Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-30
STATE lT8Sa!s!s

lDf Nansticld, u Se''"s A~P"a, 'P"
,,cd the leg Of Sheriff Williamson, : little
,love the ankle, last TuesdAy. 4
The state Sanitary Commission will con-
YONG NJ DcsMoines on Wednesday, the first
day Of June next.
cd. j. " Jenkins, Of the 3lst Iowa.
formerly State Senator from Jackson Co.,
was among the wounded in the late battles
IN Georgia.
The next annual meeting Of the state
Teachers Association will be held at Du
buque during the pad, a4th, 18th and goth
Of August.
The DesMoines .,tot.smon states that II.
W. Petit, Esq. Of Dubuque. has purchased
The foee tarru printing establishment at
DcsMoincs
The New Hampton Courier states that
Dr.. Norris, Of Wauconca, recently commit
ted suicide by drowning 10 cause Is a..
signed for the act
Valuable farms were lately sold in Ben
ton county, the sales amounting in the ag
gregatc to 500, .G5 One farm owned by
VIM Cline was sod for aloo1o We
CLEAN from the Nin;on LugIe
FArAL A,ciDrxr-p Patrick Hogan. :. resi-
dent Of Dubuque fell between two cars,
while they we're moving and was terribly
menglcd lie lived bu, oae hour after
wards
During he recent furlolgh Of The second
Iowa tavalry oser two hundred marriage ,
tool. place in the regiment. there being
twenty mine IA raecs in one compan,
alone
The Burlington X,rAeys tells Of q farmer
who lives near that city, who shipped f,l
Chicago two steers whose aggregate weigh;
was $50 pounds. They were worth in
Chicago, al the time Of shipment, 1882 40
several death, from small pox are report
ed at West Irving among the number that
Of Rev. a. \. Sawn. who for years pas,
has held the position Of President Of the
Collegiate Institute stationed there
The Maquokcta Ecc.le,or speaks in flat
tcring terms OF the property Of Sahula-
During the past wear old residences have
been reno, cd aud new ones built, while the
business appearance Of the place has under
gone a decided change Sabula begins t.
look up and claim a situation among tn,
market towns on the rive.
The Dubuque Itm,s SAYS there is spc
cics of lung fever prevailing among tn,
horses in that section. which is taking then
oil very fast. Its symptoms are weakness
| hard breathing and swelling Of the hung, e
three times their natural size. 1t is fatal il
almost every instance. ami no remedy la,
been found to check it, The first idita
tons of the disease is weakncss-thc hors,
dislikcs TO move. This is followed by hare
breathing.
\ school teacher BY the name Of DAME
May, who ha. wife and five children. Sc
ouccd hrigh. and intelligent girl, only iif
teen year of age, and one Of hi, pupils,
short time since, in Dubuque As soon a.
her unfortunate situation was dscovcrc,
warrant was issued for the arrest of tn,
scoundrcl, but he had absconde,l and at Ia,
account could not be found.
Hie oN. We saw an OK Yesterday. in q
team bound for California; which measure,
IN his stocking feet five fee, eleven nche.
in height, and nine feet ard eleven inches
in length That OK was intended for Al,
elephant, but was born zone or two out OF
the Suite RCgistsr.
TRoTTiNG.-Scvcral fine horses are hcino
trained on the track at the Fair Ground.
TINS season, and we understand match fol
trot has already been made to come of in
few days. There will undoubtedly b,
considerable sport on the track during the
season, as there are several good horses il,
this neighborhood and the track is proba
bly, as good as any III the Statc.-Lyon,
uirror
GREAT EXCITEMENT N Muse lTINr-The
negro who attempted an outrage on the
daughter of Mr.. Satterthwai;c in the out
skirt, of the city, last Sunday, was over
taken near Burlington. on Wednesday, am,
brought here on the Jenny Whipplc on
Thursday night. and lodged in Jail. Yes
ter,lay he MAS brought ont for preliminary
examination before Mayor lunci,. Mis-.
Satterthwai,e, though still suffering fro,.,
inurie, on her neck, appeared and clearly
Identified tho accu> u On motion Of hi,
counsel, further examination was waived
til the next Sy>si"l Of the District Court.
an! inc ncgl" va, ordered to be returned to
.Ial' In the meantime q large crowd had
collected, and ;hr officers dec,nng it impru-
den, In take the prisoner on the street
locked hl:n up in Il room near the MavoI
office. Inc crowd finally broke open Tie
Goos and took the prisoner out upon tho
pavement. where Marshal james and Dcpu.
t. sheriff ConnoT again succeeded in getting
him into custody They proceeded some
distance towards the Jail, followed by the
crowd. when he wa> again seized and rope
placed over his head at each end OF which
excited mea pulled Justify, tightening the
knot around his neck ill the blood sushca
from his mouth. He was then dragged.
tace downwar.!s. across the stree in from,
Of the residence Of W H. Stewart. till his
tormentcrs thought he was dead. when they
suffered the officers to take charge. of him.
He soon after revived aid was carried to
lail.---/vnrnoicf >avraoy
y correspondent Of the Iowa City Repu5-
ficua gives ts4e following glowing account
81 the growth. progress and Improvement
OF the State Capitol:
DcsMoines IS making healthy progress in
many particulars. Two or three wears
since. its paper Was worth 80 cents on the
dollar It is now but little below par. The
amount OF improvement going on would