Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-08

The United States garrison have left Co
lumbus.
Hon. Thomas J. Judge has been elected
to the Supreme Bench Of Alabama.
Hon. Thomas Baltzell. late Chief Justice
Of Florida, died in Tallahassee ON the l4th
ultimo.
The First National Bank Of Chattanooga
has been made depository Of public
money.
Collector Montague, Of Mobile, has been
| removed. lie is accused Of completely in
the Dexter cotton transaction.
The works of the gas company in Char
lesion, South Carolina, have been seized by
order Of the military authorities as cap
tured property"
A great mass meeting took place on the
Odd ult. Of tho most influential and prom
| inent citizens Of Nashville TO endorse the
President and his policy.
On the 23d ultimo some negro troops and
citizens had fight near Centrevillc. lick
man county, Tennessee. Several On each
side were wounded.
Mobile papers Of Friday report that the
Alabama Legislature are consideriF z bill
to propriate one million Of dollars for the
poor Of the State.
A party Of skillful sharpers have swim
died the New Orleans Canal Bank out Of
$40, 200, and the Citizens Bank of that
place out Of $4,000. Only one Of the
sharpers has been arrested.
A train ofncgro soldiers going home (9)
from Columbus, Georgia. got into fight
with the white troops at Geneva. Nine of
tho negroes were wounded, one danger
ously.
Lieut.. kilian, in command Of squad of
soldiers sent out from Ncwbern to make an
arrest Of some dcsperadoes in Lcnoir coun-
ty, N. c., was shot down, and it is thought
will not survive.
In his recent message, Gov. Parsons Of
Alabama opposes any special code for the
government Of freedmen, and recommends
the application of the principles of the COM
mon law TO contracts with them.
Judging from the following captions OF
various articles in the local of late number
Of the Galveston Bulletin. that city must be
anything else but orderly: "Outrages,"
Another" "Still Another" "Ahd Still
Another" Dead" ATTEMPTED Suicide"
''Still More Of it, "Row," Murder aud
Highway Robbery"
The Raleigh Progress says: The military
guard at the Jail cannot be very vigiant, for
the chief If police tells Us that the prison
ers were all on the streets on Monday night,
the young man Suggs, impr, oned for muir
sJnu ALL h-A ~.
prisoners all 60 back to their quarters after
taking :urn about town.
THs MONITOR. valuable little wo-k
bearing every evidence Of having been pre-
pared in the most careful manner, and
founded on the most palpablc scientific
facts, is one that should be placed in the
the hands Of every young man in the coun
try Its author, DR.. James. Sc, Randolph
street, Chicago. was one Of the most dis
special physicians in the South
srn States, previous to the rebellion, but an
account Of his political opinions, w. forced
to seek safety in the North. To his profess
sion he has devoted the last twenty years
assiduously, and has built up . reputation,
second to none in this country.
On Friday last, Mr.. Obadiah Page of this
county residing near Cedar Fork, returned
70 his home in the afternoon much excited
with spirituous liquors He was habitdal
In the use Of it to excess, and when in that
condition was unkind to his family. He
had on other o. casions been unkind to his
wife and daughter, aud his daughter had
left home On account Of it. One day, Fri.
day, he struck his wife. His son Alonxo,
. lad about sixteen, hal before remonstrat
ed with his father about his treatment to
his mother, and on this occasion told him
that II he repeated his assaults upon her,
that he would shoot him. This excited the
father, and the son left the house and went
to the mill to attend to his duties. The
father pursued the boy. The boy attempt.
60 to defend himself with his pistol, which
the father took from him and threw. In the
msll pond. In the scui]b stAS father cut
the ooy severely with the hni =, and the |
BOY ran nome - soon as he could extricate
himas6. His father pursued. Int the bow
rsecned eo1e nrst. and asixing his rife, a.
tsmpeed TO lire at his father, But It missed
BRA Ht then took : gun, aud fIred 6fina- !
ing, bis father dom upon his knses s. q
seia.d second loaded gun, KILN. ~.
l1ahss cutnght. The boyis said 10 Aavi
been Sesiouoly iAjpeed ~ The cut 1--WE. IL J
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