Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-12
OAJLY DEMOCRAT.


STATS ITEMS.
All our szehsnges complain Of the bad
condition Of the telegraph wires.
The Clinton Htrsld has lately bsenen-
lsrsed. All the lows papers appear to b
doing veil.
The Burlingtonians held bah On Wed
nesday evening for the benefit Of blind
man.
The ground foe the new court house ct
Council Bluff was lstsly purchased for
$500 in ceant. orders.
AThe city marshall Of Burlington has stsT
ded the boys Of shat city from skating in
The streets. That sounds Icslandish.
Ignats Sssgsr. . brewer. Of Dubuqus.
wss knocked down in that city, on Tuesday
evening. No clue 70 the robbers was dis
covered.
The Odd Fellows u Dubuque held .
grand festival 1t Dubuque, on Tuesday
evening last ct their lodge room in that
city.
Dubuque 10 trying to secure the State
Fair. To Il sp the grounds u, Sco had
been subscribed some days ago. 1t vases
timased that It would require $4,000.
The Burlington Hs~keys requests the
man tn left the hymn books in its job
Office. and stole the devils treeches. to trade
back immediately. - the latter individu"
has caught " dab bod eeId."
Mrs. Shaffsr, Of Clinton, left three small
children in the house BY themselves one
day last week. The children played with
the Ere. The dress Of . girl aged Eve years
wss soon 10 blaze, and the child burned to
cath.
The Hasksye says: The engineers Of the
b. 4 n. Road we're out On Tuesday looking
for the best location for bridge across the
Mississippi st that point. We have no
positive information on this subject, but
the indications point 10 the early com
mencsment of the Structure. The g. B. 4
z. and the B. L N. Roads will probably be
united in the enterprise
Des Moines 10 now in uninterrupted tele.
graphic communication with Chicago, vio
Keokuk.
The Vice President and Chief Engineer
Of the Cedar Rapids L Missouri River r.
K. is advertising in Chicago for one thou-
sand laborers to do heavy grading in Boone
county, Iowa, in the Desmoines river tim
her, Constant employment to be given
until 1870 miles of road are completed.
II. G. Ohrt, late County Judge Of Des
Moines county, Iowa, recently left for parts
unknown, with $50, 900 or $50. 900 belong
ing to his German fellow citizens. The re-
cords in the County Judges office arc also
in almost inexplicable confusion, subject
ing Captain j. G. Power, the new incum-
bent to great perplexty.
The Council Bluffs Eagle says: "Mr.
Smith, the Chief Engineer upon the Coun-
Gil Bluffs and st. Joseph Railroad, has been
takingadvantage Of the late favorable wealth
er and has nearly completed the settiug Of
tho grade stakes on the line Of the road.
We are informed that so soon ~ the wealth
ev will permit that hands enough will be
placed upon the work to grade mile per
day.
The Hamilton Freeman says that an agcn
Of railroad company has lately been in
that vicinity warning OF settlers who pre-
emptsd land that was originally granted to
the Dss Moines River Improvement, and
subsequently transferred to the railroad. 1t
thinks the matter should be looked into,
and permanently adjusted BY the Leeisla-
ture.
N. B. Miller vas digging we'll at James
Vile, Black Hawk county. He Vas down
about fifty feet. The rope by which the
dirt was drawn up broke, and the bucket
fell upon Mr.. Miller, injuring him SO that
he died in few hours. John Weller Of the
same county, Was kicked to death by a
horse. Micheal Conner Of Butler county,
was chopp;ng in the woods alone. lie did
not return, and scout found him dead be.
meath tree that he had chopped down,
which seemed to have Judged in falling aud
IN attempting 10 bring it down, the poor
nan was caught and killed.
The Lyons Mirror Of Saturday says:
During the week before there has been a
great rush into Lyons with pork, much OF
it being brought from twenty five to thirty
miles in the country. We have on some
occasions counted about twenty-five teams
loaded with pork standing in our streets at
one time, which, with the large number
that have been coming in with grain and
other country produce, has made busn' S.
very lively on the streets.
The Plaindealer thinks the proposed geo
logical survey Of Iowa will be. If made, :.
potent means Of quietly relieving the S,ste
treasury Of much hard earned currency
About right, too.
New Oregon, Howard county is business
place. The last issue Of the Piaindtaler
contaias four marriage notices, the sacrifices
having all been made within five days Of
each other. AT THAI rate there will be 292
marriages there in 1866. The result will
De appalling. v,e IA tr u
A large force Of engineers have been for
several days past engaged in surveying the
extension If the McGregor Western Rail
way from Connover vest through this coun
tv, and in the direction Of Austin.-lEem