Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-15

The population Of Lyons is a,54s.
Maeinley's circus exhibits at Dewitt on
ths 2ls,.
A Lyons artist takes pictures at . cent
apiece.
The Y. W. Road is building new engine
house At Clinton.
I g receipts Of strawberry festival d.
Buriinfton lately amounted to Si7G. The
money Is for a Sunday sehool library.
+ is said that the Pennsylvania Central
Railway Company is negotiating for the
purchese Of the Des MONIES Vale, -Ailroai.
The II. Nernrn Citizen is said 10 have
changed IFS location, leaving the "Cottage
City And gong to Mechanicsvlle, Cedar
countg.
Marion County reports to the Secretary
OF State 20.lsl population. Five years
ago il was e,709. Polk county takes pre-
c'dence Of iss older sister this year.
The Bennington Argus says that 10 view
OF the swamp lands in and about the town,
Gov. Stone has concluded TO locate at Port
Louisa.
The Mountexums Republican states that
little son Of Mr.. Alden, Waledon, came
to his death one day last week, from eating
rats bane that had been prepared for the
destruction Of vermin.
The vinton Eagle reports tina, Rev. r.
Wilkinson has = sign the principalshp of
the asylum for the ind. That inst TIT a
closed Its annual course Ct instruction on
tie 9Th inst. and has q vacation until Sep
TENDER
The Free Press also says that on Thurs
day, June 5h, while a party Of boys were
hafhing in Big Creek, northwest of that
ci:y. ard near knesse's mill, son Of Mr..
- Johnson, fifteen years old, crampcd
aud was drowned before assistance could
{, nch him.
G. a. White, State Geologist, states tina.
along the proposed railroad route, in the
counties of Monroe, Mahaska and wapcllo,
there are fully fifteen miles underlaid with
good bed Of coal. He purposes 10 visi,
the northern part of the State, and spend a
greater part of the season in investigating
the fuel question. as regards the peat beds.
Some sharpers almost victimized several
New York merchants to the amount Of 49,
900 worth Of goods. They pretended te
constitute firm IN Webster City, and had
the gods shipped to that place but the
swindle in soms way leaking ovt. the meg
chants levied on their wares These they
save but lose Of the freight.
The Burlington Argue says serious and
probably fatal ARRAY took place on the river
opposite Oquawka, day before yesterday
aboard Of a Hat boat known ~ the Fioatin z
Palace. A man came TO the town, went out
TO the boat and shot the proprietor Of said
boat three times, and deliberately returned
hired conveyance to take him 60 Keths
burg, which place he reached, closely pur,
sued by the sheriff.
The Mount Pleasant Free Press says that
At the meeting Of directors of the lows
Northern Central Railroad Company, on III
9th inst, It Was resolved to put considers
BILE portion Of the work in each county on
der contract without delay The xeathe,
during the spring has been go unfavorabl.
that the surveys are not, in all parts. en-
tirely completed. The route, though On
excellent one, may be somewhat improved
10 certain locations-the proiles, &C., will
be entirely made up by the Goth Of this
month. and the work will be put under con.
tract At once. The Iowa Northern Centrs
Railroad is now fixed fact. On the Keo,
kuk 4 St Paul road the engineers are bust
ly at work. They have been running a
line from south Of the Junction by the way
of Salem and find n practical route.