Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-22

VINO mao SvCn t0oJ week.
The Pepeills says the population Of that
village will be doubled the coming year.
Corn i selling il Grundy County at $50
per boshel and wheat q (s.
Dubuque and McGregor people are now
'sitiug about Anilwsy between those two
points
A Gov was killed BY lightning at Elksdor
Clayton county, on The 9Th.
A bridge company with . capital OF q mil.
lion dellars, has been organized II Dubu>
que.
The Beaver river Is overflow ing. Several
bridges within . few miles Of Dss Meines
have been swept away. ~
A hefes thief BY the nsoe Of Miller -
csnghs q Hardin CITY On the ssh See FL
doss LsdSer. IL. =.
J. O. Mcclure. Of Hasdis cvunsy. so,d
three year Old steer ~ sthes day ~hich
weighed 700 thsssaad psunds.
There = y b . ssspsaslso bridge over
the Dee Aoines River. at Keos,oqus. Pro-
pooals ~ the stess vssk have been sdvsr-
isoA r.. 49,
NJ Hsvis says shas tAs cattle plague i
carrying % The ooWs Of that place. Sever
Il veil ~ sews hsve ~ during he post
week ssd % o. can tell whnt sils issa.
The washington Rress informs us that
llttle GIL, the daughter d NJ. Levi coshlin,
living few uiles from Washington, was ac>
cidntaaly burned TO dsatA NV dsys ego.
Some internal wrstchcs enterd the grave
yard st Eldors last week and. broke the
grave stOQse standing In the burial lots Of
Bdessetc& end Harris into pieces With an
Moses Baumgasdsner, Of Nevada, recently
struck HE mother With bar Of iron. He
Was arrested and held 70 saswss for his NM
natural crime q The District Court in $500
bail.
Gen. Wilson-ths aoldiss vhs captured
jeff Davis and bic pssticoats-paoed
through Burlington on Monday. On his way
to Keokuk accompanied by his stan.
The Shell Rock Stiiets has column &C
cesns Of bsautiful mirage :whio appear I'd
in that segioa IN the last day Of March.
Houses and groves thirty miles away we're
plaialy dissssnibls.
A vsin Of coal eight SssS 6vs isshes Thick
and Of superior qualify he's besn discovered
posed to b. chs ssme otsatu0 which extsn>
do s,uthw ward into Hsrdin county.
There ives organised last week q Usage
under dispsnsaaion BY che Grand High
Priest, . Chapess Of the Royal Arch Msso0e.
This new Chaptss 10 the only one IN Nor.
thorn Iowa. west Of Decorsh. and north ol
wavsa,y.
Ths Iowa City Repsblisss eisss On %
count Of man named Jack Micher, Who
while in The ct u splitting wood nearly
severed Bile fsos at the instep BY clip
Of the ~.
| The lAeA issuo Of the alton Reveills says
tAas PlsAsast Crises. Of Rinegsld county
who . yeas % . aee oo9uced . neighbor's
daughter, che giris consequently dying 4
horrible death In childbirth, had damsses
10 the amount Of $1,000 assessed against
him at the late session ofthe District Court
Of that cosnty. The atfeeitv Of THE crime
is magniilsd, whea Il 10 sisted ,hat the un-.
fortunate victim Of this mans lusts was .
member Of the Same church and Al alten.
dant Of class conducted BY him.
The Gate City gives US the gratifying in.
tsligencc that = majority Of the commits
sioners designated 10 FIX upon the plan Of
the Rapids improvement have arrived Al
keokuk, end will immediately proceed TO
the discharge Of their duty in the premises.
The members IL the Commission present
are Gen j. II. Wilson, Col. G. T. Haincs,
Col II. A. r6sss. and Col. J. N. Aacomb.
The other members are expected TO be pres.
ent very soon.
IRON oil parts Of the State Ne get &C,
counts Of the farmers being very busy
blowing and sowing wheat. For several
days the weather has been extremely favor
able, and there 70 every reason TO believe
that vast deal Of wheat will b soen-
very much more than ever before sown in
the State. The spsiag has bees somsvhat
eeekeasd-thoueh not - muGA - - genss.
ely supposed-but L has come on lately
with rush, - TO cay. end evsry thing COW
looks sxcssdlegly isvusab.s for the farmers
The Booosboro Adsoeats contains On
amusing accos,nt Of . aeoa struck young
phsmale in th:t County trying TO galvapiso
herself She had fallen several fathoms .
70 love ~''A young man lately. but the
young man ofunt tumble csrssspo"dingly.
The disappointment was great and % she
concluded 20 gun NE ana endeavorsd to
eject het purpose ny "wai'owing box Of
pa.e", po"ae1s tn. mat are used 10 wrsh old
v o., W give inc appearance Of silver.
neither she intended TO poison or galvcn>
We sa've"ize herself IS MOS knews. A doctor
was eehed. anu oy commissioning somethine
the dear creature Of the poison silver plsa.
Aise .me'sos LAsndeckes, Of Auscesiaes
seey u 20 ysefs Of sss, living With ~
9osae9 ana essses. es0Ppeased ftoo hooe
'sss .rsdey mose'sg aooee = sciosk, With
uotht0R but her oiQDe clothes n. and MI