Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-11

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Il T. believed BY the siouz City .e.' 49,
that General sulIy's expedition ss.'nss s ~
Indians has accomplished rs "''''. 80 -
v.v home. The representatives. q %s"
r,J;ss 1,ttes mot The expedition - Fort
n.u,eo. end expressed themselves anxious
for psscs.
That burglsrious raid on jewelry store
- Sioux City, dslailed il the Journal Of that
place, looks like hoax.
The citizens Of Summit township, Marion
county, propose TO erect monument 10 The
memory Of the ssldisrs ltsn that township
who died il The service.s =
Newton and Pella are vide awake on the
sabjec, Of constructing railroad which will
TAP the Valley Road on the south. and com
monicats With CsdGr Halls ~ Nevtoo. nar.
shalltown and Gssedy Osssrs.
The wheat cop Of Marion county. despite
the rains, is better than II wss last yess.
In 81 vote was taken in Iowa striking
white" from The Constitution. In 90.
900 votes only 5000 were colored in poll.
sics-Alsmakee voted 100 for to $50 cvainss;
Clayton, 2s9 to 1929; Dubuque, u to
1920; Fayetts, 3lt 70 ooa; Howard, % "a
1853.
SAD.-Traak Sparklin, promising I'D q
10, died Il Grinnell on the 9Th inst.,. from
the effects of shst accidentally received
while shooting prairie chickens. His last
moments we're spent in vain regrets that he
did moi obey his mother when she forbid
him to 60 hunting on the occasion that cos,
him his life. saH
The DEBORAH Republicans states that q Mrs.
Smith, wife Of soldier Of DEBORAH, ha,
saved messy enough, by hard work. wash
ing, &C., 70 erect domicil in that town, ia
which to reside with her children and wei.
come her husband on his return. The ed
iter concludes that "there's heap o differ
encs' in soldiers wives, as in other NOR
tails.
In compliance with the petition of some
three or four hundred citizens Of Tama and
Benton counties, Gov. Stone has pardoned
Thomas Bremen, who was convicted, at
the last term Of the District Court of Tama
county, Of an assault with intent to kill. So
states the Toledo Transcript.
TnE CANAL PRoJEcr.-An exploring par.
ty, consisting Of three or four Of our most
cnterprising citizens, went out 70 examine
into the feasibility Of constructing canal
between Moscow and this place. They ex-
ahmed tho dividing ridge near Mr.. Little's,
and found thee was a cut to be made Of
ABOUT 90 feet for only short distance, and
Nv taking the advantage r Chicken and
Mad Creeks, canal can be made with less
digging than has been expended on the
streets ard depot grounds in this city One
Of the party has made an estimate in which
he puts the entire cost Of building the dam
Mt Moscow and all at less than tro hu,drsI
thousand dollars. The estimate may not be
very accurate, as the survey was very in-
perfect, but will probably not be very iar
cut Of the way
There will be a meeting at lIarc's Hall on
Saturday night 70 take into confederation
property Of having more accurate survey
made. 1t is hoped that every one interest
ed in the manufacturing interests Of Musca-
iinc will be present. If Cedar river can be
brought here at fall Of forty feet it will
pay at almost any cost Auscatine Journal.