Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-11
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The Fa.l term Of the Fairfield College
commences to-day.
Peat is said to have been found in incx>
hsustible quantities north OF Ackley.
The Mitchell County Iopan says the av-
eregc yield of whoa. IN that county will be
twenty bushels TO the acre.
The Newton Republican,, of September
9Th. says the first frost of the season fell
there on the night of the 9TH.
The crop Of Irish potatoes in Jefferson
county is very light They are selling in
Fairfield for 81 per bushel.
The Board Of Supervisors Of Delaware
county have appropriated $1,000 for an
iron bridge across the Maquokets at Man.
chester.
The population Of Jasper County. accor
ding to the census Of 1867, Is 16,2e9 In
! 1865 il was 12 ,o97, an increase, IN two
years, Of 4, LAP.
The Eldora Ledger says last Friday. Nor,
ton Searles, an employee on the Edora
Railroad. was buried alive while working
Ia cut. by tie bank giving away, but was
dug cut in few minutes unhuri.
Two boys named Dean and Harren quar-
relied at Dubuque, on Friday last Dean
seized club and struck Isrren over the
head with such force that he died from the
effects.
The Young Mems Christian Association
OF Dubuque contemplate giving a course Of
free lectures during the fall and winter.
There are now sixty money order post
Offices in Iowa. Anamosa, De Witt, Eldo>
m, Fl Dodge, Nevada, Manchester, New
Jefferson, New Oregon and Toledo are new
offices.
There is to be an Iowa base hall tourna>
ment a, Burlington on the 10Th of October.
Prizes amounting to 81. l40 are offered.
The grapes At Cedar Falls will not be
large this year, on account OF the late damp
spring, the vines becoming stunted in their
growth in the early part of the season.
The Csdas Falls Gazette says the third
accident on the ID. & 8. q. r. r. within .
few weeks, occurred last Friday in the cut
near Peosta. Four loaded freight cars were
thrown from the track, SO obstfucting il -
to prevent the passenger train from coming
out on its usual tine on Saturday.
West Of Boone the corn crop is Threatened
with serious damage from grasshoppers. A
dispatch says that they gathered so thick on
the North western Railroad as to stop .
freight train.
The superiority Of Iowa Horses is begin
ming 70 be acknowledged. A first premium
Al the Chicago fair Was awarded to Charles
Garman, Of Dee Moines county, for the best
two year old. The colt is from blooded
mare, and Was sired by Wild Hornet.
Mr.. j. B. Howell, who sold the Keokuk
Gate City about year ago, bought the es-
tublishment back on Friday. and again as
sumes the control Of the columns Of that
paper.
Thomas McVesy, Of Forest Home, Pow>
esheik county, met with an accident on
Saturday, which it is feared will prove f.
tai While loading his wagon with logs,
drawing them IN by ropes, the ropes broke,
aud a heavy Jog rolled back upon him,
crushing him terribly.
Counterfeit one dollar notes on the First
National Bank Of Portsmouth are in circu-
lation in DE Witt. The face looks well but
the back is very pale, and the lettcrin z
around the engraving is very indisiinct and
irregular.
A man living three miles north Of De
" tt was driving a pair of young horses on
a moving machine, on Saturday, when the
horses took fright, ran away, and broke, cut
aud mangled the mans leg so that he lay
three or four hours in the field before the
accident was discovered.