Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-05-31
STATE 0TE MS.

: board in his sleep. his makes Two
deaths in the party Of about twenty
men who LETT our city in such high
spirits some two months ago. Truly
. in the mid,t Of lite we are IN death.
Youno Barrick was about 81 years o.
AGE. lie was cousin Of Joseph Bar
rick. butcher, in this city.-Muscatint
journal.
Man KILLED BY LIGHrEING.-D. n
Jefferson was killed by lightning a,
Manchester, Delaware county, on the
23d inst, while out after bis horses. HI
had caught them and was leading one Of
them home, when he was stricken down
almost instantly, and when taken up
few moments after, life was extinct. ono
Of the horses was also killed.
RAILROAD IRoN.-On the 14th inst, a
steamer arrived at keokuk With 600
tons Of railroad iron for the keokuk,
IT Desmoines & Minnesota Railroad
Two thousand tons more were expected
in St. Louis is a few days.
DnowNEp.-Mr. Nathan Downs, al
esteemed citizen Of V;nton, was drowned
last Thursday week in small lake near
at place while fishing. He was doubt.
less crampcd.
Administrative Lock, residing near
TT. Pleasant, Henry county, met with
serious accident Oh Saturday OF last week
lie was endeavoring to roll asaw-log ur
q steep hill by means OF horse power,
when the gearing gave way, and Mr.
Lock being on the ground below the
log, tried to escape oat Of its way, and
but partially succeeded. He trippcd
and fell opposite one end OF 1t which
passed over the lett side Ct his body
breaking number of his ribs, his col
lar bone, and seriously injuring him IN
tcrnally.
JuMprNG.-A bet was made among
some countrymen, on the lcvec, says the
Muscatine journal, that one OF them,
Abraham Snyder, by name, could jump
81 feet in three consecutive jumps, with
three trials. He made the attempt.and
on the third trial jumped "a feet and lC
inches, losing the bet by 2 feet and in.
chcs. This is pretty good Jumping
Few men have beaten it, and very many
can't equal it. Snyder is resident o.
Cedar county.
ARRIvED.-Thc Dubuque Herald says
a couple OF car loads Of rails arrived al
Duneith last evening, from Abe Lin
coin. They are to be used BY the great
Republican party Of Iowa, to elect the
man who split them. Good! Politics
is q progressive institution.
ATTEMPTED SUIcIDE.-Theodore John.
son, of Cedar Falls, made two attempts
to commit suicide last week by taking
laudanum. He assigned as reasons fol
the mad act that he had incurred liabili-
ties which he could not meet, and had
no object to live for. So says the Ga
zette of last Friday.
The CRoPs.-Never at this season OF
the year, have the crops appeared more
promising than they do now. Never
has there been such breadth Of land
planted and sown in Iowa, as that seed
cd this Spring. II the early drought
excited apprehensions, the recent copl
GUS showers have etfectually dispelled
them.
Should the season continue favorable
until harvest, Iowa will be, in grea,
measure, redeemed from the bondage o.
debt Clinton Herald.
No MORE COUNTY BoNDs.-The PEG
pie of Webster county have decided b.
popular vote, against the issue Of coun
ty bonds to pay the county indebted
ness, &c. The vote was taken at :
special election held on the l4th inst.
LyoNs.-Lyons "city orders" are taker
at 60 cents On the dollar by the Alder
men, in payment Of their salaries. Th'
Maquoketa Excelsior charges upon som,
of the business men Of Lyons, that they
sometimes pass off their deprecated cit,
orders upon unsuspccting country PEG
pie as genuine bills, and paying then
ont for wheat and other country pro
duce.
uIamlin's Record.
When Hamlin represented Demo
cratic constituency, he found it neces
sary, at times, to cast soft vote il
order, as he affirmed to Southern mem
bcss, to ease him at LONE with his peo
pie, who were weakened on the slave
~ question. All the while protesting
the orthodoxy OF his private sentiments
his pubic course was not questioned b,
his party friends until the expiration o
his term, when he violently assailed hi
old friends, and joined the Fremont par
ty. The price of his treachery was paid
he was returned, as a Republican. to tho
seat he had for wears occunicd 10 . No.,