Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-21


Tha 1eva staes Teaehsss' Assso'ss'so
ueste q Oskalsssssa Tuesday nssS
" dk.les H~a'
! q slB,r.AstaA x.lIsn s.es.f
:. ...,;,.a e,rs from festival given BY the
ladies' Of that place. -, -.
w. hundred pigs oflesd. and twenty
cusseve,h@wssehips iIs'4 pysSys
last Saturday.
N. John M'Cullum, u Dslswess county,
eut on the bth inst, eight acres and thirty
sarss,odslof ybsat, in less than Eve hours.
cwm. A. Adee, Of Fort Madison, lost .
pocket book containing three hundred dol.
isrs. WI. 3Sgkoeu,YSsodlw Sf11vsame'
plsAa bGdhis pefsst Iilked Of, &s261x1y
John Harrison, al br.kesuaan hJurea
by the railroad accident last Monday, 10 do
ing we'll, and II is hoped thxt BE Mfifecr-
or. He is at Wilton.
"a nj ton ist1 icing sugH yeas y 10.
ming Station, Or Kellogg, in Jasper county,
the present terminus Of the N. & n Rail
road. - .@sAs = rs =
Capt. Charles Tracy, our City Engineer,
hAs BEEN tsuploged & Uhiss ksgineer By
the Central Iowa Railroad Company, aud
s %""',: h. '15ys'' from csd;5 Falls on
The Manchester. Union says that H. n.
Conger Was severely injured ~ b ecsf-
dsaial dischxge af .his gun while b was
rawping home the wad, the ramrod going
6tu6al 8kpbd - ~ kkesf
SALE OF SrEAnBoArs.-An auction sale
OF steamboats, took place at Mound City last
tf4Iday, pjsp sa9ging fseey SEQ u
peAT6e0. AAohs tbe liz. NJ hdd ous I'D
ferry boat, PeQsta. which was bought BY
John HIS Wagner ~ %, ~. -sDsbuqsl
Herald. ouc,,ts~ss,,. .r,
EsLAncnD.-Tho Daily 6ttumwa Cour-iie,
FssaA6S ts'h enlarged. We are glad to ses
this syi1ssesof the prosperity of our down
kriysf cote,ppsrary. Ottumwa, with it, two
railroads, and talk Of ever so many more, is
. thriving place. {
A large committee, headed by Gen. Van
dover, has been appointod by the citizens Of
-Dubuqus, 70 invite Lieut. Gen. Grantrto
visit that city, and to make arrangements
for his reception there. So says the
Times.
SrABnED.-A man named Murphy, sus-
pected Of too much intimacy with another
mans wife, in Dubuque, the other day, got
knocked down with stone. badly bruised
and several slabs. lie ID in a'fsir way Of
v6tossry..s - H u ia
/ A yigortsp eaost Il now in prog ess 70
sell one million dollars worth Of bonds for
the completion of the North Missouri Rail.
the road strike the Iowa border at Of.
tumwa. ,ials.s ....
A railroad meeting is called At Cedar Rap.
ids on the 9th Of September, for the pur
pose Of organizing company to build a line
u roa3 connecting ST. Louis, ria the North
Missouri Railreod snd Keokuk BY brand,
witllthc various lines tDnccntratine at Ce-
fdsf kapias. .k>s 49, -. 80 -.
FoRr RICE ATTACKED BY INDIANs.-A let
ter in the Sioux City Register gives an &C.
count of an attack on Fort Rice on the 2sth
ult. The Indians appeared in front Of the
fort in strong force, but vae driven .oGA
One soldier was killed, and two wounded
ono fatally.
A man named j. II. LETTER was held to
bail in $500. by Justice Nisley, ON Thurs
! day, for striking Lostis pullsnAn oscr the
! head with pitchfosk handle, fracturing his
skull and knocking his right eye out. The
two men live about four miles from the city
| on the Moscow road. Letter inflicted the
injury because Pullman had turned his COW
E.its2o yard which was in dispute Between
the parties. Muscat;ne JouSNal. 'N.@
Scprimus Sharpless, an old man and dim
Of sight, who lived in Springdale township,
about the seth Of July last, upon retiring
10 80 6lght made the lataLmlstak( Of fxlss
ing strychnine instead Of dose Of quinine,
which he intended to take. He immediate
" discovered his mistake, and physician
was called in, but his efforts to save the old
mans life were unavailing he died in about
~ hour sftef taking tho poison. + Upton
Adcertiser.
MOUNTAINEERING TNIAGR4A.