Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-18

INEW OUUHCu- - sS@kS sSx~e>f33 -
= 6gpe1denee, Buy6 snSsF sSd1l arc build
ii church which will cost bet{ een $4,000
aha $4,000. II
little ID !. son of Joh1 fllssre, Of
Washington. IS scalled to Ae$h on the
M J, by falling into tub 9shetwater. .
Rsowsrp AT Crsss~~.- On Monday. a
mai named John ONeil, whoks at work
on he bridge pier building atClinton, acct
dcntlly fell into the river aad was drowned
IA woman was arrestef near Lyons the
othet day, on suspic on Of be onging to a
band horse thieves. lie name she stated
is J.sia Ann Heinss. Whether julia is
guilty 'r rot Of the ofcnse charged we do
not know. a
DR\wyED ArFrlToS -LaseSaturd'y eve
ming, boy named Lausen, Svede. went
in bathing with couple Of his coen'rymen,
d gdt in beyond his depth. Nope Of the
party could swim, and the boy waf drown
ed. It's age waS nine or te' years,
WcotrEa ~yr--ifAe Johnson county
sheep il Tpscd The Esdyvillc Star says
that MrgJoncs, Ewing northeast Of Kinks
vile, inAhat county, sheared gbm Aerino
buck thlasummer twenty pihe and halt
pounds IF 4cei at ope~si'r.
Tho West Union Reccr5 says that Hen
RI Clinton, formerly well known in that
community as Secretary Of the McGrceor
Iiailroad. SON Of Deacon Clinton, was shot
few days since ~ Frcnchman in Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
IowA Iavns UNDER Tue HOMESTEAD AcT.
Tie recent order Of the General Land Of
flee at Washington wiehirawing public
lands in this State from sale or entry has
been modited 50 as to give Aah force and
effect to the homestead and tre-eInptien
laws.
Sheriff Brown, q Ba4klAwk county,
has succeeded in brcaNing W a nest Of
t.,ievc4 who have been committing dcprcds-
,ons in that and adjoining counties eor
more than year past. After amost excit-
Ing search and chase five thieves have been
captured, aah large amount 0! stolen pro
p -ty recovered.
Sap AccpyNT Mr.. Vim Chat bers. ST..
father Of the Chambers brothers of this city.
while driving,a reaping machine yesterday
was thrown fob hi, sea, and fhe orses
ran some dis.ancs, upsctting the reaper upon
the oil gcatleisan and DRAGGING him thro
the field, resulting, in cutting Sf the heel o
ore Of hi feet, seyctely lacerxting one hand
and otherwise iTusng-a iniuring him.
At his advanced age such injuries will 20
hard With him. 4uscatiac Courisr.
Man suoT.- Mr.. ". .. Wasrons. OIL
l.lairstown, formerly of Cedar Rapids, wa.
shot and dangerously wounded by soldier
on the 9Th inst The bail entered the groin
1t is doubtful whether Mr.. w viii recover
The soldier was drunk, and imagined him
sell nsilltcd because Mr. w. had led off b,
the collar comrale who was interfering in
the unloading Of some wheat at Mr. VS.
| warehouse in Blairstown
Mr.. 4. {. Dennison, of this township
! inform us that he has devoted himself 70,
two DAYS past to DESTROYING the chiach bug
and with success. They had DESTROYED HI.
wheat and one piece Of corn, when he met
| them in-his way. Haprocurcd few gal
Ions of cea'siar; and smoothing a line on til,
, g;ound across Their track drew upon it
lns Of tar. ge then sunk several vessel,
onlthe inside Of the line,' even with the sur
FACE. As the: bugs came to the tar the,
stokpcJAnd collected and were easily swcp
into rf'e vessels. which we're cmpted int
the holes and hhe bugs butied In this Wa,
| h" caught AND destroyed some two b Shells
and will saw his corn by SO doing Iouo
City RpwN,ea.
Discovery or THIEVES NEsr.-A ma,
By the name Of Blown, in tn. Big Woods
recently hid his clothes line robbed, ano
sl>picioned > neigiibor of his nv the name
OF Wright to be. the thief He got out =
search warrant, asd yesterday deputy sher
III Saith, OF Waterloo, went ny to look 70,
the missing properly He was accompanicd
b., a fcw men whq h I'd lately lest property
a :na,kk had hopes Of finding i, in this quarter
IhAhousc and Premises were thoroughly
setrc.ed, and hot only were the clothe.
found, but all wagon loaf OF other s.oIer,
prone ty, consist ng OF harncs ses, busial,
roheas-"Tgs. and all manner of things, to tho
v'ine Of ;'bort $500, The buys sscre ar
rested, but the old man succeeded IL max.
ing his escape.-Ceda, Fails Ga-.