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


buqus. is now opened through.
Dubuque issppointing ward commit
teas to ialse fnrds 10 aid suffering euiizsr.
lald.
The new insane ..y'pn a, iadspena-
enes will be ains struc,urs-eossing about
ons miiliea deG,rs.
The Gruuay 4 i4s very proper ia~ss
sniff sss farmess o task fer ,he e2.ra,Sssnt
practice o. burning hsr straw
An attempt was made 10 burn the
Cour, liOaso 1t Cedar Falls, last week, by
an nmeto Of tie jail, which is . par. q she
temple .. jas,'ce AFORESAID.
Iron 10 lad nine miles west 81 Iowa
Falls on the Dubuque 4 Sioux ci.y Rail
road, and 10 10 b at Webster City by the
middle Of next msnth.
The annsuneemsnt that l.. d. lngersoli
hiss gone 10 Chicago 10 untrue. he re-
mains in Musest'ns, but 10 counted 40 one
Of tho Cbiesgo Post editorial stat.
"A little sen Of Mr.. Rogers. Of National,
in Clayton county. Vas 90 severely scaldsd
on Tuesday of last week BY sitting down in
. pail OF bot water as t. cause his cssth In
twenty four hours.
The Hamilton Fretm1n says, the track
laying on the railroad to tina, place pro
crosses very slowly. only four miles have
yet been laid west Of Ipwa Falls. The cor.
tractor say they canno; get help.
an old gsnrllman named Fu.h, who
was crossing De7i' Creek bridge, on satur-
dsv o at wecs, in Madison county, wac
srnca by passing train Of cars, knocked
or, anu 70 seriously injured as to cause his
death.
The Eeraii says Tat Hon. John II.
O'Nell. OF Dubuque, is settling up his af-
fs = N that place, prepafator- to moving
to St Louis: MIR. o Nsill ranks among
tas frat o. the Iowa bar, isa l,wyer of
o''i;snt talents and thorough professional
.n.ng ~ well rs large exper ence, and
will take high rank at the Missouri bar
His removal will be . less to the profession
| In Iowa.
The Fairfield Lsdgcr tells . pretty lit.
Tie story about tive families who lived some
whore in the West, the adoption OF boy
child by one family on account Of pr"long-
cd sickness Of its mother, who belonged "a
the other family about how tho famil.s
separated, and how the beg child grew u
bs o dash'ng young man, and aftsrw'rdl
without knowing 1t. settled ncar the HON
Of his actua! parents, and came near MIR
ryinc his own sistsr. The discovery o.
his identity was made . few evenings be
fore the night Of the 90 boz wedding, by
learning his christsnsd nsms, which va,
the full name Of his father. No name,
are given in the account referred to.
The Iowa City Repu6iicoi SAYS: "C!oss
Brothers recently received at their mill 10!
of buckwhsst to grind On tern ng it out
the sacss a bag Of gold and silver coin va,
ds 'oysrsd in ons OF hem, which, on am
ina .en, proved T. 10 $50 in amount. On.
nlsh, after i, VAS lefs, 'hs owner OF th.
tuck " heat called one Of the ,a .lo from IL,
bed 10 inquire after his "hId Zen Censuac.
and received i snie and sound, rctnsnlngt &
the honcst miller tlo yold piece IL ~
ears that he had lad thu buck wheat OF
Ii, a some folr years, and about that NJ
rsdc = the pace OF deposit .cr his money
- II. =, 49, = ~.
erl,t to mi We think thee are few taI IN
ora Z any other men who have money q
p'.aty az 10 forget such deposit
"A Nhc'e stack Of truth is embodied il
this paragraph, which the Osase Ia,ras get
of \ friendly advice to care sss farmcrs
I'VE hear OF large amounts of era n in thi,
vicinity which have been utterly dsstroys
bv growing, and n soms.case rotting 10 the
stack, in consequence o. having been wet
n the late heavy rains. Ir ssme cases
stacks are found to be wst from crown e
base, aud when uncovered, stesning like Z
brewers vat. Forty bushel, Of ketabls
wheat is e'tcn threshed, where 200 or SOC
should lie the result, and whole loads O
bundles are thrown off the stacks IN con
ton entrely worthless. This result cannot
N most cases, be deemed accidental.
either arises from csrelessness or ignorance
wh;ch SHOULD bs reformed. Not only th,
farmers but every me.uSer Of the comm nj
u Is Interested IN the ex emf OF or crops
aud suffers from their careless or wantor
destruction. In that View of tho matter
We Fee ike appealing TO large p-oport OF
Of our farmers 10 turn over new lcaf ia tn,
matter OF stacking. the loss of oue-sigh
onc quarter, or as some compute it, one
third Of the whsss crop. 10 not Cheerful
prospect, especially when it might hav,
been avoided by more care or skill"