Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-12

The Dsmoerats of Fairfield elected tbsis
Mayor BY . majority Of eleven.
The Herald says the skating park sea- |
son has been improbable in Dubuque.
The Centsrvills Citizen says Of the
State House swindls: I'VE hepe ths bill
will meet ito death In the Senate"
"A servant girl-Miss Lixsie Chsstsr-
bssry-ef Ksekuk. drew grssd plane n
Ksokuk lottery the Other day.
The State Pres learns that . lsw saase
hes bssn opened 10 Iowa City. under the a.
ssetion Of Hen. Rush CLARK, to assenmo-
date the wants Of the youns aspirants altar
legal honers NOW parsuing their studiss 10
the different law, o6less there.
The Upper Dss Noinss says that the
brick Court Hoass q Rolfs, Pssaheasas
county, was blown dowa during The gale Of
Sunday, the 2sd Of February. The county
hss just expended 81, $4,000 In repairs on
the building. II was large I've stsry,
brick bulldog. the twin sister 10 the one
that rumbled down in Palo Alto county.
The Lansing Chronicle says: "Fcr
the past three weeks . rather singular dis
ease has prevailed in one Of the boarding
houses in this place. Some fourteen have
been attacked and three have died. The
ply sicisns who have attended these cases
concur in the opinion that the symptoms
, resemble that Of Trichir@. Efforts have
. been made 10 examine the cadavsr, but have
J been refused. A lady bosrder Who ~
: taken sick and removed few miles late
the country, died on Sunday last. Dr.,
= Drummer, one Of the attesdants, informs II
that he went On koadsy 70 the friends lsI
the express purpose Of obtaining anal
4 portion Of the body for microscopic sxao
d inasion. 90 % to satisfy parties interested
= but from . superstitious notion Of th'
friends Of the deceased. be was psrsmptsri
E. y refused. We hope the matter win under
= = 20 an Investigation, - the rssslt will b
II beneficial 70 al concerned"
10 At Muscatins tho Journal Of last eve
u ming says that the river gorgsd and rose lee
g sight, carrying away tho hull Of the oil
=, ~ lsrryboat, Dsealien, from the foot Of III
IN levee. besides . barge belonging to ID
steamer Iowa City, and two Oct bsats. d
noorsd near the same place. Sever
strings Of logs, belonging respectively
..c Hsrshsy's and Chamber saw mills old
q. loatsd e6, and W understand that q
I'd strings, which had been moorsd nsas u
o sS mouth Of Pine Greek, several miles abov
L. town, broke loose and were seen going pa
IN he city. II learns from gsntlsosn vi
~ came up from Pert Louisa. this aosnin
,ur that the ice 10 gorged at thai: placs, thoul
ur il can hardly remain % long.
.h They have school house in Highlal
re township, Washington county. which
he $500 feet in size.
ha They are talking ofhuilding $40 .0'
tie Catholic Church ard College, 1t Tams Cit
tn lama county.
of "A grain elevator is being erected
IRE Ksskuk which will have storage eapaei
en- Of csc, 900 bushels.
he The recent ice breaking in the Osd
IS; did not interfere with the Moscow willie
q dam-and il is new probably success.
I'm "A boiler explosion At Olsrinds, Pa
county, the I'd inst, killed two men on I
m spot, and two smore most shockingly
Of jursd.
an The Courier says that $4,000 be
N. been subscribed toward the erection Of
N. new Methodist Church in Nuseatins, b
Nc no arrangements have yet been ma4s TO I
- euro ferry boat.
in. The Crsscsot Times says thst blas
~ smith named Wolf, chopped another blas
a. =. saith. named Meyers, in the shoulder vi
We IN axe The other day-aIl on account Of
IN old fsud.
81. The inaseisl statement Of the Int
prs pendent school district Of Nuscatins, show
:, cash receipts sla. s49.4s; Teachers salar
i'm $s,457.73, and other items Of sxpsu
IN amount to $13,915.70.