Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-07

Peaches are So ins ii Hamburg, Fremont
county, for cts per bushel.
Ths Washington Press states that wssh-
ineion and Nusca,inc are T. sc telegraph :.
caliv connected V, this Gall
rac Oskaorsa Herald says tha. pr. Hax
ter has sold bis tine arui in Richland 70 Yn>
ship, of that county, TOT gentleman from
Ohio fer Sli 500.
The keokuk Constitution states that Mr.
l.. Camp oi that city caught an eel Tuesday
evening. in the river rear W ellis stone quar-
ry, " hich was monster. Ii measured five
feet seven and half inches in length, aud
Weighed pounds.
The Dubuque Times says: I'VE have
her. an unexplored mining field nearly 20
mies square. which has been merely
scratched on the suffice at few points and
over 500, 900 600 value Of lead has been
raised. Tho wonder is that our lead re>
gion does not attract greater attention from
the mining adventurer."
PArEas ~ CLINTON CorxrY.-Clinton
county isl great county on papers. The
Daily Mirror in speaking of its enterprise
in this regard says: n; in the wisdom Of
the State fair Board premium had been
offered for the most numerous and best con
duc,cd County Press in Iowa, we are sure
our county would have won it. There are,
besides half dozen which have died il.
twice as many years, five Weeklies. two
Dailies, and one Semi>Weckly. OF these
Lyons prints three Weeklies and one
Daily"
Tho Washington Press SAYS: Last week
as son of Mr.. Foster, Of Lime Creek, wa.
riding by the house Of Mr.. j. Thomas, of
this township, he was set upon BY a swarm
of bees. the hive having been turned over
by accident. and his horse completely GOV
cred by them. He was 90 badly stung that
he died in a few minutes. The hoy wss
also stung considerably but not dangerous
IT,"
One day last week. Messrs. Sheaver 4
Orr. at Detroit, bad r young man in their
employ as shoemaker, riested on suspic>
ion or stealing SIS. The examination re-.
suited IN his being bound over 10 court in
the sum OF $500. nable to give this Sc.
curiiv. he mournfully went to Jail. The
Dewitt Observer says that thu Young man
expected TO I've entertained verv differently
about the time he was brought before the
Justice, As be had in his pocket = license,
by authority OF which he was expecting TO
be Joined in bonds OF connubialisy at about
that time. 1.-The way Of the transgressor
s''-inc8nvenicrt, at least.
ACCIDENT on TIRE VALLEY Road
Thursdays Ottumwa Mercury gives the
following account of severe accident on
the Valley Road: THE down train on
the ID. '. r. r, while going at the rate Of
twenty miles per hour ran over man BY
the name of Samuel Gleason, half . mile
above the limits Of the city and injured
him in such manner % to make amputa>
ton OF both Of his legs necessary to save
his life. Medical assistance
was rendered in this case bv
Drs. Douglas and Mitchell. but i
Is feared that the shock to the system was
too great to allow the unfortunate man to
recover
PorTAwAroaIE CouSrr.-The eensus re-
turns Of this county indicate that il has en-.
Joyed the largest relative growth during
the last two years, in the District, and ex.
ceptins Polk, the larges. absolute increase.
Tho population is now S733, divided as
follows: White males, 472S; white fe.
males. 1917; total white, 500; co!ored
males, 70 colored females, IL; total col
ored SO. There are 1871 dwelling houses
reported, and 22.5sl acres Of land enclosed.
The city Of Council Bluffs hes 1882 people,
with 6ss dwelling houses the township
tkane), exclusive Of the city, has 706 in>
habitants. In 1865, the entire township
Of Kane had only 1913, and the county
$3.50. The increase since then in the
township has been over 50 per cent, end
in the county about 50 Pc cent.