Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-09

TIE saloon Of Jacob Haas, in Marengo,
was broken into The other night and S25
stolen.
A farmer named Bowers, near McGregor,
hand two hundred bushels Of whoa, burned
up on the 30th nit.
DR.. White, State Geologisi, ia now pursu.
ing his investigation Of the geology OF Jas
per county.
The Boone county Inder says that f.om
70 to 100 buildings are now under process
Of construction at Boone.
Hon. Deloes Arnold, Of Marshalltown,h has
the contract for building the new Court
House 10 Boone county.
Andrew Harr, who Was sent from Polk
county 10 the peoitentiary in 1856. fos larces
ny. hes been pardoned BY the Governor.
Burlington 10 again troubled With burg.
lars, who have thus fer escaped deter"o"s
undoubtedly . gang Of "profession'''
Burlington seems 10 be best win ousg-
lars, ms nearly every issre q we papers Q,
that city contain accounts OF noctufna'
thieying.
..,,h,;ne rank, which was taken from
! pnhnone 10 McGregor. had an ing'oriously
h,;cf esrecs--as the police cleaned il out
within a week after its arrival.
j. X. Spencer, an cmployc ia the Des
Moines Register office. bad his hand severely
injured from the effects Of the accidental
discharge Of gun.
A child murder occurred in keokuk the
other day. A negro babe, was discovered
in privy vault, in negro settlement. No
clue to the pcrpetrator Of this iendish
crime.
An old man named G. Mcdowell, Twin
near Dubuque, WAS severely injured by hi
team running away, the other day. lie I"
not expec1sd 20 recover, as We learn from
the Dubuque Herald.
A palace car worth 1s5. 900. belonging to
the Michigan Central. passed through Boone
the other dsv on its return trip from tho
West. having carried out the directors Of
the Unioa Pacific Railroad.
The entertainment gives BY Johnson's
Circus 1t Albis On the 35th ult., for the
benefit Of M. Dixon. nettsd the sum Of $50
which amount, the Union says, has been
transmitted to Mr.. ID. at Cincinnati.
The Washington Asss msnlisns sale n
that city market Of some wheat In that place
q o. Der bushsl. The wheat was raised
BY Isaac Wilson, end the PREDICT Of thirty
seven acres brought him the snug sum Of
@2,1O0.
Gov. Stoss hes received, from the COM
missioner Of the General Land Once, . GER
titled Transcript Of ! 1915 acres Of land, se>
granted to the Dee Aoines River Improve
msnt. and subsequently sold by tho Gov.
eminent.
TnE TUax Fssr.-Thc Burlin ston Gazette
announces that the Turusss Of Iowa and
Western Illinois will hold Turn Fest il
that city on the let, 81 aud Sd days of Jun,
next. and adds: The three days will be do
voted 10 the sports Of the org .niHation. and
tho different organisations will. doubtless, b.
represented.
An oil mill 10 being built at Dos Moines
and is expected TO be ready for operation b,
the time the fax crop is gathered. Tn,
owner Of The mill loaned enough seed TO tn,
farmers in that region to SOW two thousan nd
acres In connection with the mill will bt
machinery for making the straw in tow, il
which condition il can be shipped TO cord
age factory.
Mr.. q. X Jones, a prominent merchant o
New Jefferson, Greene county, was knock
ed down and robbed Of several hundred
dollars a few nights ago. The editor Of til,
Era end his vito have been sued fer slande
by lady-damagcs laid at a couple thou
sand dollars We clean from the State Req
,sfer correspondence.
The Adrocats tells of an attempt ut os
cape OF six or eight prisoners in the Boon,
county Jail, whose schemes were onlJ
thwartsd by the sudden appearance Of III
jailov. By the aid Of 4 csse.knifs they hat
sawed off the floor plank in several places
and finding = rotten place in the simbsrs be
meath, they had 40 far succeeded in mininl
under the wall as to have required but fe '
moments more to release themselves
The Glsnwood Opiaion says the late Hood
in the Missouri river has done immens,
damage in Mills county. The water wal
higher than ever known before, overaowihi
far ms that had always been above high>wa
ter mark. Crops, fences. stock have beer
carried ell, and many farmers on bottom
lands ruined. The Council Bluffs 4 St
Joseph railroad track was destroyed for
distance Of some ten miles.
y
best time 10 destroy this destructive craw'
ler 4 horticultural authority says tn,
eggs Of the apple tree caterpilars-whicl
may he found cncrcllne the ends Of the
small twigs Of the tfee-can be more easily
and co nplctely destroyed now than the,
can at any other season Of the year They
can DO readily seen, and by choosing
warm dav for the operation, With a ladde,
upon which TO ascend the tree. and a smsl
basket in which to put the twigs containing
the ness-thc work an he performed mos
satisfactorily. -Des Holmes Rfgister
The Clermont Leader says the loss o
Mr.. H. Thompson, Of that place, from
sheep which have recently died is over Sc,
900 ,000-- Welearn from the sam,
paper that . Mr.. Clark citizen Of Fayett,
county, was killed in the following singu-
lar manner: There was large rock on hi
farm which te attempted to put out Of ths
way By Digging deep hole BY the side .
II, intending to tip the rock into tho hol,
and then cover il with earth. lie had du
the hole, thrown his spade out. and vas il
{ the oct Of climbing out. when the earth un
der the rock gave away. causing it TO fa
upoa him, and crushing him to death in
stantly.
Two eool1deucs opssatess we're assests
, on the Dubuque 1 Sioux City Railroad
, few dsys ago, Who are said 70 be old hand
, ct the business, although Young in year
The victim was W. Q. Bell, Of Elizabeth, Ill
nois. The trio were seated in the tear cal
engaged no doubt in . very animated cor
: versation, when one Of the confidence me
produced box, and by dint Of some mar
aging succeeded in making bet Of ten do
lars with our sucker friend that be coul
> not spsn Il. The gudesen bic ct the bai
I andpf course was fairly hooked. In pass
ing over the money some dispute aso:e, an
the parties being alone roo ensued, whic
= ended in the confidence men knocking thei
man down, grabbing his money and jump
: ing of the tram. They were safely lodge
d in jail At Dubuque, and will PROBABLY b
transferred from there to Fl. Madison.
A correspondent Of the De Witt Obserrt
writes from Olive township as follows: Nj
), Editor write to inform you Of an occur
renee that think is worth recording. La.
Monday eve owned by William Lowell
living one mile northeast Of Rothstein's nj
gave birth to n cdlt and also TO lamb
/ Sail calf about the usual size Of lambs wit
the exception Of the head, which is nearl
twice the size of common lambs head /;