Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-19

The OskalooM CoMsesraesr says thaa
three calves. Ill Of the mssculins gender,
and one color, wsss presented 70 NJ. Walk
er BY one Of his milch COWS on Monday lest.
Euicsrs AT Booxssouo. Valentine Rus-
ser, brass mouldss. Of Chicago. cut his
throat in . tis Of temporary Insanity 81 tn:
fremont House ia Doonsboro. on the Sd
inst, causing his death. He vas seeking
home In this Sac, and 10 said to b man
Of temperate habits. Ills friends IN Chica
60 he'd the bsdy taken - shs, city.
The uewspapers Of Couacil Bluffs and
Sidney are disappearing the ques.ions % 10
where the B. 4 n. r. 4. win touch the Ms
souri, river. The Council Bluts people ere
son6dens that their city wil b. the point,
while the ethsss think is vim pass thrsueh
Sidoey CD make Netssska City The poie,.
Tine WI detssuius Who b right.
The. costract Zoe essdisg end tieius the
Iowa Central railroad frea Eddy vile 20
0skalsssa. wss LEI - hosday V Jaaissn
4 Brown. The company 10 dslsemiesd TO
push the road through With al possible
speed, and will let the contrset further
neeth - seea - the pss0assns lssaaioo 10
made through Powsshick county and north
ward.
Az the Cedar Rapids freight train on the
Chicsgo and Northwestern railroad looming
east) on Monday morning, wss switching q
Mechsa.esvils. . beaks0ao on the tsain.
NAMED Hunt 0st With sssious aeeidses -
Il appears thse be ne descending hts lsd>
der on cattle ear whsn be Wss struck BY
. cattle guard and thrown o. In The effort
to break the tall he thrust both Of bic hands
out on the track, when the train run ovee
one arm and severely injured il.
The Montsxuma RspsJlisss, Of The 9Th.
contains the following in rsfssence 10 the
Iowa Central railroad 1--WE ere informed
that the surveyors on the Iowa Central rail-
road viii begin 70 work in Poweshisk eoun.
" ~ soon % the weather 10 such % 10 per.
nit-which. judging from tho temperature
at present, will b about the Fourth Of July.
Whore the road ~ill sun. u as present an
uniathomabie mystery. Il . generally con-
ceded. We believe. that Il viii pass through
Poweahisk county somewhere.
A letter from Floyd county, says: Week
before last girl named Sarah hunaloy Was
sitting in front Of : Dire, when spask frea
the steve snapped out upon her dress. sss>
ting Il on Ore The clothing nearly oil burn
ID from the child before the blsss could ~
sxtinguishsd, end che died Ia The seurss Of
few hours. Last Thussdsy afternoon
little girl about three yssrs Of age, the snlv
child of . man nsmsd Duel. being ~ alone
for shost time. thought the fire would Be
6ns thing TO play with. In some wsy her
clothing caught lire, and the child was 90
asvsrely burned that she died on Saturday
night, after suffering unspkabls agon,es."
Iowa A. A RAiLsoAD SrArs. In the Uni
ted States there are 80, 500 miles II railroad
completed. OF this assouns Iowa has LISA
miles. being the tenth State In point Of rail
road facilities. Pennsylvania noe sauks q
the first, Ohio the sscond. lllineis the third,
and New York the fourth. When I'll the
lines nov under contract in al thu States
are complsssd, Iowa will rank - the seventh
The fetal cost ot railroads nov in running
order In the State 10 t4s. 49,, 900. The total
cost Of eli The railways IN the U9ited States
10 81, bO3. 464. OS6.
The Railroad Journal ssys this contiasn,
has nov moro miles If railroad completed
than ell other parts Of the world together
The Dubuque Tms says: 1.-THE Chica.
60 company (Law. Munn L Co } who have
been At work since last November, with 20
miners, north Of S,nsinnawa mound. and
two miles from rairplav, discovered an
opening last Friday, 80 feet from the sur>
face. On reaching the opening, solid mass
c. Of ore could be tels with . crow bar.
spreading out in various directions. This
- A. a.
TO be a big discovery-probably the largest
that has been made in that vicinity for sev
eral years. Tue Dubuque Level and Lead
Mining company have recently found very
largo re in an east aud west vein near The
Shot Tower shaft, three miles northwest Of
the city. The discovery YES made By
using hand pump in sinking in On open.
ing, about 100 fee. from the surface. The
ore set in, in sheet form, one foot thick
Eight thousand pounds have been raised.
Thirty thousand pounds srs aid . be sx-
posed in the drift. The miasrs say the
prospect 10 splendid tor big yield one
Sanguiss man hslding that the prospect 10
- big - the Kasrick lode wss ct any one
time. add that vein yielded 9, 800, 600 pounds
Of ore"
AeADooC90cy.
One Of the pasvsnu ladies OF Cincinnati.
who would b wonderfully asistocrssic in
oil her domestic concerns. wss visiting few
days since at the house Of Major o..
(all knew the old Asjor,) when, after ssa,
the folio ring conversation occurred between
the Majors old fashioned lady and the top
knot in consequence Of the hired sirl occu
plying seat at tho tea table
'Why Mrs. -, you do not allow
your hired girl to eat with you At the table
do y.u''
"Most certainly do. You know this
has ever been my custom. Ii was .
when you worked for inc-don't you rscol-
lect 2"
This was cooler" TO silk and satin
grsstnesa. or, Is the boy calls it
Goldfish aristocracy.' Aftsr colosinu
ard stammering, she answered in
low voice :-"ies. | believe it wss," and
lef..
What whitening rebuks! And how ad
irably Il applies 20 much Of our s,ruttine
ar'stocsacy! when will The world learn
that poverty 10 not the svidsacs Of mean
ness and degradatioe. nor silks sad sasins
the true evidence Of true and noble 10.
man.
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A MT fer sho Car0oos % Ceaek..
England 10 puzzled With shis enigma, lsfs
BY god old Dr.. Whitswsll:
a hsedless oen Aas . lsasss 10 vsiss.
He VII rssd Il bed lest bic eight;
The euab snpseesA Il wosS fss vesA,
And deaf Wae he maa Whs lisseool ssd
heard!"
AssvsoaSsY sAnss' selsnss. csasssss sass
An obstiaats dumb osn he'd letter ~ vrite
Z, seat msa Who he'd less HE sight;
The dumb wrote and eoDeated IL Sori fnr Gard