Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-22

The pew room ofthe Des Moines churches
amounts to four thousand sitting.

The pew room ofthe Des Moines churches
amounts to four thousand sitting.
The Clermont Leader reappears after
few weeks Law up, cccasoned by breaking
lis printing press.
hon j. b 6riaao, has published a ,e,ter
in favor OF tie nomination CT Gen. Grant
for thc Presidency.
\ female employee in The Marshall Times
cifce had her hand severely crushed while
feeding Job press the other day.
| Encch Thomas, OF Tsna county, was run
away with the other day near town, and
had one Of his legs broken.
The Excelsior Base Bail boys Of Dubuque
recently played a match game with the &c
Ears Of Waterloo. The Cedars got waxed,
60 TO 80. .
A. X. Fulton, local editor and joint pro-
prietor Of the Mt. Pleasant Home VISITOR.
has sold out his interest TO ". b. Murray.
Fulton still plays local"
Gait. Geo. w. Walker, Of Fort Madison,
Who held a commission in the regular army,
died recently at Fort Ruby, Nevada, Gays
the Plain Dealer.
| A X. Welles, formerly partner of b +.
/ Cue. on the II. DouSt @NofSbWoSes - E''''G
to start bank at Montana. Editors have
right TO take fresh courage.
The corner stone Of the new Methodist
church at Charles City, Floyd county. was
laid a few days ago. Some $3.50 we're
subs cribed on the spot for the completion
of the building.
H. d. Ives, a prominent lawyer Of Ed 'y~
willie, Iowa, died of cholera Monday on The
packet Rob Roy, while returning from ST,
Louis, where be had been attending the
| fair.
Hale. DAVIS Il Co.. Penitentiary laber,
contractors at Fort Madison, have completed
the water pipes and cisterns, and with at
tached engine and hose the machine shops,
&c, can be deiuged with water Oh short
notice.
A heavy contract for extending the Du>
buquc & Sioux City Railroad has bee1 let
to Douglass, Brown 4 CO. About 100, 900
understanding to the west boundary OF
Hardin county-are to be graded this year.
So says the Dubuque Herald.
Robt. Morris, Of Masonic fame, lectures
at DE Witt, on the Goth. So says the OBJ
server.
The cars on the McGregcr Western Rail.
way commenced running through to Aus>
tin, Minnesota, on Monday, 2lss inst. They
connect there with the road running up to
ST. Paul. Hence st. Pan is at last COM
nected with the rest of the world by rail.
A few days ago, says the Washington
Press, a son, twelve years old. Of Mr.. X.
McCampbell, Of Dntch Creek township,
saw . squirrel in the woods and gave chase.
The game went up tree too big for the lad
to climb, but he Skinned up q tall saprling
standing ten feet away, and managed I.
catch hold Ct a limb of the tree, when he
quit The sapp'ng. aiming to suspend him>
self from the limb until lie could reach the
trunk But he could not make connection.
nor could he regain the saprling. lie cried
for help, and hung there until exhausted,
whercupon he fell thirty one feet, and broke
one leg midway between the knee and hip.
The bonc thrust itself through the muscle
OF his leg his pants, and ran into the
ground. The surgeon, DR.. Brice, despslrs
Of the lads lille. pronouncing the wound
wore than my gunslot wound he saw dur
ing The war.
Iiau- Inrr Tho Ma,l,oa1s l.foro