Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-10

Whislcrs In silk. in cloth, in mozambique,
lace points, etc. 3tawtf
KruoL & CAanARr have the finest stock OF
ladies' dress goods, cioaks, circulars, shawls,
etc Great pains taken to please all Gus
tomcrs--no trouble to show goods Store
opposite the lie Claire House.
KEEP Cool Purchase some Of those
cool and comfortable linen coats at krausc's s.
He has q fine stock Of summer clothing OF
all kinds, ready made, or will make it to
order in best style. Store opposite Nation
al Bank
CorEr MAETiAI.-Ths court, which for
several days past has been in session at this
place, has adjourned to go to Kcokuk to try
. case or two there, after which it will re-
turn to this city and take up the Knapp
murder case which is not yet finished.
RoBBERY About one week ago, man by
the name of Savory arrived in town from
D.s Moines. He went about during the
evening following his arrival. and on Satur-
day morning about 4 O'clock, while going
back to the Pennsylvania House, where i.e
had put up, he was met by two or three
rufiians on an unfrequcnted street, knocked
down and robbed Of watch and valuable
chain, and about fifty dollars in money. 4
man named VIM Serry was arrested as one
OF the assaulting party, and connected with
the same affair are two more. who have net
yet been arrested The case is up before
Squire Wheeler o-day, for the second time
What the result will be remains to be seen
The upstart Of the whole matter is--bad
company and poor whisky
FRIGHTTUl RAILROAD ACCIDENT BrRsr-
ING OF A Boiler AND FATAL CONSEQUENCES.
"A most serious accident occurred last
evening on the Mississippi and Missouri
Rail Road, concerning which We give
the following particulars At G:30 as the
eastern bound passenger train was about
midway between West Liberty and Attals-
sa, from so;hc unaccountablc reason, the
boiler of the favorite old locomotive, An
tome LcClaire, burst in the left hand upper
corner Of the tire box, lifting the entire ina
chine from the track, the distance Of TWEEN
ty feet, killing the fireman instantly and
severely, if not fatally ,.in,uring the engineer,
besides bruising several ps. sons who were
h0.p . xl A.
explosion the train. which was running ut
the rate Of twenty miles per hour, was sud
denly forced backward about twenty feet,
throwing many from the seats. and causing
numerous bruises and contusions. Then it
took rebound, went suddenly for ward,
giving the frightened passengers, who first
thought huge cannon had been fred into
the train, another humping about the seats.
was anything but pleasant The train
stopped immediately in front Of tie dam
aged locomotive, which was discovcrcd
square on its whcels-half turned round.
facing the track-about seven yar,s dis
tant. The rails where the locomotive stood
at the moment Of explosion, were broken
into short pieces and scattered about
The following are the casualties: Juius
Reaught, fireman, and a resident of Ro,k
Island, was blown into the ditch and killel
instantly lie was a man about 70 year
old, and had been in the employ Of the road
about two months. 4. {. Smith, Of this
city. engineer, was blown against fence,
fifty feet distant He was badly sca'd d,
bruised, and was quite insensible when
picked up by Mr. Brayton, the Civil Engi-
neer Of the road, who was aboard Of the
train at the time Of the accident.
r. W. Vance, bridge builder, who resides
at Wilton, and who was IN the baggage car
when the explosion occurred, was severely
bruised, and at last accounts was suffering
severely from internal injuries, which may
yet terminate fatally.
VIM. Ade, Mail Agent, John Magill, Ex-
press Messenger, and Joe Force, news boy,
who were also in the baggage car, we're Sc
vcrely bruised by t'yin. packages, commo-
ton among trunks, boxes, &C., but not dan
gerously SO.
As may be imagined there was great
fright and confusion. Among the number
who kept cool and offered valuable assist
ance to the suffering engineer was Joshua
Burr, Of this city, and Mr. Brayton above
mentioned.
The trsln going west was at Attalissa,
about three m les distant at the time, and
was soon brought up and the locomotive
was attached to the passenger train, and ar
rived here last night at 1880. The wound
ed engineer was brought as far as Durant,
and left there, suffering most intensely
immediately after the arrival Of the train
here, Supt. k;mball with DR.. Adler started
back to Durant on special train The
Doctor dressed the wounds Of the suffering
man, but the injuries were 20 severe to be
| curable. and we learn this morning that he
is no more Mr. Smith has been in the en-
ploy Of the Road some Ave or six years
was most CAREFUL and intelligent mechanic,
about 40 years Of age. and it is not thought
that the accident was the result of any care
lessness on his part. lie leaves wife and