Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-09-11

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l. uouusAu Travelled With ~ balloos q
hia reesot easategs seessdon, searly enc
hundred oilss 10 ~ lbas Ten hourA
Tss snssal meeting q the Nstioaal Pro-
tectivs Association Of Locomotives Engin.
eers will BE- held at Pittsburg on Wsdnss.
day. the l%th iast
An express train On the Canandaigua
and Elmirs Railroad ran % the track .
few days ago. killing the fireman, and -
versly ipjuring several Of the passenger.
II seems that Punshon. the celebrated
Wsslsyan pssashsr in England mot Spur.
eson) Vas the man whom Bsrnum offered
"a. 600 70 aseo~pany him In Ameries one
wear, and who referred him to Aets XII /:
TIE Rev. Z. H. Chapin 10 to preach the
sermon before the U. 8. Convention Of Uni
versslists, which meets in Rochester on the
2Oth inst.
THx frost on Monday night was quite Sc
we're in s.me places around Concord, n T.,
sufficiently 20 to kill corn, potatoes and
SQUASH vines. The loss in consequence il
seid to be considerable.
Ex GovEsNoR WALLACE, one Of the Oldest
Inhabitants. and lately judge Of the court
Of common pleas. died Of apoplexy At India.
nspolis on Sunday.
ONE Of the Oldest locomotive worlein the
country Is the Taunton. established in lS47
Il has manufactured to order nearly three
hundred locomotives, which are now run
ming In almost every State in the Union.
Dua,NG - present season there have
been twenty sehree tho .sand and eighty -four
arrivals at Saratoga, an increase Of four
thousand six hundred and seventeen over
last year.
STEPHEN d. DILLAYE, accused Of partici,
patton in the Pittsburgh forgery, was ar
rested at Syracuse on Monday.
Mas. Catherine Golden died very sudden
" ct Galena on Wednesday. There Is req
son to suspect that she had been severely
beaten by her husband. Thomas Golden
An investigation proved he had beaten he'
in shocking manner, and that she proba
bly, died from the effect Of the bruises.-
Golden has been held to bail.
"PRoF. SWEET" who has publicly de
clsred that he could demonstrate tina,
Americans is % smart 40 any FrenchmaD,
crossed the Pawtucket river, r. l., ON rope
Saturday.
The late George Brown Esq. of Balti
more, tequesthed FIVE hundred thousand
/ dol Ia 20 ~ nh eit nd hn
nevolent institutions. Mr.. Brown was tn,
senior partner in the wealthy and infuen
tial firm Of Messrs. Brown 4 Co., and dice
10 the possession of Q fortune of nearly tw'
millions and half.
The New Orleans Picayune says that Mr.
Oliver J. Morgan, Of Carroll Parish La, ha
presented to Bishop Polk the handsome sun
Of forty thousand dollars. as q foundation
Of Professorship of Agricultural Chemis
try in the "University Of the SOUTH" Tn
muniicent donation makes up the entir
amount Of 100000, required by the char
ter Of the establishment of the proposed
University. =
SAMUEL c. BENEFIT, of Cairo, Green Co
N. Y, member of the legal profession me
with very singular accident few day
since, which resulted in his death. He wa
standing upon the piazza Of the O'Hara He
tel. in Cairo. In company with Mr.. J. Pear
son, when. during conversation betwee
the two, Mr.. Pearson playfully slapped hin
upon the back, which caused him to loos
his balance and fell forward from the stooF
striking his head with great force on til
pavement below. He was taken up inse n
sible and carried home, where he, Nngere
until Thursday last when he died. An in
quest wss held on the body. Verdict, ACC
dental death.