Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-24

The B. & NJ. Railsosd will b. completed
to Charlton by the FIRST Of July.


A new post Office by The name Of Ludlow
has been established in Winneshiek county.
a law restraining hogs and sheep from
running at large goes into Ell ct in Hardin
county on the i5,h.
Nine hundred gopher scalps were secent>
ly presented to the Coo ty Clerk Of Madi
son county, in eight days. The rewards
for that number amorp, 70 $3.50.
A flrmes living near Iowa Fails bad TWEEN
" hogs killed ~ lightning on the night Of
the lfth. The worst part of the story is
that he had been fattening them on corn
worth 81. 80 . bushel.
A daily Tine Of stages has recently been
sstabiished between Omaha City and St.
Johns.
On the 1Ssh, says the DEBORAH Rspul ueSes
The SAFE IN The U. 8. Express e6los. q Ossi-
IN was broken opa snd robbed OF all its
contenss-only $50.
P. Harrington, . ssbmasine diver, while
engaged N gsssiog upa piece OF ordnance
opposite Windsor. O. w., Wednesday, nar-
rowly escaped Win HE Ire. The air tube
bust under the water, and before the I'M
/ fortunate man could be raised 10 the susiace
he was dis6gused almost beyond recognition
! bv the rush Of blood 10 The head. He was
better At las. aecounts. Mr.. Harrington
vas 4 resident of Charles City. Floyd
4 county. in. this State. for several gears.
leaving that place to enter the scfvi:e Of
the government in 1862. He has many
friends living an that portion Of the state.
/. M r. Il. ALL Rranr.-Thc Indians
ola Visitor under this head says "Work
on the Iowa and Mionesota Railroad is pro.
dressing finely in this county. Mr.. Rob
cr,s, the entcrprising contractor, Is finish
ing up the work Is he goes, 10 the best
style possible. Messrs. Premise alHd Smith
esperieuced railroad men from New Eng.
land, have tahea sub eontract for all th,
rsmaiaing grading, between this place and
Spsay's Mill, and for The Depot Grounds .
tkis p)ocs, and propcse to 6uish it up .
once. The Ssss u Che work in this county
n. Rebsvts 10 prepared 70 push along Wig
II osoonly- -bsing al the time en the work il
psseeo. This secures the early completion
Of he rcd ed b the utmoss importance 4
4 ~ citixeos of Warren county. Col Peck
whose experience and efficiency - an Enei
necs, 10 unsurpassed, 10 experimenting tn,
construction Of this part Of the line
The Dubuque Herald announces the vel
come fac. that the Cedar Valley Railroad
will be pushed up the Cedar with energy
and dispatch. BY the terms Of . new con-
tract with responsible parties The rosd vii
be completed to Nashua, eighteen mile.
atove Waverly, by the first Of January, i 66e
and in readiness for business. This is en-
cousaging news and may b relied upon 81
authentic. Work will be commenced q
once, and ~ may add the iron will hsv.
been purchased within . month from THU
time. Tho importance Of this faufoad 81
tsilsion cannot he over estimated. On tn,
first Of next Januarv cars will be running
from MoQregor West and North to Austil
in Minnesota. Thus Chicago will have d.
rect railroad connection with 81. Paul. Nor,
than this, IL The road up the Cedar VALLEY
is not completed lsrge share Of the trad,
Of Nostbesn lows, the Upper Cedar Valley
will 60 oyes to the NcGrcgos road. Th
trade should seek market By way Of Du
buque. And this will be its route If propeI
railroad facilities sse offered in the Csdol
Valley. The road built TO Nashua, thsf,
will be the same effort 10 construct il 4
Charles City, only twelve miles farther VI
the river. and in the heart Of one Of tn,
richest section Of Iowa. When it is con-
structfd to ciarlcs City oil interests along
the line Of the road then completed in low,
will combine 10 make the connection with
81. Paul, by way of the Minnesota road al
ready near the State line. We thus see IL
the certainty that the road up the Ceda
Valley will be pushed on to Nashua durins
he present year something more promising
han merely local interests subserved W,
have long deemed the completion Of n,
road up the Cedar Valley of moro import
ance than the immediate constr uction Of tn,
ID. Il s. Z. r. Il. TO the Missouri river
though that we concede t. be . work o
pressing need.