Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-15
~ IN -

~ =: ~ e e =
49, ~. - . - x ~
Nser PitAssssg ths slAss ~, man
eaueht q . railroad bldg, = Sc flight,
| hum hiuUutf Own betwUen the -15eepsn =
avoid en- advancing train. By dseptss bet.
oems Sse1oSFute, TpGpeF f0p sfgQpey
srmlsss int he water below.
"Dse(ssv Csess~t esss werksd e bet
tes In Beoadwsy, bued'sagrcs win nim,
and 3nally declined to work in his shop
loakef ~ the EfoloWing reasons: 1t appears
m NOD N IN the habit Of purchasing
old hsta. dressing them neatly and selling
- eaa~ = aeaieles. Cssbett- ehjeeted r.
this proceeding and demonstrated With hia
emplovW. t1SSe Hin lh1taN t61I6 NEhk
to disDoss ofhsss worth only tlssvs Nosiass
and aty cents, for Ave dollars. The halter
persisted, and Corbett left.
A eonfilsnce msn presented yAimsef to'a
Chicago banker last week, ~ Major 0ener !
Hancock, handing him letter Of introduc.
sion, ana requesting The 'losn u che writing
sum Of $4,000. HID came very near OBJ.
tanning Il, 100, and WAS shfeWd enough to
escape when suspicion was excited.
A bounty jumper recently escaped from
Gallop's Island. Boston Harbor. after hav-
| ing unacccunAbly unfastened his irons. It
vas subsequently, discovered that . young
Woman who he'd been permitted TO come
and ses him had akey in her mouth fitting
the lock Of his letters. On parting she
kissed MIN, and in tbs operation transferred
the key from her mouth to his.
Il is stated chat the two ''stsange and sus.
picious looking men" who called At Senator
Sumner lsdsings and ipquired for him %
the night that President Lincoln was killed
and in consequence Of which guard wa
placed round the Senator's house, where
his colleagues, Messrs. Gooch and Dawes
The guard hes bsen withdrawn.
A HAUNTED Houss IN Plr4ssuRo. gen
tleman newly arrived in phtsbuseh from
New York, rented house on Pennsylvania
Avenue. He ssou diseuvW that1nis hous,
was haanted; he saW inals and fersale spir
its fitting across the room, and heard thu
usual unearthly sounds. He became mucl
alarmed, and invited number Of his friend
TO his house for the purpose Of solving thu
mystery. Among those present was . re
porter ofthe Pittsburg Chronicle, who writes
~ follows:
Books were lifted from the table and slam
!, med down upon one another; bells "e,o
rune I'll through the room; the pane AT
though tightly locked up, vas plsye9 .
~n;s., snsncn,led above the chandelier,
ri there no human hand could reach it, was
made to discourse most excellent music !;
doors tightly locked were opened and slam
med shut; sparks Of FIRE were carried about
the room one fellow, . disbsiever in spir-
ituAIsm, was choked ny an unseen hand
and almost frightened out Of his wits, and
many other marvellous things were wit
messed
The phsntoms which appeared were .
beautiful woman, and most horrid demon,
who seemed to attend upon her The skep
tic above alluded to made frantic attempt
| to seize the female figure, which instantly
vanished and lclt him insensible upon the
floor. while the landlord tried to put bull
let through the demon by firing pisto! At
him. The place, after these violent demon
STATIONS, became TOO hot" for either occu-
pants Or visitsrs, and the house was vacat
ed and is now Ito let" Truly wonderful
story.