Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-21

/ TWENTY YEARS AGO.-1ne non. /.
S. Parvin, of Iowa City, delivered lee
ture there on the 10th inst, on Iowa
twenty years ago. No doubt it was in
teresting.
AN action OF Grim con, has been com
menced against gentleman Of wealth
and notoriety in Charlton, the damages
being laid at $4,000. The Patriot
gives no names.
ELECTION STATISTICS OF IowA.-In
ls4S, Iowa cast 23,l77 votes, of which
Cas., for President, received 1908,
and Taylor, 1884. In 1852, the vote
of the State was 49, 23. Scott received
1856, Pierce 1873, Hale .6o4. To-
tai vote in 1856, s9,3O4, of which FIRE.
mont received 43, 1854, Buchanan 5000,
Fillmore $3.50. In 1857, the vote stood
SO, 1876, developing decrease OF 81 ,l69,
compared with tho vote of the previous
year. This state of facts is accounted
for by the general neglect Of voters to
attend the polls. In the contest for
Governor in 1857, Lowe received 30, l43
votes; Samuels 27,992.
In the canvass of 1858, there were
cast for Secretary of State 94,833 votes,
of which Sells received 49,O85, and
Douglas 45,7s4. This shows a gain
over the vote Of 1859 Of $500, and
over 1857 of 36,698.
In 1859, the total vote was 1O0,7l5,
of which kirkwood, for Governor, re-
ceived 56,4o4, and Dodge 5a,311.
This year (ls6O) the popular vote Of
Iowa reaches in round numbers l26, 900,
giving an increase Of $4,000 over the
vote of last year. 1t shows also gain
of $4,000 over the Presidential vote Of
1856.
CULTURE OF APPLE TREEs.-The Far
mers' Club of Dubuque, at a recent
meeting, went into a discussion of the
matter of raising apple trees. The Her.
aid says the following directions were
unanimously concurred in:
First-Procurc seed from healthy,
vigorous trees, and SOW several times
the amount you want to use and then
use only the most healthy.
Second-Take them up when one
year old, and set in the nursery row, and
bud in August, (Which is preferably or
graft the following spring, and if graft
ed the entire stock should be used, and
in no case should the root be cut into
small fragments as is often done to in
crease the number OF trees.
Thrd-Irees should be set 8 inches
apart in the nursery rows, and the rows
should be four feet apart, so as to admit
of proper cultivation. Trees should re-
main in the nursery not less than two
years nor more than three after the bud
DING or grating, during which time
they should have good culture, and care
should be taken to keep the trees in
proper shape by careful shortening in,
and pruning. The sick branches should
be shortened in frequently, but pruning
should be done very sparingly. June
July and August are the best months
ior pruning.
Spring planting was preferred to fall
planting especially in heavy soil, which
is liable to heave by frost, thereby dis
placing the roots.
The taking up of trees in the fall. and
heellng IN for spring planting is not
recommended, although it sometimes
must be resorted to, where large guam
titles of trees are handled.
DRowNED.-On Sunday last a boy
aged about fourteen years, son of Mr.
Joseph Roth, was drowned in the river
near Sunderland, Kendall & Co.'S pork
house. He was skating in company
with another small boy and mistoek an
open space in the ice tor clear ice, and
unconsciously went into the opening.
He swan from one end of the hole to
the other and called ont to his compan-
ion reach him pole. The bow
procured a branch, and held it to him,
but the little fellows fingers were so be-
numbed that he was unable to hold it,
and the current finally carried him be-
meath the ice.
W hen his father was informed Of the
fact he rushed to the place, and it re-
CURED the strength of two men to pre-
vent him from throwing himself in the
water. This bereavement is doubly Sc
we're from the fact that Mr.. Roth lost
another son some years ago in similar
manner, and this was his only remain
ing son. The bereaved parents have
the sympathy of the whole community
in their heavy Observation-Disclosures
Hdwkeye.
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