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

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tax for / prssss tesr for ~ purposes
A. two r}nls on N dollar. Il
Nor. han Gritty ns<rhodses hsve been
built or are in progress Of erection this year
in waverly. So says the F@esis.
The Eight Iowa Infantry, it is said, will
not b. .pssersd out IF ssrvics fosA nogth
vet Such Is the word they had 1t Des
Moines few days ago.
The Methodist Episcopals are building .
fine church at ,Japesvillc, Bremen county
II il sald to SsptHs best in that county.
SroLES.-Delaney johnson, q discharged
ssldiss q DE- ksinss, recently lost his
pocket book ,cpntsipipg about seven hun.
dred dolsrs. Sdsass the Rsgister.
The dwelling house of Peter Unga, Of
Dayton Township, Chickasaw county, was
buses q g gtbond few days ago while
the family were in the harvest field.
The Lansing Union says that Patrick
Dseney, . most pleasant and worthy young
man, was drowned in the river near that
place, last week, while bathing. :.
The Usage loran says that the amount Of
building and improvement Of every kind 90
ing on is beyond anything seen there since
1866.
The Charlton Patriot says there is .
prospect dhit the sum Of t25, 900 or $780,
900 will be raised in that county to aid the
speedy extension Of the Burlington and
Missouri River Railroad.
James Btownlsy, charged with stealing a
lot Of butter ID NcGregor, was arrested in
Dubuque on ths.lst inst, and shipped i'm
mediatcly to McGregor. So says the Du
buque Times.
We learn from the Monticello E1pres.
that . flock Of 300 sheep has recently bseu
brought into Jones county from Ohio This
is the second flock Of sheep brought to that
county within two weeks.
| We learn from the Times, Of McGregor,
that Hon. N. l.. Fisher took the Northern
Light on Monday morning for Mount Pleas
ant. Iowa. the location Of the Insane Asy-
Ium, Of which Mr. r. is one Of the Board Of
Directors.
The Wheatland tisocate states that VIM.
II. Carravcll, a resident Of Clinton county,
was shot through the head and instantly
killed last Wednesday, one nile from 70
ronto, by the discharge Of his shot gun,
caused by the hammer catching on the
wagon as the deceased attempted to place
his fowling piece in the vehicle. Mr.. Cara
veil leaves , wife andkeveral young child
rem to mourn his sad fate.
We learn that the Catholic church 1t
row last Sunday, in which several men We're
severely beaten and one man shot, though
not seriously hurt The difficulty origina
ted in proposition on the part Of the priest
10 sell the present church and erect a new
one The priest is German, and the
American portion desire to keep possession
oilirlatc in his place, which he and bis Ger
man friends have violently opposed. Hence
all the trouble.
a CASE OF SEDUCTION conductor in
the employment of the Illinois Central Rail
road Company, year or more ago, became
acquainted with respectable young lady
residing in Springfield, H., and by arts
known and practiced by accomplished liber.
tines, affected her ruin Not long since she
became mother without having been made
a wife. Her parents, indignant at her fall
insisted that the infant she uld be sent away
and supported by the father. Complying
with this demand, she dispatched the child
to Dunleith, the headquarters of the con
ductor. Some two weeks age it died. Mean
time brother of the mother, learning what
had been done, insisted that she should
again take possession of her child, and pre-.
vailed upon her to come TO Dunleith for it.
She arrived in Dunleith last week, and
learned OF the child's death. On Monday
night the mother herself died. Some peo-
pie who profess to have a knowledge Of the
facts, suspected foul play, while others be
| lieye her death was caused by the grief
which broke her heart. 1t is = sad case,
parallels of which are too often met with in
life. Information Of the young lady's death
was, yesterday. sent to her friends at
Springfield. Dubuque Herald.