Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-18

The Iowa City Lecture Association clear.
"a e225 ftom the recent lecture Of Fred.
Douglass 10 that city.
Mrs. McAllistsr, sscsntly confirmed As
Postmistress Of Fairfield, il . soldiers
widow and = soldiers daughter.
The DEBORAH Regisser says that the boards
ing house Of Mrs. Aiken, At that place, was
consumed by fire ON Thursday night.
Col. Parrot, late Of the 7th Iowa Infan>
try, has been appointed Postmaster as Keo.
kuk, in place If Col. Mcdowell. removed
Tho town Of Clarinda, Page county. has
been Incorporated, and the Herald 10 jnbi.
listic over the idea Of publishing paper In
. city.
The grand jury Of Dubuque have recently
presented over sixty indictments before the
District Court, now sitting, for violation II
the liqsos lsw.
The PellA Blade says shas The Dissriss
Court 10 now in session q Knoxville, and
that the Pslla saloon keepers are attending
very generally.
The young ladies' q Ksokuk have been
giving Gair fos the bsnsUs Of the Library
Association 10 that city, the net proceeds
Of which aoesated TO t3l2.
Mr.. A. J. Lovslady Of Hamburg Fremont
county. recently lest valuable horse that
vas killed by eating some poison put out
TT rats.
We learn from the Eldosa Ledger that
Judge Thompson, late johnson candidate
for Congress in this District, hass received
his commission - Pension Agent
On Sunday night. February oath. while
james Brown Of Jasper county, was away
from home, his house caught fire, and was
consumed with all its contents. No insurss
ance.
The DEBORAH Republican says that pain.
full rumoS is aaoat IN that region to the ef.
feet that e Eisffson, Of Lansing had been
murdered aud robbed Of g., 900 on the Sat>
urday night previous.
The Iowa Manufacturing Company which
hos been in operation ct Dubuque for .
year, has mode arrangements to put into
operation At once, . paper mill at Worth>
'ngtso, where printing paper 10 to be made.
The Montexuma Repubiicsn says that .
child Of Mrs.. FOrque., Of Brooklyn, in that
County, Was severely scaldsd on Saturday
night last BY falling bask ward into kettle
Of boiling hot water Hse rseovsry IL doubt.
fnl.
The residence Of Mr.. Chance, Two and .
half miles south Of Aarsngo, was destroyed
By 6se On Thursday morning. The lAnily
were absent from homo, and the Gre 10 sup
posed to have caught from the stove.
WAvaaiy.--An spi1saie aoeeg horses 10
prevailing in this section.
A gsntlsman near Wavssl1 raised 900
bushels Of oorn or twenty acres Of ground.
TIE corn brought 81 81. pr bashel, aaount>
Ing - oo4S. This would indicate that iasn
ing does pay.-Ph9Six.
! The same pspes publishes letter from
Prof. 8. 8. Howell. ef the State Univsssity,
} which Gays that nearly elk hundred stu.
: dents have bssn snsellsd thus fer in the
! collegiate year. The Institution now haa
. 6ftssn regular teachsss, besides the pro-
, fssaos Of gymnastics sod Tie president
Nsw ScseoL Housss. Rapids ID
20 have I've new school houses The coming
!. season, which ass net to cost over $4,000
, each. To meet the home bonds payable ia
, Eve and ten years. drawing 10 per cent in,
tsrest, and payable semi>annuslly, . two
mill tax is to be levied to pay the interest.
; KEoKuK.-Ths Constitution reports the
! trial Of the Rev. Judge Ballinger, Of tina,
; county, on charge Of Grim. con. with q
, woman who resided in his family in the ca.
] pacity Of . servant. The result Of the inves-
tigation. vas that in the course Of fourteen
= years. the Judge will pay the sum Of $l,-
, 625, in annual nstallments OF from 800 to
! $l2s.
, From the Jasper County Republican we
learn that on Wednesday Of last week, two
men called ct the livery stable Of Sampey 4
Axtsl. and BY pretending to Be- relatives Of
! Joel Gesfora. at Galcsburg, succeeded in
!, procuring two horses and saddles to 20 10
! see their relatives, promising TO return the
! horscs next day. But - Thursday was no,
. very pleasant day for travelling, no suspi
cion WAS aroused at their non.rstuln until
Friday noon, when Nj. Axtel proceeded TO
.. 0alesburg and ascertainad that the men had
. not been there, hut that they were impos-
tiers Is well % thieves. Subsequent inquiry
. discovered the fact that iustead Of going to
, Gslesbure they struck for Grinnell. where
. they were seen on Wednesday evening, on
the 1uka road.