Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-06-08

and will be ready TO set in the reapers BY
the 1lth Of July.
Too BAD Our Eastern exchanges
are filled with accounts of the great dam
age done by the recent cold snap. In many
sections Of Ohio, the entire crops of wheat.
corn, and every description of vegetables
are cut off. This will be severe loss to
the farmers Of that state. - they are lily
prepared to stand up under such q load Of
In western New York the
frost was still more severe killing every
description lof vegetation. The farmers
here manfully commenced blowing and
sowing again, determined to loose no time
in idle brooding over their loss There is
time enough yet to recover much of it.
THE Censors of the State Medical
Society will be in session at Wesley Chapel.
on Perry street, this morning, from o'clock
until 9. to receive applications for member
ship. The Society will open its annual
session At 10 o'clock, at the same place.
The President Of the Society, DIR. Rauch.
of Burlington, will deliver his annual ad-
dress before the Society. at o'clock, this
evening, at Wesley Chapel. The public
are invited to attend. After the address of
Dr. Rauch, the members of the Society and
their invited guests, (members Of the pro-
fession) will partake Of an entertainment at
the LeClaire House.
CouLDN'T DO esterday morn
ing our book-keeper. having some business
to attend to in Rock Island, and thinking
a sail boat more agreeable mode of con-
veyance across the Father Of waters than
the Ferry-boat. took passage in company
with two other young men. in one. and start.
ed off with good breeze and q prospect
of fine ride, but as the boat neared the
middle of the river. the breeze lulled to Q
perfec. perfect calm. and the party had to
ply the oars. The current is very swift in
The middle of the river, and they tried
heir best hut could not make shore this
side of the boat yard. They just got there
in time to escape the heavy storm, about
0 clock, and had to row all the way home
again, against the current.
ARREsrED.-A man in the employ
Of the Railroad Company, was arrested
yesterday. and brought before Justice Blood
on the charge Of attempting to set the
bridge on fire.
1t seems that Bissell had intimated that
he could tell who had made the attempt,
and in order to get the information from
him, this man was arrested, and Bissell
as . witness. Nothing was
found against the prisoner to implicate him
in the deed, and he was discharged. We
suppress his name because it is generally
he is innocent. He told the Squire
that on Sunday last, he was conversing with
, man on Front street, near Burrows mill,
who told him that he knew who was guilty
Of the crime he was arrested for, but upon
being questioned as to the identity of his
he could not swear whether he
was an old or young man. how. tall, how
dressed. or what was his appearance
Nothing was gained by the arrest, either
from the prisoner or Bissell,
EDIToRs STATE DEMOCRAT Having
been absent from this city for three weeks,
| saw this morning, for the first time, in
your paper of the 25th of May, an article
the Penn. Central Railroad Com
pany for not selling tickets to Davenport,
when they do sell them to Dubuque above,
and St Louis and Burlington below; thus
between them, and that we
ignore the NJ. 4 NJ. Railroad on our cards,
and that our bills are excluded from the
public houses Of Davenport.
The only portion of the statement which
10 correct, is that we do not sell tickets to
neither does either of the four
east aud west lines, Wig: the New York
Central, New York and Erie, Baltimore and
Ohio. and Pennsylvania Central, and prob
ably all for the same reason, that al were,
previous to the completion Of the bridge.
supplied with form of coupon tickets to
Rock Island, and no arrangements have
been made since by the parties interested
to use the bridge, - part Of either line
Of road touching it.
We do not, ~ Mr.. Fulton says, ticket to
St Louis or Dubuque. nor do we to Clin-
ton, those tickets all stopping at the Miss
issipLi river.
We do ticket Burlington. not because We
have any special regard for the locality, but
because the Burlington Railroad Company
carry their passsngersso to Burlington. and We
do not have to print coupon for . ferry
rate
No public houses hive . excluded our bills
only, from being posted on their houses. but
the Burtis House excludes from the fresc0ed
walls Of their Office ell Railroad Cards.
We do not ignore the N. 4 M. Railroad
on our card. and sst out in full our connee.
tion with other Western roads. - charged.
for not one Of them is Get ont and named. il
being no part of our business to advertise
other roads in or out Of Iowa.
I have nothing to do with the advertise.
ments of our road Westward. but - this
charge Of Partially might be considered
admitted II passed uunsticed ask oi you
the insertion Of the fasts In the sass.
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