Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-22

A Pea Of he Orood AIRY ofthe ReDse-
lis ~ bssn eegoaisp1 q Hoosaoha
Reefs Muses1ins pirseessy - ven r.
susA, and = se1dy ~ delivery. Il mssas
with general favor.
There Il talk Of having telegraph to LOVE
City, but the papers think it will I'll b. talk
for the present
The .ssessment for 1866 Shove the uum
Der OF live stock IN Iowa q follows: Cattle,
700. 600; horses, 1889; mules, II, I5l;-
sheep, l,s5a.sl6; swine, 1914.
We learn from the Jefferson Era, that .
large barn belonging 10 the Western Stage
Company, at Storm Creek Station, was con-
sumed by fire, tho other day. Two horses
were burned also.
Tue leaa Suts Hos6sdltss>l pse1ty had
ID annual ct ttss wishtnen Hosse 10 this
city, last eyening. IL aGIeeeS ass Dc. J. A.
w iced, Ct Muscatine, President; d. W. CauG
man, Of nss Moines, Vice President; Mark
Miller, Of Dee Moines, Se9vtary. and D..
Leonard, u Dufiag>a, GIossurer. The
neeting Was largely attsnd0 and much in
terest Was evinced BY the members Of the
Society, and Others preset, in the diseuss-
ion Of horticultural subjects. The Society
sdjousned 70 meet 1t Des Moines on the 6rst
Wednesday in January next.-Burlia0tsn
Ha~ksys.
| I've little eirls. six and twelve years old
respectively, daughters Of Ar. james Eckles
Of " Washington, got lest In the woods near
that town The other dsy, and Wese out near
y IN night. The elder mads bed Of
lesves Tor The yssngss, snl remained BY her
till after midnight, when the barking Of .
dog directed her TO farm house, whittier
she cssried b little sister,. and -vhese the
children wss~ hospieebly eatseaosd -6lI
morning. The Ftsss heads its Article On
the subject, babes in the Wood" but
bors down the avenue, Who, we suppose are
about fourteen. 89@Asf
On Friday eveaing lsst and olteFratiun
occurred in Abba, q the saloon Of one Aue-
Tin, the particulars Of which " learn 70 be
- follows: A man by the name II Davis
had procured glass Of beer, amounting 20
ten cents, and getting iato = dispute with
the propristos. Austin, about paying for it,
the latter deliberately drew . pistol and
shot him, the ball taking effect in the neck,
breaking the spinal column just below the
base Of the brain, producing death instant
ly.-OtNmrd Courier, 17M.
A man in South Carolina sends . boy
thirty miles on horseback every day 10 get
his daily paper.
Last year the people Of England paid TO
| reliOiOuc iuaeiAaseiOps 20 2uSA nm aud cha
tax On spirits paid to tho Government
amounted to $1,000, 900.
| Private advices received from New Or
leans Ten The sugar region state that fair
but not sfuli crop Of cane will be gathered;
bus there will be great demand for seed
cane, which will make shs sugar crop small.
Chief Justice Chase has been rusticating
1t the sea. side residence Of Mrs. Robert
Isantoul, Jr., in Beverly, hass. A Boston
paper says il 10 rumored al oves Beverly
that an "afanity" has revealed itself be.
tween the Chisf Jsstice, who is wilower,
and The widow Of ex- Senator Eastman, tho
latter having been guest Of Mrs. X. Ihc
last two or three months.
The Frost and she Corn Crep.
There vss mose or less frost last night ia
this and neighboring States. In some 10.
ca1ities in Northern Illinois, acc ordinE IA
prOeent s1vices. The frost was eevora, cd
the damage to the corn crop ssrisue.
The experience Of the past has proved "a
Us that the first reports Of damage y crops
are always exaggerated, and " trsst they
will prove 10 b % in THE instance.
u would be national calamity should the
great corn crop Of the Northwest fail The
present crop is IN enormous one, and il The
weather should become clear and warm. and
continue 80 for about fortnight, it would
no doubt be the lArgest and best crop that
has ever been raised in this country. not.
outstanding the damage that may hav.
been done by the frost last night, il il be moi
followed by similar visitations. = Chicago
Journal, 2lst.