Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-30
s'TaTE ITEMS.

There are 90 orphans q. the Cedar Falls
rc.nc. and 50o at the Davenport Home.
The Burlington Gazette claims that som
thief has stolen It's edsor's gold pen.
iuss rehuke to eg,raysgsnce.
The ircn railroad Bulge q. Barin s'ou
vii. cost $4,000 Aside from this. that
city claims about 5000. oCo in general i'm
provements this year.
The Burlington 'inscei oil works viii use
up about 10000 t,.shels Of fax seed this
season. Says the Hawkeye.
The Dubuque Visitor. the frst newspa-
per published west Of the Mississippi, and
north IL the Missouri river, was started by
John King g, Dubuque. in May. 1856. 1t
vas published weekly on an imperial sheet
at three dollars per annum. 1t was neutral
.. first. but subsequently became Demo
cratic. This paper was followed by the
Iowa News, Western Adventurer and Ga
z.tte. The last was published in Burling-
ton in 1887 by James Clark.
Four Dubuque hunters we're frightfully
scared the other day at what they supposed
10 be q white bear-but which was small
wolf. so says the Times.
A stage struck gal from Iowa City was
found By her father in Boarding House IN
Muscatine and taken home. She was to be
Heading woman" in theatrical CON-
psny. Says the Courier.
Judge Rchman has decided that cslorcd
children are entitled to the benefits OF our
fee school system. The case was an ar-
peal from the decision Of the School Board
Of Dubuque.
On the Fourth of July, 1887, Iowa was
Organized as territory. with population
Of y $50.
The first locomotive was brought into
Iowa a. Davenport on the 9th day OF July.
1850, and was named Antoine LeClaire, in
honor of the last and best interpreter Of the
Indian language
Burlington rel .ices in $3.50 hose car
riage.
The Orphans Home Board recommends
an appropriation by the Legislature OF $2o.
900 for new Orphans Asylum at Cedar
Falls.
The q ate City learns that the first forty
miles of the Iowa and Missouri State Lins
railroad are almost ready for tieing and
bridging. The work is being pushed for
ward vigorously; and in the spring they
will be prepared to commence laying the
iron from Pennington westward.
On Saturday last, John Miner;, proprie
tor of flour mill At Smithfeld. AIamaket
county, was murdered by J. Ii. Stafford
one Of his neighbors, as We learn from eht
McGregor News. They had some dispute
about their dams on the river-Staiiort
owning . carding mill above Minerts. a
law suit growing out Of the quarrel nae
been decided in Mincrt's favor. Minert anc
all others in the vicinity considered the Of
fair settled, and suppos ed that Stafford dc
not entertain any bad feelings towards Mi
merit. On Saturday, however, Minert wa
making some repairs on his dam, assisted
by a Mr.. Welch, when Stafford came along
and accused Minert OF again raising hi
dam. Minert replied that he was not rails
ing hi. dam, Only r,pairing il. Staifors
then sc Eel an axe, rushed upon Minert
buried the axe in his skull, aud fed. Sew
cral persons Witnessed the affair, but bein,
momentarily or-struck, and NATURAL
paying their first attentions to the murder
cd man, tia murderer escaped, aud at TIL
present writing thursday evening" he ha
not been arrested. tfc' instances leu !
he belief that lie had made hrs wsy in th
night te this CITY, and pursuit was made !,
several persons, among WHOM was Depu',
>her r j K. Conway who arrived here Oh
>uni.y morning. Al his request, on tha
morning, we printed hand-bills offering, i
inc natue of the sheriff of Alamakee ooun
~, aissard OF five hundred collars for til
arrest and detention VI the murderer. Thes
riis were scattered over the country an'
sent o the chef % Police in Chicago. o.
Monday sheriff Townsend increased the r,
wsti to $1,000 Nearly all of our AlAma
kce county and many 81 our Clayton coun
ty rrsicrs knew the murdered man. II
was an industrious, entcrprising, peacesbI
AMI highly esteemed citizen, the head OF
large family, and his death in such an aw
full manner has filed the entire communit
with horror, and desire for revenge upo
his murderer.
IT is now proposed TO add new plank I
the Republican platform, namely, the put