Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-27

From Lcsisvills, Ky, ~ leasn the pros>
psss Of The tobacco crop ia that State we're
sever better; ths corn cssp 10 . nsdssats
yisld-less sbuudant than sn6cipatsd; pe-
ssss sssp Injured.
nspssts from The oil wells In the interior
- Tsnaseses shev ,hat bot little ssesntioo
b psid TO boring snywhsrs. miniag eecupy-
iss much u the peoples time il this State
- Wssss n Ark aasss.
Tbs wsalth Of Chiesso, - per recent 49,
ssMmeot. y A.7a9. lit; % which ths ~
levied foe this year 10 81. .294, 1854.
John L. Sesipps. Esq. late Of Chicago
Tribune. and post master q Chicago, was
sssisd yesterday. The pest oalos was closed
from 3 l-2 to IL o'clock, to give the em
pleyees . chance 10 attend the obssquiss.
The capital Of shs Producers Bank Of Chi.
caso just collapssd-was 100000, and
vas made up - follows:
g. Z Ssi',sss S:s'.::: ::': :... Capital sssss
1. DOolittle's note, 5000
3. =. fhlcots'e oote. q, 200
II W. . pretsneIess inoaitutien-- bot
soulln't stand on that alone. Iu liabilities
wsrs olSa. $50 81; sad its assstts -eapital
stock inclnded-ell0,92s 80. Itfs unques.
tionsbiy ~ failure.
Two men were murdered in Chicago on
Monday evenings s-both were robbed and
hung BY the neck, in which condition they
were found in the morning, stark dead.
Tho Illinois: State Fair is meeting With
glorions success this week. The Chicago
papsss ssy the entries arc greater thas ever
before.
The second day. Of the wiscon State Fair,
though promising. does not show ~ many
sntries as last year.
A Cairo disp>tch Of The 25th, says that ;
cold North rsin-storm has continued unin>
tsrruptsdlv for 40 hours. with NO present
prospect Of abaiing. The indications are
that the cotton crop in Southern Illinois will
b totally ruined, and the injury TO the
corn crop is already immense.
Late Southern pspsss from principal cot
ton States Of the South. speak gloomily in
deed Of tho CO.. ton crop. Some Icy Il 70 the
worm, others 10 rust, others 70 vet weather
At ell events tho crop will bs very light.
Cholera 10 generally reported on the de-
cline. Probably its race 10 ran for this year.
Look out for next.
The Canadians are again. trsubline in
their boc.s. lest they should be devoused BY
the Feuians, from whom they look for AM
other invasion sson.
A most atrocsous murder Was psrpstrated
oa the Chicago Driving Park last Saturday,
the particulars Of which are ~ follows -
The famous trotting horse BEN Butier'
Vas cantest'ng race with Cooley" Chi.
caso horse-bsst three in Ave. To the A.
tonishneat Of all. Butler, which is By far
the best horse. lost the two tirst heats. NJ.
Mckeevsr. . part owner, Who he'd the horse
IN charge, becoming satisfied that his driver
had been bought up by the sharks" took
Che ribbons himself and easily Won the third
and fourth heat. This tie Was 10 10 decid
ed by the 5th heat AFTER scoring ten times,
the horses were brought - the mark and
sent of from . stand still. Il was dark by
that tirns-so dark that il was impossible to
Gee many rods. Thousands Of dollars wsre
bet ON the RAGS, the excitement ran hieb,
and when Boiler came around he we With
out . driver. Investigation showed that
AcKeevsr had been knocked from bis bog
gy by some one Who held out long board
% that bic bed came IL ceotact herewith
- he came dashins;over the track. Several
arrests have bsSn rnsde; $1,000 has been
offered for the apprehension ef The murder-
ers. The Coroner's inquest Is still progres.
sing.