Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-11
WHERE a man does as much Dragging

WHERE a man does as much Dragging
as the Journal man cf Muse atine does, we like
to see come evidence that he is telling the
truth-son Fl cures now ami then. He putf-
away almost daily about the grain business Of
that cty-and We admit on the start that it is
good-5ut at the sane time he presi silently re-
fuses, through ind do.nee, 10 put down the fig
ures from day to day-says he hasn't got time.
II mt take much time Mr. Journal, to run
around among your buyers and get the amount
Of their receipts and shipments every day, and
for the benefit Of your readers at home. and
contemporaries up THE way, We wish you
would crawl out and do it. 1t would be time
well spent, and then you could have the face.
peri ape. to talk about your grain trade-at all
events. if you spoke OF it at all. you would
know what you were talking about.
You complain Of q single instance Of dis
crepsncy in figures between those We give and
those given by the Gazette, which was the re-
suit Of an oversight in the proof made. The
allegation taat We report the number Of bush
els Of grain passing throug b here on the cars.
aud not bought here, is q falsehood, such as
any man would be ashamed to utter We
promise you fair, honest figures; the gentle
men who collec them, both 10 this Office and
the Gazette, are perfectly reliable aud ener-
getic, and. if you are goirg to cay anything
more about the superiority Of your grain mar
ket, only just produce your figures, and not go
skulking about obscure assertions. stand up
to the rack like man do your duty and stop
talking about things concerning which you
know nothing.
A New PoIsON.-INTEREsTI TO
Persons MEDIrATISG SUIClDE-A lev days since
young lady, residing on the bluff. Who had
become weary Of this world, ard who longed
for the untold bliss Of an existence in Par adse.
concluded to sever her connection with life on
earth and allow her spirit to wing its flight to
he aforesaid blissful realms above. Accor T.
ingly. she procured pound If pulverized Zip
perry elm b,rk. and having sralloS it, (-he
| Is girl Of cspacious stomAch) mark d "pos-
on" ION the paper and laid down to die-or
make desperate effort to do co. Havin, sat
| isfsctoriy composed her limbs, she called her
friends to her side and informed them Of the
rash aud desperate act che had committed. at
the same time pointing to the paper with the
ominous word written upon it. Great conster-
ma ion seized upon those gathered around. and
q messenger was at once despatched for u
physician. while At the same time an excited
individual Ia 6reman) who had heard that q
pump was an indispensable article 10 such cas-
es, broke like q quarter horse for Fire King
Engine to pump out her stomach. While the
messengers were away, the young lady in
formed her terrified friends Of the causes which
had led to her com hitting the act. and havin 9
bid them an affectionate farewell, closed her
| eye and well she didn't die Ma. time The
| doctor soon arrived and at once surmised o
.nice, and giving the girl good SHAKING coon
! brought her up all standing mad as March
| hare at the rough treatment che had Leen sub
iected to. The doet.r recommended 40 an an.
tidote for the poison . large wine glass full ol
Host.tters Bitte,s and half box of Wright's
In,lian Vegetable Pills We .hink the pre-.
scription must have done its work faithfully
for We noticed the girl on the street the mex,
morning. cutting as big . swell ., ever, and
| her av.lls are awful