Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-15

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. A q IL "a bkersl vas csisA in tn.
Iowa n0far ldQrA lat wedk.
Mrs. 4. u nj |ris 4 fhdcra, while chops
ping up garde tsdke, cut of her left
humb.
IT, kma raJ Dubuque received
my as,' !. IL. "'''''' III ''' regular ~
Tn1Dona Couaty Gazette says thatthe
Flo NiNr, which emp,ies into the Miss
sou liver just below Sioux City, rose Il
feetin go hours last week. This Was caused
BY the rapid melting Of snow on the head
waters.
USIvBRsALisr PAPsa.-Thc Tama County
Union says that religious organ under the
charge Of the Univessalist Society will be
established in Iowa during the coming sea.
son, but don't say where.
The granddaughter OF Colonel Chiving,
ton. Of Nebraska City while in company
with her mother and grandfather was retu,..
ming home accidentally fell from the guard o.
. mountain boat and was drowned
FaurS m SeufnwssrnRx Ie"A.-nen. ~.
8. van0andt, writing 10 - rom c'sf'nos,
pace eountv .svs thss tho fruit crop IN
Southve.s.rn Iovs never promised more
f,n;sf,,i ,;ctsrr, than the present buds
De, Nojs>> Register.
so,.msn Reynolds. Of Fayette county, ac-
eaientally shot hiosslf on the arm on the
9th inst, and the wound proved Of such .
serious character that smputatioa vas nee
esssry. The man was drunk at the time Of
the accident and the doctors say that death
is inevitable The moral suggests itself.
The Onawa (Monona county, Gazette
says that d. b. Rollins and son were drown
Cd in the Missouri River, near that place on
the 25,h ult The Gazette speaks Of Mr.. R.
as man highly respected; says that he
leaves wife and six children, and that he
was q former resident Of Des Moines.
In the vinton Eagle We see that the re-
gion Of Big Grove, Benton county has been
recently visited by . hurricane which en-
tissly destroyed the building Of Mr.. Hamil-
ton, injuring two or thrcs Of the inmates.
Two or th,es other buildings were moved
from their foundations, stables blown down
and much other damage dsne.
Here's big story brought ont by The
Loyal Citizen: "A few days ags COW be>
longing 20 Judge Tanoshiil, 81 CsairsviIls.
was taken sick, and oil Efforts to relieve Der
we're ussvsiline. She went ists spasns,
sad died The ssxt msrnisg. A poet mortem
sssminstisa revealed e6sut . BET full u
shisgls nails in her stomach. 4 boz Of
nails he'd been kept 10 the stable, end Il 10
snppoesd che had eaten them for The salt.
pstss In the irsn.
Dr.. Smith Of Orleans, while riding horse
back last wset, wsa thrswa from his hssss,
and With his foot hanging in the stirrup, hs
wss draggsd along In most Shocking nan.
ner. The horse made dsteus from The
read into che brush, when the Doctor, With
ad0isabls prsssncs Of mind caught hold 81
bush. but which pulled up By the roots
He then ssizsd another and held il with
such tenacious grasp that the saddle gisth
was broken, and his own life in oil prsba-
bility saved.
The Council Bluff Nsnparisl SAYS that
the dwelling house of Judge Baldwin Of
that city was entered through lower win
dow on the night Of the 9th, BY soms daring
scoundrel who made his way to the Judges
bed room up stairs, from whence he stole
& Id watch, gold breast pin, belon cling to
Mrs. Baldwin, and revolver that lay in one
Of the bureau drawers. Obtaining 81 he
could find there that was valuable, he wend-
ed his way down stairs whore q nephew Of
Mr. Baldwin's was sleeping, who being
aroused by the nois', and supposing it was
his uncle, inquired what time 1t wasy The
burglar cooly replied, -Four o'clock !" ard
then left the house.
The Fentanelle Register gives the follow
ing abatement in regard 20 n fatal stroke of
lightning: THE house Of Il. +. McMu'len,
Esq, Of Jefferson township. was struck by
lightning on the night Of the +th inst, in
family killing Mrs. McMullen, his wife !;
two daughters and three boys were all sleep
ing in the same room when the ghtning
struck, which was about o'clock at night.
II came down the stovepipe in the room ad
joining, and near partition near which Mr..
and Mrs. N. were sleeping. Mr. NJ. was
badly injured and did not revive br some
time. The two daughters, sleeping in q
trundls bed near their parents were stunned
and somewhat burned. and two Of the boys
were also stunned. The stove was smashed
up and the house took FIRE, but the oldest
boy, the only one in the house not injured,
put il out, aud then went to work
10 resuscitate the hers, all Of whom were
brought to except Mrs. NJ. The Same stroke
killed . COW and . dog"
Brevet Btigadier General Myers makes
The following request to the people Of Iowa:
1.-THE friends Of deceased soldiers Of Iowa
IRE requested to furnish the names, rank.
company, regiment aud date Of death Of all
mon soldiers buried in local cemeteries
throughout The Stats, TO Capt J. w. Pear
nan. Davenport, Iowa. that record may
re kept. and where desirable, iron bead |
docks may be placed at each g ave to per>
,etuatc the memory of the patriotic dead
invite the cooperation Of MI interested in |
his labor"
The Nevada -f,sis contains a description |
" a Story county whirlwind which seems |
o have been not quite so terrific as the one |
hat drove MIR. Job into the cave, nor so in> |
ignihcant as the one Of teapot proverh.-
he -tgis says: at lasted twenty minutes.
md the smoke and dust were carried into |
he air thousand feet or more, the blaze |
i times leaping 70 the height Of a hundred
ret, and the whole accompanied with the |
pirol motion common to similar phenome-
.. and roar like cataract. Fortunately
he exhibition Was confined 70 the open
rairie. Had there been wind to carry il in
be direction Of the town ito track would
ave bsed one Of terrible destruction. a no
ouss q living being could have existed In
hs track Of ias flssy fury"
The rssidsass d NJ. ". P. Smith. tire,
'ilss south Of Wapslls, We burned 70 The
round % Wednesday sfsseseon. The We
clio Repsbl;cas Of yesterday Gays: at
10 stssy and half building With four
'ings, and was worth h TIE aeighboshood
{ $4,000. A wood shsd csanso9ed With 4
nd nearly oil the heusshsld goods we're
lvsd, - were also the coatsnts Of the Cd
y. The fire osigiaatsd bsswssa ths esil.
y and the roof fsom either detective due, L
~ misplassnsne q ohs steve pips.-j
b The top 81 west ed q The
uilding while the wind vas blewine from
b sase, the .pro6sso Of Ne aamee was
low and thus favored the rsmoval Of ehe
ousshold sdscts Ne. 8. had just spplisd
or renewal Of bic policy in che New fofk
U0uraOcn Co Zoe q 0O0 h..s - - -