Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-23
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There are batseea se'e3ty aud eight :
students Al The MeiicAl toiege N hey'.uk
ID. S.ryer, formerly member Of the
Legislature from Lucas county, died In Har.
visonville, Mo-, . fsW dlys since.
The Nonpariel says that under the su
perintendence Of Hub. lIoxle, the work o1
piIe-driving for the railroad bridge in the
Missouri river. between Council Bluffs and
omahs. goes on rapidly, and in few day.
there will be unbroksn railway connection
between New York and the eastern base o
the Rocky Mountains.
The Register thinks the railroad bridge a,
Dss Moines will be completed and ready fos
use By The 6rst Of January.
We learn frcm the Miiiscnids that the
people Of Madison county have done nobly
in the erection Of an elegant monument .c
their fallen sol iers. The native stone
stands six and half feet above the level Of
the park, and upon this rses fourteen fee,
Of marble-making the monument ovsr
twenty feet high. Tho park Is well select
ed and in desirable portion Of the town
It is now rearly fenced With neat and
substantial pine fence.
The Ercslsior says that chss. W.lley,
while panning on. some Fed gravel At the
grist mill in M4q uoketa, last week, was
rewarded BY obtaining several small mug
gets Of gold mixed with quartz rock. The
metal is vsry pure, being bright and yol-
low. The existence Of gold in Jackson
county is no new thing. We have washed
out several handsome specimens ourselves,
and know it 10 be clear thing"
Tho Cronk murder trial has been going
on at the Jackson County Court during the
past week, as we learn from the Er,els.or.
There is male brute up ia jackson coun-
ty who whips his wife most inhumanly.-
The Ercs,sior says that oa Friday las. "the
unfortunate woman was beaten almos. 70 o
Jelly by the scoundrel-her arms being cut
and laccrated by tho blows Of hatche,, and
her person frightfully d.shsured. To
hishten the Nervousness Of the crime, the
woman was about TO become mother, and
received this inhumsn castigation because
Of her inability At the time, owing to illness,
70 cut wood, bring water, and milk the
COWS. She 10 now lying st the point Of
death, and her husband is 10 the county
jsil.'
Ed. Wright, the honorable Secretary oi
State. has published complete list Of al
the newspapers and periodicals published ia
Iowa at this time. 1t is good idea, And
should be kept up.
W. II. II. Patrick, for many years com
| positor in tho Office of the fairfield Ledger
| purchased IN interest in, and become one o.
the editors and proprietors of the l0rc
Southrest, published at B,dford.
The slaughterins season is closing il
Muscatine. The Journal says that Cham
ber's packing establishment closed on Fri
day evening 800 hogs slain there .hi
gear
.E. J. Bachman, while hunting deer nca
Council Bluffs, Was accidentally shot in th
knee by his own gun, rendering ampu.asic
necessary. Mr.. i. Was creeping ,hroug
the brush when the contents Of tho gu
were discharged ard passed through hi
knee, frac,uring the bone terribly.
| Mills 4 Co., the enterpiising printers ,
Des Moines, have added alt,aographing d.
partmcnt 10 their extensive ESTABLISH
msnt.
Tue Charlton Patriot sags that Jacob
and Barker, t~o scoundrels sentenced a
toe last term Of the Lucas county Distrit
Court for horse stealing, but who broke ja
during court week, we're caught in MI.
souri, by Sheriff Little, Of Wayne county
They were taken to Fort Madison on Tue
day Of last week.
The Jasper Republican sa;s that Job
Bowling, confined in the Jasper county il
for horse stealing, broke out on Sundi
night last by working otr beard from Il
ceiling and burning through the planl
With which the top Of the cells were cove
ed. He was at the time hand-cuffed q,
his ankles chained, but left these ornamsn
behind him 10 his cell.
The most popular editor in Ksokuk is
be caned-gold headed-by popular vot
Judge Clsggctt, of the Constitution
. ahesd. Lay il on thick.
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