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

The Muscatine colorsd dinner nettsd
$el.Oo
-Eggs are worth 40 cents per dozen in
Burlington.
-Washipgton will not have any lecture
course this winter.
Council Bluffs has = theatre in full
blast.
-Indepsndenes folks are being stirred up
in pisty by Morgan Edwards, the rs,ivalis..
The colored school in Muse atne has
been abolished-ths inmates thereof to
scatter into the white schools.
The contract for building the new
street railway in Dubuque has been let to
Mr.. Hathaway, and the work commenced.
The Times says the Illinois Central
folks are to build new depot in Dubuque,
costing quarter Of million.
Iowa City colored folks are to have q
church edi6cs. Why not worship God
with white folksi
Burlington 10 to have new and costly
High School building-one that will eclipse
the $75. 900 building at Dss Moinss.
"A Ksokuk family WAS deprived Of ito
Thanksgiving turkey by = hungry deg.
who jsrksd il from the plate and skedad-
died.
Dubuque City Council has been Or
dersd BY the United States Court to show
cause why taxes are not levied 10 pay
Judgments against that corporation.
Burlington celored folks have present
Cd the Harkeys editors each with an sle.
CANT silver pitcher and goblsts.
The Journal says that several prsmi-
nsnt citizens Of Andalusia have visited the
leading business men ef Auscatius to con-
fer upon measures to secure the location Of
ths Rockford, Rock Island 4 St. Lsuis
railroad BY way Of Museasins. They re-
seived as much sneoursgemsnt - could b
expected uader the circumstances, aud
seemed very sauguins Of success.
-Dubuqus printers will celebrate Frank.
lin's birthday-Jsn. nth. and typo sus-
gssts that each printer put Leaf Of bread
under his arm and march up Main street,
eating il along the way, In es.nsmoratisn
Of Franklin's landing in Philadelphia.
-Ssns months since led in Mahaska
ceanty killed his father. and at his trial ia
Jasper county recently. The following In.
tsrssting particulars were adducsd - ~
learn from the Newton Sentinel. II appear.
cd that the father was man Of hasty ten
per-treating his family roughly. He bad
. high opinion Of the usefulness Of 6rsarms
and taught his children, even the girls to car
~ and use rsvolvsrs. It did not appear tha
hs disliksd his family. but he had rough
sverbssring manner, At times, which esssst
unhappiness. if not fear The ARRAY which
caused his death began in . quarrel bs
tween himself and his son about the use .
. mare called "Pell" John insisted OF
using the mare against The wishes Of BIZ
father, whs got angry and picked up . ssiel
or club and threatened 10 kseck The bey'l
brains out, following him up, when the b.,
turned and shot him. The defense olaimel
that the boy Cred in sslf.dsfsnss, - hi,
fathers manner and threats, esmbinst
with the recollection Of trsetmsus that ;,
had before received at his haads, gave bic
reason to fear that his life wss in grsa
danger.
The principal witness for the prsssutiol
testified that he We present aod cav th'
terrible ARRAY. He had not been friend
With the boys father fer lspg tine. unit
shortly before this dreadful affair, whsl
they bad made up.' This persons sam,
was Jonathan R. whitaker. He said tha
the father made dying statement Or con
fsssien to him, saying that the boy had she
him, but be was not 90 much - blanc - u,
rest Of the family, Who wanted to get hi
property.
Evidence Of previous COED character vi
offered BY the defense in behalf Of the boy
and the testimony Of the methsr and thu
sisters showed uniiosm harshnsss Of th,
father towards the family. The sympathy
ssalhsd to be strongly with the boy through
cut the trial. The jury returned verdict
ol nenslaushtsr." whessupss the lad'l
csunssl msvsd ier new tsial, which W
gfantsd.