Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-27
STATE ITE Ms.
A new cal vein has been discovered IN
IIardir, Nnuntv


A new cal vein has been discovered in
Hardin county.
Mr.. A. S.,ne. the Marshslltown dairy
man. had three Of his b q, cows run over I
and killed BY the cars the other day
IN original sharper has been doing the
ladies at Musca,ine out of their parhsols uy
taking them TO his hotel to repair them
tina, being the last they see Of their proper
u or OF blm.
Dubuque has had SIX circuses and Ten>
+, a,ertes dating The past AK se ks. MS es-
! timated The people haze speht over SIX
thousand dollars attending them.
Tn, crops in Hardin county are reported
| I, he tie best ever known IN the Iowa tai,
l.v wheat IA in splendid condition. aud
the corn crop will be one OF the best ever
gathered in Iowa.
The O,,umwa Courier states that on
Sabbath last while Cbsfly Owens ana us
wife fcolored people, were in that cay ~
tending church, tome degraded wfescn
b,oke into his house and cabbaged every
s,;ch ~ his clothing, even the sheets on
their beds. II will cost the poor ieiio~
$500 20 replace his stolen good. The pro>
oerty taken wss Oil the family bad.
A man named Harris was drowned IN she
Mississippi neas Dunleith on wednesday
last. He fell overheard from barge wnien
the steamer Milwaukee was towing up the
river. and being unable 10 swlm wss drosh-
ed Immediately. He Was formerly from
Ohio, but his present home Is IN dayton
county. in the Turkey river district. lie
leaves a young wife, having been married
last 18th OF Ju.,.
Jefferson County has s,2S7 white male,
s.0ss white females, % colored males, and
% colored females total, APO. In 1868
the population was l4.T72. 1t has 12l,s
4TIl acres of land inc ed. about IL 900
increase in two years. There were 3o3.-
I75 bushels Of coal raise in 1866 !; IN
1864 the amount was ia 1886 bushels -
Jefferson is now the second coal producing
co anty in the State-Mahaska only excel'
ling it
1t is understood that Prof. Parker, Of
r iowa College, located at Grinnell, has de
: clined 10 &C. ept the Professorship rendered
4 him by the Board Of Trustees Of the State
{ University. Devotedly attached to the in
terests Of the College where he is now labor
ing. he finds himself unable 10 separate
D from il, and says he prefers poverty will
t the people of Grnnell rather than richie
= with the people OF lows Citv.' His dec IN
{ alton. therefore. leaves Professorship IL
;, the State University still fulfilled.
The Knoxville Den, ,crdt & yes an accoun
! nf rascal named slss Pierce, who stole
mare and colt from his neighbor Mlllen, o
}, hat county, took them TO Ottumwa sal
: waa suspected Of having s.o!en the am
mails, vas arrested, aud then confessed III
crime. At the preliminary examination hi
i sas bouni over to court in the sum OF x5ou
u Ia couldn't give bail, and therefore had
: 10 the other thing. The sheriff turn.
s. hin over to his Deputy. TO be taken to tn
?, O.kaloosa Jail. The Deputy had some ha
TO haul in before he went, and he too
: the prisoner out 10 help him. Watching
D favorable opportunity, Pierce broke for Ia
$, timber and has not since been heard from
!, According TO the Marshaltown ddrocaf
:, lecherous doctor has recently impose
:, himself upon the people OF State Centre i
:. :, the manner Of first class rascal. He can
: there pretending to be widowep, gall van
- en around with the young ladies generally
and finally started to Ohio on the 4th {
}. July for the ostensble purpose Of getting
ID new wife. few DAYS after his departure
Ne a gentle woman with blue>eyed baby
:, her arms arrived ct State Centre in scare
~ Of her husband-the doctor aforesaid. Sub
'e .oqncnt developments have shown thu
'e there are three women who have equ'
X claios TO his hand and pocket book. III
n jiviiual himself has not been heard fire.
u since he left.