Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-27

| fsntry, and will enter the National Academy
With : most excellent record. Ee i
promising young man, aud We predict An
| army record credtable to himself and the
district from which hc Is chosen
Th1 Sidney Amcrican Union snys that
| Mr. Gordon, OF that neighborhocd. thinks
be has hit upon plan for preserving peach
trees from winterskilling. "Iis plants his
ftrees about eight feet apart, and fills the in>
termediaic space with the wild raspberry,
which Ii very hardy growth, and clusters
around the trees. thus collecting the snow
into large drifts, forming complete protec
ton. lie says his trees secured ia this way
lived through the past two winters unbss0
ed and he is satisfied that they viii stand
the test in every iualAnee.- il 10 good dis
covsry, q The fruit y yssy desirable, and
we hope nose Of or farmers will tsy The
experiment" s7
BE Tsmo.-Dspssit one cent 10 he
bosk and douels the amount Deposited
weekly fas 90 ysR--as 0s sset de hrst
week, two sents ~ sssso1 Wsst. fSsr cspts
the third week, and 10 On Tor 6ity~e9s
wssks-whst d yAo think The aoesnt
would be q H. sud u de year Our sinh
aRes" hes 6gUssd u out, end TIE sun 10
sufficient to sake CO msdssatsly sAh-ehs
spgreesss being only $3.50. 19O. lfs. les:~
81! Or, BY the same system Of doubling,
deposit pin TO begin with, then double
} weekly for the year; Calculate twelve hum
dred pins to make pound, and the weight
Of accumulated pins at the end ofthe year
. would be 10, l 80 800, 235 tons-much more
/, than sufficient weight to sink oil the yes
sels IN the world.
, HANCOCK Couxfy-Thc census returns OF
. this young county have been received at the
Z Office OF the Secretary Of State. The fol-
: lowing are some OF the figures Townships,
= 4; post Offices, Q; dwelling houses, 63 (;
males. 1856: females, Ill total population,
357. all white; entitled to vote, 81 militia,
7 SO: unnaturalized foreigners, mono be,
tween five and twenty one wears Of sgs,
143: blind. /; deaf and dumb, acres OF
!. land inclosedJ = ,9lg; fruit trees bearing. 10;
fruit trees not bearing, 500 horses and
! mules, 247; cattle, b04; milch cows, III;
work oxen, 10; hogs, 227; sheep, ,063 ;
: dogs, 81; vaius Of sheep killed. i. by dogs,
: 500, or el.10 worth Of slaughtered mutton
; for each dog; value Of sheep killed By
. wolves, nething. The population Of the
county in 1858 vac 292. SO ssys the Dea
, Aoinsp Reoister.
: They have some plucky women in Taylor
! county, - the following from the SouthWesi
will show: s.Ons Of the most bold and dar-
, ing attempts ct robbery, that ever fell unde'
our immediate cognizanoe, occurred Of the
residence Of Nj. J. J. Davis, In Holt town.
, ship. On Saturday, the 9th inst, at about
half past one In the oet0uoos, man called
at the house and asksd Mrs. D. II the man
Of The house was at home. end being tod
. be Was not, made known bic errand BY call
. ine for some noney belonging to the schoo
!. fuod, and on being told that there was nc
such money in the house, saw fit to make
himself better acquainted BY searching. Ia
his thievieg raid be found . weAeb which ht
. sndsavored 70 make himself master Of bu
Mrs. D., thinking that she had % good I
right to II . Re, saw 10 20 coatssd for Il
n snd BY diat Of wrsnslisg, managed 70 NAH
. hersslf oastsr os the field and Plsced th'
y watch in her pocket for safe keeping. Tn
!. vould-hsthisf. failing to obtain booty in thi
r direction, sndeayored TO retrieve his los
N ground BY bursting open trunk that va
standing close BY, and began throwing II
. contents on the floor, but Mrs. D., flushed
with the success Of her first victory, deter
mined 20 inakcit worth his trial, and seizin
a revolver pointed j. al the miscreant's hea
= and pulled trigger, however, without seriou
J. injurv, it not containing n load. She theI
II seized the revolver by the muzzle. and deal
the rascal such blow on the head that h
Immediately fought safety in fight. an
Mrs. d. was left in full possession Of tn
ground"