Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-08
STATE uTE N =.

The Iowa RIVER is to be bridged at Bef>
mont.
Fireworks were prohibited in Dcs Moncs
on the Fourth.
Mr. Johnson living near StineyviHe, Mon
roe county. has a three legged chicken.
The lite storm in Benton county did a
g,e,t deal OF damage Many buildings were
dam geI.
Alexander Smith.a farmer in Hardin Co
tell dead wnie psougalng IN his iiela last
week
The physicians Of keokuk say that city
was never as healthy before as just now
That il the trouble all over the country.
T The Clinton Hera'd ,@Is about a cham
being made at backsmth's shop in that
city when will be e46 feet l,ng.
A fine horse be onging to 5. q Hall, OF
Hamilton, was struck by lightning and Kills
d tho other day. NJ. NJ II, who lives near
Hamilton, had tw,g cd horses drowned.
The Lansing Union says that an 10dian
near that place was bitten hy a rattleenske
and died in few hours after from the ef
lec,s OF the bite.
The Upton Advertiser announces the
death Of Jno Swineiori. Esq . vel known
lawyer OF that zee. HIS disease was hem,
.rrhagc of the bowes
The Montezums Repubficds $, stes that
| luing the storm On Sunday ght week. II
couble of hou 80 wer, bloNn ov.r near Grin
nell, and woman seriou ly injured.
The Belle Plane Transcript says that .
hree ye Cd cnld, he daughter Of h NJ
3o,iiey, fell from a sec n story VIVID W
IN L. the sidewalk, and, strsne t. sit, es.
capped without injury.
Mr. Bal. of Abba, has just ecoe,rei
mare stolen from his premises f,ust, en-
man. ago. She was IN IN han !, OF .
ped or who said he purchase her o. Il y
cry stable keeper at Des Moin,s.
The youngest child OF Mr.. E. Whiting, OF
Sidney, Fremont Co.. boy two years old.
w,s scalded 10 death Thursday, the 2Vth
ult by failing backward into tub Of boll>
ing paste. The little fellow lived but few
hours after the accident.
A young man in Fairfield, member OF the
firm Of Sharp & Son, called the editor OF The
io,cd Democrat to account for an article in
that paper which was not pnlstable. The
"sati>fac ion" be received was a salutary
shrashins; the young man IS said to have
been lawfully licked
A brakeman on the G. & N w. R.R..
While walking backward Oh the track near
LeCrsnd. caught his foot IN the frog" OF
the switch. which threw him across sh,
rack and held him fast till the train came
along o. he had Leck"ned, and ran over
him, passing over the thighs. causing death
in about four hours. The deceased vas
son Mr.. SpOoner.
On the morning Of the Fourth, o. Oliver
: Terry and Gus Mkesell Were firing . salute
. With the cannon, Il exploded prem stursly.
burning them severely. Terry's hand MAS
badly lacerated and portion Of the thumb
had to be ampntsied. Mlkeselrs hands
. and face were terribly burned, and 1t & O.,
(. II was thought he had Loaf one Of his eyes !;
n but we understa, d now, that his injuries
are not considered serious. - Kuscatins
Courier.
Kelley Davis, who 10 known hcreabo uts
~ pr,fessicnal foot>racer. gambler, etc,
was shot near Gregory's Landing last F,i>
4 dav. while attempting to evade c,uple Of
officers from Warsaw. Who were pur suing
him. Report saya his otiensc consisted in
! stealing money from . party in Wassaw.-
The shot took tifec. in bis back, making a
>eve,e, though not dangerous wound The
officers, il seems, acted without proper au>
thuriiy in the case, and Charity Water an,
who dad the shooting. was tried AT Aiexsn>
dra and required tn give bond in the sum
$500 for h,s appearance at Court.-Keo,
kuk Constitution.
The Burlington Aarkeye says: We un
derstand that Chief Engineer Cameron ha.
COMPLETED . survey from Burlington to
Wspello, BY WY Of Dry Run and Hurley
= uoli"w. The distance 10 twenty-six and
It one ~ m'les, and an easy grade. The
Lne"esrsa are now enesged survey ing the
.ou'e " IN hcssa,h To Wsrellc. ~ Whs.
'e A"o"n ne the Morning Sun route. TIE
: directors expect 10 be ready to locate the
n 'oao oy 'he nrss OF August. and it o,l, 70
mains Tor 'he people interested in tho A III
ierent routes 10 come up promptly With
It their subscriptions Of stock. w"
i Judge Richmsn 81 Nuscat,ne 10 .bou, :,
= publish a volume of poems.
Hon Oran Favillc 10 recov erine his health
!. quite rapidly.
:, Tie Nashua Post Justly says: 9TH,
y people Il the Cedar Valley have . z ca
y deal 1t stake IN the projected line iron, St
= Louis TO St. Paul cia Burlington, Ceda,
q Rapids, vinson Waterloo. The line now IL
% operation from Waterloo to waverly, ane
the protected line rom waverly 10 Auat q
sm ma hoa. Charlvs City, Ossgs and Mitch
e ell. viii D. the first cor uection between ST
n Lous and 81. Paal by rail- Tire line lrcu
4 wsiesleo 10 Aas'in is but . link in III.
: chain. and the Gay is much nearer 1t hand
than any Of US believe ~hen the sn,ire lin,
viii - in summing osder."
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