Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-25

/ Springs have bssn discovered h Allana-
||tss county showing in1ieasions x es&Fe.
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The an Dsm Of - Uppsf 1ees tAives-
sity. Il I'd Bite, n coupsoe po 4 sfst
inste ThS 1sttendohcs ~ ytkr NJ ovsf
600.
The Asrsld nys there b being - little
mineral taken out in Dubuque now that II
is almost ippossible 70 establish peics fU
that article. The closing up Of the rebel
lion hes pus dswper on mining prospects.
The st. Charles lntelzigencer learns that
man ns.Hd Clark, > returned soldier Of the
Seventh fnfAntry, Was fatally injured At .
saw-mill At Marble Rock, Floyd county, =
few days ago. A saw cut his Lex on shove
the knee, lsd no blsd 70 death before medi.
cal aid could be rendered. 81 - 4
Winfield s. Rider, formerly \ cosssspond,
ent Of the Charles City Intslligencer. died
1t Waverly, Bremen county, on the 10th
inst. ffsa hjsziss rsceivsd By heiue BLOT
from ssteamboas. by boiler explosion, out
sPon the land The explosion occurred
about ten miles below vicksbuse. =
/ RAILROAD AccIDESr.-The train which
left Nevada 1t O'clock on Monday last, on
the Chicago 4 Northwestern Railroad, ran
into . broken calvert hess Msrristown. MI.
killing four mon, and injuring large num-
Der Of passengers. Three efthe men killed
we're railroad employees, and the other was
man named Thomas Lewis, merchant, Of
Adel. xys4s la.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE LAxDs.-The Ex-
ecutive Committee Of the lows Agricultural
College now offer several thousand acres of
land for ssle, located In the western and
northwestern portion Of the State, and be-
ing part Of the lands granted by Congress
for the establishment of the College. The
lands will DO sold either for cash or on time.
or leased for term of years, as may best
accommodate parties
HoRRiD AccrbESr.-Last Monday week,
| at Dennis Jaw mill, ten miles north of the
city, Mr. Sebastian Hyde vas instantly kill,
"a by falling on the saw. and being cut
through and through. How it happc ned
no one can tell. The men in charge Of the
mill were below At the engine. Hyde had
come for lumber, and was in the mill above.
when they went up they found him cut into
pieces. lie was young man, We believe,
without family.-lo~a CITY Rtpu5iieun.
l A SAD ACCIDENT At Iowa Nry.-While
two boys were playing with shot gun on a
public street in Iowa City, yesterday fore
noon, it was accidentally discharged. tho
contents entering the black smith shop OF
Mr.. Rice, killing aworkman named william
Ada'r Ahd sofiously iniuring another man,
. aOldssr) whose name Ne did not learn. -
Another warning against the careless use OF
TIRE arms.-Xuscatiae .journal.
While Butler county has paid about $40, :
600 boqoty TO volunteers, and has been max
ing internal improvements, by building
bridges, draining swamp lands, erecting
county buildings, and making donations for
the establishment Of an Institute, the finan
cial condition Of the county is better than it
over was before. II has $lb, 900 IN money
n proceeds Of the sale Of swamp lands; it,
, warrants are At par, and it has no debt So
says the Argus.
Parties from Spirit Lake and vicinity,
report crops in that location looking
finely and promising bountiful yield. A
number of families have recently located
there, and are taking homesteads and pre-
pairing for permanent settlement. All things
considered, the prospects for the Spirit Lake
country are considered more tlattcring than
ever before. On the way to Sioux City ono
gentleman Of the party saw q drove Of elk,
numbering fifty or s siAsy .c an ssljhHE Cirfyy
journal.