Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-22


ness stolen.
This morning Mr.. Benjamin Painter, who
resides on Harrison street, above Locust,
wss surprised TO 6nd that during the night
some thieves bad entered his s,s5ls and Ia
ken therefrom . spa1 Of three-year oids.-
They took the animals, harnessed them, and
having hitched to his buggy, drove of, ta-
king the whole rig. He Immediately set to
work, to find out. il possible, the direction
shich the thieves had taken. The tracks
we're followed some distance, but at last
they disappeared in the road, leaving no
clue whatever. One Of the horses is light
bay, about IA hsnds high. PAGER, but
trots in harness; the other is mare, l3
hands high, darker than the horse, with
white spots along the back The buggy
was an open one, marked Veto" in yellow
thread on the dash board The harness Was
silver plated, rather worn.
Mr.. Painter is determined to follow up the
thieves and recover his property, il such
thing is possible he thinks il is. He
hasn't the least idea who the thieves are
No one in the ncighborhood seems to have
heard any unusual noise during the night.
The thing was evidently done in very
quiet way. A reward Of $50 has been Of
fered for the recovery Of the property, or
information that will lead thereto. We
trust Mr. Painter will soon succeed in nab
bing the thieves and recovering the stolen
articles. He is after them sharp and means
to stick TO it until he succeeds.
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RivER- The river business is fast draw
ing to close Boats are making their way
down the river a. fast ~ possible, and ship
pers are closing out consisnments.
The Dubuque and Muscatine went dow q
last evening with light trips.
The Pembina will be down tomorrow
She will, as far as is now known, be the
last boat down.
The independent boat Tacony, went
down last evening. The weather permit
ting, she will come up ~ far as this poin
OF Monday next.
The Jas. Means and Ben Campbell ar(
: still at cur levee waiting short trips
The regular packets run TO For. Madison
las usual.
Tho low: City will continue to run be
tween this city and Clinton as long as th.
weather permits.
Work on the Mississippi river bridge a
Burlington is progressing rapidly. Thre,
hundred aud fifty hands are employed. Til,
!, Harteys states that two OF the piers a,t
/ completed, al but the cap stones. Three
or four others are well under way, and ths
three remaining ones will soon be com
menced.