Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-14
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Gov. Merrill 10 hoase-hunting in Dss
Noines, says the Register.
The Newtonians- Eve hundred strong
recently mads . move on Des Moincs-s
cous:ning.
The Herald is assured By reliable Wit
nesses that the corn crop of W. X. Lippin,
Of that county. is averaging one hundred
and two bushels to the acre Think OF that
you rcck- bound formers Of the unproduc-
tive "down East"
The Ottumwa Courier has been present
ed with a monster potato, weighing four
| lbs, and describes il thus ''It is evidently
. planet. as it has sixteen perfectly formed,
sound satellites clnging to it-a perfect
| cluster Of potatoes in one. 1t is Of the
Chill Neshsnnock species"
WIN. Hurley, OF Chick saw county, har-
vested $50 bushels Of oats, this fall, from
eight acres Of greund-l0 bushels sowing
and the Nashua Post adds, that there 10
the tallest part Of the story. Tho crop Of
sses cas eroscn on grouad that had not been
plored for year The ground last year
producing . crop Of sugar-cane and buck
wheat. The oats we're planted With grain
drill. Sixty bushels Of oats to the acre and
on land that had not been tillsd for one
year! Pot that 10 your pipe and smoke it,
YOU New Workers and New Englanders who
have 20 spend your profits in guano and
fertilizers. Think Of il you ''deown-east-
srs" who have to cover your Sleeps noses
with sheet-iron 70 keep the stone from wear-
ing the hide off while they Craze Come
10 Iowa where you have only to tickle the
soil with hoe to make il laugh with har-
vest Come 10 this Cedar Valley, the gar
den Of the West. where uncle Sam is rich
enough to give you oil farm'-provded
you work for it. Como out where people
. feel their DATA"
. Chambers Bros. Of Muscatine, commenced
{ pork packing on the 1lth, ss we learn from
the Journal.
. During October 275 ear loads-l0O 600
bushels-of wheat were shipped from Mar.
. shslltown.
The Advance states that coal has beer
discovered on Middle Creek, Jefferson
!. township, Marshall county.
: A two-story brick store fell down at Ccun
A Gil Bluffs. last Thursday, injuring five per
!, sons, and causing loss Of about $4,000
b Tho potato bug which did % much dam
. age in this part Of the State to early pots
= toes, let Backhawk county almost entirely
l. alone, says the Gazette. The "peach- blows
II were the most reliable.
Re Two boys, walking along Mill Creek
n Jackson county, last week, found the dea'
= body Of . man lying in the erase. An ex
= animation Of the case showed that he cam
to his death by the wasting away Of tn
e. walls OF the heart. The body was recog
n nized % that Of Samuel Brown, Of Clinton
. county. We CLEAN from the Excelsior.
% Thep rAirie fires which did so much dam
70 &c age in Butler county, swept also over lsrg
VI part OF Ohickasaw county. Grain stack
were burned, and in one instance an hone,
farmer. Mr.. James Molten, lost nearly oil
no had. The citizens Of Nashua. the POI
: states, circulated subscription in his b
- half.
The executive committee Of the Muscl
!. tine Bible Society report nine branch soci'
. ties IN operation. II has $79l.37; bill
:. receivable. 1929 45; leaving . balance ovs
- indebtedness, 1881. 90; books in the dspol
~ itory, &26l.2s; making total assets q
money aud books) over indebtedness, 16i3