Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-11
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General Burs Wilson has seslrled &
D, Aaln,s p1"aa cnt,y rom Washington
Was sir1.. DR.. f'imet,s ,,i;or OF the
sieG cs0r New, ess catered The practice
81 .aN. lis Is also X :gs.,r OF Bsnaruptcy
ios lha. District.
The Elacahawk CCuuty Fair, which be,
esn it. exnib.tion yesterday. (Dct oh, }
ms u Base Bali Department. fo, the b ;,
Cub III tie County they offer pr,iu,nm OF
sip, for best Club in State. 500; for hes,
county club organized in 1867, 500; ia
best State cub organized in 1867, $50.
Th, McGrcsor News learns that Cap,
appism,n, who lives On point Of land
ncary The highest in Fsyc,te county. caS,
CT C.crmont, wtile sinking well, u iew
days ago, through heavy clay at the top OF
= hhii, NJ tn, depth of ~ or IS feet came
upon the top oil II forest, the trees, mary Ct
the u, standing upright IN the solid earth
1hc trees we're small, about 10 Zee; in hight,
anG stindiag "a p5si,ioa sho~ing that
the cart, 10y which ,hey were submerged
had been gently and gradually dcposiic,
around Il. IN, els. they could not have
iaa,ntatnsd an cree 10 iuoa.
The fe,nhin Reporter says Of the Rails
ROAD prospects OF that section: The sur,
~, from &alglac sout west is progressing
i.hvly, tae en-ia,vIs having crossed the
lao rurecy n'rth OF Sacpsrjs, and are
'cp'r,ei a. bearing i"r tins place. They
,Npsct 10 reach here Fday. /, is under,
s,''d they src sces.ug ii4r easiest grade TO
ti0'e> CITY. We d. Hel propose to say
cac word a. % wherc the railroad viii or
VIII rot run, or ~ Mnosc latin the acrot IS
- be heated. IL i enough Tor lis, tina;
q cic Is hae prpSpcc. that road Will run
cast AMI west tarougl oar county II
Charles Iity ~ the POINT they are making,
III survey cannot very well 3, far from us.
The Dubuque Times gives an account Of
terrible outrage Which took place in that
cty OH tho night Of the Ali Two young
men travelling IRON Wisconsin, stopped 10
Dubuque over night. One Of them named
Hammrrsiy, DESTROYS Of writing back to his
people, taey stopped il the lover part Of
The city TO give h'm u" opportunity to do
40. The Tunes proceeds to relate the rest
of the account Is follows: The letter writ
ten, Hamncrs'y proceeded to the postofficc
10 mail il, directing his friend 10 drive ON
up town. On returning from the postotlice
10 Julian Avenue. llsrmmersly could find
no trace Of his comrxlc. He returned 10
the city, and made inquiry As 70 whittier
and IN what direction his partner had gone.
but was unable to ASCERTAIN any satisfacto-
ry intelligence. lie then proceeded up Lor
inner Avenue. and supposing his friend
would camp tor tho night on some hill IN
the vicinity Of the city, expected 10 over
take him before morning. II vac nov near
10 O'clock ?. y. While passing through
West Dubuque, and keeping the middle Of
the road. = huge dog was set upon him hv
I. McAvoy. No sooner had the
savage brute laid hold o. the
unfortunate t!ammersly than the lat>
ter Was collared BY Mr.. McAvcy him
self and thrown down. McAvoy calling hin,
d-n horse thief Ham ncrsley called for
help. The barking of the dog and the
sh'iess Of the unfortunate asn brought a
couple OF n,n - the spot II Tie 'iean,inS
liammers's succeeded IN shaking o!glhe en- d.
tagged dar. and rcscn'ng himself from the
grasp Of NrAvoy. made Lila escape into th.
garden OF Ms Sweerf. The l,te-. not
Aao"la- TAG natcre al the case, oi the char
ecker oil tie inaa r,sS e. - eve him admit.
tsnce. Esinners.s then ietaok h ms,lf To
the prlvy ana shut the dor. McAvov all
he line followed lin ~ ard csr,innei "a
hiss the sag apoa ;iiin. cafllak hi,n a hors.
tibet. If. Thomas Sanders satnteok $50,
beat away tho dog, an told naRrssrsly 70
come GU. TINT 9ie wouiu pro ect him. The
wreschcd AM lacc,aiei iilmmersly wasth, n
taken to the shop of Mr.. sanders and car "a
Tor. HE pantaloons were torn to shreds.
The legs and thighs the injured man pre-.
scented horrible spectacle. Several large
wound. inflicted by the enraged beast cover
Ha nnerslcy's body. McAvoy WAS arrested
end lbuD0kht before Justice Cragin, who
fined him 800 and costs. Comment upon
sues u6prevokcd and brutal barbari,y is
unnecessary. The young man, ilammersly
has certainly nothing in his appearance IN
dicativs Of the horse thief. He is apparent.
~ one Of tho most innocsnt and simple Of
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