Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-02

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dble story y young hdy Of asblen'lshes
reputation Id highly respectable in sserl1
respect, beilx grossly outraged, : few aays
Ance. BY some young men near house.
seven miles from Maquokcta, at which
large party was being held Mt the time
The poor girl was drugged in the house.
then taksn lutp the woods, from vhence'
her cries for assistance were heard by. per-
sons in the house who fastened to her res
cue. The victim is now said to be insane,
and tho 6ends who caused her misery are
still at large
The Gate city reports the following del
icate surgical operation a. performed in
Keokuk by DR.. Sanford: 1t was the re-
moval of a glass bead three quartersiof an
inch in length and quarter of an inch in
diameter, from the windpipe ola little girl
nine years old, the daughter of Mr. !Kessel-
ring, ~ the Pioneer House. The bead.was
edged IL tho tvachea ,clcvea days, giving
rise to frequent attacks Of suffocation. The
child was unable to lie down for four days
and nights previous to the operation. DIR
Sanford made an incision in the throat, sue
cessfully removing the bead which must
otherwise have produced death"
The present population of Cedar county,
as shown by the census returns from each
! township, published in the Upton Alder
tissr, is males, 7,076; females, GOAL; TO-
1 tai, 14,O17. The Adeertisr says:
"Thers are three colorcd persona in Cen
n ter township, four in Dayton, three in Iowa
a six in Springdale, one in Springfield, thre'
in Sugar Creek, and four in Tipton-24.--
There ueonly eightesss 1undred and sirty
'e sir dogs in the county. In four township
D. and in Upton the female population ex
i. cceds the male"
IN Six hundred and seventy six acres wcr
o. planted with sorghum last year in Ceda
:. county, producing 53,O5s gallons Of nc
.c lasses.
AL The Upton A'rertiser thus notices tn
3. removal from that place of Christian min
- lister known to very many OF our readers
" and highly esteemed whcrevcrAknown:
Is Rev. NJ X. Cross, of the Congregations
an Church, preached his last sermon here OF
,al last Sabbath He has labored here 70
:; nearly ten years, and has always been nc
. tive for every good work His was TIN
nc first, and for long time tue only, pulpit II
As this town where the sin of slavery was re
Ell bnked He las gone to Washington, il
he this State. The people there will find hin
always working for the material and spir
tual welfare Of mankind.
Charles Persing, of Dubuque county, re
" Gently tried 70 murder his wife by running
III wheel Of his wagon over her neck, TIL
so brute held his wife while the wheel passc'
lie vice over her Her cries brought assist
u ancc and the attempted murderer was al
Ii rested He was taken to Dubuque and al
ct ter examination, was held to bail in tn
IL pitiful little sum Of $500 We CLEAN froi
ed the Dubuque Times.
p. Mr.. f. Hayes, Secretary of the Muscatin
r. County Agricultural Society, makes publ
a announcement that the usual Annual Fai
to of the Society will not be held this yea
led "horsc show, trot, &c, is to be had oil
", the second week in October.
In the northeast part of this county,
:, short time since, the night train freight
~ on the NJ & NJ r. r., ran over a drove o
u mules, twenty one in number, killing, o
a. rendering worthless, the entire lot. Til
a mules were huddled together on the tract
end were not observed in time to stop tn
train. Whistling only made their muit
IN ships crowd the closer together, and the ci
tic gigccr, there being no alternative, ran I'll
he tram into them under m'i "ead OF steI'l
:. much to the disgust of the innocent mule
VI who were thrown in every direction in
am horribly mangled conditon.-Montezuna
&c; Republican,