Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-21

Tho lrss car load Of wheat ever sent from

Newton left that place on the 80 inst.
The wife Of Nicholas Ralcr committe,
suicide at West Union, iugust Cd. He
body was found hanging TO a tree.
A man named Brewer, Of Washington
county, committed suicide in the Insan,
Asylum at Mt. Pleasant, cutting his throa.
from ear to ear with a carving knife.
The RcpuJficaa states that Hon. J. 3
Gulnnell is erecting a large elevator at New
ton It's to be a big thing aud a substan.
tiil thing.
Three arm burners from Union comfy
were brought here by the Sheriff Of thsI
county, and lodged in our county burrow
Tor safe keeping on Saturday. State Regis
ter.
The residence Of DIR. Gates. near Ami.
moose, was entirely consumed by fire on
Monday night last. One Of the children, a
little boy, was nearly sufoca,ei with the
smoke.
The Republican Treasurer Of Lucas
county. left ABOUT two weeks ago with about
$50, 900 Of pu bic funds, and has gone to
Europe to %recuperatc his energies. exh.us,.
ed In the late war d%enouncing copperheads
and t~raitors.
The Radicals Of Polk county have nomi,
mated John A. Kasson representative
what does the Papsucker nov say Of the
confessed adulterer whom it not long since
was denouncing:
An Iowa radical paper " believes the day
Is rapidly approaching whe, in every State
the traffic in spirisuous liquors will be
prohibited by heavy penalties" This rsd>
ical believer in prohibition but expresses
in it, faith the purpose Of its party. There
will be a lively fl ,ht before the purpose Is
accomplished.
The bugs took possession Of tie Des
Moines Register office last Monday night,
forcing everybody to leave the premises
On account Of their visit I, the capital all
the stores and places Of business were
closed. A similar occurrence transpired at
Muscatine . few weeks ago.
The latest sensation at Moscow is a prize
fight, which came oil in the woods near tha,
place day before yesterday. The stakes
were s. a side and the championship Of
Moscow. The names Of the pug lists are
Thos. Crouch aud John Wells. After a
severe fight Of about eight minutes Wells
was declared the victor.
The Mt. Pleasant Journal says Of . poison
case in that city "a dangerous case OF
poisoning almost occurred at the County
Poor House on last Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Null were in the city, and on returning
home they eat dinner, and Mrs. N. was
taken sick almost instantly. After supper,
Gil the paupers who had eaten butter were
taken sick, and i. is supposed thst soma one
had put poison IN the butter.
The Charlton Intriot has . chapter Of ac>
cidents On Wednesday of last week three
little girls, two Of them children of Mr..
Wm. }. Hall. Of that place, was sitting near
a pile of bridge tirnbers near the Is. & NJ.
X. X depot, when the timbers tumbled
down. crushing the two children Of Mr.. Hal
beneath them. They we're taken out and
carried home. where the Oldest one, aged
about ak years, died the day following. Thu
other one though badly injured, Is recover
inc.
a man named Moore, living west o
Charlton, was killed by "damps' il
a Wen last wycs. The unfgrtuni.
man had his dwelling burned las
Ninter.-.lnce his death his wife has bc.
comc insane, and three small children ar,
left 20 the warotlite, alone aud unprotected
On the light Of the 18th. the hous,
e VIM. Conway. living 6 miles from
Charlton. was destroyed by fire. The los.
nas Sl2uO-no Misunderstanding save
'l, q piano and a feather bed, and The fam,
}y now have no home but "a temporary ous
~ a school house.
We learn from the Manchester Union
tlrlt csp,. j. l.. Noble was badly hurt
whilc playing base ball. The new club wa
ont'r practice, and Noble, after striking,
ran 60 hrst base. and in some unaccounla~
hAe way wrenched the muscles surrounding
hiS right thigh. When ne got up to the base
he dropped utterly powerlcss TO move and
very faint, II was at first feared that hi
limb was broken. Ills limb became much
swollen and very painful, bat it is nos
growing better. 1t will probably be pain
inl though for Il month to come"
AccipEsr oS TIE Nonrn>W WESTERN Roam.
We learn rom Mr.. Smith, Of the L. 5.
Express Company that q collision occurred
near Mon iona. on the Chicago and North
Western Railroad. or Friday last, between
a construction and n passenger train, / y
which five persons were seriously injured.
The engineer OF one train had one of his
legs broken in two places. and the engineer
Of the other had both legs broken. OF
course the engine and cars Of each tram
were badly wrccked.-Stdte Register.
The Page county HeraM Of the nth
inst, gives the following "JuSt az We go TO
press we learn few Of the particulars Of a
terrible trngcdy that occurred on the prai,
rae about two miles northwest Of town, re>
s%ul,inr in the wounding and probable death
OF Mr.. q o. Fur, long n resident Of this
vicinity. Mr. +. has long had . difficulty
with one OF his ~neighhars whose name We
suppress until after his arrest and examin-
alton, } about the fee Of a piece Of land they
have for years held as tenants in common,
and this morning Mr.. +. was followed to
his home by the man, and after being dis
abled by a discharge of shot from q shot
gun. was mcreilessly beaten with a club un
til life was thought extinct. The bod was
then dragged some distance by the ruthless
assaiant, where il was found by n passer ty
And hall, pv,n