Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-19
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changed from an evening TO "o'"''s P"-
per.
The Iowa Citv Press says that seven
.,,9.s ~ theTN q. Railroad, in johnson
,.on,tv will be ready for the ties in three
weeks.
I An afTec,iona.e husband living some
niles from Ninton, knocked his wife down
sitli n Stop pail the other day just 10 show
Ter that the course Of ,ruelove don't run
smooth.
The Council Bluffs Nonparei. says that
willis Phelps, Of Springfield, Mass" has
iakon the contract for building the entire
Inc OF railroad between st. Joseph and the
Iowa State line. Two sub contractors. each
With large gang Of work men, have already
commenced work on the ST. JOSEPH end of
the road (tne first section OF ten miles. and
will push forward the work with ali the
means and energy at their command. Il is
confidently expected that the entire line of
the road will be completed TO Council Bluffs
BY tho 4th Of July next
From the Independence Bulletin We learn
that on the / It'll inst, . "Mr. Tittswortb,
living rear Jessup, met with . horrible
death on Friday. the 4,h inst, on the rails
road, a little west OF that town. When the
afternoon freight train approached the spot
he was seen lying across the track, his head
resting upon the south rail. The engineer
endcavored to stop the train, but its mo-
mentun was too great, and every car pass>
ed over the helpless victim, crushing and
mangling him in terrible manner. tap
pears that Ti,tsworth was subject to fits,
and i. is supposed that be lay upon the
track entirely UNCONSCIOUS Of approaching
danger"
InE WEATHER And TIE CRors. Of
October has passed and the weather cons
tinues with Summer mildness, and that
splcndor ofcarth and heavens that charac.
terizss our Iowa Autumns. That late
1 Sprrg has been compensated for. The fall
h $ been but the continuation Of Summer.
Tho Register has been cleaning from its
State exchanges items concerning the
weather and crops in various parts Of the
State, some of v hich we here subioin The
| Register says:
The farmers have had the best of wealth
er for threshing their wheat, securing their
winter supply Of prairie hay, and gathering
their corn. In quantity and quality, no
such crops Of all varieties were ever before
| AoWh, Wuu 10 tbO OcBt vi pflCcs
arc realized, the farmers Of the State are
the money-making, independent class in
every county. They have fairly earned
the reward Of their industry, and are emit
tied TO its fullest enjoyments.
ADAxs CouxrY.-From the Quincy Ca
zet,e, Of Oct. 10. VIC CLEAN the following
items 1.-The crops Of this county arr
certainly more than an average. The corr
crop 10 represented rs only midding il
some portions of tho country, but this i
more than made up by the large crops Q
wheat and oats
We understand that large quantities 0
| the corn crop have been sold 10 dsovors t,
feed stock the coming winter.
Tho grasshoppers have nearly oil dissp
pssred.
The first frost OF the season visited US OF
,he night Of the 4th.
TANA CouNTY. The Union Of Oct. IL
says "For the past week our streets
have been literally alive with wheat team
coming from all parts Of the county. Til
! farmers Of lama county are reaping gol
den harvest, IN quantity, quality and price
t WAYNE CouSsY-Thc Corydon Monte
u ny y NIL 14dfN, tfl tifti Dtlsihx III fites I
v th.t vicinity, recently sold lot Of sixt,
liye OF the finest steers We have seen in til
I county. We understand ths: the pre-
agreed upon was for all steers weighin
II frnm .O0o to 100 lbs. &c; |, 1000 / 80,
Il ttc; 500 and upwards, DC.
: TAsA C.uSrY-fhc Republican of las
week. says the corn crop is ~ fnc condi
tIon, and as yet, not injured by the fro.
: u the least. The wheat in that region VI
. not quite so good as last year, ON accour
. Of the early rains Of the season.
= UNION CouSrY. The Alton Reyeile say
\ New corn is coming IN and rates at froi
forty to fifty cents u bushel. The cor
crop Of this county this season was neve
= cxcelled, either in quality OF quantit,
8 Several wagon loads Ct peaches were m I'll
as 20 per bushel. Apples are abundar
= 1t 81"
: liewAID CouSry The Cresco Tim,
II says the receipts of wheit at the eievat,
1 in that place for the first month after
!. comm need receiving grain tbs seaso,
foot up s. 6i1 bushels.
HAHoS CnusrY. We are informed, SAY
che Pelie Blade. by persons ,hreshing whea
s that the yield IN the section OF country b,
!. twcen Peils and Monroe will average tive.
~ bushels per acre.
i CLINTON CorNry.-Thc last De Witt OF
server says: I'VE have not vet had an
freezing weather, and only two visitation
q Of white irost sufficiently severe to lea,
its mark. only the tcnderest plants ha,
as yet suffered Corn aud vegetables al
now ma,urcd and GU, Of danger
c LINN CouNTY.-The Times, Of last weel
II says: "a severe frost, the first Of any in
portsnce this fall, visited this section
Iowa on Saturday night. Corn and vege
I; ables generally being fully ms,ured, I
y harm was DONE"
CAyIoS CouSTY.-The McGregor New
of a late date, talks Of the crops and weatl
y er in the Northeast corner of the State, ,
q follows: ~ p 10 The present. the autumn
y IN this reg on has been charming. Tn
4. equlnoctial storm was a gentle, warm rail-
lasting nearly three days. and soaking III
ground nicely. putting it ia good conditio
Tor fall blowing. The storm settled o
with n south or southwest wind, warm an
balmy Is summer. and II has continue
y since bri sht aad warm, with no frost sufii
Gent TO make the least impression upon th
;, tenderest plants. Tomato, squssh and Gu
y cumber vines are stll producing in on
' gsrdens, and dshlias and other tender flow
> crs still bloom as swee,ly AZ if no autumn,
nights had passed over them. Our cor
and buckwheat crops are magnificent Cor
!, was never better filed or better rpeneo
= and tho crop is heavy, scarcely an unrip
. "nubbin' Is to be found en- On acre. III
+. weather symptoms are in favor Of On cas-
: winter. All old weather prophets put
down rs certainty, that if the au,um
= equinox Is succeeded by south winds, III,
y a mild or warm winter is inevitable. On
: weather news, extending over thirty year,
!, confirms u in that opinion.
The Dubuque Times gives the particular
4 OF terrible accident which happened mes
Peosta, in Dubuquc county. The pasticula,
y Of the af.s ere % follows: On Wsdnssds
morning, Mr.. Withern, who lives two mile
east of Peos,a, arose twoshours before day
light, and proceeded to his barn to atten
. TO hs horses. His son Martin, eight veal
Oh, also got up. directly afterwards, withou
the knowledge Of his father, and thinkin
10 be of some service, vent cut 70 catch
chicken, and osccnded . tree for that pur
i pose. In the meantime the father returne
| 10 the nDuSa anil hcav,rp r1;..