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

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ton is called to meet on the l4th inst.
There ~ thirteen applications for divorce
Ia the District Court Of Jefferson County.
The branch Of the State Bank At Council
Bluffs has been discontinued, and succeeded
by ~ Tisst Na,issal Bank.
Major Hsnse, II he ethle~ cavalry,has
been relieved Of command at Fort Sully. and
Is now in command of The pest q Sioux
City.
A disgraccful riot occurred at AdeIphia,
IN Po.k county, . few nights since, during
which > daughter Of Mr.. Hilton, Of that
place, was wounded BY . pistol shot,
The Waterloo Courier is confident that
the proposed Iowa Central Railroad will
make that point . station. Tho Cedar Falls
Gazette 10 equally certain that Cedar Falls
will be the Givered city. while tbs Hardin
Go. Sentinel is just Is positive that the only
feasible route 10 up the Iowa valley via FL
dorado That will be . complicated line Of
road when built to suit al these confident
people. $3.50. I4*
We learn from the Hardin Sentinel that
1t. $. w. Griffin, of Co. B, 32d Iowa, and
who has wife and children, returned ia
that county three weeks ago, and brought
with him cyprian named Mary Ann Har-
reck. lie took her to Hardin City, his fam
lily residing at Berlin, and represented her
~ his wife. II being ascertained that she
was prostitute, and that the gay Lieuten.
ant had wife at Berlin, he vas prosecuted
for bigamy, but no marriage being shown to
have taken place, the case fell through. The
indignation Of the people was SO great as to
excite fears for Grifiin's safety Mary Ann
sloped for parts unknown. Tho Sentinel is
| Justly severe on the Lieutenant conduct.
A report Of various meetings and proceed
ings on the part Of citizens Of Peila and
Newton, favorable to building railroad
from Pclla to Cedar Falls Or Waverly, and
thus bringing the former place in contact
with nearly all the important railroad lines
in Iowa. After giving several reasons in
| support Of the earlyconstruction of the road
the Blade says: Last, but not least, the
junction formed here with the Des Moines
Valley Railroad, connecting AZ that road
does. at keok uk, with 4 consolidation Of CIV
cry Eastern road, without change Of cars OF
passengers, and striking the NJ Mississippi riv
er below the rapids, where the largest size
OF steamers run at all stages Of water afford
ST. Louis connection by water, the cheap
est manner Of freight carrying IN the world
This road will thus become . most import
ant feeder to the Dcs Moines Valley road
The wide awake managers Is that road fully
understand the importance OF this project,
and we doubt not we can fairly count on
their co operation To the river conmu
nicalion with st. Louis on our great inter
national highway of travel, the Blade might
have noticed the speedy connection by rail
between this pince and st. Louis, afforded
by roads now IN operation.
| SHOCKING OurRAGR AND Mon Law At Ev
Assvi.IE, Irp.-On sunday 2S ult., two ne
srocs caught = German girl IN the wood
near Evansville, Ind, and after violating he
person in the most brutal manner cut he
throat and left her dead in the woods He
cries attracted the attention Of some per
sons who happened to be near, and wher
they fastened to her assistance the fiend
had fed. The whole country around abou
was alarmed. and even the citizens Of Ev-
an sville turned out en- mdsse in search OF III,
Williams. After vigorous hunt, the inhu-
man scoundrels were found concealed in tn,
woods and delivered up to the sheriff, wht
plac them in Jail. The excitem,n mt grew
intense as the facts became known, and or
Sunday evening an immense crowd Of citi-
zens surrounded the Jail and den anded thu
murterers. The sheriff had to give them
up. As soon as the citizens got hold OF
them they beat them with clubs and stones,
dragged them through the streets, sho,
them. and when nearly dead, they were sus
pended to lamp-posts
Tng Florida Union says that the afflicted
father Of Payne, the would be murderer OF
Secretary Seward, has been making visit
to Jacksonville, in that State. The Union
says: 1.-The father Of Payne called on us
one day this week. He resides on a plan
tatlon three miles from Live Oak Station.
On the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad. He
| lost one son at the battle of Murfreesboro :;
another refl,rnad ho,na ,na;vo.I r,~ Ec,