Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-15

ton was scadel 10 death by falling into a
tab Of hot wascr OH the tlth inst.
= UAx Killed Br>J LIGHTNING Tho Mar
shall County .A.s.rfo announces The death
of lsaaa-Bfhsoh. of'Eden, by LIGHTNING, on
Thursday, tic .th.iust.
The Comfy treastrS OF Monona county
has been robbed ofE2 300. .tss DIR safe
was not broken o1nxand there being no
evidence Of thc1 cfccpt the absence of
the money. Mf IHlbrook, the treasury
promptly paid ttcxbr7s loss himself. 1t Is
supposed the ~ adj not been properly
kept.
HoRsE THIEVES ,ArREsIED. We learn
from the Washington Press llat two men
named searcy md Morton and boy named
Miller were arrested at that place on Tues
day, having in their possession three horses
stolen in the vicinity of RichlGnd. The boy
turned States evidence ava the men were
committed for trial.
The institution FOR deaf mutcs at Iowa
City was. one year ago, sl4o5 in debt BY
economical management, this debt has been
discharged and the school staads clear. The
new principal, Mr.. Talbot, who has had ten
years experience in the Ohio Institution at
Columbus, slves good satisfaction So says
the Anamosa Evreyu
SuocKISc DEAh. Yesterday morning
about . o clock a fright intelligent. boy about
ten years and tl4ce months old, son Of our
friend Mr. b. tliams, started to take a
ride on lau4 Sds<thing frightened the
animal, when Hf33 threw the boy, and his
foot bccqn,iug entail gled in Tie rein of the
bride, the mule k ked him several times,
instantly killing hin and initiating his head
and and body shockisly -heeAps c0"stitu-
Iowa REGIMENTS IN LorisIAsA-A letter
in the Dubuque Tins states that ON the
2sth of June dAes Iowa Infantry were in
camp at Terrcbonnc, La, forming portion
Of the forces defending New Orleans. The
a4th and 2sth Iowa Infantry had just ar
rived at The same place, aud the o2d was
also cncamped near New Orleans. The Esd
was in camp at Baton ROYCE The health Of
these regiments was xtnially good.
Speaking of the crop, prospects. the Ne
Greger N6'cs says ii is doubtful if for several
Years the crops have promised SO well as
they doat fine present writing. We hear no
complaints save of the chinch bug in few
fields of wheat in or adjoining timber land.
The winter wheat has already been lnr-
vesteiand yiclGsd usually well, spring wheat
if nearly readt for tho rcapcry;.. other grain
ditto; corn g.c~s about three inches every
day potatoes anasll Kinds Of vegetables
look finely. Nosalnine this way. this wear.
The oskaloosa Atrrld of the sth saws
Some five or six wefks ago, II, G. Smith of
"h'teoaA, accidentally stabbed himself with
a rocket-knifc n low the knee and severed
some of the pJ6cipal bio I'D vessels in that
region. un9Ae to check hc bleeding other
wise the farseon tied Y the main artery
of the Y above ~ TIL. ,h0xeses.
was nd''''es avg sgortilication set in
and the poor MAN. wts taken to his lon.
home one day last y EEK. lie was an up
right, respectable ci lien, and his death is a
loss not only to his own family, but the
community at largo
BuRyISo AirD1A slight mistake, saws
the Washingto1fIepu5l of Friday, was
made day beioJe yesterday in one Of the
hoSnItalS Mt t'iy po;u. which co,,ocl n a..
ter among hfpatients. A wounded soldier
was PRONOUNCED dead by the surgeon, ana
the ward m3ster caused, him to be put in
ms collin VI burial. The brethren Of the
Christian Commission attended the remains
to the save, opened tfk coffin, and were
proceeding with the burial service. when
the spiders hand was lQhsesSsla- 70 move.
on u''ssllsatlonJ It was discovered
that life was not extinct The fatigue party
detailed to bury the p@or fellow refused to
let up on him. sayirSg they had orders to
bury the party, and mIlst do it. The hu-
name gentlemen Of tho commission intimat-
ca that they !" would lake a corpse Of him :"
who should attempt I'd bury the man before
they were satiffied. he was dead, and he was
carried back to the hospital. The surgeon
who ordered the burr y was called for, who
stih contended that ne man was dead, and
the movement of his Fingers was muscular
contraction sometimRs observed, in defunct
bodies. Other surgeons, however, discover
ed pulsation, and tn man lived till the next
morning, when b. as bafisd. Our infor-
mAnt ays the case 70 Be reported TO tie
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