Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-24

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The Cleremoat Leader contaios . letter
from E'sin, Iowa which says that son Of
Bened Ct Schorie Of that place, sged six
years while playing on the river bank, fell
into he stream and was drowned.
Tho Yellow Springs murder case, which
has been occupying the attention Of the
Court at Burlington for some time, has
been decided by the jury retusninga ver>
dict against the prisoner (Mcclurc) Of muir
der in the second degree.
The Sioux City Register says that an i'm
portAnt discovery of gold has been made at
Fort Beauford at ths mouth Of Yellow stone
river Dakota Territory. Ten cents in gold
has been found to every quart Of dirt.
Last Thursday. . party Of three Or four
men attempted to cross the Des Aoines
River in . ski6 on 1he main road between
Boone and Jefferson. Tho skiG was upset in
the middle Of the stream and son Of Mr..
Franklin Of Boonsboro. WAS drowned.
Rev. Ne. Frankfurth Of Dubuque bee
lately invented what he calls Baby walker
and supporter" The TMes says the ioven>
ton is designed TO assist children in val
king BY properly attaching them 10 On ap.
psratus which assists them 10 . proper OF
ercise Of their limbs, thereby contributing
10 their health and strength.
A. lot Of boys we're playi ball 1t o.
kaloosa lev dsys ago, one Of them knock.
ed the ball with great force which, in ito
flight struck . Afs. Hurley. . lady fifty
years old, and knocked her down and frae
tused one Of her ribs. To make the mat
ter more aggravating the accident hap.
pened on Sunday.
BY the Fort Dodge North West we Gee
that the Good has carried away the new
bridge q that place. The same journal al.
% says that The osidgs across the East
Nosk ss Dakota, and McKsight and Taft 9
dsms. have oil been destroyed. The dis
tsuctiou Of property in dams. osidges and
mills on tho Unppes Des Moines is the
greatest ever known.
The Cedar Rapids 7imcs OF tbs 18th
says that their is singular fA.ality among
the domestic fowls Of Cedis Falls tn q
spring they arc dying off BY scores with
what IL termed chicken cholera. The Times
rs infurmed that some persons are killing otl
their chickens to keep them from dying and
supply the market with this kind Of poul.
try.
One of the suits Of Msl Charles A. Sher
man. OF Boonsboro. vs. The Western Stag,
Company was tried in the Linn Dstrc,
court last week. Verdict for plaintiff, So
900 Appealed 10 Supreme Court. Thi,
sult-weil known to lowans--was brought
i,r the drowing Of the plaintiffs wife only
child and mother by that company, Will,
crossing Boone river several years ago
Four suits were brought The other three
go over.
We also learn from the same paper that
Norwegian fell from the construction train
ga FRIDAY last at Cedar Falls, and was run
ever BY the cars, which N sshed bic leg and
hand. Amputation was performed the next
day, but he died on Sabbath night. The
7ines states that the conductor Of the train
forbid him getting on the cars in tho NOR :
nirg, 40 he VAS too much intoxicated "a
work but he managed to get on and the
result VAS ~ above stated.
THE Lizard CAsR-Thcrc seems 10 be
10 new developments in this case in add
ton TO what was published last week.
Whether the theory Of lizard in the stom
ach has been a hallucination or not, it IL
Ger ain that the course of treatment adopted
by the physician for is destruction has
been followed bv III, symptoms which he
informed them they might expect. The
patient IS now qnies and slowly recovering
from her nrostration.
The Fairfield Ledger tells Of the death bv
drowning of Pm.ip Mann, . German, but a
ciuzs' Ut that county for twenty-five years
lie was working in field near his residence
on the 9th inst, and not coming home at
night. search was made. and on Thursday
following his body was found in SULPHUR
Slough, body Of bsck-water from Skunk
river. His cap was discovered hanging on
. bush near bv. Il is supposed that he
drowned himself. but for what reason 10
not known.
The Clesmont Leader gives an account of
the mortality among the sheep in that viz
cinity. Ii says that . Mr.. Thompson of
Clermont has lost 1875 Of his most vsl,ehls
sheep. A post norton examination showed
that il was caused By grubs IL the hsad.
NJ. ThenpsUu inform the editor Of tho
Leud~ that thee originate from sees de,
posted In The nostrils, By flies. dssine the
ere Matched there, snd
'tence penetrate . he brain causing death
IN shsrt time. TIE preventative 30 sre.
!ssts is, allowing ~ sAssp free sscess q
dust. during the summer, which they use
IS snuG ~ expel the unwelcoms insruders
Two boys named Larry Morgan and Per.
y W,ndhaa started out honting ct Oska.
loosa last week. By some accident Wind
MANS gan vas discharged, the ball stsik.
ing Morgan in the left eide. The dectos cal.
led describes the travels Of the bullet q
follows: The ball struck him one inch
from the spine on the left eide psssins ~
under the shoulder blade, passed through
bcs~cen the ribs on the left side, passing
around the postssior portion Of ths cheat
passed out between the ribs On the rieht
side and iedeed in the right arm pit under
shs skin. Al the present time (fuesday)
All that portion Of ths,body below the wound
IS psralized, and his situation is extremely
critical"
"Mrs. E. b. Millet, wife Of Elmer Millet.
II Forrestvlle, lcft. her home about tvo
noniAs since under the psetext cf visiting
50 csSses - Asut'osSp Psouutusuk " WrNe -
Don as she reached her destination, Her
husband anxiously awaited Q letter from
Ter, but received none. After swinging
round the Circle about Ave weeks, this bus
ling comet made her appearance in the Wis
Unity of Ma chester. but the eatseaties Of
ind husband, and the cries Of her helpless
h''dren failed to induce her % rsturn to |
'et home. A yOung man who has boarded |
= a .ne family SCENE to constitute the Point
J, attraction ofthis eccentric comet. But
Fny posing maa should abspaso an AM
ellie ycusg lady to run away vish Z piddIs
ge9 neFsteo woman is . ouessieo the f.Ihs
. that neighborhood are unahle - ."i..
W refer THE strange freak Of h...e -.
ars TO our very learned fsiss.ds = m ~.
raj portions IL tAs eouuty."
The hitshsll Ccsnty Pre- says . youn.
IAN Ia The employ II J. =. Decks,aso1.
bile passing through apieo ef Woods On
liter Greek, Otssneo tUWnship, l0wa, heard
strange shriskieg noise near the cseek.-
- gsesg - ses 49, ~ fsuad ~ wy I
lfee Au'esican Eagles apparently soesgsd
battle. On going neer to them one fiev
way but The largest enc stood he around
% nghe The yound man commenced 10
hro. stones at hin, enc hitting nis head
.hich partly stunned him he then threw
Is AZ at him then taking . club he sue,
eeded II killing him. He was one Of IN.
Argcet Of hio opecies measuring seven ~,