Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-27
STATE ITEMS.

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ated borough, and Iowa has lost city.
The Council got too lazy to work and
resigned. A weak effort has been made
to recuperate, but no one seemed to
possess sufficient energy to get the
proper papers filed. SO says tn, Dam.
Clarion.
On Monduy of last week a clergy
man named VIM. Watson was arrested
in Glenwood, Mills co. When he was
arrested, he was preaching a funeral
sermon. Previously to arresting lin
the officers searched his house, and
found in IT, = cellar inks, presses, paper,
rolling machines and the entire appar-
atus for the manufacture of bank bills.
They also found $4,000 in counter
felt oank bills, $4,000 of which were
los on the Forrest City Bank, Chica-
90 c.tv, and about 200 in IS on the
State Bank of Ohio. lie said he was
doing evil that good might result from
it. He was locked NJ.
A petition is being numerously sign
ed along the stage route through the
southern tier of counties, under the d.
rsction, we learn of Judge Hagans, Of
Ringgold equity, praying and increase
Of mail service.
Mas Observation-Disclosures ESCAPE.
A correspondent OF the Dubuque
Times, writing from Floyd County
SAYS :
An accident Of the most distressing
character occurred here on the 18th
inst. Mr.. Richard Reddv had estab-
lished free ferry boat in opposition
to our regular one. Mr.. Billings, a
farmer living about three miles from
town, came down with his team con-
tanning his wife and daughter, TO cross
the Shell rock river in this ferry, i'm
mediately above the dam. When near
the middle of the river. from the swift
ness of the current and the heavy wind
down stream. they lost control Of the
boat, and were swept over the dam
the boat breaking in two. The boy
was Immediately rescued, as he foated
below bv a small boat. Mr.. Billings
swan ashore. Mr.. Spencer Childs be-
H.. ar, threw off his coat, plunged
into the stream, and succeeded IN res
cuing Miss Billings, at great personal
risk to himself. The ferryman was
drowned, not having once been seen
and the body not yet recovered up to
the present time. One horse got to
shore. The wagon box has been bro,
ashore and the dead horse, but the
lower part of the wagon is still buried
in the water and has not yet been re-
covered. Another friend at Rockford
gives an account of the same calamity
and in postscript adds that the body
Of Mr.. Rcddy has been found by Mr.
Knapp, who was hunting for it will
hooks made for the purpose. 1t wa'
found about eight rods below the dam
lDA CouNr.-The Souix City Ed
gle states that recent freshets swept o
many of the bridges in Ida county
but the people turned out under tn
direction OF the County Judge, Hon
J. II. Morchead, and in two days tim
most of tide streams were re-bridged
The Dubuque Times says, 9TH
White Lead Company Of this city ha
made arrangements to ship twenty ton
, of White Lead to ST. Louis. A por
ton of it has already been shipped.
t The Washington Branch of til
4 State Bank will be ready for bushes
n about the lst of April. The officer
! elected are as follows:
q JOSEPH A. GREEN, President,
GEO. c. STONE, Cashier.
DIREcroRs.-Joseph keck, Jane
Dawson, J. w. Quinn, JOS. A. Greer
II Geo. G. Stone.
The Boston Post publishes letter fro,
e ex-President Pierce. dated Sorrento, Feb
aud addressed to B NJ. Farley. Esq.,. of Ho
lis, N IL. in which MIR. Pierce says: