Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-02-11

SENT HOME FOR BrRIAL.-The corpse /
regiments. and who died few days sine. 20 i
hospital, arrived yesterday on the care Ee
believe the yourg nan was a con 81 L. 5. |
biackman. Of Buffalo township. Col Sanders |
detailed an escort o. honor to ats< nd ,hs eo,pse
to Mr.. Elackmsns residence. Ihe procession, /
consisting of considerable number Of sleigha,
passed through the city yesterday afternoon.
SHELL OYSTERS. Tire pleas.
snsest a,d most wholeso'- living ,ha, q ,e,-
low can procure for p ,nt.rior departn.nt is
oyster on the ~, f,;en6 Gil Hicko1,
- enpor. Ho,sl, left basket OF 'us's
I, our table yssterdsy-as large q sEu
and ;us, on. Of their native brine. We
,.,hsr ,hink We owe Gil. one for that treat
: Nav be live long. prosper well ao1| nave -'''
walk shell oysters forever.
SLIGHT DAMAGE.-The jury 10 the
: Du,cher.Richer .lAnder case, e,stsr sitting aoou'
,ventx-tour hours came TO the con ''us'oi
= that the characteristic damages sustaine1 y
~. ,,.in,if cocld b. covered with one cent
i hardly worth the trouble. 1t will surely 10
ns, the lawyer's fee The defendant pays til
costs. Of course.
!, Th;. il another strong argument IN favor
or ksepinp out OF the law. II makes bad neigh
6 h,r. Ard IN nine cases out Of ten, helps IN
J counsel more than any one else
YoUNG SHARP's FUNERAL.-On sur
:. dav last. the funeral obsequies ct Augus'r
Sharp, adopted son Of J. G. spraker, OF tt
-. township, we're sclemnized at Mr.. Spraker
T. .ss;aence. The funeral discourse wac mac
y" bv the Rev J. e. Dimmitt. The attendan'
- vs.vsrS large, ard not less than seventy s
.,eiehs made up the procession to OaSda
70 Cemetery, where the intermsnt took pise
. younc shsrp vas q member Of Company E.
,ha 81 Cavalry. A detachment from Csn
Nd Mcclellan attended the funeral ana nrso "
l.vs Of nu.ketry over the grave.
HARD TO FIr.-We have frequent
~" heard cf the ludicrous scenes enacted whel
regiment of soldiers is about going into qu'
- ,srs in . new emit OF government clothes.
n, IL il not ofssn that man is found who CAM
be suited at some rate or other. An exc
OF tiou to the rule stops at Camp Mcclellan.
,os- !. short, solid, thick-set soldier, and on,
. ct the entire thousand euits cannot find . {
rer. that fits him by several inches He Is
wen pood a soldier to be turned out for such q
!! -. conformity to army regulations, and will b.
d " to be turned over to some tailor shop. H
't' to cay the least, . man Of several thousand
+ Sd PLEASANT SLEIoH RIDR.-The sche
I'D Of Mis. Summers and Miss Pollock, Of
Claire. INDUCED in sleigh ride on Friday
in which about Two hundred scholars par,
- psted, and bad . pleasant time. By the Y
ENA ve are told that these two young lsiiss
tue best schools 10 the Republic"
-AxorHK,.-At the same place and on
n - next DAY. .he Le Claire Sunday Schools ,u'
y ont e~ masse, and vent q sleighing. Al
.vo hundred Of .hs rising generation Of
place we're made - happy as they could
Good for the little children.
We clip the following singular
tract from . Msthcdist paper:
A man had migrated from church to ehr
IGA- breaking up each as he passed: Al ieeg'
be- found himself in . Methodist church. v ~ne'
o,n,', vas making great progress. The preaehs
.is.. great distress, said 70 oas Of the elders:
shau ve do with hinr 'Oh. replied
this elder, Il have been praying the Loro 20
hin 70 hsll!' "Ob, brother, vhst do
mean = "Msaa vhas say: hope he
ia 60 to hell. He veald Do good there
es. veald breek up The sstablshmsst Il
tVeaka"