Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-07-09

O0aGUA0H.
II besooss ous peis fsl duty The uosuieg 10
shresis'e The unsinsly d<s.h Of - of or
ness respected and es'issbs ysssg oss.
M. Joss r Nssas. vhe 5es sIssg tios vss
eosnsetsd eth THE oiRes II - capacity Of
Book Keeper. 1bs p.rtiealsss sf osr you,
frissds dssth. - elected bsfDss he sosossrs
,ury. are - follow:
Saturday morning. shout o'dsek, NJ. Nicely
and party Of bis young frieses. sssrted o6
On Ssbing exeur,ion. They rspsirsd 10 the
s!oo gh. just below The ssv Mil where large
rsft is at thiss,ias !, Ing. Aissr fishing for
some tine from sti6. Nr. NsAy got out spd
started to cross the raft. but ~ con. mss1s
hs lot his footing and fsli ieto the water.
shich st that point 10 quite deep. the bed Of
the river bsiog covered Nth weeds and
rushea His friepds Lesid tLe srlash iD the
water and bic cries for help. asd immsdistely
hest ned 10 him, bot their .1{rts we're VI no
sssil-A Mr. Nicely saak to riss 20 more alive.
NJ. Nicely Va native Of Plolsdslphia, Pa,
and At the time Of h,s dssth ~ within f.v
d. OF being tvsnty.ons ysts Of sge. he
came to Davenport With AssS Adams 1
Rapp. and while that 6rm coadoosd 10 buzz.
os's be s.tsddsd TO their d (oks acting as
Cashier. He vas universally trspecssd Tor hi.
honesty and strict integrity. ypd - do not
believe that John had ~ ensay In the world.
lis f~th>s NJ R.,h>ee n .niv h.. >L>.~.
Of the city subscription list o. this pspsr, aud
his mother. are almost distracted. They have
lost noble con. one vho 10 their old g. would
have proved support all co0fort 20 them.
and been strong .t.d upon which they e,uii
With confidence tsvs lssosd. But God. in his
ln6oits wisdom. has taken hin away and 1t l.
their duty t. bow TO bis 81 viss decision
" Thy will not mine be DONE must be their
prayer.
His funeral took place yesterday afternoon
from the r~sijsncs Of his father, on Harrison
street. and = - attended by large concourse
# sympsthi.iny relatives and friends.
Below ~ give tas testimony taken before
ths coroner:
STATE OF IOWA,
Sour COUNTY.
Examination Of witnesses produced. sworn
md ~xsmiued on Saturday, the 7th day Of July,
A d 1850. At Davenport, So IS county, before
ne. Jphn W. Il. B .ker. Coroner of said coun-
y. aud J. G Aaye Adam Green and john ".
Jsmison. lawful men Of said county. du'y
sworn upon their osths to inquire When, how
aud BY what means John F. Nicely came to bic
death.
RI. DLAIn, SWORN.
l am personally acquainted With the person
lies here dead. HE name 10 John F.
Neely-Ar. Nesly, my brother and my self had
started out st seven o'clock. We came dovn q
10 the raft near the point whore the body lsys
and 6.h~d two or three hours; l Vas sitting
10 . stti fishing when Mr. Nicely started TO 20
fr"m the exit .cross shs raft; I was not i:.ind.
|se htA sousas uniiLl -hsae.i -, lash ~ the ~.
Ter, snd be called f,r help. The sklf that |
sitting in wss faetensd and no osrs il t,snd
being ~ far distant could Lot reach him |
threw my fishing rod 70 Dry Who vas on the
raft . short d,stsnce above him. aud told him
throw it to Ar. Ns+ly, which he did. Mr..
Nesly grssped the rod. and the bov having
hold of the opposite ED Of the rod. started 70
win ashore wnh it. Tue boy swam .nly
lev feet when Mr. Nee , sunk. and the boy
let 20 the pole and swan ashore. Mr. N-e,y
lid uot riss to the .urlscs Of tue water sgsiu
lhs ho"k On the line e.ug in the clothes OF
Mr Neely. while the rod rose to the surface;
seeiug this rao ~ severAl skifis but fuuud
hem ell fast / then cav . msn 10 sk,f. ard
called hi L. !; when he came ! took hold Of the
line and hs rOwsd the beat. and ve hsu,sd
L. - I k:-L az.
tell IN the water tO the tire we got him on
shore, vas not over fifteen minutes. Al the
suggestion If the nsn Who sssisted me in
drs wing him out OF the water. vs tri d I"
place a 20 that the water would run out OF
RE mouth. There vas TO signs II lite .bott
him when We got him out; his body reem.c
stiff r F. BLAIR.
SosRPH KnBALL, swoaM.
The fret heard Of the death Of the person
here j. ing dead, vas that NJ. Freoch came to
ne an wanted TO know il kosw Of any pro-
cess ofrestoring drowned r~rsons. or had any
experience 10 such farts; rao down - tsst
- porssibis. aud when | arrived they we're
bringing him across The creek. We brought
him to she place near where be now lies, snd
rolled him u, on barrel aud ,ubbed him With
bia nkets until some ply sicisns cane. but vi b
a'l Of our ef rte NO symptoms Uf life sprsared
The phvslcisos srstsed 10 about 6.e or ten
mil, tes after ws eommene-d our effos - - r 3
tnring him; the phy ysieians made ef .rts to rec
ore him. but did not obtain any appearance
of life. Jo-EPa KInBAIL.
l0D8af N0lY, swoRH.
Job" F. Nicely. the person Who lice desd
here. vas my con he 10 nearly twenty one
yssrs OF age he lived with me vhso . me
from my busia. =. this morn,ng. inquired for
John. when HE mother told me thst he and
Rufus Blair had gone out. had the i~pres-
sion tn they had gone huu'ing. John could
not swim |; had never learned 70 swim. thst /
toos of Ikoev nothing Of the cireumst. noes
Of HE death uotil Rufus Blair came and in.
formed ms that he wss drowned.
r. NRRIY.
do hereby certify that The foregoing
10 correct s,ase0<st and aeeoa ot Of 90 e.
mi alton. sn BY snd before me snd the said
jarors st the time and place Aforesaid, and Of
the testimony.
Joan " 81 BAKsa,
Coroner Of scott Coouty.
STATE OF IOWA. -.