Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-25
STATE TIE N y.


A huge lynx killei near Burlington
last week.
Ths population Of Iowa is 10 &c enum>
Grated this year.
Burlington is OIL aging . season Of re-
iigi sus revival.
--Dss Moines ha. had q vsloci,rol down
Court Avenue.
The Auscatins mink skin thief has
been captured.
"A atartling ease Of hydrsphebis in
Waterloo last week.
A vide -swaks Fert Dodge girl has
get 40 dollar velscipeds.
$500, 900 expended in improvements
10 Waterloo last year.
One Arm at Council Bluffs have
Slaughtered 5000 hogs this season.
Iowa promises every smart women .
good slucation 1t the State University.
The b. G. II. 4 NJ. r. r will b graded
from Burlington to wsps'lo by May next.
DEE Asinss proposes to nsld the nent
State Fair. and introduce vsIocips,ie races.
DIR. Warren, Of Ott1m~a. had . leg
broken last week BY the upss,ting Of an
omnibus
Public meetings are being held in
Fremont county in the interest Of the Bur-
linstsn 4 Missouri Railroad extension.
The Cedar county Board Of Supervisors
have forbidden the payment Of either prin-
cipls Or interest Of tho railroad bonds.
The dogs are ing sad havoc among
the shssp near wapello. Four farmers have
lest nearly all their Aocks.
The Ben, on csuaty Board Of Supsrvi>
ssrs have paid 100000 for gopher scalps
sni refuse longer to pay boun,ies for such
luxaries.
The contract for grading and tising
the Iosa Southern X ,llrosd from the Davis
county line to Pulaski MAE miles from
Bloomfield, Was let last week
There are 80 orphans in hs home at
Cellar Falls. The youngest 10 three years
old the average age Of the children il
eleven. Al present only ono child il in tho
hosnital. There arc not single death in
1868, and there h,s only bsen one IL TWEEN
" seven IN ,nths. Tn. schssls arc well
graded. aud the children receiving every
care.
The STATE P'sss say that a piou, loca =
itv ia that county supports a mia,ster by
voluntary contributions, and that amsng
ether shings, he received from one Of the
faithful . whole hog, which he cut up and
ssltsd Down, thankful no doubt - the lib
ssN donor. IL turned out, however, that
the hog vas diseased, and 30 tho parson
pulled it cut Of the barrel and threw il into
the yard Of him who gave u. Arrow was
the consequence aud the church is closed
MS congregation thinking Inn entirely too
srtica.ar for their use. Rather rough on
the psrssn. 10 think. He ought TO "cst
for consciencs sake"
The Waterloo RsprtSr saws that
remarkable case Of death by insaoi:y re>
Gently occurred near Raymond station, in
this county, reported as follows Mr.. Tim
othy X, an having hired Mr. Sexton 20
break prairie. for him last summer, and in
an effort to settle there was = difference to-
tween them Of two dollars. Both parties
icing obstinate, they rsssrted to law On
che day Of trial, the case being called. Ryan
sprang to HE feet, elelsiming, I'm oil
aishs. glsry to God ~ and thrown ing sG his
his coat aad vest, ran out. TO the csnstsIna-
tios Of the bystandsrs. giving them lively
race. when he Vas caught, it required
the best sGsrts ofthrce men 10 retain him.
He continued in . wild ate Of insanity
several days. and died on Tuesday the 18th
inst. The attending physician attributes
the cause to the in,emperate use sftobacco,
- he Vas an invstsrsts sasker. Smokers
will DO veil TO take heed.
Tho Citizens Of Ottumwa are On tn.
leskeut for the washingtsn branch Of the
Q. Ar. |. r. X. The Cspprhesd says:
There 10 prise waiting fer O,tumws
which she has saly 10 reach out for and
ssd srssp. live will. ~ can have the q.
sspaisn Of the Musca,ins and Washington
read 70 this point, but IL will take work and
and money to do IL. We must reach for
the priss Or 20 may Dc certain We will mo-,
Get il. In this connection lot Us urge upeu
eur people the importance Of taking hold 81
tAis Washington road at once. Let .
meeting be called At all events, and see
What can BE- done in the premises. We
have called attention TO this project hereto
fore, aud remarks have beeh favorably re-
esivsd bv the Warrington papers. In fact
Ne are assured by the Warrington people
that IL they are only met half wav bv OF
tumsa, the work Will he accomplished.
Nov is the time 70 strike 1t We are to d.
anyshing At all, let us be at -
in Boston.
mot guilty,' said an Omaha jury "but
Il the prisoner is smart. he will leave the
Territory before night" He left.
The old South Church. Boston, which
has jaat made its gallery seats free, owns
$500 900 worth Of property.
FIFTY dollar counterfeit gresnbacx has
bees detected, in which old Benjamin
franks,a hss too many buttons on his vest.
Thsrs 10 no harm ina g,a.s Of whisky:
provided Il Is allowed - remain in tho
glass.
Audubon and his wife made their b,d.,
trip iu 1909 down the Ohio. from Pits.
bureh . Lsuisvills. on a ia. boat.
A aaatsar thsatsr has atsly been atari.
- Of the Biughamton, y. v. iuebriat.
saylun. The patient. ars actors. mana.
gers aud audisncs
rhs sonstruc,isn Of . grand Union Rail
Road depot On the cas-, eide Of Chicago is
being seriously advocated.
The fif,isth anniversary Of Odd fellow
chip in the U tied States will be celebrated
81 Indianapolis, on the 26sh Of next April.
Tue Supreme Court Of Georgia has deci
dsd that tenant owss rent upon his house,
after is had burned down, for the balance
Of the ooetract. the same - If a ERE hal
net occurred.
Ne~buryport. Mass, is in q bad conii.
tisa. rsligisusly. Six Of her pulpits are
vacant. tasT fermsr eoeapasts having bssn
sasissd - ether pastures By large salaries.