Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-08
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STATE NEWS.
-Museaiins talks Of improving her lsvse
Eleven vacant rooms in the Des MONIES
county jail.
Vincent disappelatsd the Mossstins
public on Thuss1ay svsning.
The Tsmpssaess ticket Vas defeated
ia tho recent chartse slsction at Wilton.
-Clayten Cosnty Agrieultaral Society
offers slo premium on vslocipsds racing.
-Fs. Madison las an E;erittssn Society.
why nots
Dubuque claims to be in unusually
perfect health.
The Lee county bonded debt imbroglio
involves the sum of 81 .o0o,0
Burlington sidewalks are to be banis.
tered. Good reason why.
-Des Mones horse railroad has retired
from business having made fortune.
Lee county Supervisors are under sr.
rest, by order Of Judge Drummond.
Tho latest Dubuque sensation 10 Co.
600 church organ-Congregational.
Judge Lyman, of wapello. is about to
sail for Europe. for.s two years rustication
-winnssheik county has between 80
and 50 miles Of railroad.
&C. l.. Huber. OF Burlington. has been
held 10 answer for . violation Of the U. 8.
Revenue Law.
The Msscatins Courier notices the
shooting Of black eagle, 6 feet 4 BY feet
10. In Lake township.
-Jsnothan Donald vas The frat man
married in Burlington. lie has recently
left for Kansas.
The Hawkeye says that large majors
ity Of the Dss Aoines county school houses
are Of an inferior quality and many ofthsm
unfit for use.
Two Taylor county townships refuse
to be taxed for the proposed Bedford Wins
tsrsst l. Dss Moinss R. r.
Trains on the Burlington / Missouri
read run to Alton, 1870 miles west Of Bur>
lington.
-Tipton still hopes Tor railroad ssmmu.
nication with the rest Of the world. May
it succeed.
The trestle>work Of the Dubuque
bridge caught Gre the other dsy-but was
saved from ruin.
Mrs. Wright, Of Batavia. Jefferson
county, aged so, committed suicide last
week by hanging No assignabls cause.
The Manchester Charter election was
based on billiards or no billiards inside the
corporation. The no billiard party won.
-Muscatine has champion billiard cue
to be taken by the performer who makes
the greatest run in the next 90 days.
The Democratic Sentinel. Of Newton.
has be n materially enlarged and improved.
Right glad are We to notice Bro. HAnsen's
we'll deserved success.
A project is on foot to build . railroad
directly east from .Maquoketa to Sabula, and
money 10 being literally subscribed for that
purpose BY people along the line.
Mrs. Anna whittsmysr Of Iowa
Christian Commission and Orphans Home
fame, presented Gen. Grant with gold
headed cane very recently.
The house and furniture ofJames Rich
moud, Of Jasper county, recently burned
while the old folks were attending rslig,
ious revival. Loss $4,000; insured &, 900.
The Des Moines Register advsrtises
for customers for endless punishment.-
None bore; but brute Of 4 Des Moines
husband recently whipped bis wife most
unm ercifully, There's sure customer for
you.
The New York Sun announces the
death in that city, on the 4th inst, Of the
Rev c. G. Townsend. the well known or
phan home man Of Iowa city. A broken
arm frat Frustrated him, which was fol-
lowed by erysip.las. which was soon fatal.
The san states that he died in st. Luke 8
Il ssptal, and was buried BY charity Some
serious charges have recently been brought
~ ainst the deceased.
The Burlington Ar0us says = genuine
Yankee, who had never before been west,
arrived in this city few days ego, - the
agent Of wholesale house in Boston. He
thought, Of course, that this country was
filled with savage people and wild. very
wild. animals. He stopped At the Barrett
house, and rising very early, made his
appearance in the Office With gun and game
bag. He thought be would take hunt
for few minutes before breakfast. He
started out hastily, with an idea that be
would be on hunting grounds il moments
walk but fearing that perhaps the place
Was . "littls bigger" than he had "saleula-
ted on" he turned hastily back, and asked
the clerk If there vas any law against
shooting quails, rabbits, prairie chickens.
deer or bears in the city Limits. The clerk
told him there wss. and he concluded not
to ''go hunting that day" This 10 "tsus
tale" and shows very plainly the idea that
the sssmartly down casters" have Of live