Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-11

q very Vsl ana cieAT 5JatemcuS " eue CIT
cumStances under which the expenses in
CURED we're paid by the State, l have refer
red il with copy OF the rules for the direc-
ton Of the Secretary.
With great respect
JOHN WILSON,
His Excellency, Auditor.
Governor Of Iowa.
. l,EssoHAL. O. Todd, State Agent at
Kcokuk, arrived in town yesterday, and
made his Rnal Report to the Governor, which
we are permitted to copy. ~ follows:
U. s. Gsx. HosPsrAL,
Keokuk. Aug. 4, 1855. (
To his Erstlency. Vim. n. Stone, Coz. 0,
Iona, Des n0incs:
Oct. 10, 1859, NJ Military Agent Of the State
Of Iowa. have the honor TO report to you
as follows, having been appointed by you on
the first Of January, 1864: Ny whole time
has been occupied and devoted to the sol
dicrs whose interests were in my hands nj
this point. have had transferred 10 the
Y. >. Genera Hospital at Kcok uk, during
the time named, seven hundred Iowa sol.
diers, who were either sick or wounded and
had been for some time in remote hospitals
south Of this.
From October 10th. 1862, TO August LIST,
1896, | have collected for sick aud disabled
Iowa soldiers one hundred and twelve thou
sand, nine hundred aud twenty five 3l>lOO
dollars l$ll2,a2Jal.) In all cases the
money was promptly forwarded to them af
ter u was collected. by express, without loss
In any one case, and without cost to the
soldiers except the expressing ofthc papers
The entire loss to the Stale for money ad
vanced TO soldiers was only $l1T5.
! have also collected money for soldiers
transferred to these General Hospitals, by
the events ard intuncs of war, from Min
nesOta, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Obi,
No hospital that have ever visited during
my term Of office. transferring sick, has
been managed with more propriety and
economy, and truer regard for the inter
ests Of the sick and wounded soldiers than
the one here under the supervision of the
Surgeon in Charge, N. k Taylor lie is one
otthc best Executive officers ever saw The
number Of Iowa sick IN U. S. General Hos
pitA ct this point, January LIST
1856, Was 9lU; number admitted from Iowa
from January LIST. 1865, to August lists,
1858. 1886. Total ,445. The number Of
Iowa soldiers discharged on Surgeon Ger
tificxte, from January lst. I65, to August
lat, 1865, 100; died in the above time, 3b;
sent to regiments and mustered out Of ser
vice, services no longer required, /, 224; pa
tients from Iowa in Hospital August list.
1885. G6. Total ,445. Sixteen discharges
for approval, which will reduce the number
Of Iowa soldiers in Hospital, at this date to
fifty.
l am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. @. TODD,
Iowa Military Agent. :,
We are informed by Col. Todd, in add
ton 70 the information contained in the
above Report, that the number Of Iowa sol
dicrs now in Hospital at kcckuk, is only
eighty-two.-Des Noines Register.
-.
TnH HUMAN HAiR.-TO number tho hairs
Of the head has been in all ages accounted as
impossible feat as to count the sands of the
seashors. The astounding labor has. how
ever, been gone through by German pro.
fessor, who thus tabularizes the result OF his
examination OF four heads Of hair:
Brown 100 440
Black 1" 100 0eo
Red i" AZ rAO
The heads of hair are found to be nearly
equal in weight, and the deficiency in the
humber Of hairs in the black, brown and
red olors was fully counterbalanced by .
corresponding increase Of bulk in the indi- |
vidual iibrcs. The average weight Of . wo
mans head Of hair is about fourteen Oun
ccS.
According to the records Of the Smi shso-
man Institution, the storm Of last Saturday |
was IN some respects very remarkable
The quantity Ct water which fell in little |
more than half an hour was greater than
mas been observed to fall in the same SPACE
OF time Tor the last fifteen years. Of since
the erection OF the building. The actual /
amount of rain was nearly five inches. or
about one eighth part of that which falls in
. year. During considerable part of The
tims the water did no. fall in drops. but an
P4rently in con- ected masses. which nro.
duccd by its conclusion, deep excavations
IN the ground.
AWAKENING SrpprxLY-To awaken chill
u'eh from their sleep with u loud noise il
extremely injudicious and hlrtful nor is il
proper I" carry them from dark room into
!. !. caring light against dazzling wall -: for
-. s"ooe" impression Of light debil;tates
tne organs OF vision, and lays the lounse'
u weak eyes from early infanc- .A,lon
Experiments are
phia in inf'- ue,nc made in Ph;,.d.,.
live rattan : nroccss Nc ,rh;c.,
Ia, Tod int
in twenty minutes The animal is killed.
n's heart removed, and an instrument insert
60 IN ia place by which sweet pickle is sent
through the main artery into every part Of
tn pig. IL IL estimated that this process
w'"reouce the p'ice OF food hfty per cent.
LcrALrr.-"No loyal man can be oppo,ed
70 negro su6rags y Cor. Stone.
Bearing arms in the service Of Your coun.
try'is therefore no longer proof Of LOYALTY.
but soundncss on the African question, in.
stead.
The Wisconsin Democratic State Convcn
ton will meet At Madison. Sept. 20.
Information from the plains shows thai
tne overland mai, stages are nov runnina
daily to Denver CITY, semi weekly "a Sal
Lake, ana daily beyond. The Indian trou
b1ee ere on the increase.
TIE hrst soldier mustered ;rto ~.
UaIeeo States service TO suppreaa ~ r.,,sl
- ~ odl IN service, and on duty - W.sh
1ngtpa. He Vas sworn in April 10 lac,
- beotrly se4sgeant Of the Washin.tor
Orht 1efhnt1yy md his name = Jsms'
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