Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-10
STATE ITEMS.
Lots that sold for SIS. in Grinnell. eigh.
teen months ago, now command $3.50.

Lots that sold for SIS, in Grinnell. eish.
teen months ago, now command $3.50.
| The Register says $500 bell, weighing
GOO pounds, has lately been swung in the
belfry Of the LeClare School House.
/ 1t is estimated that eighty thousand doi>
! lars worth of buildings are going up in
Crinne!l Township this season Large
I figures.
/ Tho pella Biaie says that Immigrant
teams, TO the number Of six or eight an
hour, are passing through that town daily.
The Dubuque paper are sanguine that
the bridge over the Mississippi at that
point will be completed and the cars cross>
ing by December, 1865.
The Cas- County Messenger states that
some bold horse thieves visited that town
on Friday last. and stole two or three horses
aud the harness to fl shsm.
3. q. Ward. tP. n. at Union, Hardin
county, planted one potato. Of the "uncle
Sam" variety, this season, from which he
raised one hundred and twelve large ones.
Samuel Spsrlin. Of Felix township. Grun-
Dr. county, set Gre to some old straw stacks
ia his barn ysrd, like any other imprudent
farmer would have done, the other day, aud
the consequence was that the fire commune
Gated with bis grain stacks, and burned up
900 bushels Of wheat and 200 bushels Of
oats. We CLEAN from the Ledger.
The Republican says that Csrro Gorao
county has five cheese factories. L. A.
Tuttle, the pioneer in the cheese business 10
that county, and his wife are nov on . visit
to Herkimer county, New York, where the J
graduated in the manufacturing Of cheese.
They hope to discover some new items oil
importance to she business.
The Burlington Argus give. the following
item: On Saturday. while the train was
b cking up on the Burlington 4 Missou
ROAD, u small child cot upon the track and
was about to be run over. The mother see
ing the condition Of her child made an efiorl
to sare it. Finding that both were abou,
to be run over she dropped between thc
track, and n car or two passed over then
without injury to either. They were
taken out safe. We did not learn The
name.
The Washington Record gives the account
Of . irightful and rather singular accident
ION Tuesday last, while Mr.. John McKe,
was blowing in his field two mics this sid,
W Vu0 VI ivy uVb 80 OSSons
frightened and jumped suddenly against III,
other, knocking the latter down and falling
upon it. Both horses tangled in the har
ness, and unable TO get up. Icy kicking At I
furious rate. The hind legs Of one Of hen
we're cut entirely of by the pillow, and sh,
horse had to be shot. The legs oil the 9th
sr were badly cut, and the horse rendered
useless"
The Upper Dss Moines, published At Al
gona, kossuth county, says: "Our Stat
!, Gsologisi, DR.. White, has been spending
,, lew days in This county examining the pea
deposits. His rerearches are necessarily
limited for want Of time. But he find
: enough to satisfy him that this county i
abundautly supplied With fuel Of superio
, quality, and that Il 10 wisely disturbed, tn
, peat beds being larger and deeper the NOR
remote they are from timber. We accom-
, panied him in the survey Of two peat bed
near town IN both Of which rich deposi
Of peat WAS found, varying in depth fror
two and half - four feet In &C. mpan
with II. Durant he examined the country
few miles west Of town, finding deposits q
peat, though not as deep as in other places
: On Tuesday. in company with Judge Smit
hs examined a bed on Sec. %. L. 81,
l 90, where he found 900 ncres of No. on
r peat-also on Sec. l6. T. %. Il. 90, anothe
one hundred acres, equally rich. and j
> both instances. OF depth that could not b
\ fathomcd with a seven foo. aurer.'
90.
e Ter STATE FAig.-Dr George Spraglc
'hc Treasurer, gives t., following state
!, men. Of the receipts Of the Fair Just closed
Receipts for single admissions ........ s7,9l
' Receipts ter singlc entrance fees. ...... 81
Sales e. reireshm-nt stands. .......... 80
Sales at smphithe.tre aud shows. .... 2,l,
Sales, other sources Observation-Disclosures. 2,to
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