Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-24

The st. Paul Pioneer says the rrasshop-
per scourge in the counties Of Renvilie
Brown, Blue Earth, Nicolet, LeSuer an,
Scott, Minnesota, this assscn, in numbers and
destructiveness, equals any thing ever knowr
IN almost any part Of the civilized world
the locusts Of Egypt were nothing to com
pare with them in many localities. Thu,
Tar their ravages have been confined chief
to the prairies. bnt they have recently com
!nenced flying and alighting in the timber
know Is the Big Woods" and there il
every probability that they will pass thro
and beyond it, and sweep the southern par
Of the Dtate. There are only too stronl
grounds for believing thot In the six couss
ties named thsfe vill not be an sverige Q
more than ous-half The crops lclt TO has
vest, and there win hardly be enough vcee
tables left for seed. Corn has been less in
lured thus far than other crops, and whea
has suffered most.
plentiful CRors The Agricultural Blu
reau have received reports from different
parts Of the country, which represent that
the crops Of hay, potatoes and corn, will be
larger than At any previous year. The hay
crop win Be fully one-third larger than evel
known before. Oats are also reported to bt
very superior, and larger crop grown than
for years previous
CLASSICAL Roos1 ER-"Jim King, known
in the 10Th Iowa, Company c, as the "cele.
brated jayhawkcr," advanced hummer, y
etc., brings to our city fine looking roos.
Ter, captured at Columbia, s. c., and car
ried on his knapsack from there to Rich
mond, thence to Washington. and finally to
Iowa. Jim says he don't want the Con-
fedcrate breed to run out"
THAr's RIaHr. Potomac fotilla. ten
vessels, and al the cavalry in the Depart
ment Of Washington. are to be Immediately
gotten rid Of Good for that-taxes enough
now, - things are.
A S1sOt x ING TRAGEDY.
An Iowa soldier Shot Dead by saloon
Keeper.
The .sohlier's Comrad,s Attack and Destroy
tie Saloon, md Threaten tie North Side
Police Sutton.
From the Chicago journal of Friday July 81
A terrible affair occurred this forenoon
in the North Division, resulting in the
murder ofa soldier and the destruction of a
saloon The 9th Iowa infantry, General
Vandcvcr's old regiment of veteran en-
route for home, while waiting the starting
Of their train from the Galena and Chicago
depot, on North Wells street, scattered in
and groggcries that cluster about that
neighborlIood. A small party visited the
saloon of Henry Mcllring. on Wells street,
came involved in an alteration with the
hem, named Edward Kcogh, was shot
lead by Mehring with revolver.
Almost instantly. as if by magic, the en-
aged comrades of the murdered soldier, to
he number of nearly two hundred, ap
,earcd in front of the saloon and made an
ttack upon it, discharging their muskcts
nd revolvers into it, and ultimately club
ing their guns, smashed in the doors and |
windows and dragged Mchring into the
treet, pounding him and swearing they |
'ould hang him.
Just at this instant the North Division
olice dashed into the crowd, threw Mchr-
,g into the wagon and started him for the
olice Station. So unexpected was this
nslaught and SO dextcrously accomplish
1, that Mehring was out of sight before
ne cnragcd soldiers could comprehend it.
hey then concentrated their efforts upon
he saloon and let loose their fury among
he liquors furniture, and other contents
hereof. In ten minutes nothing but the
altered walls remained. They not only
demolished everything in the saloon, but
'rokc through into the residence of Mehr
ny, in the rear of the saloon, and DESTROYED
verything there. Nothing was spared
teds and bedding, crockcry and clothing,
lrnituTc and appointments Of cvcrydescrip-
ion, shared common fate. Meanwhile
he police telegraph had summoned detach.
snts Of police from the South and West
The entire available force was
rss than fifty men, What were they
gainst four times their number of enraged
pldiers, armed with muskets and rcvolv
rsy To have attacked them would have
cen sheer madness. Had any police officer
Sttoresi such an attack he would have been
cld accountable for the slaughter of his
nen. Captains Nelson, Gund and Kennc
y ordered their men to make no hostile
but to exert themselves to
acity the soldiers
scores Ut citizens, with total disregard
! decency or Nv, did all they could to
till further fntfans the passions of the
oldiers. Some of them, for whom re.
ival OF the ancient pillory would scarcely
c adequate punishment, told the soldiers
hat Mehring had been taken to the North
larket police station, and urged them to
o there and take him out and hang
i'm The matter was acted upon instantly.
Fith yells of rage over one hundred
,ldiers started for the Police Station and
it. Some of them had armed
with iron sledges, and an at
lck was threatened upon the North
arket. 1t was quite apparent that moth
e but the solid character Of the masonry
that structure prevented an immediate
tack and its destruction. With loud
Ills they demanded the surrender of the
urderer, and angrily threatened to de-
roy the building and kill the Police Off .
rs if their demand was refused. One Of
em cooked his musket and presented it
the breast ct Captain Gund, when some
'e in the crowd struck up the muzzle of
e gun.
Anticipating some such demonstration, :
e police had spirited Mehring away to !;
te quarters, and finally, the soldiers were
s1ted to search the building, which they
d in the most thorough manner. The :
hcers OF the regiment either had no con y
81 over the men, or did MT exercise it.
Ajor Abernethy, Of that regiment, came 2
the Police Station after the search had !
en- made, and informed the soldiers that
cir comrades were embarked and the | =
an would leave without them unless they 1
went to the depot. Upon
y. Y. the soldiers sullenly withdrew. /.
me name OF the murdered eoldiersis Ed !;
ara heogh, whose home is in Monticello.
IVA Inc bali entered The bach II ~ 1 '
g sso ana passed through the birth. com. =
ng out through the left eve '' So'H
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