Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-25

a postoiiice has been established a
Oakland Mills, Henry county. with Miss
ark as postmaster
d II Solomon. of Olenwood, proposes
70 put twelve miles Of hedge on his farm
this season. His farm consists Of one sec.
ZION Of land
frank Peterson, a lad Of seventeen
Years. whose parents live in Clinton, was
drowned day or two ago, while sndsavor-
ing 10 save his skiG, which had broke from
its moorings.
The Washington Record say the NOR
,ality among The children Of that place has
been unusually great within tho last few
weeks Tho deaths are the result Of no
particular disease. but they are such a. to
biil'e the skill Of tho physicians.
The Amss Reflector Gays there srs
nearly 1900. 900 acres Of land open to e.
emp,ion OF subject TO purchase At ths Gov
eminent price Of enc dollar and twenty
hvs csnts per acre. These lauds ere heated
IN the counties Of Dickinson, Clay, EN-
NETT. Palo Alto. UBr,sn, Oscecla, Lyon
sad Sioux. in the extreme nsrthwsstsrn
portion OF the State. The soil 10 rich, deep
AMI incxhaus,iele. The region ia we'll sup
p.isd with timber"
-Soms time since a man named 10. a. h
Lewis came 10 tho eastern part Of Monroe
county, aud conducting himself in such q
manner as TO gam the confidence Of the
cii,ens cf that par. os the county. On the
9Th Of March. last, he Married Mrs. Vir-
ginie Dfummond. a respectable widow,
whose former husband was killed at the
seige cf cksburg Soon after their mar
rage che received information that all was
not right H. confessed to her Of having
beet guilty of several crimes, but stated
that be had repeated and was now living q
different life. His behavior, however, did
not agree with his professions, % be We
sometimes abssns late At night without Civ
ing any reason. and unknowp persons we're
seen about the premises. On Saturday,
April Alb. he teek HE wife 10 Church o.
Pleasant Corners. and left her, saying be
would return in che afserooon. In the IL.
ssrneon be vas sssn 10 Albis. at night hs
returned home, and teok I'll the measy that
his wife had, shout thirty OF forty dsllars,
took h's own clothing and left. He hes not
been heard from sincs. Lswis 10 abost I've
iss.' ten inches high, dark eompisxio
dark ha,r AID whiskers. rather bony and
stout built.
HossisLE DsAss saea DnuuEssppu Ann
AxrosrnH.-Ths Pslla Bad Of the slst
'nss' narrasss the following ssasful illsstss.
ton Of shs s.i's u whisky: I'VE sss 10. |
formed ~ NJ. Lssisn Rsyns,ds, q Svnun
tewnshir, that : man named Cheuov..h
wss frossa te.dsssh on Saturday night Of
wssk before last on ths prairie near Oder
Chsaowsth and bic No sons had bseu 70
Pslla on Saturday, end on three sst drum.
They went ~ - ths aisersssa train. sup.
plying thensslvss with t~o Or tkese 8 a.
q "bsnsios. before leaving town. Thew
s'aid At Osley till dark, when the two boys
started home. leaving the cid man to and
his way home alors Every body will remsm |
Der Saturday night ~ one Of the STORM. |
est 81 The spring Chenoweth had psrt Of |
: sack Of -four, and started after dark for |
"'"s' eo' he never reached it alive. He
psecseoea - Tar a. the residence ~ NJ
bsrnss' where he got his suppsr Alta,
which he made another a,,.mp, :, $50.
hone. Ii 10 supposed that ne .nh..
ioss Or became % drunk that hs was uusb,.
70 proceed iarthsr. and laid down on IL.
prairie and persisted. His body was ne, ali,.
covered till Wednesday morning l,.. a..
though about twenty five person. b.a ~.
diligently searching for it. Mr.. Revnold.
accidentally came upon il while cut VAN.
ing hands TO work on the roads. His feur
and other things we're lying BY hin. There
10 ansshef Argument against the dauuins
effects Of alcohol. We cont think that The
nas that cold litu the whisk ' e entirely 10.
nsssns. either j. he eyes Of God Or ~"
-tDs f
Tn wsshlngsoA sssssaSssdsal 81 ths
New York Csmmsre;sl Lds~tissr writes:
"Soms Of the Radical editors whe used TO
"r,se about the crack Of The sssshS jaes'
wa'p IN the capital. should come hers new. |
Never has such an outside pressure ls.n
exsrssd = = nsw being brought 10 lar =.
certain Senator's.
(. A NAN in New Hampshire had vulu.h,.
horse and sleigh stolen, which he followed |
Z, Montreal, where the thief had offered |
them for sale, but succeeded in finding his |
property. ard secured the arrest Of the
saisL iiestartei homo With them. but ths |
sss.om officers seized them ON The srpun,i |
~ - they bad ben elEered fer sale. snl ~
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