Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-23

formation Of public library ct that place.
Several bursalariss we're committed last
week At Waterloo, as We learn from the
Courier. s
Reports from different riv' towns, indi-
cate that but little packing will be done in
the State this season
TITO female department Of the University
Of DesMoines, will be opened or. the 9th
inst
The Ladies' Aid Society of Iowa City
proposes to give festival for the benefit Of
the Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home.
The Hankeye thinks Burlington presents
fine opening for an en'erprising mad dog,
as he could bite from five hundred to five
thousand dogs on very short run.
As an indication Of the business transac-
ted there, the Keokuk Gate City says that l 2
steamers were lying at their wharf on Sum-
day last, and seven on Q following day.
The Catholic society have converted the
building formerly occupied by them as .
| church into school room, AMI propose to
open school o, Monday next, TO be con-
Quoted by the Sisters of Charity. Des
| -Noines St0tesman.
| John Lash, shoe and leather dealer Of
Oskaloosa, dropped dead few days since,
Of heart disease. A post mortem examina-
ton showed that his heart was greatly en-.
larged.
The Hamilton Freeman says that there
we're upwards Of 5000 gallons Of sorghum
made in that county this year; that man
named Houghton cut his throat At Upper
Grove, Wright county, and would probably
| die.
The Council Bluffs Nonparen chronicles
the arrival in that city Of party Of miners
who came through from Idaho with pack
horses, and who on the way got lost and
were at one time days without food, and
many times in great danger from the In
dams
The hands employed by the Des N ines
Valley Mining Company, at Boonsboro,
have struck for higher wages. We under
stand they are making from three to six
dollars per 'ay This is tolerabc fair wa
yes tor laboring men.
| The sportsmcn Of Dubuque were amused
with dog fight on Tuesday last, for
purse Of 800 \ side. The fight lasted 80
minutes. The Herald eloquently informs
US that both dogs were game to the end of
the tail, and would have chawed each other
up had they not been separated"
Capt. Tho. II. Lytle, late Of Co. II, 9Th
Iowa Inf, died at his home near Oskaloos,,
on Monday night, Of disease contracted
while in the service. Capt Lyle was u
| worthy officer. and much respected as u
man. lie has left wife and several chill
| drcn.
The Rev w. H. Corkhill, Of Mt. Pleas
ant, Iowa, has gone to s.. Louis, where he
proposes to purchase several hundred goats
If he succeeds in making the purchase, he
will take them to his farm in Henry county.
Raising goats for their wool is new enter
prise in Iowa, bu, it is thought it will prove
| n success
The Pella Blade tells us that son Of Mr..
WIN, May who resides a short distance out
Of town. while playing with shot gun one
day last week, was accidentally shot in the
hand, suffering the loss Of one Of his
thumbs, and that little daughtcr Of John
| Il ~, 10 o,,t
# by Ratchet in the hands Of her young
brother.
One months work in grading on the Iowa
Central Railroad has been done, estimates
made and the money paid for it. Over two
miles of grading south from Cedar Falls
have been co npet,d. The force at work on
the road is to be largely increased for the
r next month, and work will be emmenccd
at different points The contract for grad
ing ard bridging from Toledo, Tama. coun-
ty, north has been let and work commenced.
The youth who cloped from Dubuque not
long ago, with his Mary Ann, and more or
less of his fathers currency, has been heard
from. He writes from first class St Louis
hotel. stating that he has 81 ,25C still in
hand, that he and his paramount intend to
visit New Orleans, remain there till their
money and fast living are gone, and then
blow their brains out. Decidedly roman
tic.
Iowa census returns show the following
results: Total population OF the State,
24S,siS number OF males. 1919 653 nam
Der of females, ll9, 1875 number of families,
= 1928; number Of colorcd persons, Alb !;
number OF deaf and dumb, ia; number Of
blind. IS number of insane, IS; number
OF idiots, s. Chicago Republican.
The above is very far from the truth. The
present population Of Iowa is not known,
as the census returns are not all in yet
hut it is not far from 700, 600. The Repu6.
lioan has probably got hold Of the returns
from one Of our Congressional districts and
mistook it for the entire State.-Nuscdtine
' Journal.
The Building Committee of the State
Agricultural College have postponed further
I work on the building. The foundation is
completed, and next season work will be
resumed. Twenty-four thousand acres of
, the land donated to the State for the bene-
fit Of this institution have been taken up
by actual settlers. They comprise the most
valuable lands in the State. One very i'm
por'ant feature respecting these lands, not
generally known, is, that settlers can have
a lease Of ten years, on the payment Of an
annual interest Of six per cent on the ap-
praised vaua OF the lands
The Western Itridn reports that troops
homeward bound are constantly passing
through Sequin. The same paper says, up
to the 9th ult., SIX hundred psrsons have
taken the oath Of amnesty and registered
themselves as voters in Guadaloune county