Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-05
STATE ITEMS.

The rooms Of the Professors in Cornell
College were enteiel by burglars, and all
the loose money scattered around Was taken
away.
They have man a. Dennison on the
N,rihsestern X ,ad--with "a soul SO much
mid .rt-like thu: he steals the milk from a
minister CIV.
Gov Stone it is said to have gone 70 Col
oiado Time was VIII men in Stones
straits went to T.xas. ANY distant place
may do Some now. however, only so thA
1t he beyond Troublesome inquiry after
swamp land and contingent funds.
Mr.. Weeks. Of this city, has Just complet
cd the examination OF titles 10 forty tracts
o. land ior the X |. 4 p. X X Co pre-
iarstory 20 the * ensiun II their Road
westward through this county. Tnis means
hu>ines. BY stc,n.-R custer. Ues Moines.
There ~a> large gathering II bands ut
ottnuwa on The 3uth al, "a follows kco>
kuk Silver Co,uet iiand Ottumwa German
Turn Nerein Oskaloosa Silver Corn, I
Band: Mt. Peasant Silver C,rnent Band
tarmnngton Brass Ba d Charlton Bnnu ;
Abba Band, bloomfield Brass Band +: OF
tu,nwa Silver Corn,t hand
Michael O'Lsughlin, n brakesman on the
Des Moine> Valley Railroad was killed near
Alpine aday or two since. He was engaged
at ioping ia tina. Is, moving . trnin on
one track bv the use Of rope whiIe the lo>
connective moves on another. He lived abou,
half All hour after the accident.
rhe Editorial fraternity, At their meetin ne
at Cinton turing the State Fair. are to be
l,., ~
Herald that the City Council have already
rendered the use Of the new CITY He'll to q 4
Press Association, and this is but the cor.
mes; of what is to follow. The probAbi il ,
Is tina, il will be the largest mee,in, Of tn
representatives Of the Press ever bed 10 the
State.
The Csda- Valley Tmes says boy some
nine years Of age living upon the hill, was
missing on Friday evening last and all en-.
deavoss to find him were unsucce ssfur uni j
Saturday morning, when he vas fund dead
beneath a heavy piece II timber. The sup.
position 10 that while plsy ing upon or arour
the timber the stick rolled UPON h m. II /.
body vas warm when found, and the nail.
were torn fro his fingers in his attempt.
TO relieve himself; indicating that the Door
tire night with the grim monster which
thus killed him by inches.
The Corydon Monitor relates that DO,
in Clinton township Was blowing, when /
large Newfoundland dog that was with him
At .rted rabbit and touk after il, scaY,nf
the horse, which ran of carrying the pillow
with him. The dog seeing the m;schief i
: hnd done, immediately gave up the chas,
after the rabbit. and took after the horse
Which it caught and held unit, man cam,
and took bold Of the lines
The Iowa Fails Sentinel records the freak,
Of an insane man, or one who pretend.,
insanity, IN that rlscc. lie went aroun,
/ X Hing hogs AID fowls. bathing in the rive
nj anseasonab'e hours. and the, rnnnin.
around IN s',Tis nataraliJus going 10 cliurcl
snd inter-, pting the services, &C. Will,
, in the custody OF the sheriff he kicked ,ha
OH ial in the face. leaving M ugly cut, ant
finally ended his FIRE ,ss by str king c,e o
his keepers wiih his irons, breaking q bone
The Fremont Times says that while ~,
men were bathing in the Nishnabots q
near Sidney one day last week, they dis
covered something IN the river. which upor
examination proved TO be the body Of I
child ab ,ut three weeks old a flAtiron lied
TO The corpse kepiit from floating away
Some people living in the vicinity identified
ice child ~ belonging to man and woma.
Nho stopped there for supper the day pre-,
Si'us Parties started ,mmmed,stely in
persuM Of the supposed murdercrs, and ~
earn mat the man whose name is Ui,ch.
COCK mas been arrested, but the v,m.n
cannot be found. aud it 10 feared abe mo- ..
have shared the late OF the child.
The Oskalooea Herald e;vss An $780,.
Of fatal accident Nh c, recently orc 49, :
near that city: '0n last Tuesdas :.
Washington Church wss hauling nav q,
the Reeves farm, on Dee Moines River
about miles hom this place. the hcsse
took fright while no was on the ton cue, an,
threw him beneath the horses feet, bu
! grssp'ns the tongue. 70 held On until tn
: waeon (Which was not loaded ct The time
upset, Wien his hold Waa loo, n d. ard h
Vas either struck by one Of Il . aors.s' fee
; or the Wheel Of the wagon, ami his nee
, broken. and when picked W . a,osneut -,
: ter, HE vas extinct He VIE son Of n,
J Nslsoa Ohasch. Of this plaas. and s.r,.,
thsse ysase n The s3d le.a Iaih.trvl