Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-10
STATE NEWS.

plying city ofT5, 900 inhabitants.
The pes Mcires valley road will have
bridge ae.sss the Des Moines river at Des
u Inca in six weeks says The Register.
Our Nasca,iue neighbsrs aye keeping
the Mrsca,ins, Upton and Anamossa rail
road cempary alive. and ws trust they viii
,et 1t into working order before many
ears longer.
AT a republican jolliflcstion in Keotuk
the other night gas tar barrel WAS rolled
upon bonfire. l, exploded With fearful
force. scattering the Ore and one Of the ay-
slaves struck lad on the neck nearly cut
ting the main arteries.
The republican uajssity In Jones' csun'
u Is only l,loo this yesr-sbsus the usual
democratic gain in this district.
A street railway 10 among the shings
hoped fer in Muscatins. The Courier adj
voca,ss line connecting North snd South
| Nuscatine.
The Courier says that the Museatins.
Upton d Anamosa railway project has NOT
been given up by any meas, but has ~
fair chances Of being finished ~ ever.
The route OF the Dcs Moines Valley
Railroad is now permanently located for :
distance Of SO miles from the Capital to
Alton, in Dallas county.
%. q. Bates, formerly Of the Camsnchs
Chief. is now on new republican paper At
E'thervile, Emmett CO., a county Of nearly
900 population.
-Clinton county gives a republican M
jority on the national ticket Of 1904 on
the congressional ticket Smyth has 47l
majority.
The democracy Of Wiutsrsst elected .
nsgrs justice Of the peace. This 10 the 6rst
African Official Of the state Of Iowa, asd il
is to be hoped hs will prove worthy OF the
honorable position.
The Wapsllol R.pnbliean says that 200
tons Of prairie hay wsro burned 10 che
Iowa river bottom near Toolsbsrs. . fs~
days age. The Gre originated In . careless
attempt 10 burn around the stacks on I
windy day.
The Herald says there seems to b I
disease among the hogs of the northwss
part Of Clinton county. which 10 previnj
very fatal. The farmers report It to b ,
kind Of cholsra-,hc throat swelling arc
turning = purple color. Some farmers hav,
lost b avily BY this hog plague.
Iowa mads quite raid on the Sucker
the Quincy Fair. Mr.. Bent. Of Louis
county, b.ggsd lots Of premiums with h.
zig horned Dsvons, and Charley Garmar
4 Des MONIES county, took several vii
horses. Z. Hollingsworth, Of Ssndusky
Lee county, ,oek tho first premium, $a5
for apples.
Mr.. WA Price, Of Camp townshi p
Po'k county, Iowa, raised fsld Of cor
,hia ysar, many Ct 10 ears o. which ncss
enc a iae1e. - easth. Ttis wa non
ire Yankee t=t'Fe rove corr
atibsr, ~ FL sgd tveafy rows to c, h cal
fnd cont mig seventy grains 70 tbs roN
aaki JnUtsa hualr grains 10 IL, cob
\ --Issst i. Cerwoo of Mahsska count,
: ma lesl a. tan O koleosa Herald uilic. = ,e,
,t4sus Of TWO vsrle'ies OF po,atoes, rs 70
ovs IF .rly Good'i ~ Of which he plan
d eue pound in u row seventy three ie
r long. VII ch yielded forty four ponods,
: sh,ch rats they would produc 1872 bushc
! DOR acre. The other variety was Il
Monitor" OF which he raised thirt,
eight pounds, in row Of twsnty-si
feet long. and at which rate they wsul
/ yield 29J bushels to the acre" He ais
. exhibited gourd which Was five feet thre
, inches in circumference. The same psps
also records the statement Of . Mr.. Stanto
tia. he dug twenty four bushels of potatos
= from four rods square OF ground An
also tia, Mr. Shipley raised within triH
Of two bushels OF the Early Good ich fro,
d three srcd potatoes.
e Dubuque folks claim tho glory ,
! having spoken the fret word, and Of hole
+, ing the first public meeting relative to II
baildng oil the Pacific railroad. Alludin
+ 70 this matter, Chas. Corksny, = form'
reident OF Dubuque, now Of California
writes to She Sacramento Union as folloW y!
II was q resident Of the Dubuque lee
{ mines for two years prior 10 Nov. 1S5.
, when George w. Jones was elected del,
gate to congress from the region Of tn
. country which now embraces tho States {
/ Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa. Minnesota, N,
a brssxa. and the territory north and west
i these States. 1t may have bssn 10 1873,
! but my impression 10 that it WAS in 1888,
: that John Plumbe Chen John Plumbe, Jr
!. called public meeting Of the citizens
> Dubuque, for the purpsss Of pstitienin
7. congress isr an appropriation for the surve
. Of railroad line from Milwaukee on Lst
r Michigan to Dubuque on the MississipI
: river, ''as the first ink in the grand chat
4 Of railroad TO the Pacific ocsas." III
. meeting Was held in small log Asthodi.
church, situated on the southeast corner
h what 10 nov the public square Of that cit,
;. John Plumbe, Jr., WAS Secretary, and
4, think ID. Timothy Mason, who 10 yet Twin
was Chairman. At that meeting, il is osl
!. tain that = memorial Vas adopted, signs
d and forwarded - our delegate for present,
|. ton to congress, and il 10 also certain tbs
congress made an appropriation Of, thinl
$4,000, which was expended Ito lit,
purpose, no doubD by q corps OF engineer
organized and sent to Milwaukee under ia
s,ructiona fro1 the typographical Bursa
! At Warrington. George W. Jones 10 ',
living At Dubuque, and a. be was the mo-
y indie satigablc a, d mest successful d.lexat,
:. hat ever entered Congress from any tsrr
y eory q except noos), and very systemst
IN the preservation aud arrangement Of D.
Z ers. have no doubt but he has sorcs 10
!, umsnts in HE posses zion which viii ASST
. yonr "Aisx" in HE search "among the du
and ash~s 0f the past 1t will be a il
:, tsrssting and laudabls search, but hs =,
:, perni. me TO express doub, in advance,
- his finding living witnesses sustained /
record evidence from any other local. ' .,
,srior to thst uf Dubuque in 1886 OF 1888
TIE spirit evoked 10y The pubic u .etin
and memorial 70 Congress- never ed
: in Dubuque. II was irsqn.ntly revive
il soeiAl .hit C. q among he oil Ct,
zAns ard sc often laughed a. whine,
prstenslons 10 originality whsn he v,
hr-t heard OF, some tan GEARS after "
bad ,sksn tho Initiative; but he IVES .
: sstern man AMI Was backed by capita