Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-30

4 general 'pisssins' Of dsgs is goisg ON
In Decorah.
The effects Of he recent earthquake we're
fell in Burlington and Dubuque.
A. J. Kerr, . citizen Of Vernon. was
drowned At Bentonsport on the 2lst.
There were 4.ll9 barrels Of -four manu-
featured in Iowa City last year.
A FIRE occurred in Burlington on the eve
ming Of the ai,h, which damaged fu'ni-
ture store TO the amour. Of $500 or $500.
Mcoregor has raised over 81 900 for
public library.
A railroad accident at Mciregor last
week killed Dir. Wright. Il Austin,
MINI.
Tho Journal says that Elksd r, Clay.
ton county will shortly be incorposa-
ted.
A prisoner named Fuller escaped from
the Marshall county jail last week.
ExLARarD. Des Muines Register
comes 70 us enlarged to eisb' 'o''iN'"s' IL
Is the best paper in low
The RepuJi;cas ssys thai J. II. Tilton
hse heen sppo,.ted Postmastcs Of Montexu.
ma, in plscs Of Lawrence, resigned.
Tb. enterpriaing inhabitants of Blairs.
se~n. Benton county. are going to build .
college. Three years age this lively little
city was nothing but bere prairie.
A corporate company, with . capital Of
800. 600 has been formed in Vinton, Ben.
ton county, for the purpose OF tssting the
vslse Of lead discoveries in that vicinity.
Mr.. Lewis Spring. . resijen. Of Bosten.
port, Was found dead In the street on the
morning Of the oath. He 10 said to have
been very incorporate man and subject to
fits produced by his dissoluteness.
Work has been commenced west Of Crss-
co, on the NcGrcgor 4 Western railroad,
and the intention 10 to complete the road TO
Austin, Minnesota, during the present SEA-
son.
Mrs. Betssy Phlbrick, of Dubuque. whose
husband died 10 the army from the effect Of
wounds, has been swindled out Of about
$500 bounty and pension msnsy, by dis.
honest claim sgent. whose headquarters are
in Washington.
A man named Grove Disney, Of Moscow
township. In Dubuque county. killed an
enormous lynx in the nsighborhood OF Nus
queto creek, Wednesday evening. He vas
hunting. when his dog drove the animal up
tree. from whence il Vas brought to the
ground by . we'll directed shot.
Burlington has Tom Thumb sensation
4 little fellow 10 years old, 81 inches high.
and weighing 45 lbs, named "Chas. Ro!lin
Decker, from Memphis" IL in that city sell
ing photographs Of himself and being pstted
by The ladies.
The Winneshisk Registsr tells Of man In
that region who walked twelve miles on the
tes this spring, obtained n marriage license,
wcat back "by the same conveyance" and
was married in the evening. Such . psr>
aistent bridegroom deserves 10 be ''huggsd
up warm"
The Burlington AsyD says that Frank
Postlewaite brought ~ head Of fat cattle 20
that city on the 22d. which al parties agree
was the best drove ever sold in that city. Or
crossed the Mississippi At that point. The
average weight Of the whole lot Was ,505
pounde. They we're sold to Mr.. McOrum.
who shipped chem last evening East.
d. NJ. Mcclure. lately convicted Of MUIR
der in the second degree. received his sen>
tencs At the hands Of Judge Springer, On
the Gath. at Dubuque lie goes to the Pen
itentiaiy for ten yerrs at hard labor. Pres
vious to the sentence being pronounced,
Mcclure confessed that he struck Glasgow
CHE murdered mani during personal quar-
rel, over the head with a board-Hhicb
blow finally caused his DEATH
The Marion Register says that Mr.. WIN,
Wise, while at work on the roof Of n large
cheese factory in process Of erection there,
| fell from his position and was followed BY q
bunch Of shingles which struck him on the
side, breaking his wrist, and seriously in.
juring him inwardly.
Peter Melendy in letter published in
the Cedar Falls Gazette says that the Mort
Missouri T. r., which is the Southern con.
nection with St Louis) Of the Iowa Cen
trail, will DO finished to the Iowa liae by
October next Ono half Of the irsn is al
ready in st. Louis, and four ship loads in
New Orleans. The contractors will begin
| laying track north from Macon in May.
| Walter Kratxar, miller at West Mitchell
Mitchell county. while crossing the Cedar
river in = skif near his mill was swept
over the dam and drowned on the 18th inst
The iress says the rich lands in that
county are fast being settled up; and ex>
pects that the population Of that county
will be increased more during the next sea
son than any previous two.
The same paper speaks of two million
feet of logs being piled up in one milly ard
on the Cedar river in that county.
Horticulturalists Of Mahaska county say
that the prospect for fruit the coming sea.
son is good.
The editors Of the Oskaloosa Herald
have been presented with . fine lot oil
new potatoes. The producer raised them
in the following manner: Last fall he dug a
hole. put in his potatoes, and on top Of them
placed layer Of hay and then layer OIL
dirt, and then another lager of hay. When
he took them out this spring. he found that
no had about four bushels OF new ones.
They grew from the old potatoes, in be>
tween the first layer Of hay and 6sst layer