Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-01

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"A man named Mcneil AcCullum, wss
found drowned in Works mill pond, near
D\Witt, last Thursday week. II 10 sup.
posed shAt y tstA Isl tie bona y 1Atbs
end 90 lost his life.
George Wigand, . workman employed
op.ths Northwestern Railroad, was drowned
~ CHdtH last Tussday week, BY being
kAocked on the pier into the river, by the
swinging Of some timbers being raised for
derrick. ~. go '~'a . -'sss =.
Mr.. Tracy, ef k@6kuk De Engineer Of
the Iowa Central 'Raiiroid, arrived in this
cay last evening. He comes with instruc.
tpns to survey and locate the rad hstseep
Cedar Falls and Toledo Immediately, 10 that
gtading may be commenced - soon q pos
sible.-e1 IA 0ssstts.
| Amos Won. fHYiiseounsyvwhile cutting
timber, fellcd tree which bent down sap-
ling in its fall. The strain On to sspling
being great, 1t few back when cut by him,
breeding his leg. We get the above from
the Opinion.
About II O'Clock last siSht,. = fire broke
out in the store Of John Bartholomew, at
Independence. on the D. v. Railroad, break
ink out Of the roof before it was discovered.
1 The building and coatsnts, including .
stock Of goods, post olRcs, (Hickory) mails
land mail base wsss destroyed. Loss $500
Insurance in the r. 4 NJ, Of Quincy, for
$4,000. We CLEAN from the Ottumwa
oswtr.s s5$
A bridge across Mosquito Creek, near
Council Bluffs, broko down last " Wednesday
o. the coach from this. city WAS passing
over. Passengers. horses, coach and all,
were presieitatsd into the creek, but forts
nately without serious injury to the seven
passen8eeA (lj4 gentlemen and one LADY,
who were, however, pretty thoroughly sat
Grated with water. Tho coach was nortal2y
injured and the bridge total loss-horscs
all escaped. So says the Nonpassil
4 scoundEsl named WATSON lately mar.
ricd young soldiers widow living in Wis
consin, after which the pair removed to
Blackhawk county, where Watson left his
wife and went to Gilber,vlle, in the same
county, on the pretcnse Of looking for work.
Soon after, the coniding woman received q
letter stating that he could not bear to look
upon her face and think that he was SO poor
- not to b abse to provide for her." Pre-.
vious to leaving Der. be tok the last cent Of
money she bad ia the world, having squan
dered the bounty and back pay due her
former husband. We obtain the above
from the Cedar Falls gazette.
ACCIDENT ON THE BRIDGE Monday of
last week, two gentlemen from LeClairs.
Scott county, on their way to Newton,
thought they would explore Iowa City du-
ring the 10 minutes stop of the train. On
returning to the depot, they got ON the tres
tie work over Ralston. were met by the
train, and one Of them knocked off, serious
ly fracturing his right leg shove the knee
and inflcting other minor injuries. lie wss
conveyed to the Grumpy House, where he
10 receiving the kiDdest attention, his limb
having been set by Drs. Vogt and Esly.
Had he thought. on leaving the depot at
Davenport, to have invested 10 cents in a
ticket in the Provident Life Insurance aud
Investment Company, Of Chicago, Ire might
have been getting $25 per week during the
period Of his disability. --looa City Pres.