Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-13
OAJLY DEMOCRAT.


The yonog men Il Camanche are talking
Of organizing Literary Society.
The Nonparel says the River lie getting
distressinsiy lo~ for boating purposes.
The Pessavas.emis Couaty Court Houss
Dssds have been selling recently u we
ssaes.
Most Of the business men in Mt Pleasant
ass young msn, between 20 and 10 years
Of age.
Trains on the C. & n. W. r. Il. COM
menced running TO Mes Jefferson, twenty
six miles beyond Soone last week.
L. h Csrp.nsef has resigned he school
supseintendepcy X Jones county, end H.
Jas. Dav;dsea, Of The Monticello Expres'
has bssn aPpoisted has successor.
The Boasd q Sspssvisms Of Adair coun-
~ have ap, ropsiassd eS0O 70 assist "a max
ing survey for railroad to run as near
tie center u the cosnty - pee ib's.
The assessed value Of Clinton county in
1885 wss ~ fol.oss: Pss,enal 81 49,
Ols. Realty. t3,A97-277 The 1srror
th,nks that ths tote. value ct pr.ssns V not
tar non ", oUU.UVV.
The District Court OF Bremen county will
Be N session q wavsrly the week. Nsxt
vesk the District Court for FLOYD eeunty
will Be in session in Charles City. Judes
Fairfield presiding.
Hesss sealing y terribly pssvalsna in oil
parts Of Iowa. Jackson Wood. Of Chsssss
City, bed p.ir Of hesseo ssssoo fev
nights since. and he OlFsss fly d0llaso ies
earh horse. and one hundred dollars for The
their delivery there.
The Postmaster General during the lest
month, has established the following Offices
in this State:
Twin Lake, Calhoun county Bsaddvillc,
Pses souaty Great Oak. PAlo Alto eDsn :
y; Yatesville. Calhoun county; Henderson.
Lucas county; Selma. Wayne county; Union
Grove, Page county; Bottom. Monons
county.
Potatoes ere scarce in Fremont County
owing to the dry weather. They ere sel>
ling from elo5 70 81 70 per bushel. So
says the 7vsses. Apples in the
sane place are plenty At 81 so 70 - 90 per
bushel. They come from Missouri.
The Grand jury have found bill for murs
der in the first degree sgainat llsml,n Who
murdered the Deputy Sheriff, John Orm>by.
last July.
The shops u he B. L N. Railroad Co.,
at Buriiagtsn, wese burned lest Saturday.
LOfses heavy. - tho fise msds clean
sweep Of machin.s, tools, car fixing. build
ings, &c.; b II mostly enversd BY insurance
The y. r of repairing % going on briskly.
The building TO occupy The ate Of the I'D
ones ssc to be larger and better. Trains
we're only delayed about an hour the ACCT
dent.
ny letter from McGrvgor to the Chico
60 Times. wc learn that the harvest in
Northern Iows and Southern Minneeota il
nov nearly secured. The cheat crop will
net b - large ~ Was espeeted too Or three
week. ago. The recent very heavy rains
have bad damaging effect on the wheat
not stacked. Thre>hing has commenced
pretty &c, orally. ard the yield varies from
10 70 ID bushels pr acr~, and Of rather
poor qua)ity. The ut crop VA 10 bSdly
ds0sxed that not more than one hslf Of il
will b cut Corn looks very we'll. add, il
she fr0se should not visit Us before the lat
a Octobsr, our corn crop will DO nearly -
good a. last year.
Hon. J. w. Csttell arrived At his home
Sunday morning from Cedar Fills. where
ne had been 20 look after tho interests oil
ths O.pAsns' Houe. The Board Of Trss-
tees met there On the 6th inst and chose
the following Officers and teachers to NAM
age the lnslitution: Superintendent, John
Abbott; Mstron, Nss. John Abbott; Prin>
cipsl Teacher. Miss Highly. Of Alsmakee
Assistant Teachers, ". Van orion and
Miss Warren N ire. Mrs. Ven Orton.-
Misa Wasren haa been connected With The
institution bsfare. The Others ase newly
appointed. and all. We understand, except
Miss Highly. arc from Blackhawk county -
State Rsgislsr.