Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-25
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
The corn crop Of Ohio is said to be look.
ing well.
Gov. Oglesby Of Illinois with several
State officers. start to-day for st. Paul.
Mrs. Hinckle, of Cincinnati, vas burned
to death on attempting to ii'l kerosene
lamp while burning, on Thursday evening.
Escobedo has been placed in command Of
the Mexican army, and Juarez is announced
as q candidate for recollection as President.
The Peoria Transcript says that the
"scab" has appeared on the wheat in Wy
oming. Stark and Woodford counties. and
that there will not be more than . two
thirds crop.
Vigorous efforts arc being made to raise
money sufficient to build railroad from
Denver to connect with the Union Pacific
at Cbeyennes station, which .he latter will
reach in October.
The House Committee appointed to take
testimony relative to the assassination cons
spiracy, organized on Tuesday, elected Jas.
Rcdpath clerk, and arranged sub commit
tee to take evidence.
The Michigan Constitutional Convention
on Wednesday morning, in Committee o,
the Whole, passed resolution in favor o f
negro suffrage in that State. The section
passed without the least opposition.
The Commission to settle the Indian
troubles will start West within ten days, if
the Generals provided for in the bill can be
decided upon. Only one officer Of the pres
sciibed rank is nov free to enter on such
| duty.
All the discussing officers Of the Freeds
mems Bureau but one, have been mustered
out Of service by order OF the Presdeut.-
The reason Of this is that the District CONS
manders in the South are now in . cond-
ton to attend to the Bureau laoor.
The cholera is raging with considerable
violence at Forts IIarker and Hays. There
we're fifty new cases at IIarker on Saturday,
and seventeen deaths. In single house
hold at Galena, Saline county, there were
seven members attacked, three dying.
Admiral Farrssut arriy ed at Cherbourg,
France. on Monday, AMI at once left for
Paris, arriving there on Tuesday. The
United States Minister, General Dix, gave
fete in honor of his arrival, which was ats
tended by large number Of American la
dies and gentlemen.
| Outrages still continue to be the order Of
the day in Texas. Union men are in mos
mentary per Of their lives. and Judge Lat
inner, prominent citizen, has been com.
PEELED to resign his commission as Bureau
Agent, on account of threats agains, his life.
The Salt Lake ledette ofJuly ., reports
an accident to a coach on the Montana road,
near Beaver river. The passengers were
mere or less injured. Among them were
two ladies', ono Of whom, Mrs. Stafford, is
supposed to have been fatally injured.
Four Of Brigham Young's sons are 70
ported to have gone to the gold mines on
Green river. The new gold mines dlscov>
cred by Lewis and Robinson are now re-
ported at the head Of Sweet river.
The Ie,iette complains about the neglect
of the mail contractor. Although the coaches
to Denver and Salt Lake run regularly, no
mails are brought 10. Two hundred bags
aie strewn along the route.
A terrible disease, similar 10 the cholera
has broken out among the freedmen on the
plantations along the Yszoo River, Missis>
sippi. The disease has every appearance
Of cholera and 10 thought to have oririns-
ted from the freedmen having eaten such
quantities Of cst,fish, not properly cooked
Or seasoned.
A gang Of disreputable negroes attempt.
ed to break up . colored prayer meeting in
Quincy on Saturday evening last, Dr. Hubs
bard attempted 70 interfere and was s,ab>
bed through the lower jaw. The rioters
then took to the street, where one Of them
attacked young man named John Gill
who thot him through the brain killing him
instantly. The Corouer's jury exculpa!ed
Gill and commended the action.
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