Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-10
HISTORIC CAVE IN P6aaSll vanIA.
Wonderful cave IN WSsSSoros
land COWnSy@ GG Ss.n


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Observation-Disclosures .rs
- - eeM r,1:s.N:,,1 -
re we WIN y o's"sn: ~ L.s
HILLSIDE, ana esses . ts.se.noe ~. NI y ~.
70 hour Up soe el.st 80 vnus
Ridge 70 eoe sousn sec EASY, ss.c.se W.
mouth Of the cave. wnicn :: nIs' s.9ns p
peased 70 " nosnfne N NC tnsn ~ opeoIns
Amid large mass Of towering moss-covu>
q rSess. tnse ~hfcn 'ne sssss W 49,
were reluctant 70 enter. Ucuns
our Old e'o!hess Iignhn9 ou! nmPs,
md iis'oe sne eutet emo " Wv 0'es
6roly asths @euth o. sne cave We ensIse1
the subtcranean passage. carrying we os'
with Us. unwlnding II - We proceeoec.A
After traversing narrow out strsisus
court or alley lot about three ounafed ,ee's
you come 70 room out Of which 'ead .
dozea o. more passagss, each one to dit.
fert point in the cave. We selected wnss
Al .o . nat - n
entered to the end Of our twine-somc ioos
teen hundred yards, OF over thfce-'ouFtns
Of mile.
/. The explorer 10 ct oucs reminded Of hls
nsisni6cancs - be stands s&idst such
wondnus works u nature, thess massive
rocks On eithse haad bong capable - esas.'
ing hin 70 deeth should . sudden eesso'y
agitation cause them 70 quiz soe'1 $780,
Or, - be leans tsemblingly ovce oeeP ne
narrow chasm, listening 70 the ss'ns sou"u
Of The Gurgitng water below, nc reels Gun.
Of horror - ne COME: pave. nv :" &c eng
should m'sssep huSi nun l7te its dePtns.
This cavern y Of euro = STRUCTURE oc,n6
20 formed g TO admit ot expio!etlon estnsr
way y0o Wteo U 9o-e toe usns ssssss -
0r down. streams OF pure spring vsses
course down through rocky leoees. eno nes-
lie in artificial reservoirs o. tne,r oaees CIV.
ing ~ DIR Of eoaseorsto me dsss osgrsese
xpIo1ef. The rocks forming the s'des ana
csolihse ct ehs einssene fesms ano passages
are set with stalacti,ies, shedding IN :
strange lustre wien brought IN contact
With the light. The sandy rocks arc I,ter-
ally covered with names from oil parts oS
he country. and dated ~ ea.ly a. 1879.
A number OF years ago, lady from
Pittsburgh lest herself IN THIS cave ana -
ing unable to regain snc course OF tne
moutf, pevished her Wnstenco bones we're
ing pertv. being tho only ves,igs left 70 TIL
Of hes unhappy fate. She probably entered
sns cave Snsnaea. ano .nus , u"1oi ~,
,.,;or '
Nothing can 30 moro striking to the
lover Of romance in nature than this truly
historic cave. ~, Inc discover Is 40. s"o ,'.s
.", m %.yn,s &C s.v... hsrd ~ Indian
And more isttcrlv the rendezvous Of 4
den Of thieves. who infested this county in
1852. II has never been explored 'o''s iull'
s' Sn",, %, ., ,n.. I'm. ,wo - ~ req
tines For some distance. perlaps : rod Or
more in certain places, it narrows down TO a
small circular hole. perhaps two feet or more
in diameter, and then INTO a large spacious
ROOM SHAPED in the rocks are to he seen
the outlines Of snakes. Ii ards and other Gu
rious shaped reptiles. enthusiastically the
marks Oh human 'ee' an" ,,A""s ~ 'ne so.a
both white and Llack are fund. which III
M n terrible scr, cchinV upon the spproach
Of che light, u thing to which they are unac-
cas'o'"eo'
Coxrxs Dowx.-Ths Baltimore American
(in%susely Radically. in view Of the storm ol
ra;...,;o, ~h;ch no 80. of ~. l.tc in
.'s-,r'" ""'e" '"e
Inc country. begins to find IL polite ia
m... .,.,. .a,,,;s.;ons wh;.h wo,,d h.x.
'''-" SOU 's.'' "a
sounded s'nnss'y IN 'hst qosnH rev
months ago. ut may bs true" it says,
'.indeed, for ourselves We have no, hesitat>
I'd 70 saw hat n tras-that nan, foolish
-ora. h.v. -. 80 =. and .om. ,,,~;.r
measures adopted by Congress" The
Radical majority Of that body will discover
AZ tho COMING elcc.;ons thol the pseols re-.
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fools the american would make them.
-:
Hon. James hss's" mas sdvsssd . T.
Allen Of this city that the bill introduced
Hon. J. A. Kasson, into the House Of Bep'
re.ent.s,ves for the auprouriation Of ais.
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ana rost Oince IN Des Mo'nes' ana wn'cn
bill passed the House, received the sane.
ton Of the senate and President. Msssrs,
! A K,.,or mr. Allan .rd 2 q Col.
arr Tho Comn;,.,oner. snth"s;.sd ~ .siscs
The sil.-D, Na;ns, P,o;,r,r
---se.~
t. SuAl,, Psx.-This tehbls disssss % Pre-.
vailiug 70 . cousidefstls extent q Bordes
PLANS. Several dcaths have already ecsur,
red, and Il 10 feared that the disease ID
spreAdino s1pidly. Al who have net bees
vaocinAtsd slosld attend to u st oucs, q
this Il the only way to gsard against thi,
fssrfal centagion. - Icwe NsvtAssse.
-eo.
essosede paper shasss ~ Ds~essss''
party must be dead. 1t may be so. but "
never remember TO h1vS ooo0 q liVcliel