Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-08-01

Vs. ~-GeuA wUUd b fafe0 vr&7O0 per cord
III Mus atine.
Water melons have made their appear
nce In Muscatine, ard arc retailing at III
cen cents apiece
wos A RacE.-N the Leclele races in
st Louie on Tuesday, mile heals, best three
in Eve. Nab RI sh won the Pulse. Time,
1884 2:35. 2.S5. --DpJn7ue Hera'd.
ISp,craKsr rcg MrRDEg.-The Grand Ju-
~ Yesterday found bill OF Indictment
gains, John McRobcrts for murder This
| is the case in which a colorcd man by the
name of Allen was the victim--Dfs -uonts
| Eegister.
The Iowans in Washington, including
| the Congressional delegation, hsve contrib
| uicd nearly thousand dollars in cash to the
| southern Iowa Sanitary Fair.
KILLED ey LronrSISc.-Mr. Beckman Of
Burlington, was hiiled ty lightning, On the
18th. lie was standing at the gateway to
his door ward when the fatal accident took
place.
| Inr STALLION BAsnAw SOLD FOR -. coo.
Mr.. g. Jack .on. of this city, agent for
| .lr J 4. Green, has sold the celebrated
| ,ta'l:on Bas!.aw to parties in st. Louis, Tor
| iyc thousand dollars. The horse was ship
), d on the Muscatirc on Friday. We re-
! ,rct losing so valuable horse from this
| crt on. but presume it cannot BE- helped
| Nissccfins .fouynW
| Ono day last week Mr.. Abraham Craft.
| # Windsor township, in this county, took
hlty four br.hel. Of wheat and the wool
| from seven sheep, 10 McGregor. and sold
| be load for one nuDdred aad sisf.eA @,ilars
| mi ,ort0-eipt! efats He had i9t pounds
| Of wool at one dollar per pound, making
$3.50. and sold his thirty four bushels Of
Ahrat ut 81 - per bushel, making saj.9s :
total .llo.4s. Well dcne, Mr.. Farmer
| VT Ini0a Hccord.
| A FIELD DAY FOR PicKrocKETs-A Nan
| Pelsctea Of 9o-Erday was swalming
day for plckpockets. They mingled in the
-rowd at the Circus, especially III the rush
at the ticket office, and obtained "swag' in
yoodly quantities They relieved Mr. John
! y. Bel Of 81, and picked a wallet contain
| ing sl2 in grecnhasks and $3.50 in gold
from the pocket of Mr.. sniead, Of Grant
county, Wis. \ farmer named Winter los,
81 in The same inal.pe-. But their gr, attest
| haul was made in the evening. Mr.. f.
Goodwin Of Platt",lle, Wis, approached
the ticket Office and selected one dollar ON
Il wallet stuffed with grccnlacks. and pur-
chased ticket Turning away he felt iol
his walle,. It was gone with $500. II.
procured the services OF the police. who ar
rested several suspicious characters and
! LODGED them in the calabpo~e. Bat tn,
money was not found, and probably never
sill be Several others hal small sums
tax, n from them during the evening, bui
not one detected the vi,iaii> who were olcr
,tnr.- Dnba9ue Times
SERIOUS AcclDfxr-Mr Hiram Conger
OF til ; city. met with a serious accident neal
| Waterloo on Wednesday last. He hao
loaded wagon with lumber, and was p'o
cee,iing to town with il. when the biz ding
pole suddenly broke He jumped Off tho
wagon to avoid its sweep, and landed in J.;
ditch, striking the ground in such a manner
as to break his left leg just below the hip
-Ihd
4 SwIxDls Friday forenoon man fiou
Clayton county was swind.cd out of $50 b,
n sharper, who. no doubt, follows Howe,
circus f'r the purpose 1t was the old three
card monte trick .-/iH.
DARN OF FAST lIoEsE 4 H. Gibbs
mare. Pocohontas, died last Monday night
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