Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-28

BrREED To DsATn.-A most heartIeuding
accident % k place ct The residence Of a.
p. X .ilcY, Z 4, il Ca;csgo, las. Sa'ur
day evening. involving the death Of =
sweet little daughter Of Geo. p. Whit
comb. E.q. of this city. About two months
ago the little child Mary WAS taken over
to Chicago bv her dos.ing grandmsthsr
to spend . few weeks with her at Mr..
Keley's-a near relative OF Mrs. Whit.
comb. Being exceeding active and spright-
ly for one of her years, especial care was
taken by the family tha. no III should be
fa,l her-so much so that she Was never
permitted to DO cut Of sight for hardly .
moment. Ga Saturday afternoon. Mr..
Kelley brought some friends home to din
ner, and it being rather raw weather, bad
brisk fire started in the parlor CRATE
The bell rang Tor dinner. aud Mr.. Kelley
and friends went down int, the dining
ro,m, leaging lttls Mary with two little
cousins to follow. Mr.. kelleys two little
children came down shortly, and seeing
that Mary was no. With them. Mr.. Kelley
inquired for her. The little girls said
they though: she was following
The servant girl ran up stairs to fetch her.
and in going into the parlor found the little
darliug's clothes wrapped in flames. She
had climbed upon the fender to reach some
thing upon the mante'. and her clothing had
taken fire-with no one near to save her.
Alarm was given, the Ere speedily e.tiu-
guished, and medical aid summoned. The
burns were found to be very severe, and
life was de,paired Of. The parents were
telegraphed to come at once, and hopes
we're entertained that the little sufferer
might live until ths,. arrival. Not so, how
ever, in spite Of every effort for eight hours
to sustain life, death intervened. and
the spirit Of little Mary was waited on
wings flove to the home Of angels. Mr..
Whtcomb and wife, arrived thereon Sun.
day morning. The cherished idol that had
left them but few weeks before, now slept
forever the mothers darling first born. and
fathers constant joy. was theirs no more to
fonde-dsath had done his worst.
The afil parents, accompanied by Nj.
and Mrs. Kelley, arrived here this morning
with the corpse, and the funeral will take
place - elsewhere mentioned. II is most
heart-crushing catastrophs-ons that cbal-
lenges the deepest sympathy for the agon.
lied parents.
AoIcuLrvRAL FAIRs-The various Coun.
ty Fairs throughout the State are either in
progress or making preparations tor their
annual exhibition. Ths State Fair opens at
Clinton to morrow, with every prospect Of
success. Iowa fairs have become noted
throughout tho Northwest for the energy
displayed in their management. In connec-
tion with fairs. We offer to exhibitors the fol-
lowing sensible remarks from the Ioua
Homestedd
I'VE know of nothing more annoy ring and
vexatious than to 60 to . Fair, and look
around and soc all you can, and still know
nothing about what you are looking At. At
an agricultural exhibition you see many
horses, cattle, noge, sheep. chickens, etc -
They look very tine, splendid-but there 10
nothing to tell you what breed they srs, nor
whore they come from, where the owner
cau be found, nor anything about them-
The same thing is true of varieties Of fruit
You can admire the nice grapes, the huge
apples. the tempting peach >, the tantaliz-
6 p!ums, ETC.. but you cannot tell any
one what variety Of grape. apple, etc, you
admire most. There is nothing to tell what
they are, where they came from, where you
can find the owner to ascertain bv what pc
culiar method or system he arrived at such
excellence. Wc hope oil who read this, il
thev take anything TO the Fair, viii attach
cards so that al can tell what they are
looking at. The managers Of the societies
can remedy this matter greatly if they have
the inclination and We call their attention
to the need Of such an exercise Of judgment
common sonse.'
New BooKs.-What Answer? A Story
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most popular lecturers 10 the country,
will draw public attention to her novel
which Ticknor & Fields have Just pub
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her eloquent lectures viii turn 20 her
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What Answer" has . akilfuly con.
structed plot, and deals: with some Of the
most important events Of the late war. The
story 10 ono that will deeply interest those
who read simply for entertainment tho
characters. incidents, and situations will
attract and charm novel-readers and 70
though'fu person can be unin,srested in
the bold and earnest treatment which some
important poli.eal. and social questions re-
ceive in this volume.
TnE HALF DOLLAR TEsSYsoS.-Th nine
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