Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-06-17


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ThEas No snow enough In seGDe portioae
= stsabes coaasy, N. Y, on TIE sth inst,
sor slsighisg.
RU. r. y. Wnsua. President Of the
Wesleyan Female College Cincinnati, died
on Saturday.
4 YOUNG girl Of about 10. named Mary
Berry, hung herself Ct Decatur, on the sth
inst Cause unknown.
-Tss Swsdsnborgian General Convention,
rscsptiy held in Philadelphia, viii hold its
next session in Chicago, on the third
Wednesday IL Jane, 1890.
TuE Chicago Press and Tribune, in late
article. speaks Of the Bible and other
Protestant books. That paper seems 20
think that the Bible was made expressly tor
Protestants We had supposed the Bible
vas written some time before Protestant
ism originated.
Two little girls 10 Ksnsshs, Wis lone 10
and the ether IL years Of age, have been
arrested for burglary They stole watch
aud chain and various Other thinas. and
were set to jail for 80 daya
A LIVINGSTON county paper tells of one
man Who mixed large quantity Of arsenic
with several bushels = corn, and sire ed il
over his fields. which killed the rats bv
thousania The paper adds that six cart
loads Of dead rats had been carted Fl. M
the fields. and half we're not then remove ed |
TaE largest mirror ever imported into
THE country has just ,been, received from
Psris. for the New York Fifth Avenue Ho
tel, now In process Of completion. It's di-
mansions are 66 by 1873 inches. and its cost,
exclusive Of frame. about 81 500.
The Forrest divorce case il net settled vet,
1t seems John Van Buren,, counsel for Ed
win Forrest. has applied for an order to
timony respecting the conduct and manner
Of life Of the divorced wife of his client,
during her residence there. The object Is
probably to affect In some way the matter
Of alimony which the decree Of divorce
requires Forrest to pay.
Miss CLARA MArrEsoN, daughter of ex- Gov.
Matteson, met with an accident ct Spring
field on Saturday last, having had her
shoulder dislocated by being thrown from .
carriage
PHELAN has, we are told, been challenged
to billiard match. by Roberts. the famous
British player. The stakes are set down at
$4,000 side. II the terms of the match
can be agreed upon, it will take place in the
Fall.
Flour from new Illinois wheat, has al
ready been made. down at Cairo. The wheat
was cut on the Sd inst, in Alexander Coun-
ty, thrashed on the It'll. and made into flour
On the 9Th.
THE Rushville Qnd) Republican says that
J. w. Hatfield of that County recently lost
six children out of eight, by 'pstrid sore
throat" which has been very prevalent
there this yerr. We presume this 10 the
came disease that proved 40 fatal to child
rem in Orange. Connecticut, and about which
so much excitement was made few weeks
ago.
CYRUs LAcKEY, farmer in easy circum-
stances, living between Pulaski and Ul,in,
ILL.,, while In an intoxicated condition, laid
himself down by the l. c. r. r. track, and
fell asleep. The down train coming along
in the night. he was struck upon the head
by the "pilets" Of the engine and the wheel
passed over his arm, causing his death in .
few hours