Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-12
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
STATE ITEMS.

The half day system has been introduced
into the primary schools Of Muscatine =
Journal
The city authorities Of Nuscatine have
been investing in some new gas lamps.
The Opinion SAYS: the walls Of the VI. E.
College banding in olenwood are about
completed, and that the house viii De ready
for occupancy in a few weeks more.
Mr.. Anderson, mail agent on the Nusca>
line branch OF the c., X. |. u p. Il Il. get
his head severely hnrt b. poking it out OF
the wind Nv when freight train was pass
ing.
A large rick Of oats, on the farm OF Jas.
Lots. in Louisa county, was struck by light
ming and entirely consumed on the 4sh inst.
The Cedar Fails Gazette reports the burn
ing of . residence in the southern part OF
that town, last week, which was supposed
10 be the work Of al incen larry. Ii was
the property Of a woman lying IN jail
charged with keeping disreputable house
The mu,ila,ed body OF man, partially
dcvoured BY the buzzards, WAS seen on
Wednesday last, by the clerk of the steamer
Deer Lodge" lying on the Iowa bank OF
the Missouri river, about mile below the
OMAHA landing We clean from the Aen>
pariel.
The Maouoketa Ercelsior makes lis Ep>
pearance in new dress and enlarged form
1t will not now compare uniavorsoly WIN
any paper in The State. These indicationf
OF prosperity are pleasing. ". L. Mctar'
ron, editor and proprietor, and b. L. Beebe
local editor.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says the
grasshoppers haze oil left that region Tor
the South-that the prospect fer corn is
good lumber cheap; potatoes high; wind
considerable; and that it IS ''settled matter
that the L. p. K. X. bridge is to be across
the Missouri river"
The Washington Press says little son Of
WIN. Blair, Of that place. fell into his fath>
ers cistern and was drowned
The NonpareH has been the recipient Of
q raspberry bush, "laden with berries of
the second crop for this season-about half
of them thoroughly ripe They were
grown by Mr.. Terry, of Crescent City. Pot
tawattamie county.
j. b. Scott, employed on the railroad
near the Union county line, stole horse in
Uni,n county few weeks since. aud sold
it as Pleasant Plain, Decatur county. Mr..
Fo-gle. of West Union, Union county, ar.
rested Scott AT Pleasant Plains on last Fri>
dsy. and took him 70 West Union, where .
preliminary examination was had before
SQUIRE Power. who held him to bail in the
sum of 1850. Not being able to give the re
ouired bail, Scott was taken to Alton and
comm tilted to jail for safe keeping. - Oseeola
.oentinel.
The Iowa Falls Sentinel says on Wednes>
day last Frank Read, Of Eldorado, was IN
stantly killed by the falling of an earth EN-.
bankment which crushed him against
wagon wheel near which he was standing.
He was veteran Of the 18th Iowa, and
was married only last week.
The Des Moines Statesman says that Maj.
Thomas Cavensugh, Of Des Moines, last fsll
entered at the United States Land Office,
at that place, amongst other tracts, forty
acies OF land adjoining the city of Dubuque,
and for which he has got Pstent-and
is now offered several thousand dollars for
the same.
On Fifth street, where grading is being
done, James Hughes yesterday picked lup
several small but rich specimens oil mineral,
indicating crevce thereabouss. This may
be set down as new discovery. Dubuque
builds her street on mineral wealth, and
thinks nothing Of it.-HeraH
The lndsnola Visitor says a young man
was severely injured in Madison county last
week, by falling upon q hay fork. He was
working on a straw stack, when, losing his
balance the fork slipped from his hands, aud
tell against the side Of the stack with the
points upwards, he falling directly on it
One Of the tines entered the thigh just above
the knee, and striking the bone glanced up
ward comag out near the hip. In this
condition, the end o: the fork handle rest
ing on the ground, the force carried it clear
over, tearing his thigh in fearful manner.
Georges expects much Of her peanut crop
this year. Two counties alone are expected
70 prrducc co 900 bushels,