Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-08
STATE NEWS.

Fifteen hess for eseo 10 Dubsque the
other day.
Dubuque has secured two daily mails
from that point, ~hsrsat her people re-
je.ce.
Burlington High School boys and girls
have nearly raised funds for e200 school
organ. Good children.
Bishop Hsnnssssy sdmieistsrsd the
tito Of confirmation to els children at St.
Mays Church. Dubuque. last Sabbath.
The ladies' oftbe German n. Z. Church
Of Burlington have just closed very sue
bessful fair for the bensh. Of their chrseh.
The Dubuque and Eagle Point ferry
has been run 1t . loss during the past
rear, and unless hanlsomsiy assisted will
run no more.
"A lev Of the ladies' Of Wsshinsses
have organised . woasn's Club. ltossts
weekly fsr generation, eultuss. and inn
provensut generally.
There is . black wslnut tree near
Bradford ,ha. hss sircumfersfce Of 81
feet eight inches. three feet shove the
ground-msssured under tho bask, 20 says
The Nsshua Post.
The report Of the Backhavk county
fair shows It's resources 10 be 1884; its la
bil,ies tl,195. They allow no horse trot-
iag-havisg banished the same by rssolu-
ton.
THE Adel Gazette advestisss for ten
thousand men 10 so.sle up the vacant lands
in Dallas county; men who have energy
can make more gold out Of this rich soil
than The gold miner In California ~ Cello
rade.
Speaking about church contributions
in Dee Mesnes the Rssisesr boy says fer fun
when you 60 to church to-day. watch the
contribution basket % it goes around, and
see Rev il will - Oiled up With ragged and
eouaterfsit currency A great many people
weekly pay the Lord money they weuld BE-
ashansd = offer their ersess q butcher.
-Dubuqus bas postponed her city debt
slsetisn under The following BY iss council !:
Rssszssd, That vets b taken on sad
qusstisn - sooa - the city astheritiss
shall ascertain the emeuns ofths city in
as6ts6ssss end the terms on which the
| the same can be compro0issd, but within
elk months from this date, Dec. 6th, 1868.
The 0sss Civ usntieas severe acci-
dent from Are arms. At . spslling-ae
near FArming ton mschsvous lad sssSsted
. loaded revolver in . deck at one end OIL
the room and connected himself with il BY
ossos Of airing. determined, when The
proper time came to create . disturbance.
Another scholar. fer The purpose Of avoid
ing the exercises. concealed himsslf behind
. desk in close proximity TO the one Ia
which The pistol wss 90 that when IL Va,
discharged by scholar No. l, its contsn,l
entered the right shoulder Of the ether, In
Hic.ins . severe il not dangerous wound.
| Hundred of cattle have died in Jasper
county recently. Post norton sxamina
tions showed that the inteetines were
clogged and cloyed with the smut. Drove.
which have not been turned into stall
fields. even though they srs penntd al
nights directly by these which arc not af
fec,cd in the least neither are those whct
are in stalk fields on new ground -whi i
bears no smutty ears. Droves scoarsed BY
the disease, WHEN taken from the field, i'm
mediate'y loss the epidemic. This item o
information may yet save some Of our sgri-
cultural readers great loss.
The Ottunwa Courier publishes tb,
following good hit at pulpit profanity "a
the conclusion Of the sermon, the preache
request somo one to pass around the ha
and take upa collection A young man
. stranger in tho place, jumped up ant
commenced circulating the hat" in such ,
way ~ to finish the job at the door ant
pass out with the proceeds. The preacher
ey sing him a. ne wen. out, observed: Il
that young mas runs away with tina. none,
hs'l! be damned A deacon. sitting by th,
window, seeing him make off down tn.
street, responded: And If he hasn't rur
away with the money III be ID :"
The Monrose Ash story gets bigger
the facts are ,hese, as given by perfectly
reliable gentle man to the Ksokuk Constitu
ton
On Friday, Nov. 2s.b, at 8 o'clock r. N
draw vas made with q seine and it wal
sosn found that Mr.. Skinner and his part
ner. Mr.. Harris, ard . boy. were unable e
draw the seine into shore. II was .. first
supposed that the refine had become en-
tangled in acme obstruction in the water
but Il was soon discovered that it contained
= vaet body Of The 6nny tribe. Mr.. Skin
ner, BY meats Of stakes and other april,
ances, secured the ssine md went homo
aud on Saturday morning commsncsd re-
moving the fish. After working faithfully
oil day Saturday they could net discover
that they had materially reduced the mum
Der. On Sunday morning they resumed
work. and The entire days Of Sunday and
Mendsy were employed in drawing on,
6sh. and ~hsn they were oil removed ths
moss eempstsnt Judges declared that there
wss somewhere bes wsen twelve and fifteen
tons Of Och.
The haul was made nsar the middle Of
The river, about . mile above Montrsss
near Sand bar. Tue 6sh were mostly
buffalo.
The sssrsctnsss Of these facts are veuch
I'd for BY more than dsssn rsspoosibl,
men.