Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-23
STATE ITEMS.

The new C.. b. l. Q. 'round house" .,
Burlington is 200xl0O.
Tho Baptis,s Of Mt. Peasant have
their new church nearly enclosed.
The North Missouri Railroad il coming
ahead in Iowa . half mile per day.
Mise Marian Champlin. Of Waterloo, is
the most competent postmaster in the
State.
Anna Dickinson. Olive Logan, Tilton,
and collyer lecture at Mt. Pleasant this
course.
-oat,, who shot Olkley in . cha,ivsri
party near Independence last week, has
been held in 81 900 bail.
-Des MONIES city bonds are said t. hs
in danger Of being stolen. The issue is
100000 for railroad purposes.
Five thousand bushels Of potatoes from
20 acres in Des Moines $4,000
good seasons work for A. l. Hobbs.
The Daily O.tumwa Courier says Il has
been losing money every day for two years.
aud, unless more patronage comes. il pro-
poses to suspend.
"A 40, 900 mau in Linn county sues for
divorce, on account Of wilful desertion.
The wife responds that che was driven
from home By personal abuse and want of
ssppsrt. The mans name 10 Ash.
Tho Cedar County Ssldiers monument
10 TO BE- enclosed BY an iron fence on
dresssd stone foundation. The Board Of
Supervisors appropriated 800 4. the last
osssion to ceaplsss the work.
by On United States Court writ the
Asrshsl Of lewa is directed to levy upon
ssd ssll suta:isns property belonein: = the
city Of Burlington to discharge the indsbt
sdnsss Of that city, iasluded 10 Judgments
ssadsssd il tavsr Of Nsssrs. Weber and
Zsbriski. The abevs..an Two separate and
distinct claims growing out Of 40 old issue
efcity bonds.
AT recent rsunisn OF The Gath Iswa,
q Cedar RaPids, the following ssdly inter-
eW'.s .tatistisal facts we're presented -
when mastered -, Il contained sSs men !:
during its tern il received SEQ recruits
Tue casualties IL killed and in battle. and
del Of wounds and disease, aumbsrsd
eo0."
Tho prairie arss have lately been doing
some considerable dsnsgs 10 the western
and oushwestsrn portion Of Decatur csun.
". The Monitor learns that one day last
week Mr.. Jeha Herbert had most Of the
hsv on his farm destroyed, also . consid-
sraels amount Of lumber aud rails, and his
stable and farming implements the Gre
came vishio twsaty feet Of The house.
-TAs Lyess Advocate says that within
sss wssks the long talked Of railroad frem
Lyess . Ckntsn will b Anishsd. We
shall tAsa - whether ths eject u,on
sesAse tswu viii b y terrible % has besn
pssdiessd. and Whether iss soecess il ~
ssl1eiest disadvantags 70 Clinton T. r,uu,.
sFess her citizens for the sxpsns. they h.v.
Incurred in lighting it. amounting in all to
ssa o. twelve thousand dollars in the shape
~ sxss % % peio ~ her people.
-Ths Upton Advertiser ssys The @.
nine lately Discovered On the farm Of John
Thsopson. - - Noe q tAs Musc.tins
Ana Tipsss Aaasssd. = y pres,as sa uo>
psessasssss looking hs,s'as the tass Of .
esaes 'ases and rocky mi, soas ssvsa feet
u dsPsA upon he side where The ground
30 been cut away to lsvsl With the start.
- psint The deepest places from which
{ n.sss Of coal have been extracted are |
eued With water. and the entire bottom Of
- eseAseaisa is composed Of = tough, black
~, which. when dried, much rsseubl..
n1apoHses. Nothing 10 40 yet known ~
y H. aneunt Of the deposit, or Of ia
Versatility. s
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