Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-01-23
STATE UGE VS..

October, lie started back for Abba
between the % and the 28th Of Nov,
leaving this place on foot. Mr.. Lemas-
ter witcs that nc has heard no tdings
of him nee he departed, and his let
ter is dated the 2sth Of December. II
aIy person should have any knowledge
Of his whereabouts, they would gr' lily
relieve Lis friends by addressing a
letter to Andrew Lemaster, Abba,
Monroe county, or to c. L. Roberts,
Corning, Adams county, Iowa.
Mr.. Conger left this county on foot
about the 9th day of November, and
it is possible that be may have perish
ed upon the prairie, or otherwise been
put out of the way. He was in our
office shortly before his departure, and
spoke of policing" his way home on
the stage Coaches. The drivers along
the line might furnish some information
respecting him.
STATISTICS OF THE DuDrQuE FIRE
DFpARrMENr-1'he Ueratd gives the
the following statistics of the Fire
Department Of that city:
The city has now three Engines,
three Hose carts and one Hook and
Ladder Truck manned in all by 255
men. The system IN detail, is made
mp AS follows:
J. 81 Howard, Chief Engineer.
Philip Sage, Assistant Engineer.
WAsnINGroN ENGINE Co., No. l.
VIM. Barton, Foreman A. T. Cook,
LIST Assistant }. Il. Van Alstine, 2nd
Assistant, with IS members, one Hose
cart, and 500 feet of leading hose, in
good order.
PRoiEcrIoN EEGINE Co., No. q
II. NJ. Shaw, Foreman; l.. +. Wright,
lst Assistant J. M'Dcrmott, End
Assistant, with IS members, one Hose
cart, and 800 feet of leading hose, IN
good order.
MEcrIAxIcs ENGINE Co., No. sc.
II. Jcnish, Foreman Jno. Appel, lst
Assistant Heinrich lIceb, 2nd Assist
ant, with - members, and one Hose
cart, with 900 fee of leading hose, in
good order.
The Hook and Ladder Truck is in
charge of No. 3, with so men at pres
cDt, but will be organized as an indie
pendent Co. in few weeks. 1t has
four ladders, three hooks, two axes and
two crotch poles.
There are sixteen pubic sistcrns,
containing each 600 barrels. The
number. we are told by the Chief
Engineer, is insufficient for the wants
of the city. /: is to be hoped tina,
this defect will in some manner be
rcmcded as speedily as possible.
In conclusion, we must add that on,
system, though voluntary, is most
excellent one, and that our firemcn ar.
ready on all occasions to do their duty
to the very limit of their ability.
A SuBrERRANEAN FouNTA1N.-A
laborer while cXcavating under some
"cap rock in Mckinzie's diggings, OF
Monday, was astonishcd at sort 0
hollow, rumbling sound. However, HI
picked away, and in few minute
''broke through and was consderabl,
{ astonished to find himself standing in
natural fountain which shot stream O
} mud and water over the top of hi
head. lie made good time in reachin.
e a cry spot on upper terra .frma. 1t i
supposed that the water has trickle'
G through some crcvice from above, an,
e had formed small reservoir at thi
: particular spot.
Chin TAkEN.-The Hardin count
}, Sentinel of the 18th, says that on tina
: dav there was some excitement in FL
dora in consequence of child l
months old being taken from the hous
: of Mrs. Hunt of that town. Will
!, the mother of the child, Mrs. Blai
was attending the Lodge of Goo
: Templars, three or four men entere
e the house, took the child and made O
# with it. The child is supposed to hav
e been taken by the husband who
d living apart from his wife, Mrs. Blai
The CLINTON BRIDGE.-The Clinic
Herald Of the 18th says, the first il
stalmcnt Of piles for the Clinton bridg
= has been delivered, and strong fore
is now engaged in getting them aero.
the channel on to the Little Roc
Island. Two "pile drivers" have bee
| obtained, one of which has already al
: rived and is safely landed on the Is.ans
1t viii require several days to get
3 into proper working order, but in tn
b course Of the coming week it will be
. operation.
SHOOTING AFFRAY.-We learn fror
) the Clayton County Journal of tn
. 18th, that on Tuesday of last week, 9
2 the house Of Eli Carton, six miles fror
Gutenberg, on the road to Garnavill,
+ man named William Potter was sh<
2 and killed by another named Willial
8 ela 1eqs Potter came in and wante
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