Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-01

A Mother Enrscr's Away sker
Daughters Honor.

From the Lafayette tInd.) Journal, Jan. ssh
We have been ma BE- a-qiaiusel with the
details OF an affair 30 t.rli1,e Ia rs inquiry
tina, we should hardly credit u, b,t taag u
comes so straight, theirs Is. W isAi, 't.s
room to doubt It's truth. Tine part.@9tA rs
in the case are qatte unht !2f p4vl ek.'9R.
Suffice il to sav that DAY or t"o staee TIE
daughter Of a widow residing IL HE Fourth
Ward, near the we're 81 Lnwooi, ae
auainted q nei shbor With ihc lac which
we shall relate. She stated that hsr
mother had deliberately bslssired iar her
di.honor with clerk in . down town es-
tablishmsat 10 pursusncs Of which bargain
hs he'd come TO the house the evening be-
fore. The unnatural mother locked oil the
dssrs, and left them alone together, when
her struggles were overcome by main
strength. The girl resisted With oil her
pswer. and some Of the neighbors remem-
bered hasisg heard unusual neises, and. as
they thou ht, smethsrsd screams proceed
ing from the house On the night in qucs-
ton, but investigated - further into the
matter until made acquainted With the facts
We have stated by the hsart>broken victim.
4
and was engaged to be married snortly 10
a most worthy young man. The neigh
bors, we understand, have taken the mater
in hand, ard deter ined to learn the full
particulars Of the hendish outrage. Ii tue
facts are as We have been informed, and
stated above, they should not let the mat
ter rest untl every particular VI tas trans
action is brought cut. and the name Of tie
tceundrel who would thus barter for hu-
man soul, ana " the worse than heather
mother who would deliberately sell her
daughter L. pssd,tion, dragged 10 light atd
pub lshed to the world. tho grand Jury
sits OH Monday. II thef. il anything in
the matter they should surely end it out.
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PsiAce A1bera's N1ansoleurn.
The MausoIeum erected by Queen Vic>
toria, within sieht Of Windssr Castle. for
The remains Of her hosband, has csst about
81 100000. The whole amount has been
appended by the Queen out Of her private
fortune. The exterior Of the Msusoleum
10 Of stone the interior 10 Of marble Of all
coless aud kludI. The building csnsis,s
Of . central octsgon surrounded by three
chapels or rscssses. The dsms Of the &C
taeoa, Including sress which sufmsuhts
it, 10 eighty >lhfss feet, Ale height inside
osing seventy feet. The Interior decera-
tions are exceedingly elaborate in colors
aud designs. with gliding, painting and
sculpture ~ profusi0n. "A massive sarce-
phsgus Of highly polished Aberdeen gran
its, rssting npsn slab Of pslishsd black
marble in the center Of the sctsgon contains
ii . Prince'e poandne. There n 4 kneel,0R
angel 10 bronze q each corner. Upon the
lid of the sorcophagus is . rseumbent
figure Of the Priaco Censort in white mars
BILE. the work Of Barea Masschst,i. The
dome above hes ceiling OF blue, spangled
with golden siass.. The ribs Of the dome
are supported with golden angela. In each
Of the eide rscsssss . brsnss and golden
chandelier 10 suspended. Painted panels.
and sculptures adoru the walls. With in
scriptions and tsacsriea In the recess op-
posite the entrance thsse 10 on altar, an ID
over it large painting Of the Resurrection,
above it, in the ceiling. iresco Of the AS
cension. There is to be large painting,
also, il each Of the ether teccsses The
general result il said to be exec, d Ugly i'm
pressive. Everything that affection could
dictate, wealth procure, and art achieve,
has been done. Tho entrance to the Msu.
soleum faces east, and is reached by fiigh,
Of black marble steps. leading to porch
supported by granite columns, with cell
ing decorated with Vens,isn Moss ics. The
Aoor OF ,hs entrance, az well IS OF the en-
ire structure, is formed Of various ma, bles,
polished and inlaid in panels Of various de-
signs.