Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-17
A SUCCESSFUL BURGLAR
MAKES / $500 HAUL.
Pursuit bv the Ni.ht-dlcSs
Brigade.

Brigade.
Some mcrcless scamp, with s:song but.
1 elar ,us prociv;ties, sue :esdsd in a6eeting
an entrance INTO the residence OF DIR. Rich>
Dc Dc, on Fourth street. ias. night, and
We d, through it 10 . beautiful style. An
examination q the premises showed that
the fellow vas a'one, and effected IN en-
trance through the window on the alley.
by prng it up With . knife. Ranssching
the hrst floor. aud securing such paslor
ornaments as sui,ed bis fancy, and the best
hats in the ball. be piled them up and vest
for the second and third stories in the same
manner. making bis way from room to room
according to the most approved rules OF the
profession. From Xsssrs. Teiford and
Whites room, he took Oil be
could fud in the shape Of . dress
suits belonging to Mr.. T.. hats, cps, busi-
ness suits, unmentionables. initial gar
ments, and intact, al Of Mr.. T.'s clothing.
From this room be next visited the Doe.
tor sleeping room. and there secured .
| full black drsss suit, With twelve dollsrs in
| the vest pocket, and some other articles Of
clothing and shot gun. In Mr.. Montssus's
| room be raised two SEQ ovef-cea,s, and
with his plundsr. WAS making down the
stairs, when Mr.. T., who vas unwell. star
ted 10 come down stairs. Seeing the fellow,
he yelled at him, and started in pursuis. the
burglar making the best time. The whole
house was Aroused, and not finding their
clothing, rushed out to learn the cause Of
the hubbub. Seeing no, one only the un-
| fortunate Mr.. T. rushing frantieally down
stairs, and knowing that be Was sick, sup
| posed be was out Of his head, they s'ar.ed
fos him. Soon lssrnipg their mistake, cone
rushed to the back window, and saw the
bold burglar selling down the alley under
full canvas, with pan,erloon-legs, coat
tails and shirts floating gracefully from un.
der his arms Some Of the fsetfsotsd-
those built for running, started in pursuit.
1t was clessly costested rscs, but the chilly
nightair and the evening brsezes wss to-
much for them. snd one BY one they gave
| it up and retired. Morning only showed
| the extent Of their losses, which in enc in
| stance wss 20 esysre that the unfortunate
vas obliged to borrow . blanket 70 appear
| at breakfast a Ia. Indian. Az the present
writing no clue has been obtained to the
bold burglar.
Later, We learn that an individual ans
vering the description, with several over
coats and bundles. took passage down the
river this morning on the Addie Johnson.
Marshal Kauffmann WAS notified. and he
| telsgraphed to Burlington to have him
| stopped, If be had not lsft the bost ct Mus
| catins. ~ was feared. We notice people
| wearing borrowed clothing this morning.
AGAIN CHAws GRAvEL.-Tke Gazette 10
evidently worried over tho management Of
the DsxocsAr, and We shall sndeavor here
af,sr to consult the presiding genius cf that
sheet in oil matters of importance. Know
ing th,t he poes.sses oil the sterling virtues
Of that class of injisiduals " HON Greeley
dssiguates 'littls creatures whom Provi-
| dsncs. for soms inscrutabls purpose per-
mits 10 sditthe tn,j ori.y Of Radical papers"
II any lofty, or brilliant thought should
appear in these columns, ito source may be
known We commence BY copying the
following biz Of correspondence, which
must have teen very refreshing to His Be-
nigh:ed Highness
"PLlA.asr VALLEY, Oct. 10Th, 1865
"7o TIE. Editor Of the Gazette
"DEAR SIs In reply to query 10
your issue OF this morning, ~ to who
Winans ist l. Mr.. Winans, beg leave 10
reply that by . reference 10 the army rec
ords, as published By AGjutant General
Baker, 1t will BE- seen that Mr.. Wipans was
present Il Shiloh, c9st Us have pesce.'')
Corinth. luka, the eeige Of Vieksburg and
Atlantis, and that be thinks this record ~
good qualification for Senator % though
hs had held . post Office for four years.
Dear sir. am yours, Democraticaily.
jams WiHANs."
The Gazette ssysit ehserfully pub'ishss
the above. Ofcoarse. because ITS "presid.
ing genius" dare not refuse. Just a. it
Vas obliged to cat its own words in it, IT.
tempted abuse Of Col. Coon. Of Milwaukee.
Commend u to ths1man Who takes his
meals in cheerful manner.
1t don't seem to be At all fortuna.s 10
sluring democratic soldiers.
Does the Gazette publish in fall that part
Of Gen. BAksrs's, rspor. alluded to in Nr.
winans letter. OF course not. The ref.
erencs 70 tn. Post OMcs, however, touches
the exp. NJ, and he declines to bs . can
didats for Senator, waica is about ~ orig
insl as declining tbs Governorship Of Iowa.
We wonder how the record Of the defeat
Cd State Printer would Look in print Il
might throw some light on certain thing.
that transpirsd in little RON in the Sec
ond stssy Of the Dss Noinss Heuse, durirs {
that svsntfni seigs. Perhaps there ere
some other demecrasic soldiers record that
might Be called sp 70 give OR ssighbers
something to chs~ over. Tryis.
Tss 0rsaA.-"Faust" was presented last
night y coed house. much bsttss than
/ the preceding night. An absorbing inter-
/ est in the plot wss kept up throughout.
Marie Frsderici - Marguerite" wen the
hsariiest applauss Ct tie entire audience.
She is an artist Of great dssmatic power,
and her rendering Of the intensely passion
ate scene in the prison, alss the ilrst inter-
view with "FAust," fairly electrified the
audience. Franz Himmsr's "Faust" wss
magnificent. He entered into tbs spirit Of
the play with bic whole soul, and Gang, il
psssibls, with more fsrvor and grace than
10 the two previous operas. Jsesph Stein
lich's "Msphis.ophelss'' was mastery con-
csptisn Of that part, and he played il ''dsv-
ilish wsll." Mr.. Stsinecke q .valentine''
was especially nne, and hs did some better
sisgins than ws have yet heard from him.
The ether members Of the company sequit-
ted thsmsslvss creditably, with the exsep.
a. ~e A. . eSayi:.v~s Nhn ~ ehs~h -.