Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-23
STATS ITEMS.


year.
The Hutchinson family 10 concertng |
northern Iowa.
Senator Grimes health, il 10 said, i.
about fully restored.
A lynx was shot in Ksokuk county
las. week he wss4 feet by 8.
The Editor of the EJdyvills Gazette
wss ssrenaded the ether night--by tom cats.
Two color.d Burin,snions got quarrel
some last week and one Of them got bred
full ofbrd shot.
A Young man named Cooper in Web
stsr county had his hands and feet badly
frozen last week.
A son Of Henry Bsrkholder Of For'
Dodge was one Of the victims. Of the late
Ohio River disaster.
The numbe, Of teachers in attendance
upon the Muscatine Teachers Institute was
l42.
Frank Millmeysr, the man whs placed
the distractions across the track OF The h.
Mt. p. L N. Kailrsad 10 se ntenced 70 eleven
years in the psnitsntiary.
AT The auction sale Of sx>bAnker Mar
kslrs assets in Dubuque the other day.
ID. 900 acres OF Missouri mineral lands
we're sold for 6! cents per acre.
"A letter frsm Tama City says that q
serious disturbance occurred on Thursday
last, resulting in the dsa'h Of Mr.. Henry
Tarvy. who vas shot through the leg. hem
morsgs Of the wound causing death in .
very short tine. A young rough from
Cheysnn 10 charged with the crime, and
has been arrested and lodged in Jail. Pubs
lie opinion is strongly against him. but the
result Of the Coronsr's inquest is not vet
kno~n-the jury being still in session.
"A Clayton county man fell in lsvs
with German girl who said no; 80 he went
off and hung himself to the limb Of tree
with comforter. He was found fozsn
stf next morning.
The Prosecuting Attorney and Treas
urer Of Pottowattemie county have been
indicted by the Grand Jury-the one Tor
collecting and keeping money which prop
erly belonged to the school fund, and the
other was indicted for dealing in county
Warrants.
john White Of burlington the princi.
pc stockhoider Of the Frat National Bank
Of Oskaloosa, th.t he has purchased nearly
all Of the stock Of that institution, and vii
proceed to wind it up asa National Bank
and will establish in the place of it John
Whites Bapk' The reason given for Thu
change 10 that taxes upon Nationsl Bank.
now eat up ali the profits Of = legitimate
bnain,ss.
An interesting case, Involving thu
right Of railroad conductor 10 eject frou
his train = passenger who had not procured
. ticket, in secordancs with rule Of ID,
company, was tried at the late term Of Cour
IN Cedar county. The plsintiff was J. r
Coulter, Of Cedar Rapids, and the defe nd
ant thee IN. W. 4. 4. Co. Mr. c.. WHIT
i. United States Assistant Assessor, wal
hustled of a freight train because he had
NJ ticke'. though be offered 10 pay his fare
The conductor acted in obedience to q rul,
OF lbs company, fcrhidding freight conduc
tors 20 carry passengers unpre'ldsd will
teke's. The prosecution, hosever, sstab
lishr us fact that this rule had not heel
urictly enforced in oil cares, and the jury
found verdict OF damages fer plaintiff, ii
hosum Of $3.50.
A REMAnKaBiE BElL.-The Iowa Cit
Press saws Rev Mr.. Osmond has receive
. letter from brigham Young. saying tina
he is willing to give up the "Humme
be' which was spirited away form tn
Presbyterian Church in Iowa City NOR
than twenty years ego. and finally CARRIE
off to Salt Lake by California enigrants an
sod to the Saints. There is . strange his
tory connected with this bell, remembers,
by most Of the old citizens Of Iowa.
would be remarkable dsnoue ment, as th
Pro- remarks. If, after ito evcntful history
having been originally taken from its plac
BY an apostats clergy mnn-theu hid frou
him 10 the Iowa river BY other parties an
again surreplitieuslr taken in charge an
carried 70 Salt Lake, lying there in solitud
and exile for twenty ysars-if the be
shsuid again sound from its ancient station
the belfry Of the North Prssby terrain churc
in Iowa City.
Tns New York Herald says there is o
need of approximations from the reports ..
lativs to the action 81 The Supreme Coul
on the Legal Tender act a. the highest IL,
Of public necessity snd public welfare wi