Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-06

| Ksokuk gloriea in q new and convenient
postofiice-and the people rejoice.
The Dubuque Times says that the Meth
odist parsonage at La Motto was burned
last Friday. Most Of contents saved. \
The Herald says there is to be CONVEX
ton Of shippers along the line of the Du-
buque 4 Sioux City Railroad, to take into
consideration the present railroad tariff,
and 70 memcialize the legislature TO pass
a law regulating railroad tariffs in our
State.
Two prisoners sentenced 10 the penten-
tiary, broke jail a: Charlton last week and
made their escape.
The Dubuque Times rays that Mr.. Cham
pion, who owned the Champion lode nesr
Shulisburg. is worth half million Of dol
lars-sverv cont Of it profits on his mineral
sales. A correspondent says that few
years ago, "Mr. Champion had mortgaged
his lend. raised and spent bis last dollar and
his men becoming camorous for pay, had
determined on certain day to stop work
that night; but before night the big lead
was struck, and now, after spending vast
sums 70 develop and improve bis lands, he
il worth the above amount, and 10 still add
ing more, for his mine seems 20 lie mex
haustible."
The edi OF Of the Waterloo Courier las
received . specimen Of peat "taken from .
bed recently discovered on the farm OF Mr..
David Vail, about six miles northeast Of
Waterloo. The presence Of the peat was
accidentally discovered while parties were
engaged cutting county road through .
low piece Of land on Nj. Wallis farm. Al
present. the locality, At least five acres, 10
quite dry, and the peat Is cut out in condi-
ton TO put at once into the fire. II burns
beautifully. emits no unpleasant odor, and
is pronounced by competent judges to be
Of very pure and clean quality" II 10
thought tina. the deposit is from ten to If
teen feet deep.
VIM. Myers, who recently got leave Of
absence from the Fort Madison Penitentis-
~, was deprived Of . cane that, he had
made there. by the Sheriff Of Des Moines
county. The Ilawkeye says that ito APP
+ pesrance excited the suspicious Of the Sher-
III and he bored into the head and found i.
hollow lie then put it in hot water, melt
! ed the glss and took of the head, when be
n found there concealed a double edged di, k
4 knife, three small files and a small wood
, saw. Pursuing his investigations . little
4 further no found . small plate screwed on
to the lower end Of the stick. Taking out
the screw and removing . wooden plug
|. which was glued in, be found four SAVE,
a each about four and half inches long. made
Of hsrdest steel, for saving iron. With one
= Of these an ordinary bar could soon be cut
n in two.
T The McGregor News says that . murder
: YES perpetrated in Read township, Clayton
. county, last Saturday. At an auction sale
. . quarrel took place between some men
= vho had attended the sale, which resulted
in the murder Of one Of the party. Pat Mad
D den by name, who was killed BY being
! struck over the head with . bludgeon. The
I persons concerned in the murder were o..
/ rested.
The same paper Gays that Stafford. the
murderer Of Minest, VAS found lurking Ia
I, tho woods Of Yellow river, not far from the
: the Deputy Sheriff Of Alamakee county,
Conway, we suppo-e with one or two 9TH
e ers, undertook TO arrest him, when he killed
: tho Deputy Sheriff, and again escaped. II
2 this report is true, his end is now near ut
! hand. The public must turn out and hunt
D him down as IL would . wolf.
The Keckuk and st. Paul Railway Com
: pany have completed the purchase Of the
railroad between Keokuk and Fort Madison,
with oil its appurtenances, Of Messrs. Kill
bourne and Foote, ard have made and exc.
cuted . contract with the Iowa Railway
Construction Company, consisting of r. F
. Bower, Guy Wells, Smith llamil. II. X.
Love. VIM. Patterson. II. w. Sample, A
J L. Connable. and Edward Kilbourne. OF
: Keokuk Chas. 3 Foote, Of Cincinnati
!, Ohio, and John S. McCunc, Of st. Louis
Missouri, who furnish . cash building fund
Of One Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars
!. and ~ much more - necessary, for the
;. construction and equipment Of the line o
road from the junction to Mount Pleasant
|, So says the Gate City.