Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-04

SAVE ME IRON NY FRiEnps.-Since the
excoriation by Thomas +. Withrow, Esq,
the language Of Gov. Stone must be, save
me from my friends.
In summing up the evidence in the case
Of the State aga'ns, r. u. Orwig, ard 9th
,rs. for emb,zzling $34. 900 Of the Swamp
Land Fund, Mr.. Withrow, the Attorney for
orwlg. laid the lash upon The back Of his
Excellency; William NJ Stone, in true Rad.
zeal style. He denounced the Governor .
al intriguing and corrup, public officer al o
ought to blush with shame for his m,sdeee 9:
and from cur knon ledge Of the evidence. We
think Mr.. Wahrow was entirely justified in
araigning and holding up to public scrutiny
and condemnation this treacherous guardian
( of the public purse.
| This meri,ed castiga'ion is the more sig
niticant, when We consider the relation
which these two gentlemen bear TO the par
y In power Both are leading members OF
the Abolition party, the one Governor OF
the State, and the other late Reporter for
the Supreme Court and Chairman Of The
Republican State Executive Committee. -
DEE Neines .statenmdn.
THE Dallas Gazette draws the following
graphic picture which Il entities "Lo the
poor Indian
Nearly two weeks since. While = band Of
Indians were encamped on South Coon, near
Bilderback's Mills, one Of their number,
whine riding his pony one day, was thrown.
snd so badly injured that he died shortly az
ter. His 'comrads. assisted by few pale
faces, dug grave, into which tie poor
Indian. together with lis wclry. a new
buffalo robe, his gun. and other hunting ac
couirements, were placed in the grave
They also deposited therein several day 5
rations, to last him on his pilgrimage to the
better hunting grounds. Last Of all. they
called up the faithful dog. by the side Of the
grave, shot il. and put it in by the side of
his master. After the ceremonies were all
over, and the company were ready 10 dc
part, an Indian ,xcaimed. ale good In
dian, lac gone TO the good hunting ground.
SINGULAR AcciDrxr-Chris Dougherty,
= baggage master on the Dubuque 4 Sioux
City Railroad, met with u singular accident
on Monday. While carelessly handling n
revolver it exploded, the contents passing
through the palm Of his left hand and inc
flicting . very severe flesh wound. The bali
could not be found. but . suspicious look
ing hole was discovered near the pocket OF
his pants, and On examination revealed the
fact that the ball had passed through TIE
pants into his pocket book, where after
making hole through divers pieces Of ours
rency il quietly sested, being completely
flattened out. Il 10 novel circumstance,
but novel AZ II may 50 N We presume the
suhjec, on whom il Vas performed would
not like to have it again repeated. Dubuque
Mroid
NV YORK city is getting too big for il.
sef. There is cot room enough for the
people TO live and move in. They have
long been crowded in the thorough and
now they are discussing the propsisty Of
having roads in the air and roads under
ground. grand scheme 10 proposed that
will cost eight Willion dolla, 8, for having q
double>track railway under ground, from
end 10 end Of the city, and . double tract,
horse railway directly over it Cor stree.
travel, and above that in the air, a road for
steam passenger cars.
The Rev. Mr.. Cuyler declares himself a
firm believer in the moral and spiritual in.
1uence Of an open Gre. To make home at.
traotive he says there must be somewhere
in the house a common family rendezvous,
and that ought to present some more radi>
aut attration than q black hole in the floor
through which hot air pours up from a sub
terrancan furnace.
man Who, until recently lived few
ailc, north OF this town, lately logged his
wife with = ramroi. shot II his son>in.laa
with a Squirrel rifle, and left for parts un,
known. Tpfen Times.
TnE chicago Fibre and Paper Company.
recently organized with q cash capital Of
S59o.n0, have applied to the Illinois Legis-
lature Tor charter 10 increase their capital
~ $1,000 900.