Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-13


STATE 1T8nO.
The German citizens Of Muscatine are
no dag grand festival.
Mus ,alins aad W Washington are about TO
he connected with telegraph communities.
ton.
Sabuls has population Of eight hundred
and twenty-five BY actual count.
The Lyons advocate complains that their
present detective force are in league With
horse thieves, robbers, etc.
Chester Weed. one Of Museatine's leading
dry goods merchants. has retired from the
business, and gone into the produce trade.
The NJ +. church Of Muscatins is offered
for sac. 10 enable the society TO build .
new aud moro portiy cdiice.
A colored individual named Digs,
who lives in Muscatinc. attempted TO break
up housekeeping. and picked up the princi
pal traps OF his household, Mss. Diggs'
clothing, etc., and attempted to make of,
when the police wero notified. Digs Vas
compelled = surrender up, aud TO hand ever
his own wearing apparel to pay costs.
ACCIDENTAL German named O. Schan>
horst, while going dows stairs . . refresh
mont room. ~ Auscasine, the other day, fell
forward when within about dszsn steps Of
the bottom, striking on HE face, which was
lacerAtsd and bruised il painful manner.
Three horse thieves escaped from the Iowa
county jail last week.
A negro boy, Abe Lisis, has broken out
Of the Council Bluifs jail twice within =
month.
Two hundred bushels Of fax seed have
been imported from OHIO to be sown uear
Jefferson this spring.
They have had grand rat hunt in Bed
ford, Taylor Co. The young men raised 4
rat brigade and making general onslaug hi
succeeded in killing 509.
Maj. Joseph Byman, At Council Bluffs,
has declined First Lieutenansy in the
Regular Army, which has recently been
rendered him.
The Land Office at Fort Dodge 10 now and
has been, closed for some time. The reasons
for stopping its businsss ass said 10 BE- the
fact that there d no oiiesr qualified to act
aud conflict Of land grants.
A Lono Fas,ous L,xs.-rhs Council
Ruff, Nonpavsl says that the irss through
freight car from Beasen arrived 10 that sjsv
. fee days ass. The car belonged to n,
Red Line, and Wao locked in Boston, end
rst,lins al"ng day aud night. was uoloekst
In Council BluGs IL dsys afssswasds.
james McGrsgss. enc q ~ ssieisal pre-,
Dris'srs Of the city Of that ns2s died lss'
week.
The Ekadss Journal says shat NJ. Veg,
nsr Of that pses vas rsesssly terribly bsuis.
cd aud PORTIONS Of his body beaten int q
jelly" 10 runaway scsaps.
The Is~a City Prev ssys that on Friday
last terrible accident occurred ot Baaburvs
Sash and Blind factory. in that placs, which
resulted in the almost fatal injusing Of VIM.
Canoss, Esq. The soging he'd juss been
started and 10 attempting b put Q band
upon one Of the wheels NJ. Canoss clipped
end fell into the asms Of the Wheel. aui va
carried against . bsaa, where HE body Of
lesed rseistancs saougA - stop the ensios.
He Aas oil the ribs a go ~ bepkea toeee
from The spine, end ether terribls iajuriss.
Had ehs nashinesy not stopped - must
have bssa crushed y seooa
The Lansing kSsrsssays that - Eseliah>
man named Aiding Tafl eemoitoed ouicids
BY hanging, 1t the residence Of NJ. james
Banks. near Milton, il Alsoakee County,
last Tuesday evening". The manner in
which he effected his death was. b. fasten>
ing one end Of scarf 10 the bed post and
the other around his neck and letting his
body fall from the bed to the floor. Il is
supposed that he Vas laborinR Under ten.
porary ft Of insanity, produced by druuk>
enness. lie had been in this country only
abou, two months. There are some myst.>
rious fats connected with the affair which
are now undergoing investigation. The
Lansing Journal in speaking Of the same
sad affair says that "women and wine
the great lifs-killers Of b,furcatsd humanity
were the causes that led the desperate
man to self-slarghter.
The Hswkeys Local has sesn . % pound
swsn-shot near that city-that measured
wings. 49, "
Ihs E'dors Ledge, records the discovery
.uo.net vein OF coal in Hardin county.
81 sas '.fe Of NJ. Kinsey, near The Oruss
eS.ey line. Alss, thas NJ, IhaeA mn
!c.s SSs .oso0&h fifteen feet Of spleudid
a lssgs 'yss Wa killed let week elss. 10
Wavesiy. Two Wild cata -. .s"~~.,.
killed y ~ eospon&isa Of ,hs ~ ~s.sy
Thas ossg hes III ths bsauti,s-~ hcs-c 49,.
-oi ths fseatise. s't'o'a
The clsrnous Ledger says fatal a,.....
prevails auens the sheep Of that vie;n;,,
NJ. Elmoss Warner has Loaf about n;r": |.
sheep; H. Thompson about forty. one w.,
valuable buck estimated to BE- worth : ,hoa'
End dcllars; and others have leet hesvilv
1hs oshss day sheep belonging 70 NJ. Ab
~ died. and post sorsem examinae;o,
b n. :. 0ilbost revealed the TACT THAI N,
lsnes wHs inlosssd b parssitss three o
Ibus inshes oeog 80 absos - lasgs ~ No
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