Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-14

on is about to remove It's headquarters to
Waterloo, as We learn frcm the Hsrata,
which says: We regre. 10 learn that the
headquarters Of the company ara to be re-
moved. as !, is en- institution in which 30
have org had pride ard confidence and
we ere satisfied that il properly managed,
vi,l board Of directors ir on cur own
midst, it might hare been made ar honor
10 our eity and very remunc!ative % its
i,s stockholders Tho present difficulty
wc conceive 70 be attributable e the scat
.s5stion policy" hitherto adopted, the. d.
recters being chosen from ali parts Of the
State. With no central power to control its
affairs, the secretary shorn OF executive
power, and consequent loossncss Of ito
management.
The Be'lcyus Journal says ths. Pat
rick Brown, Of Iona township, died on
Tuesday night, last, OF lock jsw, resulting
from Lasing his ico. crushed in the horse
power Of a threshing machine. Oh The iii
Of augult. From The same paper we learn
tia. On Sunday last, d hide boy six years
Of age, by tic name Of John Alters. while
play ing ard fsbirg Nth other little boys
on barge lying near the elevator, fell in
to tho river and was drowned.
The Cedar county Advertiser hag cen
puinkin vine near Upton, over 900 feet
loue lis OF tho seven year itch variety.
and If the season was long enough you'd
resea across To State, perhaps.
The Bfeiaer County News says that
i, appesss as though it would exhaust all
the labor q the country 70 stack, ,hrosh,
and market the grain crop There are ex-
tensivc fields Of corn, OF the most luxuri-
Gus growth ever seen in this country. The
weather during the last week, has been all
tha, could be desired 70 perfect the corn
and potato crops, as well ms for securing
the harvest. Wild fruits will be very abun-
dan, Garden vegetables, in tho greatest
profusion. Finally. no people were ever
moro profusely blessed, than those CT
the Cedar Valley.
The quiet ros ion o: Richmond, wash
ington county, vas thrown into = spasu
Of excitement the other day by one John
Cress, man of years and family, attempt
tx an infamous outrage upon tho person
Of a Miss Snyder. who, while riding horse
hack, was met 5y tie villain in the woods,
/ - l. H., ~
called. lie vas arrested, tried, and pre-
nounced " not guilty" by twelve CT his
couu;rymen. The Press also has IN &C.
count Of = domestic tragedy, cons qaent
upon the discovery by husband Of sever
al years standing that bis wife was faith
loss. and his children were som, ether
nan's.
sshni {, Little Industry WIFI DO.
There u n seventeen year old DO, living
il county below Us who has twcnty-one
acres planted ii cotton. He hired orc nl1n
earip il ta- spring. prepared the !and AID
| bought a5out honda. liars worth al
| guano and psf upon H. Af.sr getting it
planted lie started TO school, which lie reg
u!ariy attended during TIE summer, with
the exception cf about two weeks, which
his crop required. he works en- hour or
two every raoiaiag, IN the siierncoa ard
every 5 tuTdaY. lis cotton is locking very
fine. end he expects ID get q. .eas; fifteen
bates OF the twenty-oae acrel. Estimating
esch h.lc y: five hundred pounds, and thai
he viii get twenty five cents per pound
iho gross receipts will te Sl,S15. His en-
tire expense, including tho guano, will nc,
hc over five hundred dollars. which will
leave 81 ,3-5 IS the net earnings Of Til.
schcoibaJ. niTo him lie benefit Of every
doubt, lie viii surely make a thousand
dollars clear. We commend this to young
men moaning over their fate, complaining
,hst tboy can get nothing to dc, and can
make no money.-Haeon Ga. Journal