Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-12
DAVENPORT. IOWA. MONDAY. AUGUST Il 1867


1T again becomes orr psnful duty TO re>
cord another Of those terrible and unex-
pected accidents which awaken the sympa-
thies Of the entire community. Mr.. James
Mcfarland, who resides on Eighth street.
between Is Claire and Iowa streets, while
cleaning an old well, permitted his daughter
Ellen. young girl Of IA years, to descend
into the we'll, which 10 about twenty inches
in diameter and about sixteen feet deep, for
the purpose Of dipping up about foot OF
stsgnant water, which could not otherwise
te removed. She had been in the well but
. three or four minutes, when il Was OBJ
served that she was suffocating with the
foul air. A cry Of distress was immediate
ly raised which attracted the attention Of
her brother William, who rushed to the
spot, seized the well>rope and descended.
but he had no sooner reached the bottom
and commenced to raise the girl thsn he
too was made ,nsensible BY the foul air
He was sitting sssrids Of the well-bucket,
with his head and arms hanging down.
Being unable to straig ghtsn up, he was with
msch difficulty drawn up in this position
by the neghboss who had assembled. On
reaching the surface he was perfectly black
in the face aud insensible, but recovered in
a short time. The little girls father then
went down, but WAS Immediately suffocated
and had to be drawn up. Mr.. Patrick Ken.
NADIA. who lives next door, then made thres
unsuccessful efforts to rescue little Ellen
They then had to resort 10 . crap,
pling hook attached to = rope, with
the hopes Of hooking it into hss Clothes
This they succeeded in doing, but every
time they attempted 10 raise her it tore ou'
and let her fall back into the water. A
slip moose was then made in the rope. and
with the aid Of poles they succeeded il
slipping it over her limbs and drew her ou
covered with the foul water and dirt.
DIR. French WAS summoned, but every
vestige of life had disappeared before sh,
was rescued. Il fails us to depict thu
anguish Of the griefstricken mother. ant
the deep sorrow Of their broken no ne circle
So young and full Of lifs's elastic hope, t.
be thus suddenly and violently taken away
causes even the deepest grief; yet We shoult
not murmur when lie who gives sees ii 4
take away In their sudden and unexpected
bereavement they have the sympathies o
many friends and neighbors.
| Rock ISLAND RAcEs-About three hun
dred persons collected at the Rock Islan'
race course (the fair grounds) on Sstusda
afternoon to witness the trotting. At hsl
past two the gate leading to the trottin
course was thrown open and "Bay Dan,
"Sorrel Dan," "Shiloh," and "Wester'
Rather entered with their drivers, to con
test for the two purses first one $3.50
and the second one 500.
The Judges were Harry c. Miles, $. W
Wheelock and Thomas riummer. Thel
| soon took the stand and in few moment
| the horses we're called TO the score in tn
following rider: Bay Dan at the pole, next
Sorrel Dan, then Rather, and last, Shiloh
All came to the score, got the word, an
away they went, Bay Dan taking the lead
Sorrel Dan close second, Rather bad third
and Shiloh bad fourth. not changing posi-
ton through the heat-Bay Dan winning
Time. $50.
Second Heg-The horses oil came to tn,
score, 60. the word the first time and du
plicated the first heat, except in time ,whicl
was 1852.
Third Heat-Getting the word the frs
time. Bay Dan leadir & as usual, Sorrel Da
next, shiloh and Rather keeping thei
places as usual st the back stretch. wher
Rattler came to grief, gave up the chas
and came "cross LOTS to the stand. Sorre
Dan pressed his bay nsmssake down tn
home stretch and crossed the score ahea
by one length; Time 2:53.
Fourth Iieat.-On this heat Col. Boards
ley took the rens Of Shiloh, and after scor
ing three times got the word and started
Sorrel Dan leading, Bay Dan second, break
ing badly, Shiloh bringing up the rear a
usual, but this time on trot. On cominI
down the home stretch the two Dars broke
both crossing The score on run. and Shilol
finishing up the heat on trot was declare,
winner Time, 2:54
Fifth Heat.-Shiloh At the pole, Sorre
Dan secoad, and Bay Dan outside, whicl
position he left on the first quarter. takin
the front and came in winner Of heat an
race by twenty Ave lengths Shiloh crowd
ing the sorrel and close after him throug
the heat Time, 2:57.