Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-13

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t,ssntyoSs edisonjA. tho CapGil.

t'gty-oA editojA, tho cpAsl.
4 ministerial Association" has been
organized by the clergy Of DesMoines.
The annual meeting Of the State Agricul
,ural Society was held in the senate cham
Der ofthc capitol on the 10Th irst.
The DesMoines Register publishes its re-
ports Of senatorial " caucusses' with as
much eclat as the Washington Globe.
The Muscatine Journal says that the to-
tai amoant of lumber handled in that city
in 1850, amounted in value 10 t4O0, 900,
and the lath shingles and pickets to about
$4,000.
A young lad approached ono Of our state
legislators the other day, and addressed
him as follows: M. Brown, l am can
dla,c for Messenger. lierc is one Of my
cards. wish that you would vote for me
aud help me. Hive in DesMoines, and am
thirteen years cid, and nfrer had an office
get ~ His claims were admitted.
The contract for grading on that PARTON
Of the DesMon.s Valley Railroad east Of
the section awarded TO Mcssrs Burton &
Hull has been awarded to Messrs. u. +.
Mcintosh Of Warren county, and }. A..
Moore Of Tennessee. The work is to be
CON pletcd by the first of August next.
The Des Moines Register says: Our
townsnan, II. N. llox'e, Esq, met with .
painful accident a. Omaha, one day last
week 4 needle penetrated his finger, en-
tcring at the second Joint and remained
there several days. lochjaw was a. one
time seriously threatened, but the needle
was finally removed, and at last accounts
the dagger appeared to be obyiated.
The Dubuque Iiera'd says it is impt oper
to spell the name 81 that place will. a cap
ital Is thus, Dubuque. II says Julian
Dubuque, an educated man, from whom
the town WINS named, spelled bis name nc
corling TO the now common and approved
or,hography The Uvald also says the
pronunciation given By gcographers, Du>
book, is incorrect. 1t shou be proncun-
ccd a, If spelled Uu--Juks
Mr.. Seidcl, Of Lee county, who was bad
ly frozen two weeks ago is dead.
Mr.. Albert Crosby, OF Knoxville. had
his pocket picked in Chicago lately Of 81
$50 in money, which was in the brrast
poke; OF his oycrcolt. The pocket vas
cut open from the outside, and the money
taken out
The Pella Bta,ie is felcitous over tileap-
pointncnt of second Supervisor IN the
County Board from Lake Pfairic township,
in which p liz * situated 1t is the only
township in the county with over 1000
people.
At festival held at Fairfield, the
amount Of $i3J was realized for the Jcffer-
erson county monument for soldiers.
j. n. Dewey, commissioner for the adj
justmcnt Of military claims in Iowa, handed
IN his resignation on the 9Th inst, there be-
ing no more bu,ness to be done Since its
establishment the Board of Commissioners
acted npon five thousand claims, the evil
dcncc for which fills 4 200 pages Of manu-
script.
The County Clerk Of Hancock county is
the sole resident Of the county seat Of that
county. The Trcasurer's office is six miles
from the Clerks, and the Recorders 90
miles from the Treasurer in another. A
very convenient arrangement in county
where roads arc a variety, and the open
prairie often affords the only track for
travel.