Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-12

Both parties have Aged spoa . school |
6eass 10 Du6uque.
Wendell Phillips lectures 10 Dee Moines
On the 18th i6se.
The Opisism says . wooden factory is to
be erected q Glsowsod this spring.
Fred Do-glaas' recent lecture in Lyons
Melted him e14 90. The RAIDS seem to be
''going back" on their brother.
A beggss boy attempted 70 steal q piece
Of meat from dog, in Dubuque, and gos
bis arm severely lacersted.
The Charles City Inteiiigencer says little
child vas burned to death in Floyd last week
by her clothes taking fire.
Twenty. five men and sheep killing wolf
had Esbt in Washington county lately,
and the wolf whipped
A chapter Of The Royal Arch Assons, end
an Odd Fellows Lodge ere 10 be established
q Eka1ss 10 short time.
The Governor has appointed Thomas J.
Cox, Of Iowa City, Trustee Of the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum rics J. h. Brant, ~
signsd.
The amount realized q the Catholic Fair
10 Council B,ufs-held last week for church
building purposes over eleven hun
drsd dollars.
The Univcrsalist Sociabls, given last
Thursday evening in Dubuque 10 said 70
have besn one Of the most pleasant and Gle.
CANT parties ever given in that city.
w. r. French, . citizen Of Cedar Town.
ship, Washington county, has invented
shat he calla patent Band Gutter, which
he attaches 10 q common threshing ma
chine.
A little child Of Mr.. Drummer, Of Cedar
screw lodging 10 its throat. The child was
playing With It 1t the time. and the SEEM
ingly hsrmlsss thing caused It's death in =
few minutes.
The last Issue Of The Ocsola Sentinel is
dated Febssary Twensy-sine. The editor
on the second page. says the mistake was
made by che fessm0n OF the Office, who IL .
woman. She wanted to crowd in an extra
leap year.
The Pslls BLADE says that one day last
week Asssrs. Snow aud Huber, Of that city.
shipped twenty boxes containing over 2 600
dozen eggs, and adds that Il wasn't much Of
. day for eggs either. What han, and egg
paradise
Last week . man, na0e uOknown, was
found in perfect state Of nudity, on the ice
between Omahe and Council Bluff. He
was neatly from TO death when found, but
stisnulants being promptly applied, hopes
are entertained of HE recovery,
A farmer named Christie, Of Black Hawk
County, recently Lost ono Of HE feet by am.
putaton, and was forced to have eli the toes
of his other foot taken of. During the cold
snap Of week or 90 ego, NJ q. he'd his
feet frozen while crossing the prairie, and
the above 10 the aad result
Ayousg lady in Dubuque, while It bell
one evening last wecs. stepped upon the
front part Of her dress, and vas throwu
down. striking her head 20 violently on the
6oor that she was unconscious for day OF
two Afterwards whole nervous systeru
being pssalyzed.
spiritsd young lady Of Steamboat Rock,
who evidently has no big brother to de.
fsnd her name. hearing that some full grown
whelps 10 woolen gasb we're whispering
s'andersus stories about her, got revolver
and waded into them. The ceavens broke
for tall brush aud have not since been visi.
BILE to the naked eye.
Stephen Ingersoll, father Of l.. D. InCsr,
soil. Esq. of the Muscatine journal. re-
Gently died ~ his home in Crawferdsville
Indiana. Mr.. lngersoll was one Of the mos
prominent men Of his town, and was e..
| mad lxstAe f.l r. -:
~ and public spirit. lie was postmaster o.
that place during Mr.. Llncoln's adminis,ra
ton.
Two lovers took stroll the othsr eve
ming IN Dubuque. After bringing up Ut u,
homo gate, and taking good night kiss, .
brother OF the young damsel made his ap.
pearance, and severely damned his sister,
hearts affection. and let him understs I'd
that hc-himself-had taken too many o.
those late At night preambles not to know
what they meant
More mining capital is wanted in Du-
buqae. A meeting was held the othe,
night, and The successes Of several mines n
adjacent sections discussed, and the belle
that equally ~ rich Hslds fos operation,
were right there, prevailed. The mectin,
resolved to call tho attention Of eastern can,
italis's with view Of developing their sus
picons.
JAN DELvrY.-Four isil birds mad
their escape from the Independence jail o.
the night of the 9th inst. One of then
coolly walked down town and engaged
quarters At hotel, while the other thre,
made good their sscnpc. The blame attach
ed to them is that they allowed themselve,
to remain in such d,lapidated old rocker,
even Tor one night. The names Of the par-
ties were Cummings, Bake. FORMER nm,
ShaiIer.
SUSPECTED lloRss THIrr.-A man rivin,
his name as James Kelly, was arrested i,
Dubuque few days ago, for offering to sci
horse at low figure. He was stranger
ard could give no satisfactory evidence q I,
where he obtained che animal, and was pu,
IN Jail, - also smother man, named VIM
Tieg, supposed to have been an acco,nplics
Description mare, Is hands high,
with star IN the forehead. white stripe OF
the nose. white hind feet, and black name
and tail. So says the Times
On the Goth uk., two men with team
attempted to cross the Nishnabotna, abou,
. quarter of mile from Hamburg. Get
ting into tho deep water, their box, with
them In il. floated from the wagon. Float
ing down the stream. they lodged against ,
tree. Thar csail vas leaky one, and the :
kept Il sfioat only BY vigorous work with /
bucket which they fortunately happened Il
have with them. Remaining IL this condi.
ton for several hours, they wert ioally die
covered, and skiff sent to their rescus. -
The horses we're drowned.
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