Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-05-13

RUNAWAY ExrRAoRDrHARY.-T
are worse subjects FOR local item than run.
away. We generally make It . rule to record
oil such public demonstr stions-pa % .
warning TO those who don't hitch hor.es-or
don't drive them carefully and partly to d" FL
up yon know.
The runaway in question was . peculiar
one-one that involved fine speed without
eodsogsring human life. /. happened yester
day. Apsrsoo whom We .hal denote % the
"only authorised" or ". F. for ebort, has .
neat little pony. and he rides and drives the
said animal considersbly y-mostly TO show bis
sped and crgarization-partly. : erhaps. to
induce trade. Well. ". F. was out horse
back yesterday. He stopped at the corner Of
Perry and Second streets. hitched up for
while and went In. While engaged inside.
some wags came along and uDhitchcd The
pony and led hin, around to the 9th sr side on
Perry street. and after securely hitcbiDg him,
went 10 also Says one-"didn't he run'
though = "Whst run 2" said w. F. excitedly
why. somebody little pony-do~n Second
street with . saddle on--iike blszes" w. F.
bolted to the door-his pony was gone-and
out he rushed-away he A.w. just sailing
down Second-scrs,chins gravel and raising
dust down he went by Main and across Harri.
eon-ovsr Ripley ike an arrow, with coat.
tails stlfily set at 45 deg. Those who looked
N were amazed at the speed and couldn't &C.
count for it. The last seen Of him he was
digging towards MuscAtine as fast as two good
legs could CARY him.
We preaume to state that he did not find
his horse down that way exactly. Willie the
owner was tearing up the walk, knocking
down little children and upscttiDg apple.
stands on his mad career towards Blue Grass.
his pony was quietly putting away six quarts
Of oats at Smiths livery stable, whether some
humane individual h ad carefully taken him.
At this writing W. +. has not been heard of.
IL is doubtful where he will stop.
Muscatine, Burlington ard Keekuk papers
please notice, and see he is returned in case be
should be seen charging through thoee places.
No description is nec.ssery-hs will be suffi.
c'entiy recognized by his tearing gait-pro.
vided he ae2psi. up as lively as when be left
town.
A BRAVE WoMAN..-It is known that
wheu Cap. Kendrics, Of the 2 Iowa Cavalr,
left this city with his command, that HE wife
went along with hin. While the regimen.
was qnertered q, 81. L ,ui. she stsd with her
husband. and afterwards went with him up
the Tennessee YER. subsequently. however,
she returned to the city of Cape Girardeau.
Mo, where she has fer some time been stop
ping. while Capt X. has been on the battle
field.
1t appears that some days after che had ta>
ken up her residence there, some unknown
person made an attempt to enter her room.
The intruder was o. course ordered away, and
the matter passed by. Shortly afterwards
one night shs hoard u rapping at the door
again. Mrs. X. demanded what was wanted.
male voice responded, II want to coms
in She ordered him away. and the sil ain
refused 10 go, and euid he would force ia the
door if che would rot o;en it. Size told him
that il he attempted that che would shoot
him. Hc laughed q: the idea, AID said
that be guessed she wouldn't shoot him
very bad with an empty pistol and commenc
pushicg away at the door. Mrs. X. saw that
the brute wLe in earnest, ami that he might
very soon break in the door. She became
fearfui'y in earnest. too. and taking the pistol
rom bens ath her pillow cooked il, and again
VIZ. ned him to leave or she would ahoot him.
lis paid no attention to the warning, ED 81 e
took as good ain as circumstances would per
nit and fired. The bullet was well sped it
passed through the panel ard etruck TIE
acoundrel in the neck. passing through and
killing dead on the spot.
She was arrested, Of course, and hsd t.ia,
The testimony showed that she was acting in
seifdefsnce against an inhuman brute, and the
verdict was that she served him right The
man proved to be prominent citizen 0: Cape
Grsrdeeu, and leading eecessionist. He
vas alec TIE head of a family Of respectable
standing in society. Mrs. X. VS. presented
with n pair Of handsome pistols by her friends.
and she left to Join her husband on the battle
deld. She viii do to fight her own battles.
sure.
IL Al