Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-12-12

\ new paper mill has just gone into ope-
ration at Des Moincs, as we learn by the
Register.
OnIrrARy.-JesseP r. Chauaoin, a member
Of Co. y, 35th Iowa, died Mt Memphis on
the I'd inst, Of typhoid fever. He WAS a
resident Of Muscatinc--
EscApED.-Votly Hart and It. Nelson, Of
Pennington, Who have been confined in VA
ricus southern prisons, succeeded N making
their escape and getting safely into our
lines. So says the kcokuk papers.
short time before the war commenced
there were 1876 convcts in the Iowa ate
Prison. Now there are bu: 1o-GJ men
and one woman. Some improvements have
recently been made in the Prison, Wardcn's
house, &C., bu' as the last appropriation OF
the Legislature wss excessively limited, The
improvements have not been as extensive
as The wants Of the institution demand.
Among the new patents recently issued
to inventors by the Patent Office at Wash
iiEt'u. att ttC iNloNltl, w EtbtiNHi'ii IL
Iowa: Corn Planter-W olcott d. Stoldard,
Of Muscatinc, Iowa. Feed Mama er--C. L.
Steller, Of McGregor, Iowa; facilitating En-
gine-M. G. Kugorc and William Ebcrhart
OF Washington, Iowa; Device for mclsur
ing cloth in the piece orroll VIM. Benton,
Grinnel, Iowa; Seed Planter-Aaron Crs
man and Michael Whitman, Of Sugar Greek,
Iowa.
HoRRiBLE Accidental terrible accident
occurred on this line Of railroad near Wheat
land on Tuesday. Oae of the brakemcn
was stanuing on the top of one Of the cars
OF the stock train coming toward Cedar
Rapids; from some unknown cause ne fell
and striking between the cars was torn and
manglcd in most shocking manner. The
accident was not discovered until some time
after its occurrence. The head OF the I'M
fortunate man was cut Off, as were also his
legs, rnd his body was cut through. His
; brains were found scattered along the track
ItAas seldom been our lot to chronicle so
shocking M accident.
There seems TO DO q great deal Q riva'rv
between the printers OF the HfraI a'a
Times offices, in Dubuque, as to which
be foremost in issuing lengthy docunlcn..
and never e. an opportunity pass without
earnestly testing its speed Of type setting
In getting out the Presidents mcssng. tn
other day, they had another exciting as&te
for laurcls and honors. As usual, the III
aid office boys carried off the palrn--aov-
eral lengths ahead and forwarded their con
petitors proof sheet for copy.
A gentleman from Wapcllo, who 30.
stopping At the Ogiyie House, one nigh |,
this week, dreamed that bis horse, which /
had been left at livery stable. had got |
down with the halter around his neci. in |
such a manner that he was in danger q. /
choking 10 death. The dream made sncn a ,
vivid impression on his mind that ne awokc |
and went at once u the. stable, when he
found thee hose III the precise condition /
seen in his dream. This circumstance n,ay /
be relied upon as truthful. 1t il certainly |
> singular Psychological fact. Il there not,
after all, semcthing in dreams !--Nos;ofsns
s/vc vnol. IN sAs
TRAGEDY AT OsxALoosA.-Depuy Sheriff |
Norton ana : young man named Albert |
Witter were shot = NskslsoM on The oft-I
inst. by despsFado, named George jack
son, from Springfield, H., whom the Depu-
~ Sheriff was underwriting to arrest. Nor
TONS wound is in the jaw. and IA not con-
sidsred danstf6ds. wittet was wo;dndssd
in the head Ind Till probably die. jackson
was finally arrested. H.. bad been drink
ing, and had knocked man down in the
street and robbed him Of his pocket book.
Il was for this that his arrest was first at
tempted. 'ss