Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-12

LII Hen, = Csass Falls, has paAsstsds
p,sw tisha gIass IA bsasd.
Fidsl wnkmiIles, = Chieksnw ssnnty,
acesisstally shot hlnsslf recently. 81 died
almost instantly, - " learn from The Wa
tsrioo Csxriev.
The waverly Phssiz publishes list Of
buildings erected in that town in 1855. The
number q 100, ct On estimatsd cost Of
ti9o.o
The City Counsel Of Cedar Rapids has 70
ted $500 towards defraying the expenses r
mskias survey ofths St. Louis d Cedar
Rapids Railroad, - W learn from the
Times.
The Keosauqus Republican learns that
three men in wagon wero drowned in Lit
tic Cedar, near Bstavis, in Jefferson coun
| ty, last Sunday. by the reckless driving Of .
drunken man.
A young man broke into store at Nus
ca,inc on the 29th u!t., and ST. le e75. He
WAS ~ hit next d.y, but by dint Of good
bvgging managed to get of, BY returning
the money, less 1925, which he had spent.
and for which he gave his note 1t eight
days.
Mr.. David Forarguc, Of Clinton county,
recently had s,ne 80 head Of sheep, out o.
la flock Of 800, bitten by dog, and dozen
Of them were dead at last accounts. lie ca
Inmates his loss that night at between $500
and $500.
| A sleigh load Of temperance people At
Lyons were attacked by . sle' gh load Of
rowdics on the 3lst ut. Blows were
civen, bruises received, and pistols drawn,
but no one was killed. We CLEAN from the
Mirror.
Gov. Stone has rc-instated George Cowie
; a. State Military Agent ut Washington
city, in consideration Of the number ofsol-
dicrs' claims pending there, and needing at
tcntion.
Gov. Stone, in answer 10 resolution o
the House Of Representatives, has replied
by special message, that he has certified
! during the past two years, to the completion
Of 100 miles Of railroad by the Cedar Rapid
and Missouri River Railroad Company, A
miles by the McGregor Western, and ~ b.
the dubuque and Sioux City Railroad.
e Patents have recently been issued TO tn
: following persons, residing in Iowa:
co Jacob Doddcr, Of Washington, Iowa, 70
u improvement in churns.
II NJ. &. Floyd. OF Bloomfield, Iowa, for i'm
provcmcnt in corn planter.
Edwin J. Toof, of Fort Madison, Iowa, 70
paper holder.
L. L. Mcdowell, Of Wassonville, Iowa
for Improvement IN hand looms.
Lieut.. Daglcy, formerly Of the 18th low
d infantry, was accidentally shot and killc
at Clark's Station, Mo-, on the goth ul
i. Lieut.. Daglcy, was member Of Co. X. an
was from Mt. Vernon.
.. The Iowa City Republican says there nj
= in this State 100 to 900 returned soldier
- who arc blind in consequence Of scrvin
Il their country, many OF whom have iamili'
G dependent on them for support. II think
y the Legislature should do something (,
Is their relief in the way Of furni hing the
some kind Of employment at which the
work.
~ Both houses Of Congress have passed
= bill extending the time for completion
"a the Burlington and Missouri River Railro,
Gland grant,, in Iowa, from July to Decor
Der next.
20 A horrible affair occurred at Mt. Pleasan
81 Iowa, on Monday evening Of last week.
appears that two counterfcitcss got on boar
81 the eastern bound tran at Fairticl on tn
day and, as the conductor bad been Motif,
:. Of their crime and the probability Of the
s. effort to escape in that way, he was on h
I'd guard, and telcgrapcd to the Marshal
C. Mt. Pleasant to be at the depot, in time
arrest them. Tho Marshal was there, al
m rested the villains, aud took them i.,to Il
lc depot building TO search them, whereupe
re they each ore DIRE q revolver and began
} ,ndiscrin iratc fire at those pres Mt. II
~, Marshal and two other men were woundc
IN aad the prisoners made their escape an
oI had not been retakcn at last accounts.