Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-07-24

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wishing to engage in the dry good trade.
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A NAuRsAKs.-We have received The
first number Of TA Iora Demoerat, .
weekly Democratic jouins! publ shei st
Fairfield, Iowa. BY y. n. Blsakmore, which
is a. sound - dollar on the great interests
Of the day. We wish our name saks any
amount Of success.
AccrDsxr.-A little daughtes Of NJ. Per
kins, Of East Davenport. fell from second
story window, = d-y or two ago, and was
seriously injured. She was sitting in .
window at the time Of the accident, leaning
against The blinds. which suddenly opened,
causing her 10 iill.
CoREcfioH.-1t was stated in an itcn in
this paper yesterday. that McGowan, the
unfortunate victim Of deli, ism trens<as. was
taken to the js' upon the advice Of Dr..
Maxwell. This Was . nist.ke-hs viz
taken there ct the instance Of bis wife, n.
duced BY the frantic appe IL Of the deceased
70 Be placed in some secure spot beyond the
reach Of his imaginary tonsntsss.
The EFvscrs o. Tns RAM.-Ths late
showers have had very beneficial effect
on the csrn and potstoe crops. The oats
have been beaten Down some % Jersey
Ridge, but the damage has bssn moro than
repaid by The benefits to the other crops.
Should The skies clear up again. our farm.
ers will have reason 10 b thankful for The
late storms. though Il 10 feared BY many
that Vet spell 10 about b snsus.
SoLD.-Ws underst- nd that Hsary Sell
BY. lste merchant Of this city. Who reno. ed
his stock to st. Louis, lev wceks ago for
The purposs-sf going into business there,
has ssld out, and il coming back 10 Daven.
port. Thus i% il ever. Men we'll u. ID.
lished here sometimes get into their heals
that the place they are going to make their
fortune 10 somewhere oct 10 Nebrasks,
Kansas. Missouri, Or soas where elss; but
siss times out Of ten Whsa they 20 for
sheep they esas beck shsrn, asd ~ satis.
fied that davenport is the pl' . for them to
tie 10.
MONUMENTAL Guf CoxcsRr. Ia another
column will be found tho advertisement Of
the great Monumental Gift Concert which
takes place at Commercial College Hall,
Springfield, H., ON the goth Of Seplsmose
next The prizes offered are %, 900 in nsa.
bes, many Of which ere very valuable. The
list contains any very attractive objects
and articles. The gentlemen /: D., whom the
public 10 refc, red for inioemation in regard
u the reliability Of the parties conducting
the enterprise, are all we'll kno~ thsoueh>
out Iowa and Illinois. Tickets c,n b. pur>
chased Of Luse Z Griegs, agents at this
city.
Tns RECENT HEAr.-The sect ut heated
term, viii h in, n sed in intensity as it
drew to clese, seems to have bee ma
tionrl calamity. In the destruction Of bu-
man life It almost equa'ed ~ epidemic. In
one week. in the city Of New York, the
extreme heat caused IN increase Of three
hundred deaths over any preceding week Of
the season. The sane ratio Of mortality
apparently prevailed throughout tho whole
country, for from ri StH ssnd section We
hesr the sane complaints. Only .hsse who
fell ftcm eunslsotc On The streets aud high.
ways are mentioned rs having pcrished
from the heat, where's, thousands Of deli.
cate and inii m persons have died through.
cut tho so"ntry BY disease which vas has.
toned en- BY the same cause. This latter
net has bssn noted in our o. u immsdiats
vicinity.