Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-11
state ITEMS.
Oodman 1 Go. q Keokuk, are doing
large Pa flckint business tilllsg ffO'n
900 to aooa daj

large Pdk fAckint business killtng ftUn
1000 to AaoO. d,
y. nj Wood, ermersy tmpdsitor in
the vinton Eagls Office, has teen promoted
10 the Captaincy Of &c. &C." 9th Iowa
Cavslry.
The dwelling Of Mr.. Cole, near Kellogg
farms Jsspes county. ~as bornt last week.
Mr. G. was absent. His wife, sister OF
Hon Schuyler Coliax, snanssed 70 sAve
few things.
Thee Young ladies' were poisoned with
cheese, in Manchester, = few days ago-one
OF them so badly that she fell senseless 10
the road while returning home from the
house OF the neighbor where the cheese was
] eaten.
The Gremen of Keokuk celebrated the
ann versury Of the Battle Of Nov Orleans
by = fine ball u the Deming House,
About one hundred and twenty couple
were present.
Green hickory wood is selling for 81 per
cord in Kcokuk, and other kinds Of wood
in proportion. The price Of wood at that
CITY, however, has downward tendency.
| a skating park is being made on the
river at Dubuque, which will be four hun
dred feet square, and ENCLOSED BY fence ten
feet high.
Of tho pork trade in that city, the Du-
buque heratd says: 1.-THE falling prices
Of dressed hogs has stopped the receipts to
such an extent that scarcely a dozen leads
appear ell in the market Yesterday"
In tho year 1868 Dubuque county paid
81, osT149. 10 Of Government revenue. AT
! the rate Of collection for the last thr
months, the revenue for 1906 will amount
to 81 100000.
An Association has been organized for
| the purpose Of er, citing n monument to the
many years Professor in the Medical De
part,uent If the Iowa State University, and
a committee appointed to solicit funds for
thst purpose. y
Morrcl L. kelso was fDnnd dead in bed
Mt Win,crset few mornings ago. The
naG isono,n says the general suggestion i
that lac poisoned himself. though there is
no evidence to SHOW lie was in comfort.
able circumstances and Of good habits.
The Dubuque Times says Mr.. Jno. Rich :
ardson, Of that city, but for the past two or
three wears resident of the South, got into
difficulty some time since with some one
on polis;cal questions, and mce;in g him late
" somewhere in Texas, the Traces was re-
newed, and MIR. Richardson dangerously
shot by his antagonist.
The Dubuque Times, Of the 4th, says:
" Information was received in this city to
day that the Illinois Central refused to
bull bridge unless they can obtain posses
sion of the d. < 5. {. X. Il Also, that the
Northwestern road was making proposals to
lease the Waverly road
The Council Bluffs Nonparisl says: eve
want to make wager with some sporting
man, that Council Bluffs is second TO no
town in the score Of morality. While from
al sections Of the country come continual
stories Of all kinds of horrible crimes, our
people pursue the even tenor Of their way,
without even the commission of a INSIDE
meanor to startle them from their moral
equilibrium"
The Bloomfield Guard reports number
Of accidents, incidents, etc. Morton Floyd
hal his left hand nearly cut off while dress
ing hog. There WAS fight between an
Indian aud white man, in which the for
me came out so far second best that his re-
covery is doubtful. Two young inen, Ware
and Turpin, got into fight in which knives
were freely used. 1t also says that on Sun
day night, man by the name Of Sturgeon
living in Martinsburg, ten miles south-wes.
Of that place, while trying to kill a dog that
that had got into his smoke house, shot his
wife through the heart, instantly killing
her.
The populations Of the river counties Of