Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-10

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70 Keokuk, whlcA'has been in process of
construction for some months, WAS compile
I'd On Thursdsy last, and communication |
Vas opened With Keok TX and the East 1t 6 |
esdSsk thAs ssening.
Some wag played of joke on watch
meeting st Dubuque, New Years Eve. by
stopping the town ciock At half-past eleven.
- thss ths watchers wstchsd on, ignorant
Of the time whom the Old Year went out Of
business.
The Cedar Rapids 7imes advises the peo- |
pie up that way, in consequence Of the
chcapness Of corn and the high price Of
wood. to use the contents Of their cribs for
fuel. The same paper states that steam
Aouriag min cas- burned in Marion q few
nights ago. Loss, $4,000; insured for
$1,000.
A new paper hes been started Il Magno-
lie, Harrison county, by J. u. Smith, Esq-,
entitled The Wsstsrn STAR
Owing to the assembling Of the lcgisla-
turc, the hotels and boarding houses 1t Des
Noinss are taxed to their utmost capacity.
There are now ono hundred convcts in
the State Penitentisry. Of whom ninety
eight are males. Onoo the females, con-
victed of killing her husband, halls from
Jackson county. The other is from Des
Moines.
A now court house is to be built at In
diauslA, Warren county. 1t will he 80 feet
wide, by l09 feet long. The conrt room
will be 70 feet high, and the Offices IA. The
style Of the structure win be Venetian, and
the estimated cost 100000.
A meeting Is to take place At DesMoines
on the evening Of the 18th inst, Of oil per
sons interested in the organization Of COM
psny for the nstruoti0n Of . railroad from
thas city TO the north line Of the State in
the direction Of Saint Paul and the pincries.
The Chicago, Iowa L Nebraska Il. II. Co.
has declared dividend Of five dollars n
share.
Gen. George A. Stone, late Colonel Of the
18th Infantry, is now Cashier Of tho First
National Bank at Mt. Pleasant.
The Council Bluffs Nonpariel urges the
establishment Of horse rsilroad from that
city to the Missouri River, opposite Omaha.
Major Robert Smyth. Linn county, Pay
master, Y. S. A., has been breveted Lieu
tenant Colonel. During his term Of service,
he has received from Government, and &C
counted for, over g.. 10000
At . meeting at Cedar Rapids on the 3Oth
ult., 900 was subscribed for the st.
Louis & Cedar Rapids Railway. II. e.
Angle. President Of the Company, address
cd the meeting, and gave very encourag>
ing account Of the progress Of the road
We learn from the Glenwood Opinion
that on the l4th inst, Valentine Plumb,
ESQ, Of Anderson township brought be-
fore Jucge Nelson. person whom he had
taken to his house that he might not per
ish from cold. The unknown person had
been for about = week providing about,
sleeping in straw stacks, and now and then
obtaining something to eat from those who
:. took pity ON the outcast; he was consc
quently in much danger Of perishing from
cold and hunger. The individual was an
entire stranger, and on account OF his evil
dent insanity, little could be learned as to
who he is or where he came from. Some.
times be would give monosyllablc answer
seemingly correct, when his further words
were entirely uninteligible. lie seems to
be German and says his name is Lewis
Musper, and mentioned Baden as his home
in the old country lie worked on u
farm near Chicago, sixteen years ago
When asked where his home is, he says
Green Bay. lie is about 3 feet 10 or Il in.
high-black hair weight about 100 left
thumb badly SCARED from what seemed to
have been u felcm.
Mr.. Cooley, Of Madison county, came to
Des Moincs on Tuesday last with a double
team loaded with wheat, butter, &C.. and
stopped in front Of store on Second street.
He went into the store for few moments,
but on his return found that his team, wag
on. produce, and all had been stolcnl Con
sidering that this robbery was committed
ON crowded public street in broad day
light, with the owner nearly al. tho time in
sight Of his property, it may be regarded
Is feat Of rascAlity rarely equalled in au-
dacity. rifH
The st: Charles (fowa) Intelligsncer Of
the 4th inst, gives the particulars offs tragic
affair At Rockford, Floyd county, which
has caused great sensation. A little son
Of L. B. Nelson Of that place, not quite two
Year, Of age, died rather mystsriously some
six weeks ago. Shortly after the death Of
the child, and while her husband was ab-
sent At Rock Grove, engaged in teaching
school, Mrs. Nelson sold her housekeeping
goods. and. going to Waverly, took train
TO the East Previous to leaving she Dor
rowed several sums Of money and contract
cd debts amounting to $50 At the stores
A letter coming 70 the Rockford Post Ofiic,
after her departure, and addressed to her
cleared up the whole mystery. It was from
An old lover named WEIGH, whose schoo
Mrs. Nelson once attended. and was male.
FROM Chicago, whittier she had gone to NEE
the writer 1t isnow suspicioncd that Mrs