Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-05
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TINS total assessment Of property 10 Du-
buque County is s9,2l4,756, Of which S.,
340,566 il in the city. The total tax lew
for 1896 was s2ls. s.os2 es. over one-third o
which was for school purposes.
PEssosAL.-E. L. Cook, Esq. .snd wife
returned this morning from q very plcasan
tour down East, where they have passed ,
pleasan. time in visiting relatives and friends
Nay the balance Of their tour through lift
be long, prosperous and happy.
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CHANGE or PLAcE.-B. ID. Austin. dry
goods merchant. now located .. No l3 Ne
tropo.i,an block has rented No. qs, LeClaire
Row-recentiy occupied by c. A. Dean, to
which place lie will remove his extensive
and elegant stuck Of goods early next
week.
FREE RniDcE.- The public are making
coed use Of the free bridge at this point.
Some six or eight teams are running all the
time and the opposition is quite Spirited
On the Rocl. Island side passengers have
to walk 70 the shore on n string OF plank
Other than thi, the crossin. is good and
complete.
Tnn recci Is and shipments per rail FOR
the week ending SATURDAY. Dec 29th were
as follows:
Shipments Barley. 1880 bu; whcit,
4 200 hu; corn. GOO bu -four, $500 bbis !;
hogs. 100 hcnd--,liessed, SS, 900 lbs: mid
dlings, 10000 lbs merchandise, - /.
Hecsipts. Barley, $50 br; wheat, 700
bu; oats, 400 bu; coal $50 merchaf:-
die, $50 i.
TELEGRAPH ExrENsioN.--The telegraph
is row extended along the railroad West ns
far as the village of West Liberty, and viii
be completed to Iowa City carly next week.
An oillce WAS opened at Wilton junction on
Thursday. There IL an Office NJ West Lib
erty, and the next will be 1t Iowa City. 1t
is great thing for these places which have
long been in darkness thus to be brought TO
Geographic light. We congratulate them
upon he important event,
dn
ARM BRoKtS.--Mr Cast, OF LeClaire, 10
old gentleman upwards OF seventy years.
irlI down tie steps corner Of Ninth ard
LcClsire streets to day, ard broke his arna
II is rather dangerous place.
ANOTHER Mrs. F,iar, who was returning
home from the city to-day, met with Sc
yerc accident in the breaking Of her ARA,
occAsioned by being thrown from the wnr>
on, which was upset BY the running away of
the team. She lives two miles out on tie
Dubuque road.
Both cases were attended 10 by DR.. Peek
OF this city.
PERsoSAL.--Our f,iend, Noah N. Tyner,
this morning received from the Office Of the
Secretary Of War commission promoting
him to the rank of Brevct Captain. Tie
document bears the signature Of Secretary
Stanton and President johnson and informs
Mr.. Tyner that this rank is conferred upon
him for gallant conduct at IT. Donelson,
Tenn, his first engagement. ami or merito-
rious action throughout the war, which
consisted in doing hispsrt in about thirteen
Il,
promotion, unasked for and unexpected to
Mr.. Tyner. is nevertheless u deserving one.
Accepts our compliments Noah, and pre-.
serve that document as a rich legacy for
your children. 1t will be priceless to them.
MArEiNoNIAL.-Thc mysterious disap-
pcararcc from this city some three or four
weeks ago, o! our we'll known fellow citizen
W. +. Dittoc, Esq. vas oil satisfactorily cx.
planned this morning on the arrival Of tho
eastern train, which not only bought home
the original Dittoc, but all exact mate. Tho
happy affair took place at Somerset. Ohio,
on the 2nd inst This is beginning the new
year to some advantage. 10 say that wc
wish the fair BRIDE and gallant groom ali the
happiness that was ever conferred by the
ignition of iIymen's torch is but feeble
expression of our feelings al this auspicious
event. May their path through life be flows
cr>strewn. and may theirs be that
domestic happiness. that only bliss
OF Paradise that has survived the fall.
RuMoRED Loss-Wc were informed yes.
terday that John Barr, who lives in the vi
cinity Of the Summit Church, on wha. is
know as the North road recently met with
a loss Of $3.50, and that an attempt was
made at the same time TO fire the house. Mr..
Barr had some $500 in trunk which was
in bedroom that was not often used. lie
had taken $3.50 Of it out, and while he and
family were absent the remaining 1850 was
taken. 1t is not positively known how
the money disappeared. On their return
Mrs. Barr went into the room and left her
things-not discovering that any one had
been thcre-but afterwards smelling fire she
wen. into the room and discovered that an
attempt had been made TO fire the bed. On
further examination hls having the ap
pearance Of recent use was found, also some
pieces Of cloth that strongly resemb.ed that
worn BY the hired man, who had been left
in charge Of The house, who being iatsrro-
gated knew nothing about it. The trunk
had been opened and the money sn-
ken. Othei thsn this the whole
matter remains q mystery. Fortunate
u the fite did but little damage Those
leaving money in theis houses should look
we'll to its safety. ~ s. sss~ss
Stensnh0ng Disasters. ,
The ST. Louis Republican, publishes a list
Of steamboat disasters on the western and
southern waters. during the year 1866, Civ.
ing names, dates, rivers, character Of aeci