Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-23
STATE TIE N y.

SLOw.-FrOm the Lyons AAVOcdte
which never passes an opportunity fol
"drive" at its rival neighbor, Gin.
ton, we clip the following:
A couple of sable individuals in
front of the Iowa Central House were
overheard in the following converse
ton the other day:
Say, Sam, does you no dey eot q
new fashion on de Chicago u Nebras-
ka Railroad!
No, James, what is dat!
Why, dey put de COW catcher n..de
last part Oh de train.
What dat for, SAINT
Why dey run so slow on dat road,
dcy fraid dc cows run into de train
behind.
Yaw, yaw, yaw, James, you's alters
maxim diskibberies, You is, it massa
Smith hear dat he'd pull de wool all
off dat bald pate OBJ your'n.
The CLINTON BRIDGE-RECoRD OF
RaoGREss.-Regarding the MISSISSIPPI
pi Rail Road Bridge at. Clinton, the
Herald says:
The past week has been very "a
vorsble one for the work upon the
Bridge, but from unavoidable delays in
obtaining the steam pile driver, There
has not been as great progress made
as we expected. The steaml driver
has now arrived, and is now at work
on the third pier. The piling for the
first pier was completed to day. This
has been done by horsepower driv-
er, and consequently has gone compa-
ratively SLOW. With the two "driv-
ers' At work under the direct man.
agement Of the energetic contractors,
Messrs. Wick d Cross, we may ex-
pect to see the piling for one pier COM
pleted each week until they are all
done. Nothing but the elements can
prevent it.
While the piling is being pushed
vigorously forward, large force Of
men are quarrying the stone for the
masonry aud teams are hauling the
same both to Little Rock Island and
to Willow Island, to have it IN readi-
ness as soon as the :.ice will admit of
its being laid. On the Illinois side
most Of the right of way" has been
obtained for the track which is to con-
meet with the Galena Railroad. The
owners of the land are now engaged
in clearing off the timber.
Everything which can be done at
this time is being done with such Wig
or, and such extensive preparations
are being made for the work which
cannot be commenced before the ice
goes out, that any person who is labor
ing under the delusive idea based up
on the statements promulgated by the
Lyons editors, that the work is a
''sham," need only to come here and
see for himself, that it is bona fide and
will be pushed through to perfect
completion. We extend a general in
vitatlon to our friends at Lyons to
come down and take walk over to
the Island and see what is being done
and then Judge for themselves in re-
gard to it. Those who have allowed
the wool to be pulled over their ewes
SO often that it has become a fixture
probably would not be satisfied, for
they would be too blind to see, but
those who are capable of viewing
things as they are, and trust to their
own Judgment rather than to the
statements Of parties inter ested in de
ceiving them, would undoubtedly pa;n
some new ideas which might be Of an
advantage to them at just this STAGE
Of the game. Come down neiphbors.
We shall be glad to see you at any,
time.
Hon, T. s. Parviu, of::Musc.tine,
has published his twentieth annual
synopsis Of the Meteorological Journal
kept BY him for the Smithsonian In
stitute. From this synopsis We learn
that the mean annual temperature at
Muscatine for the past year was 40 deo
and 29-l0o. The number Of cles,
days, IA; cloudy, 100; variable. 10.
depth Of rain..iu inches, 81; 10000.
The Wintersett Mad;son;an o;ve.
an account Of lusus nature in The
possession Of DR.. J. G. Scott Of that
town. 1t is the skull of . douhle
headed calf The following..is the de.
scription
This rare specimen Of I freak Of M.
ture' was brought BY the Doctor.
father. Dr.. s. J. Scott from Gravsou
county, Texas, where the calf wa born
last summer. 1t lived but one veek
The two heads join At the base Of the
skull, and the front and upper portion.
of the head are smooth and Uniform
and Of equal size, 90 that the ton Of ths
head and forehead look verv mnch b
like : human forehead, The love-,
part Of the head consists Of two com