Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-27

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betwseA ave Ind twenty one yeafs Of ~.
There arpn5s Congregational churches
in this statss; 1ls' elsrgymen, and $3.50
lAymcn.
The Dubuque Herald says Judge Burt
Of Dubuque, WAS . member Of the same
class At Union College with the late Preston
King-sAs class Of 1871.
The Council Bluff ers are having taste
# the Legitimate Drama" bsnd Of old
"stagc"erA having honored Council Bluffs
with tAtir pressnec and performances.
Bonnet; & Co. have rented the Fl. Madi
son pork house, n d will be ready for pack
ing when the season commences.
The Boonsboro linden says route has
been surveyed for railroad track from the
depot in that city to the coal mines worked
By the Des Moines Valley Mining Company.
A tumor weighing SIX pounds wa taken
from the arm Of Israel Daugberty Of Agency
City on sunday week last BY Drs. Hall and
Cook, Of Fairfield, Jefferson county.
On Thursday Of last week, two men en-
gagged at work upon the new railroad round
house in Clinton, were precipitated to the
ground, distance Of about twenty feet, and
badly injured.
There is yet enough wild land in Potta-
IN ko Ctato "a t,v "a
Rhode Island. Fifty thousand people could
find homes there, and they still would not
be crowded. The best farming land, con-
yenient to market, can be bought at prices
ranging from three to ten dollars per acre,
and the farmer will find more gold in the
soil Of Iowa, than in the Rocky Mountains.
An acre of ground, well titled, will yield
seventy five bushels Of corn, and a ready
market is found at Council Bluffs for every
grain raised. Every man who goes there
to cultivate the ground, and knows how to
work, makes money, steadily and surely,
while eight out of ten of those who go to
the gold mines seeking fortunes come
back poorer than they went.
John G.. SAKE will lecture at Keokuk
some time during the winter
Trains are now running regularly between
Keokuk and Monroe, on the Valley Railroad.
The proprietors Of the Iowa City Daily
Buiietin, are considering the propriety Of
| al, .hipr - wn.El,- ,,.n.r
The citizens Of Polk county are agitating
the question OF erecting five Thousand dol
lar monument over the grave Of Gen. NJ. NJ.
Crockcr.
The ambitions little city OF Council
Bluffs, has adopted metropolitan manners so
far as to be entertained by champion billiard
games. We gather from notices Of a couple
Of such contests, by the Nonpareu.
The Fort Dodge North Vest SAYS child
aged three year, belongingto Mr.. Kelly,
who lives On the LIAR, was burned TO
death one day last week The parents had
left it In the house with another child, while
they were out picking corn, and it was
found dead when they returned.
Deputy u. S. Marshal, A. Bowers started
from Des Moines on Monday evening last,
with Mike Gleason, the murderer, in custo
DIV, for Fort Madison, where the prisoner
will be confined in the State Prison for safe
keeping until the May term of the u. S.
| Circuit Court.
A man near Lansing, Iowa, got married
and then hung himself Sensible to the
last"
A writer in the Dubuque Herald, urges
more cleanliness among the pupils Of tn,
public schools Of that city.
There are AZ paupcrs in the Dubuque
county poor house. There were but three
this time last year.
The transfers of Dubuque made strike
for higher WAGES, a short time ago, and oh
tanned their figures, but had to return to
their old prices within the last week.
The Julien Theatre at Dubuque is nearly
SOupiCtVO lOI uIc accommodation VI Tie
public, having been undergoing many re-
pairs lately.
From the Adrocate we learn that Wheat
land, Clinton county, is rapidly being inn
proved Of late. Many fine buildins have
oeen built, one Of which contains a public
hall, 90 feet by 80. the ceiling Of which is
twelve feet high, and arched.
The Dubuque Herald says that the r. S.
West property, head Of Main street. on Sem
mary Ill., has been sold to G. d. Wood for
80, 900 cash. Elevated and picturesque
residences are ocking up. E.ery property
owner on the bluffs, with anything Ikea first
class house is asking $4,000 FOL it,