Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-20


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There are 2,2l7 dogs in Henry co inty.
The hog ShSlsra 10 making IL sppsasancs
in the vicinity Of Nuscatine.
The editor of the Auscatine Journal has
been shown pear raised in that city which
weighs twelve ounces.
The Sentinel, At Eldora, is about to be
moved to Iowa FallA which will soon be In
railroad communication with Dubuque.
The ticket Office at the depot q Nsssnso
Wa entered BY burglars few nights ago,
but no booty WAS obtained.
rhs proprietor Of the Algena stage, in
the last seven years, has travelled u, 900
miles with his vehicle.
A Nj. Boyd. living On farm On the
Montrose bottom, near Keokuk, raised one
hundred and ten bushels Of corn TO the
acre, this season.
The Episcopal, Baptist. and Congrega
tionalist churches helt annivsrsary festi
walls ct Auscatine, last week.
The jewelry and photograph building Of
Thomas 4 Bixby, At Nevada, was plnnder-
ed few nights ago.
Aspecial election will be held in Warren
county on the SOth, for State Senator to
iii the vacancy occasioned BY the death Of
DR.. Beck.
There are sixty.five pupils now in the
Iowa Institute for the Deaf and Dumb At
lows City, with four assistant teachers,
under the superintendent Of NJ. Talbot.
The editor Of the lndep .ndence Guardian
and the Mayor of that little city had =
knock down q few days ago, in which the
editor came out second best. Editorial
luck
The official soldiers vote for Muscatine
county WAS very small, the only returns re-
ceived being from the 18th Infantry and a
detachment cfthe 7th Cavalry.
A female teacher was fined Ave dollars
and costs, at Iowa City, on Thursday last,
for whipping scholar At ono Of the public
schools. The magistrate decided that q
teacher had TO legal right to whip scholar
The Grand Rapids Eagle publishes an &C
count of tho abandonment Of small child
near CORTLAND Centre, some time since, by
a man and woman who arrived by the cars.
and LEFT Immediately Afterwards BY the
ssme CONVEYANCE. and have not been seen
| since.
Mr.. Chas. Muzzy, o Elkader, Clayton
county, lost letter . few Laysago, contain
ing $50, which was found and returned to
him by man named Rolf The editor Of
the Journal lost wallet containing many
valuable papers which was also returned.
Honest citizens there.
Tho Des Moines Valley Railroad will be
completed to Monroe this week, and the
first passenger train will leave Monroe for tn.
East on Monday morning next. That will
make tho staging fourteen miles less thar
heretofore, Monroe being oaly thirty mile,
from Dcs Moines.
M. G. A. Oady, from Rutland, Vermont,
was arrested at Monticello, on Thursday
last, on a charge Of bigamy. lie was mar
ried on Wednesday last to Miss Maggie
Hogg, of Monticello, while it is asserted
that be has wife and family in the Green
Mountain State. He has been bound over
for trial in the sum of$1, 900.
| An effort is being made in tho Catholic
church to detach Southern Iowa from the
diocese Of Dubuque, and 10. organize new
one fro:: it. Before it can be accomplished
the scheme must be authorized by the
Pope. The Catholics Of Muscatine now
number upwards Of 5000. and propose
building new church editce, and using
their old one for school house.
The amount of railroad tickets sold Al
BOonsboro. is much larger than the casual OBJ.
server would st first suppose for SO young q
western town. II averages from four to
seven hundred dollars daily. The amount
Of money taken in at the station daily for
passengers and daily forwarded to railroad
headquar tiers, amounts to about g., 5OO.-
That counts up considerably during the
course Of u LoonsIoro Mdex.
The Guthrie ledger says: W. learn from
. gentlemen from Shelby county, that some
three weeks ago, ayoung man by the name
| Of Cuppy, stole horse from widow wo-
man, and was tracked to his fathers near
Harlan, but on reaching his fathers resi-
dence. the young man could not be found.
The citizens Of the county, in considerable
numbers $. assembled, and held consultation
which resulted in determining to arrest WIN.
Cuppy being the brother, and Adam Cuppy
the father Of the alleged theft, which was
done. During the night, William made his
escape, and Adam Cuppy was found the
next morning near Harlan, dead with six
bullet holes in his body.
TuE cholera war brought to 'NcwsYo
in lS4S by the steamer New York. which
arrived at that port on November 9Th, with
400 passengers from Havre. By . coinci-
dence, 1t is again introduced there in the
same month and BY = sidfisr steamer, com
ing from the same port. the Atlanta having
reached New York on the night Of the I'd
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