Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-01
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
STATE ITEMS.


Three hundred hands are now at work
on the E dora 3 AcSly Railroad. >,
John c. Cook, horse thief. was arrested
at Prairie City last week, and taken back 70
Illinois
The Fremont Times says thu. the grass
hoppers, . trr having ieroured oil the gar>
den vegetables, lef, 10, other parts.
A little son Of Mr. Nathan Cho"ter. Of
Black Hawk county, recently had his RICH:
foot cut IF by beng thrown upon the sicks
kle bar OF mo wing machine.
Macsu,cy, the wife-bea,er # Hardin City,
while on his way to jsil-whither be had
been sent as punishment for his brutali,y
escaped from his constabuiar guard, and
had not since been heard from.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture reports
10 this State 500 opt cattle and cxen. 345.>
ll3 mich cows; 2,399 ,423 sheep, and Is
665. 575 hogs.
An Iowa professorship is 10 be endowed
/ for the Chicago Theological Seminary.-
Hon. j. G. Foote, Of Burlington, has given
| 81 900 IS the first sutscrip tio0 towards the
needed endowment.
A poor and highly respectable married
lady Of Council Bluffs recently fell heir ,oa
fortune Of Is 900 IN England, and . few
de-, $ ago received the full SUN in gold.
The McGregor Ne1s mainsain. that .
dozen years hence its city will have left
Dubuque behind IN busin 50 and population.
aud anil have become the metropolis OF
Iowa" Il claim that the railroads now in
process Of building. will wo' ! that effect
The Sisourney Nsrs says the apple crop
in that vicinmy. 30 promising . tew weeks
age, WA be nearly an entire failure. The
Il. IS have the appearance VI hsv,os been
oil 10y frost. ana the young fruit Is ~ither-
ing and filling to the ground. II is thought
by some that tue trees have been stung by
8, NE insect.
A man came to town last week, telling a
pi,llu tale of suffering aud F.overty, SAID he
xas q tailor by trade. and wanted work
He had some talk with Father mons, Ca b
Ole Priest, sbou; making mp some Goth he
had Sstul day morning Father Elm ms left
i,r Scion. After he was gone this man
went 10 his house, told the woman in chang,
tina, he had come for the cloth to make up
20, The two p,ec .. about $50 worth, AID
left the house and the town. He is suit
} ,ng for work At Fl. Mai!son.-iord CITY
AepuUesSuNs
TIE Dubuque Herald is responsible for
> the following tougt story List Wednes-
DAY a couple of gentlemen we've ma Demos
cratic wagon, behind . fast team, on I"
ridge over abe North fork Of the M"qno>
/, kets, when the rain storm came up. l" the
rear end Of the wagon WAS . pail the
horses we're put ut the top OF their speed,
and the storm cams c ose upon them. When
: they had reached Tom Clsik's three miles
TIN. ride Of the bridge. neither OF thu
gentlemen were ve', though the pail IL
tue wagon was half full OF rain water 40
+ closely had tie rain pursued them. Arrlv
=. lns at Ciarks one Of the eentl' men "Dped
h tut and ran IN, while the other s,opped To-
fa.,en the horses In an instant, almost.
the rain vas upon the latter, and be got
thoroughly soaked. So mach Cor storm
speed rersus horse sped"
A few days since, man in good circum
stances, n or near Olney. Illinois. had hi.
uttle daughter, twelve or fourteen years o
Aye, With him hoeing corn al the forenoon,
aud when he retired to the house, he or
dered her TO get his dinner while he laid
iawn to rest The child said. FEATHER.
AIN too tired" Her father again ordered
T her to get his dinner In retu n, she i'm
d formed him that there WA nothing IN the
;, house Cor her TO prepare. He then repeat
/ ed the order in more pere "ptnry tone
:. whrrenpon the child lett the font r"Om.-
A few minutes later neghho.ing woman
:. came in and search was made for nc child
who, after a time. was found under III,
stat way, hung b., the neck.