Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-02

On the Goth inst. two gentlemen from
Manchester, Delaware county, drove a
team into the river At Vinton. and drowned
it, aud barely saved the uselves.
Joseph Black, one Of the oldest citizens
Of Fremont county, died very suddenly
while OF the dinner table, on the 18th.
The Alton Reveille says that J. W. Linn,
the barn burner, who gave security and
was released from the Pok county jsil n
few days ago, returned TO Alton on Friday
last and on SATURDAY was married to .
blushinc "vidder." Out Of the frying
pan into the Gre
Mr.. Robert Blackwell. living near Deco
rah, had his RICH, hand 20 badly injured in
the cog>work Of his threshing machine .
few days ago, that Il had to b. smpusated.
A large grey wolf, while lowering around
a dock Of sheep in Adams county last
week, vas taken unswarss By . piece Of
strvnchnined beef and sent rseling out Of
life.
The Quincy adams county, Gazette
states that q son of Mr.. }. X. Showers,
eight years ago, was bitten by rattlesnake
while PLAYING 10 the yard In front Of the
house. There are two separate bites just
above the ankle, and it 10 thought by some
tina, he was bitten by two snakes, both Of
which were killed soon after near the spot.
AZ last accounts the patient was slowly res
covering, but at one time his life was de-
SPARED Of.
The Muscatinc Courier says that a man
in Keokuk with a lighted match was en-
deavorng TO find leak in the gas pipe in
the cellar Of the wholesale grocery house
Of H. +. Bower 4 Co., when an explosion
took place, which shocked himself and a
clerk Of the house, both Of whom were
knocked down, the conclusion breaking
several hundred dollars worth of merchants
disc in the cellar, and damaging the floor
which was partially raised from its fasten.
ings. Fortunately no other serious injury
was done.
The Nevada Egis gives the following
account Of = hor.e>whipping scraps in a
prayer meeting: "A disgrsceful affair &C.
Cured at the Wireman sch0ol>houss, q
few miles south Of town, on Saturday night
last. Tho neighborhood had assembled
for religious worship. and the usual time
was 90 spent in prayer meeting. At the
close Of the exercises, o. We are informed,
Mrs. p. U. Fem drew from It's ooncealmeni
a whip or rawhide, and commenced an en-
ergetc and reckless application Of tho same
about the face and shou ders Of . neighboI
Mr.. jacob Heffer. The whole exhibition
did not last many minutes until stopped By
the interference Of by ISLANDERS. Az Il
usual in such cases. . thousand ruino>s
aud versions Of the cause of the assault are
Affect, mono Of which are sufficiently au
theatioated to justify publication. IL il
but just 80 the parties to say that they
have always borne an unblemished reputa
ton, nor do We know or think that any
criminality, further than is implied in thu
above assault, now attaches to their names.
PArsSrs.-Boyd & Co., solicitors Of pat.
EMS. 20S Pine street, st. Louis, No., Off
cially report to tho DxMocRAr the following
patents granted Iowa and Missouri invent
ors for the week ending oath OF September
1867:
W Leander, Fairfi eld-elsyating and con
veying device; s. Soules, Cusco-potat
digger; w. Ellyson, West Branch-sheel
shearing table j. Mcconnell, Iowa City
steam engine valve; J. B. Raines and W. s
Owen, Oscaloosa-tuyere.
MISSOURI.
Francis Whitaker. st. Louis - trad
mark, Wm. Bonner, 81. Louis-assignor I,
II. NJ. s-improved aozze far OF
cans; G. J. lIclcomb, Macon = hemminE
guide for sewing machines j. L. Miligan
ST. Louis-assignor to self and J.W. Brancl
cotton bale tie c B. Orvis, ST. Louis
assignor to J. b. Davidson-improvcme
in treating bone black for filtering sugar
ID. Parkhurst, st. Louis-saw mill hea'
blocks j. T. Price, Arrow Rock-pen an
pencil holder j. II. Barley, Sedalia-corl
stripper; J. IL. Barley, Sedslia-cultivato
p. Cohen, St. Joseph coats; J. Stanberry
st. Louis safety rein.