Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-12

Seed corn is selling for g bushcl in
thlckasaw county.
Seine strange disease is carrying of the
INFANT Children in Monona county.
One thousand two hundred ard lifty>
seven letters were received at Montana post
Office last week.
A depot which is to cover the whole
track so that the cars will be entirely cover
ed wher passcn scrs get on and off, is 70 be
erected at Boone the coming season.
The dry goods store Of S. D. Butler, in
Woodbinc, Harrison county, with all its
contents, was destroyed by fire last week.
Some burglars entered the grocery store
Of Nodler 4 Co., 1t ksokuk, on Wednesday
night-scarched an empty money drawer,
gobbied up some shelf goods, aud scooted.
The Magnolia Star says that the grading
Of that part Of the Sioux City branch of the
L. P. r. r. between Onawa, Monoaa cum.
ty. and ST. John, in Harrison county, 10
now under contract, and to be completed by
the LIST Of July next. Already the con
tractors are constructing shanties along the
line, bringing on their carts. tarrows, and
other implements, which indicates business.
AT - sa'oon row last week in Sidney, Ere.
mont county, VIM. Flaonery and Orein
Ramsiord got into . personal alteration
over game Of cards. The former attempt.
ed to choke the latter, when Ramsford drew
Derringer and shot him through the
groin, from the effects Of which the unfer-
,unate man died The next day. The Union
says the deceased was ''young man Of
good family and honorable hfe," and yet,
the pencil pauses in its culogy to say that
he died ct the gamblers table
DR.. Gilkinson, clown Of Orton's circus.
started from Adsl to Cedar Rapids, few
days ago. TO get married. The team lie was
driving ran away and wrecked the buggy.
Nothing daunted, the expeetaut bridegroom
chartered lumber wagon aud went riding
on.
the Nevada -Igis says that last W ednes-
day Miss Perkhizer, working in the faini-
" of s. 8. S.ailer, of that place, was
wounded BY the accidental discharge of a
shot gun, which fell from its hook, and
going of. lodged its contents 10 the arm OF
the young lady.
Two horse thieves by the name Of Scrog-
gins and Howell, arrived at Hamburg, FIRE.
mont county, last Sunday, heavily isoned
and under chSfge Of oilicers from Nebraska
City. suspected Of having stolen = horse
from that county, but the charge could not
be sustained. and they we're discharged.
The Tsnses says that the iron for the com.
pletion Of the c. B. L st. Joe Railroad TO
Hamburg 10 already in Chicago, and will b.
shipped over the Z. & n. w. Railroad 10
Council Bluds a. soon az possible. The
road will probably be completed to that
point early in June.
The Muscatine Courier complains that
the prohlbitory Liquor law 10 90 rigidly
snSsrcsd Of Auseatine that the bars Of the
steamboats, recently arrived q thse port
have done thriving business selling whis.
~ y twenty-five ssnts dsiak.
Two MEs DaoEssp.-On Friday last two
men we're drowned vhile crossing the Coon
River, near Redfeld, in q skiH. Their
names were George S,esrns and NJ. Jami>
son. both young men. The latter had e40O
on his person, and his object in crossing the
river was to make payment On some land
which he or his mother, q w;tow woman.
had recently purchased. Crossing above
the dam, they mad rescncd half way TO the
other shore, when they suddenly became
alarmed, aud dropping their oars, prccseded
70 ondfess themselves, intending to swim
eur; Before they could relieve themselves
Of 'neir clothing, the rar ii waters bore them
over sne cam, and they soon went down to
soes aw'ai DO m.-Les Mosnss R1str.