thursday.-
An old man named Crawford. was killed
and four others injured.
II is almost certain that Thurston, the
lost bsllOonist. fell in the swamp near the
mouth Of the Thames River, Canada and,
II %. there is but little hope OF finding the
body. ~ the tall weeds and grass effectu-
oil prevent person seeing more than half
rod in advance, and the body might be
psssed . short distance to either side with
out being discovered.
An official report shows that the Federal
Government o wns FIVE hundred and seventy
eight acres within the limits of Washington
City.
The speed attained by the passenger stea
mers on the Erie Canal. is eight miles per
hour.
A. the officers of the U. S. Arsenal at
Frankfort. Penn. were testing on Thursday
last, mortar loaded with an ounce of pow
der and . tw enty-io pound ball, Mrs Pig
OF, the wife of the Superintendent of the
Arsenal. passed within range at distance
of about one hundred yards just as the
piece was discharged, and was killed
Benso, the man who swore falsely to the
murder Of young Sage. at Middletown. c..
has just been sentenced to the State Prison
for life. for perjury.
The French have successfully tried the
experiment of slicing aud drying potatoes
for future use. 1t 10 done by machinery
Dennis Tanner. an old man, arraigned at
Hudson, n. Y, for the murder Of his wife,
plead guilty and was sentenced to be hanged
on the 22d Of November.
The Madison, Wisconsin Journal Of the
I'd int, says: The WATERFOWL and Madi-
son Railroad was sold yesterday under
. foreclosure Of the fret mortgage, to
Hon. Russell Sage. Of Troy N. Y. He pro-
poses to commence work on the line imme-
diately and complete it up to Waterloo this
fall. The whole road 10 to be finished in
season for the fall trade next year. The
interests of the interior of the State are
largely identified with this interest, and
the news Of the resumption Of the work
viii b hailed with qualification by thou
sanda." Ws
John 4. Holmes has ben elected Pre.iden.
Of the Wisconsin Central Railroad. The
Jeferso~ian says that now, from all appear
ancss. the joint efforts Of the company ar.
- BE- crowned with success, as goodly por
tion Of the road viii soon be completed and
10 running order to Jefferson"
The Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne and Chica
- soad received in September over t267,
so. Ii net saruings are estimated ct 4l6O,
600 against $4,000 last season. Thi
road viii b thorough to Chicago from tn
: LIT lathe 10Th Of November.
n The ftisnds and stockholders Of the Ne,
York aad Erie RAILROAD are beginning 4
ssnplAia Of Of the asticn Of the Directors q
-that Company IN paying Nj. Moran the a
tsaordiuary salary Of $4,000 . year, q
Rsssidsne q that road. They think vs.
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