Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-22

The Burlington Haeksys urges the found.
ing Of . public library in that city.
Mr.. John A. Williams, of Burlington,
died Of paralysis on Monday last.
The jobbing trade Of McGregor has been
very large during the last two weeks.
The German Lutherans Of McGregor are
Sunday School.
The butchers Of McGregor give notice
that hereafter they will keep their shops
closed on Sundays.
A lot of stolen goods were found secreted
in hay stack on . farm near lndepend> |
ence, on Thursday last.
There is . Farmers Club at Dubuque,
which, from the reports Of Its meetings, is
evidently doing much good.
Mrs. Margaret Collins one Of the old resi-
dents Of Dubuque, died on Saturday last.
A movement is being made ID Dubuque
for the raising Of s., 900 for the replenishing
Of the public library at that city.
The Young Mems Association Of Dewitt
have resolved to have = public festival on
Tuesday evening, December 9Th.
Capt Tedford, formerly citizen Of Bur-
lington, and government detective, has
been arrested in St. Louis on charge Of
perjury.
During the past year the Muscatine post
office has received and paid out over nine
thousand dollars on money orders, and not
a dollar has been lost to any one.
The good people Of Cedar Falls are Yak
ing ample arrangements for a Thanksgiving
supper for the soldiers orphans and their
friends.
A man In Linn county had his skull cut
open, and his life seriously endangered, as
the result of trying to play the ghost to
-care folks
S B. llewet, jr., has been appointed by
Judge Cole TO canvass the Northwestern
part Of the State and take collections for the
Orphans Home.
The Gazette says there is prospect Of
National Bank at Cedar Falls. Mcssrs.
matter.
The Mitchell county Press informs us
that the people Of Otronto. in that county.
are building three substantial brick school
houses, to be completed for the winter
schools.
A regular session of the U. s. District
Court, Judge Lowe presiding, has com
mcnced at Dubuque.
A little personal warfare is in progress
between the editors of the Cedar Falls
Gazette and the St Charles Iutettigencer.
AS both are abolitionisis, they may fight
1t olt on that line" as long as thsy please
for all we will say against it. :" When
rogucs fall ont" etc., etc.
Mr.. d. q. Powers. Of Independence, Buch
anan county, propose; to publish a pnmph
let for distribution on the Chicago railroad
trains, setting forth to immigrants the ad-
vantages of that county.
An enterprising trader has just intro
duced for sale into Buchanan county, n
number of fine Spanish Mcrino Sheep, which
he offers for prices varying from $50 to
| 5000.
name the Conservative could not learn, had
his hand and arm badly mutilatcd in u
thrcshing machine, some time last week.
The Marshalltown Times says question
before the Literary Association of that
place is
Reso'red. That the rules Of society ought
to permit ladies' to make propositions Of
marriage without such act being regarded
as indicate.
The Elkader Journal says the bloody hux
and typhoid fever are prevailing to an
alarming extent in that (Clayton) county
At Fayette number have died from these
complaints, and the school is nearly broken
| up.
The First National Bank of Dubuque
paid dividend o. five per cent on the 9th
inst. On an average capital Of $lll,OoO,
for tie sixteen months of the existence of
this bank to Nov. LIST. the lett earnings
have been over $2S,00O, or quite 90 per
cent, from which amount II per cent has
| been transferred to stockholders as div-
dends
The Keokuk Constitution, Of the 10Th, has
the following item
ARRIVAL ExTRAoRpINARY.-Ac cana, boat
propelled ny steam, arrived at ur levee yes
tcrday, direct from Chicago, and will pro-
coed from here to several OF the cities above.
on the river. This is the first steamboat.
we believe, that ever came through from
Chicago to the Upper Mississippi, and
promises concusively that direct water
communication between the lakes and the
Mississippi River, by steamboats,, can be
readily accomplished