Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-26

Nevada is now . money order Office. - |
Ne learn from the Agis.
Col. John Scott il 10 deliver the 4th Of
July orsticn at Waterloo.
Mr.. +. ". wiiter has been reelected
Principal OF the Muscatine High School.
4 boy BY the name OF blood was drowned
at Marble Rock a few days ago while ats
tempting TO cross the Shelrock In skiff.
The citizens Of Ames are taking the init>
iatory steps for the establishment of ''Fs.
male Seminary and Normal Institute" at
that place
CAPTAIN Albert Head has recalled bis res
ignstion Of the Collecsorship Of the Sixth
district and is now discharging tho duties
Of that office.
The Elkader Journal states that man
namea Albert White il now in jail, 1t Gar.
avilIe, charged with attempting rape on .
girl only II yeafs old.
The Muscatine Agricultural Society have
succeeded in raising Dearly the amount Of
monsy necessary for fitting up their rev
fair grounds.
Potato bugs threaten the destruction Of
the entire potato crop Of Chickassw county;
they are found, also, on tomato and other
vines.
Mr.. Loren Clark, living 81 miles from
Fairfield. bad buck shorn the other day
Of fleece seishing 221 pousds. The sheep
- Is months old and this 10 his second clip.
A horse driven into the river at Muscatine
for the purpose OF washing the buggy, was
drowned BY the current washing dep hole
in that locality. The accident happened on
| Tuesday.
The Muscatins Courier says that three
emigrant wagons from Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania, passed through that place
last week, bound for Hardin county. They
left Pennsylvania on the first Of May, and
came all the way BY land.
A Gre broke out on Sunday morning, at
At Iowa City, in the carpenter shop Of Robt.
Stewart, nearly opposite the post Office. and
destroyed nearly half tho block, including
the residence and millinery store OF Mrs.
Bryan, the job printing Office of William
Cam, the grocery and boarding house Of
Luke Mcclure. and several dwelln Z, and
shops, both on the Avenue and on Clinton
street.
The Dallas Gazette says - farmer some
time since contracted his wheat TO parties
in this place 1t 81 % per busoel. The par
ties sent teams for the wheat, but in the
meantime the price Of wheat went to 81. so
and he refused to let the wheat go as no
money had been paid to bind the bargain.
Afterwards wheat vent down TO 3l.bO. A
few days since the farmer came TO town to
inf,rm the parties that the wheat was ready
for thsm-at 1925 per bushel. The parties
couldn't see it,
We are told that tho impression given out
that potato bugs had disappeared from vines
in this vicinity il iafYfom being true. Du.
ring the last few days complaints concerns
ing these pestiferous insects have been more
numerous than ever. One gentleman in.
formed US. yesterday. that the leaves on bis
g vines are eaten off as fast Is they grow
He further says that each evening be tax o.
81 least pint OF bugs from patch Of pota
toes only few feet square Auscdtia
Q Journal.
The following figures ere the statistics o
7 Decstur county BY the census Of 1867
d Dwelling houses. 400; white males, 4253
white females, 42l4 total white, e467; t.
: ia. coiored, "a az each sex; aggregate
8 SOL. In 1865 the population was S052
increase in two years AT. The number 0
80 ceres Of land inclosed has increased in
h the same time from o., III TO 5S,l4l.
!, The population Of the city Of Burlington
" according 20 the recent census. is whit,
: males, 53ss; white females, 5097; to,a
. whiic, 0,sS0; colored males. 70; colore,
y females, 80; total colorcd, l96; aggregate
1866. In 1865, Burlington had S0l'
u people; increase in two years. 259s, or
little over 81 per cent. Burlington will
: therefore please take position in the figur
row below the Capital City, as there i
now no doubt but that we have over clever
: thousand inhabitants. Three cheers and
. tiger for the "Raccoon Forks !" De
lNoines Register.