Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-07
DAJLY DEMOCRAT.


STATE items.
Ihoeo - 30 ianatss 81 the Pee euoe
in De- Aelaos csunty.
4 Hsila1d lsdy was sunstrusk n&elly -
Amstsrdsa ~ dAys ises.
Anna Desnsf, I ysuas vsgrant, b. been
taken 70 her home in NJ. Pleasant ~ Tho
Darlington iail.
A hosse bslosgins 70 IL etaes Oeneesy
Abba, Of sunstrste.
A school teacher, NJ. Holt, BY name,
has bses playing lhs bigamist down IN ~.
biz. See Eddyvills ladspsadsat.
There are two legislative vacancies re
Dee Aoinss county, one in the Ssnats, anc
the other in the House u HspsseeesAeves.
lmprevsnsnts q Nswtsn ase going ahsa4
very rapidly. Many bsilaiaes have bsso
erected during 4hs pessset ssasss; ~
many more are geicg up.
Captaip B. MeMahou, veteran 10 ~
British army, end subsequently, nth Frss
ment il Missouri, % yssr6 old, died recent
u IN NJ Plsasant. e...-..
A correspondent Of the Hdrfsys cone
plains Of the tsssibly dsaesalising e1scte
london, Henry cossay.
WIN. Neck, while bsthing ssar E6dy'
vile, bod his pockets picked q go. The
uaiortunats man didn't have bic pants "a
q the time Of the catastrophe, bat bad len
them on the beach.
Antoine Ebsslss Vas Waylaad in bufiing>
ton BY . couple Of highway rebbeea Ebsf>
lee resistsd, and theagh shot n ths feet,
and otherwise damaged, be succeeded 10
soaring of the scsundrsls.
The Mayor Of Eddyvills sssssts hi iutsn-
lion 70 lins every Intoxicated msa 10 That
bailiwiek ~, and put him h jail 40 hourA
The Isdspssdsst, IN speaking Of this mat<
ter, says: 1.-THE mills Of the god's grind
slowly, but they grind most informally
finsl
II 10 reported that the small pox hes bro
ken out violently 1t Border Plains, Web
stss county STATE Rtgister.
J. L. Jackson, Of Tams county, wss
caught in Ssapsr and bad HE heel shavso
of. He vas otherwise injured.
A hog which died Of cholera wAs sold
the ether day 10 Burlington By iasase
from Dodgsvil1s.
Subscsiptieas foe the Iowa Csatral Read
ars progressing finely il Nonsee county
In railroad matters everything 10 lovely.
A Lodge Of Odd Fellow was rsesntly y
CANNED in Independence. Buchanan
county Is out Of debt, and is plunging foss
ward on the highway Of prosperity.
A fins FLOODED limb was killed in bus.
l,ngtoo, and dsvoursd By dogs. We would
b happy to chronicle the death Of The
dogs.
The thief Sumner, who stole q vsluobls
horse from Alexander Caldwell, was eap>
tursd in Wayne county. with the msrs n
bic possession.
A couple Of boys hooking apples near
Winterset were fred into and pretty badly
hurt. One Of them will probably lose bic
eye. So much for stealing.
The D. N. v. r. r. makes Eddyv .
half way house, between Keokuk and Dss
Noines. They are about to erect engine
houses, machine shops, &c. as We 1esGn
from the Star.
Blackberries are selling for ten cents .
quart ct ella. So says the Blade.
The Blade says that Eve hssd Of young
single stroke Of lightning near Pella one day
last week.
A little girl, living near Camanche, fen,
. few day ago from reaper, her arm caught
in the cogs and was severed from her
body.
A scurvy bridegroom prospective Of .
gushing widow up near Charlton refused n
have the ceremony performed after the con-
pany had co"gregated and the officiating or
flcer vas on the spot, because he discovered
there vas . mortgage on . portion Of the
widows farm. See the Patriot.
The Register says that the Deputy An :
ditor Of State, Mr.. Ayres, was appointed
BY Governor Stone to take peep q ths
Iowa Penitentisry - an official visitor. In
accordance with this appointment, no vieits
ed the institution, and found ever thine
in prosperous condition. The affairs ef
the Penitentiary are happily aanaged.
The Chicago zti6uss says that at that
place two wssks ago. A. Iowa Drovsr,
named William Hsnkle, fell 10 With cou-
pie Of sharpsss nsnsd Dave Stanton and
Turner. Thses wosthies tried on The ''ball
and safe game" bat Hsnkls refused to bite.
They then entiesd hin into low saloon,
on Wells strest, and started came Of
'thrss card msnts." 0tanten banked, and
permittsd Hsnkls 70 via considerable mons
ey. When THE bed gsne On . su1cient
length Of time The confsdesates Induced
their vissio 10 stake Oh be had won, end n
additional three hundred dollars on tho
drawing Of . card, which Stantss slyly
permitted him TO go. Henkls thought b.
bad good thing )" but when the card
was drawn from The pack it turned out 70
be different from what he he'd anticipated,
ard therefore he accused his companions
Of swindling hin. Staason ssd Turner did
not remain TO argue the question with him,
but SELLING the stakes dashed out the back
door and made their sseaps. Hsnkls re-
ported the transaction 70 Superintendent
Rchm, who yesterday succeeded in appres
hendine Stsnton. He was taken before
the Police Court, but Henkls not being
present the sxaminat on was postponed IN
til the 7th int. In the meonwhi1e Stanton
will occupy quarters in the jail in default Of