Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-19
STATE NEWS.

The Dubuque bridge sustsins 90. 600
pounds TO the square inch.
The Herald advises the pioneer Gin
tonians 10 assemble and festivate annually
james T. Scho6eid, boskkeeper Of the
Clinton Lumber Company, feeling unwell
went 10 Springer's drug store and called
Tor a dose Of Turkish Rhubarb" The
clerk in attendance gave him instead dose
Of Turkish Opium, a deadly poison. The
Heraia says
Upon receiving the package he asked il
i. was not rather large dose. yes" re-
pied the clerk, ",he-e is enough for two
doses, but it won't hurt you il J ou lake tho
whole Of it,
Thus assured, upon reaching homo, he
divided the powder into two portions, swal-
loving the larssr share-aboui an ordinary
teaspoonful-a and retired. He wife, who
had prepared the medicine with little pre-
serve to make it paia. able, came near taking
the remaining portion, bot fertunatsly did
net, thinking that her husband might need
il.
Net suspicion Of any thing WrsGg ss1 SIS.
oil the mind Of either regarding The stature
Of the deadly substance which had Sesn ad-
ministsrsd for powdered rhubarb, althsug b
i, must have been detected in taste ard
smsll BY persons more sxpsritncsd in the
matsrio n,edics.
During the early part q the night Mr..
Schofeld complained Of . strange feslin &
in his head, and Of a prickling sensation
and insupportabls itching Of his face, but
would not allow physician to be sent for.
not dsemng it anything Of serious na.
ture. His wife bsthed his temples and en-
dssvored to soothc him To rect, but it was
no; until three o'clock that the deadly mar
co,ic wrapped him in its fatal embrace, and
his ~ssried vita lay down TO slsep.
Very soon, however, she WAS awak enc d
by the heavy. convulsivs breathing of her
husband, AID tried 70 arousc him, but was
terrified 10 find all her efforts vain. Calling
10 his brother, who, Is We have stated, oc>
cupisd apartments adjoining, physicians
we're sent for IA all possible haste. Doctors
Farnsworth ard Van Deventsr wsrs sosn
Al the bedside Of the unconscious man.
Due inquiries were u de as 10 what he had
eaten o. taken tie previous evening, but
the trus cause was not suspected, and from
the symptoms Of the case the conclusien
was reached that the patient was suffering
from an apeplsctic tit. and he WAS treated
accordingly. This Was about Ave o'clock,
but il was not until six that the true causs
Of the trouble was ascertaised. In casually
msnt ioniug the rhubarb which he had taken
DR.. Van Dsvsnts1 inquired for the remain.
ing portion Of the powder. Upon opening
the package he at encs prsnsuncsd it 70 b
opium.
The fearful truth was now evident. The
druggist had made murdsrous blundsr, and
the poison had we'll nigh accomplished it,
deadly mission. I've grains Of opium are
considered . heavy desc, and here some
frenty grains must have been swallewsd
nine hours before OF course against such
fearful odds hope gave war 10 despair, and
an unu,terable woe Allied the sGonizsd
househsld. At nine o'clock death asserted
its supremacy vital spark wss sxtlnc,
forever. lie died surrounded BY relatives
and fsiends, but Of course uneenscieus OIL
their presence.
The news Of his sudden and untimsly
death thrilled the community With pscuia,
horror. No young man was more esteemed
or possessed more friends and fewer ere
mies. Thoroughly Efficient and capable. h
Was intrustsd with great responsibilities
and the utmsst confidence Vas rspossd ia
him By his employ ers-so much 90, in fact
that tie was better familisrized with thu
cempsny's business than were any Of these
mere imaediatsly interested. In his dsath
. void 10 left which they viii fud it Difficult,
to ill.
The decsassd was bern at Fishkill. Dutch
ess county, n Y, on the 9th Of October
lS4o. and was consequently % years.
msnths ard s days At the time Of his death,
The Salt Lake Register estimates thai
emily four hundred miles intervene between
the Unsn Pacific and Central Pacific Rail.
roads.