Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-20
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carrier in Burlington. Vas instantly killed
last Wednesday. While hsulins up . steep
bill il seems that be slipped and fsll-ons Of
the cart wheels running ever bis head.
crushing his breins out. The Argue says
hs was On honsss nan asd geod citizen.
From the Conssiswtiss " learn that burg
lass are opesatios rather suecessfally In Ks-
ekuk.
The Homestead says that The State Hosti-
ssltusal Society will meet In Dss Moiass os
Tuesday evening, Jasaasy 18th, 1858.
The Cosydon Monitor states that Senator
HArtshorn died Of in6smmatisa snd hem
osrhsge Of The lungs. lie wss . native Of
Ireland. and came to this cosntry in 1860.
He vas ~ years Of age.
The Adams county Gazette thinks Hon.
John A. Kasson 10 first on the list fos
Speaker in the Lower House Of our coming
General Assembly.
The Wilton Chronicle announces that its
three months existence hes been . season
Of prosperity and encouragement. II is an
excellent local paper-just what Wilton
needs.
The Dewitt Obssrssr says that the work
on The wspsis Bridge at Ssephen's Ford is
progressing raj idly. We learn that IL will
be completed in 4 week OF two.
The Observer says that Dewitt. "as re-
lseted through the Davenport Gasstts, does
not show The business very completely, and
gets the town too for from the railroad, and
We would suggest that when their writer-up
Of towns attempts to give in detail the bust
ness features Of place, little more care
aad attention should BE- given The matter
The Register says that the victim Of the
bridge accident At Dss Moines was Michael
McInerney, an employe Of some Of tho
grading contractors Of tho c.. II. & P. h.
Il. lie was a good man in his way. but bis
besetting sin, in,empersnce, carried him sfi
premsturely.
The Iowa Falls Sentinel Gays II. W. Peck
Chief Engineer Of the Iowa 4 Minnesots
Railroad Company. was in that town last
week, engaged in running = preliminary
survey for . route northwest through Ilar
din county.
Col. Thomas Beverly Randolph, . grad u
ase Of West Point. an officer Of the regulas
army in the war of 1912, and in ths Mexi-
can war, died near Cascade in Dubuque
county on thsl2.h inst.
John Dean, lad arrAigned in Duhuqus
ona charge Of manslaughter. Was on The
18th inst, acquitted aud discharged from
custody.
J. L. MeCresry, formerly local Editor oI
the Dubuque 7tmes, delivered lecture In
Monticello on tho 18th inst.
The Dubuque Herald announces The
probable arrest Al Lansing, Of Hugh Done
gan. the murder Of Gallon.
The Merchants National Bank of Do.
buque has increased its capital another hun
dred thousand dollars.
The Herald ssys that Fred Moil, Iced
miner in the vicinity Of Dubuque has stsusi
= rich lesd,-yielding $500 Ms, per week
The Dubuque Times says that Capt
bort has reeeivsd orders y eloes his ~
osstiag officers 10 Dubuque, Mc0rsgos and
rreeport.
The Sigournsy Nsss is ssjoising ever ths
discovery Of coal in the banks Of the crssh
just vest Of that plsce.
The ether day at The Csust House, ssys
the Charles City Istsllieesen, tvo Of %,
sstsfneys wsss engaged in seafliae, q ~
bead Of The stairs, when enc Of them was
prseipitatsd over The balustsfs and fell
distance sf twelve Or fifteen feet, striking o.
his bed. He w 20 stunned = 70 bs hslp-
lsss for the moment, and was cared for BY
the bystanders. He is now convalssesnt.
Attorney General O. Conner hes written
an opinion 70 the Auditos Of State rslativs
y the psrmanent school fund Of The State,
in which he says: my opinion is that The
Beard Of Supervisors have no authority
uadss The law to loan oct the permanent
school fund ~ school district, nor has Z
school district the powss to borrow, OF ths
means 10 give the security that the Law n.
qsires."