Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-04
STATE ITEMS.

The Council Bluffs Bugle will soon issue
daily edition.
Mr.. toe. Of Johnson County, has . lus4s
nasurd in the shape Of colt with the head
Ola negro.
ID. Cowan, = physician Of Des MONIES,
was recently crowned while crossing the
Skunk river. He was '-afoo. and alone"
On Sunday morning school house near
Leclaire was consumed by fire. Loss 800;
no insurance.
Peter Meiindy. ESQ.,, Of Iowa Falls de-
clines being candidate for Governor be ,re
the Radical State Convention.
Forty>,hree warriors were At Sioux city
the other day, en- route FOR Washington.
They were copper colorsd. not in tnll dress.
and said "Ya>wA No Kin nj kiu nick" See
journal.
SERIOUS AccIDrNr.-The Alba Union
SAYS that Q Mr. w. d. Turner met with
serious accident while shooting. a gun-csp
striking him in the eye, and lodging there.
II was extracted by the physicians Of Abba
Who think the eye may yet be saved.
The Winterset Nadisoninn chronicles .
fight. wherein two chaps named Duff went
for another chap named Beail; the lAtter's
pluck aud his dirk knife made him victor !;
one Of the Duffs sksdsddled. not much
hurt the other VAS 40 badly injured thst
his recovery isn't probable.
TheOttumwa Courier has come cut bold
" in dcnunciaton of the bill Of abomina
lions. the tariff bill. Or the eight daily res
publican jourr ais in Iowa there are now
four hostile 70 the tariff. three favorable,
and one which has not said anything either
way.
The Dubuque Time tells Of young lady
whose trunk became lnislaid on the d. 4 $.
q. Il X. She nads affidavit that the trunk
vas large and costly, aud the contents 80
large and valuable that the company sus-
pscted all was not right and refused to pay
the bill. A check!sss trunk Was found in
Dubuque-old and dilapidatsd-i contents
. ragged skirt. "a old duplex elliptic" a
night cap and gown. TWAS idsntiGed by
the girls mother. though the girl turned up
her nosc IN scorD ut the idea Of her owning
such thing.
| VALUABLE DrscovERY.-Charles Usher,
. blacksmith a. Hardin. made a discovery
whereby he eau make the surface Of iron or
steel 30 hard 20 TO defy al attsmpts upon
it by hammer, steel or cold chisel. A horse
shoe nail cao 10 hardened so - to cut glass
equal to diamond. and tho metal 80 pre-,
pared 10 susceptible Of fine polish. AMr.
w. A. Jones, in . letter to the Dubuque
Times, claims 10 have made and patented the
Same discovery two years ago. aud assigns
poverty - the reason for not sooner intro.
ducing il to the public.
The Alton Rereille thus tells sad story
A man with his little son started from Adel
to Webster City. was bewildered by drifting
snow, with the slu~gish movements Of his
cattle. The little boy persisted with the
cold, and the unhappy father covered him
with hay, strniehtening tho lifeless, rigid
form lying quietly in the bottom Of the wag-
on. Then he Cnyoked the oxen, and let
them go free over the white Wild waste.
The man with his blood almost CONCEALED
by suffering and sorrow, cast another look
At the st'fFened form lying quietly in the
bottom Of the wagon. and started through
the whirling drifts 10 the timber Their.
he sat down exhausted, aud soon. like the
little boy. slept the sleep that Knows no
waking