Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-04
STATE NEWS.


Califernia.
The -four children At one birth in o.
tuuwa ere oil dead ard buried.
A new n. +. church ives dedicated a
Heksns, Cedar county last Sunday.
Our northwestern counties have No
coal and but comparatively little wood.
-Iewa's broadcast and most level prairiss
are in the twelve northwestern counties.
-Grunoy county has more than doubled
10 population within the past twelve
months.
-Diekinssns sxtsssivs planning mill.
burned down in Dsbuqus few days since,
10 being sseidly rsbsilt.
Van Bennett bee sold his interest 10
The Cspp~hesd 70 his partners, hsCully 4
Evans, and sstirss 70 the duties Of private
life after brave eight.
Dubuque felix's are bsssning more and
more sgitatsd a. 70 The grip 81 their city
debt. Her wissst men are rushing psll-
NELL int print.
Burlington is yet undecided - 10 the
status Of its aceritisns-whs.her they are
sosa .fds property, or public property, like
streets. 1.-THE latter, the bondholdsrs raid
thereon will be fIuitlsss.
-Des Moines slaughtered 1000 hogs mp
to the ID inst.
Hon. Peter Mslsndy was married on
the lst inst, to Miss Mary A. McFarland.si
NJ. Pleasant.
Sioux City sustalns . dramatic asse-
citation and otherwise assumes mstrspoii-
tanisms.
-T~o men were badly crushed By
falling earth bank 10 Sioux City last week,
says the Registsr.
Tho Journal says houndsed tens Of
hay in stacks. we're burned On Mussstins
Island last Msnday -rssul,ing froo prairie
ores.
The Eldora Ledger says that the resi-
dsncs Of J. 8. Shalsi, 81 Abien, Hardin
county. wss destroyed on the goth ult. by
fire.
1
Charles City the other day. by building
stage giving way beneath them, prseipi-
Eating them to the earth several feet below.
Dubuque papers say there 10 . proba-
bility that 10. Rsvnolds.sr diamond Jo."
will order two new iron barges 70 be built
at.ths irsn works Of Rouse / Dean, in that
city. Estimates arc soon to be made.
Too Dss Moinss Register says that
weighing AMI Carrying Of hogs: islnst only
lively all day atl.tsC. r. /. 4 P. r. r.
stock yards, but ~ late ~ l and IL o'clock
:. night, there appears - BE- no slacking in
the work.
| The Northwsstern Transp ortation
Company is building an extensive dry deck
Sioux City-an improvement that will
furnish employment to large number Of
men. and the mean, Of throwing large
sums Of money into that market
Dubuque bscomes way station" on
the 18th inst.
Clinton county 10 redseming her orders
at par-as II should.
The Missouri, at Council Bluffs, Il
again clear Of ice and the ferry boats are
crossing with freight:
The Cedar river 10 full Of floating ie,
and the ferries have quit business for III,
season.
Mr.. Hilton, a. aged eitissn Of Jactssr
county, had his leg broksa BY being thrown
from . buggy last Tuesday.
A prize fight is 10 come Oh within 80
miles Of Dubuque Saturday next, between
two light weights Of that place, for 500 Z
sids.
Hugh Leslie has retired frsm the Gin
ton Herald, after q Eve years campaign q
senior Of the firm. Msssrs. McAllistsr and
Allen continue the management Of that q
esllsnt paper.
The connecting railroad between tn,
Dubnqus 4 Sioux City and the Northwest
srn, through Hardin and Marshall counties
is being RAPIDLY graded, and has to be ready
for the irsn By tho frs, Of August next. II
10 the intention Of those interested in thi.
line to extend it northward to strike tn,
Minnesota Valley road ct Msnk.to; alss
south frsm the Northwestern read vii
Grinnsll to the North Missouri read.
-ksokuk haa St. Andrews society,
which celebrated on The 3Oth ut. with sup
per. songs and sooiability.
A Ksskuk livery stable man requested
stranger to prove up the swasrship q 4
hns young mare he offered for sale. The
only thing the fsllsw did vas = leave town
In hurry.
The Bash .says there are over 500
loaded freight ears en- ERE side track Of the
Northwestern Al Oeaacil Blaffs, waiting 10
b transferred to The other side.
Tas WAT ras CArrLs os-SoYsrrxss.
The Oquawka Spectator tells this iocidsn,
which may account Tor some Of the sstray 4
that are missing about thsss days:
| "One day last week. . Mr.. Occurred, .
farosr living q the bluff opposite this place
in Iowa, In company with his nephew,
came onto Hursa Island to look for some
stray cattle, and, - they were tramping
through the timber. came upon spst whore
some cattle we're paving. He thsught .,
fret that some person had been sailing cat
.ls there. bit happened I" see whore .
bloody AZ had been stuck int tree .
further search showed trail Of blood that
had been freshly made. that led directly to
. shanty Ia the woods. He knocked at the
door, which W. opened BY man who held
bleody butcher knife in his hand. BEING
unarmsd. Cosnrod commenced playing
sf," BY pretending = b in sssseh Of en-
ploy msment % . Woedohopper, and asked
who're the hess lived. On being tsld that
he lived Up on The Iowa slsssh, Coonsod
remarked 70 bic nephew that they must 70
and hunt mp The boss, and the two started
oil Az rapidly ~ possible, Coonrod wen.
- the bluG for an officer, but several houra
elapsed before be could get back 70 make
the arrest. aud whom they reached the cabin
the bird hsd packed up his duds and left,
with his wife, for the Illinois shore, or for
parts unknown, leaving the beef nearly all
oil nicely cut up in the shanty, while the
remains Of the hoofs. head and hide were
snouldsripg on the fire.