Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-11

works
-Ns,ier R.intrisd, an early settler o.
Dubuque, died recently.
--DcbJque tanks held &sG2 ,e72 in de
posi'e, last statement cay.
Banker Groves Of D. oOqie recently
invested in 81 600 spsn Of horses and
a osreiags 10 mach.
The ploaqle & Sioux Cty roai is
now built to W d n signt mi % of Webster
City.
lie Dubuque metal stamping works,
recant'y burned down, a.e TO be speedily
rebuilt fire proof
Iowa City banks show an aggregate
deposit Of quarter Of "A million dollsrs .
dscount losre of$2l6 .ooo.
lion. j. H. O'Neil has left Dubuque 10
locate in St Louis. He ranks among The
fires, jrrsu e the State.
Tho frat tract OF land entered n
Peitawa'tsmis county. was by josef
Lane, March II, 1866.
All the principal river towns of this
STATE vii have bridges across The Missis
.ip w.thia year.
A mnstral troupe is noted ftr the
r. sh enterprises in keokuk-also 4 pros
pective bridge across lie Dss Moines.
Council Bluffs las five public school
houses, all urick, worth from 5000 to
$40 900 each--,heir total value being $40
zoo.
-Oskaloosa hss repealed her prehibi-
tory licsn.e law by majority OF Ss.
-Des Moines. vans tho next State Fair
held in that place. Let her have it aud be
welcome 10 IT,
Council Blrffs claims a population OF
e,00o-rsnking as the 9th city Of the
State:
The Rev. Dr. Elliott. Of st. Please ut
died last week. after long and svsstful
lifs-ful OF good works.
The Register says that TIE Hon. j. NJ.
El'wtod IL about 10 remove from Des
MONIES to Florida for permanent charge.
Eight months ago, De Soto was not
now she numbers 800 people and eighty
dwsllings-besid.s stores, shops, offices.
etc. The G. X. |. 4 p. did it
j. A. Green's Bashaw, stallion, Janus,
has been bought BY Stow L Hess, for 81
| 50C-which tas Muscatins Journal says 10
regarded as cheap.
"A Dss Meines man has recently dis
covered that marriage was O good thing,
because it was SO conven snt 10 have gen
tie heart ret up and build tho fire cold
mornings.
Mrs NJ. J. Hsgan is lecturing at Bur.
lnston on "ilow to Pay the Pubic Debt. !"
-Cbspu an, editor Of the Council Bluffs
No rdriet has quit the business
-Brainard, lately OF the Nevada Ign,
has become Associated with TIE Council
uds Noapariei
Bones Of a twenty feet high Antedeiu.
Wan monster have Teen dug up in Clayton
county.
Nick Casper, Of Dubuque, has struck
= 'of.ane n tho shape Of iich lead Of
lea.
An experienced English miner is Dor.
iiE for ceal nsar Wepelo, Louisa county,
with eucouia.irs Prospect
Sometime since Mr.. B ack;nar, while
stopping a, the Lawrence House, Burlne-
ton, had $50 ovsreoat stolen. The lind
lord refused 10 pay for it; Blackmor sued
6ndl7ecovsred in Justice COURT last week.
Too position taken ~ the defendants
counsel vas that by rersou Of notice post
ed up i'll conspicuous places in the La wrsnce
House TO the effect, that the proprietor
would not hold him self responsible for the
loss of baggage unless deposited with the
clerk AMI check given for The same, Mr..
Lawrence ougat not to lie held liable unless
the directions Of the notice bad been fol-
lowed. Upon the othe. hsnd It Was con.
tendol by unsel Tor plaintiff. that the
o. would not exof crate Mr. Lawrence
y It appeared 'hat baggage bad been de
posted in place d feren; from that nam-
G d ia the notice, HiiA the knowledge and
coesent Of the piop.s tor, Or any e his
employees The court Instructed the jury
0 that eilsc', and they retulnsd vereict
in favor Of Mr.. Il sch mar for tho value Of
the coat.