Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-11-05

w ~, yeoeerOay, while pA0slog along
the sidewalk and in front Of our Office,
suddenly fell down in an apoplectic At.
lie tell on his face % the IRON crossing
over one Of the CUTTERS, cutting his
forehead badly. He bled profusely Tor
a time, but through the efo,ts Of DR..
Lay, Who happened to be near by, the
bleeding was stopped and he coon re-
covered and was last evening walking
about, but suffering from severe pain
10 the head. He enlisted first in the
Irish regiment, and afterwards in the
regular army. He 10 Of course unfit for
dnty. He is q mere boy, ard should be
attended to by his friends and parents.
Dubuque Herald.
FouxD DRowNED.-Coroner Liest
held an inquest yesterday on the body
of an unknown man found on Friday in
the little Maquoketa Greek above Peru
bottom. Mr.. Zollicoffer had seen a man
pass that way two hours before, and
supposing him to be an acquaintance
called to him, but he passed on. Some
men hauling hay saw hat and coat ly-
in on the bank, and this induced them
to look 10 the creek, where the body was
found. He had on boots with an inch
and q halt cut in each instep; light
blue shirt, soldiers pants, blue; new
tweed coat with black velvet collar, black
silk handkerchief,new snspenders, brown
hat. Ills hight was five feet ten inches,
lips thick, eyes blue, hair black,and had
an empty leather pocket book and two
bladed knife, aud wore two amulets OF
scapuars attached to string. He ap-
peaIed to be about thir,y-five years old
The body will remain at the city ceme-
terry, 10 the care Of the scxton,uutl this
afternoon, 20 be identified # possible
The verdict OF the Jury was "death ty
drowning" From some of the c'rcum'
stances it il supposed by some that he
was soldier and that be committed
suicide. Perhaps it is the body Of the
missing soldier described in the HERALn
on Friday norning-a member OF Cap
tain Byrne's company.-Dutuque Her.
aid.
SHOCKING AccIpENT-A You've LADY
Saor.-We DO not remember OF more
melancholy accident than the following,
which resulted in the death Of Miss
Nettie Carpenter, sister of d. w. Car
pen,er, Esq /, Of the Council Bluff Bs :
gle. The Bugle says:
"On Monday morning the 2Oth inst,
Nettie Carpenter arose full of life, health
and the merIiest Of merry party which
took ride into the country, to enjoy
tho fresh autcmnal breeze that sweeps
over the vast pralries Of the West. At
half past two O'Clock in the afternoon,
she was a litclcss corpse. For some
time back it has been the practice Of
many of the young ladies of this city,
when assembled at a social party in the
afternoon of ap|easant day, to practice
at target shooting with pistols. A par
ty Of ladies, Miss Carpenter among the
number, had assembled at the residence
OF Mr.. Eubanks, about eight mics from
the city, aud as usual, II was proposed
to try few shots at target to see
which was the best shot. How many
shots had been fred we did not learn,
bnt the duty Of loading the pistol for
several of the party, devolved upon Mise
Carpenter. In loading, the cartridge ap
o AIRED to be too large, and in attempt
ing to force it into the barrel (tbe pistol
was breach loader she gave the butt
of the pistol small tap on the barrel
of the pistol held in the hand Of Mis-
Maggie Laferty,the mnzzlc being point
ed towards her,the powder was ignited
by the blow and the pistol discharged,
the ball entering her head just over the
right eye. She fell insenslble, but con-
tinued to breathe for about half an hour,
when she expired.