Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-06-04


scented 10 Fowler by the Hon. Rob
ert J. Walker, and with which Fowler
accidentally wounded Mr.. Samuel F.
Butter ;orth. Fowler at the time made
present of the pistol to tho injured
party, which was one of the weapons
used by Daniel E. Sickles in shooting
Barton Key in Butterworth's presence.
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A Lost Bank Bill.
The following story Of bank bill is
from "Houschold Words: -
In the year l74O one ofthe directors,
a very rich man, had occasion for ESQ.,
900 ($l5O,OOo) which he was to pay as
the price OF an estate he had just bought;
to facilitate the matter, he carried the
sum with him to the bank and obtained
for it bank bill. Onhis return home he
was suddenly called ont upon particular
business he threw the note carelessly
on the chimney, but when he returned
to lock it up, it was not to be found. No
one had entered the room; he could not
therefore suspect any person. At last,
after much Intellectual search, he was per-
shaded that it had fallen from the Chin
ney into the fire. The director went to
acqnaint his colleagues with his mislor-
tune; and as he was known to be per-
fectly honorable man, he was readily
believed. 1t was only about four and
twenty hours from the tune he had de-
posted his money; they thought, there
fore, that it would be hard to refuse his
request tor a second bill. He received it
upon giving an obligation to restore the
first bill if 1t ever should be found, or to
pay the money himself if it should be pre-
sented by any stranger. About 30 years
afterwards (thc director having been
long dead, and his heirs in possession OF
his fortune,) an unknown person presen.
ted the lost bill at the bank and demand.
ed payment. 1t was in vain that they
mentioned to this person the transaction
by which that bill was annulied; he
would not listen to it; he maintained
that it had come to him from abroad,
and insisted upon immediate payment.
The note was payable to bearer; and
the thirty thousand pounds we're paid
him. The heirs Of the director refused
to make restitution; and the bank was
obliged to sustain the loss. 1t was dis
covered afterwards that an architect,
having purchased the directors house,
had taken it down in order to build an
other on the same spot, had found the
note in crevice Of the chimney, and
made his discovery an engine for rob-
bling the bank.
| Carelessness, equal to that here re-
corded, is not at all uncommon, and
gives the bank enormous profit, against
which the loss Of thirty thousand
pounds is but trife. Bank notes
have been Known to light pipes, to wrap
up snuff, to be used as curl papers; and
British tars, mad with rum and prize
money, have not unfrequently, in time Of
war, eaten them as sandwiches between
bread and butter. In the forty years
between the year 1892 and 1882 there
were outstanding notes presumed to
have been lost or dcstroyed) amounting
to over six millions of dollars; every
cent of which was clear profit to the
bank.
"DIE AIsY.'-They tell good thing
Of old Tom G., of matter rela-
tive to his mining days. He had at one
time sunk shaft some twenty feet, aud
was engaged in running it deeper, and
while he was at the bottom be had an
lrshman employed at the windIass.
The latter, in the course of hauling up,
brought up rock which was very heavy
and so large that when it reched the top,
he was unable to swing it out. He
made several vain efforts to hold the
windlass with one hand and swing the
rock out with the other, and tried so
long that his strength began to give
way, and the rock in spite of him be-
gan to descend slowly. He made super
human efforts TO hold it, but was 90
weak that he could not, and he saw that
it must in an instant or more drop to the
bottom. Braced himself against the
crank and with the perspiration stream
ing from every pore, he addressed
"Oh! Tom, ochhone l can't hould
the divil! It's goin' to fall in spite o.
me Bad luck to it, it's goip'! Die
sisy, Tom. I'll be a husband to yer wife
and father to your childer! Die aisy,
and may the Lord have mercy On your
sowl % and with these words his
strength gave out and the huge rock
went crushing to the bottom. Fortu-
nately for G., he had squeezed
himself into small opening at one side,
SO that the rock did not touch him in it's
descent.-Dub. Herald.
Sips from VANITY Fair.
A TRUE WcRD IN JEsr-From the advices Of
the past few months. we Judge that oil political
movements in Mexico are decidedly Revolt
ing.
A. Lincoln's rails are to be made into canes
for his supporters. They all limp and nee