Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-04
} nciai Paper Of the City.
srATE NEWS.

The Council Bluffs Basis is to be en-
iargsd.
En- net county is fast setting up with
Nav England people.
All 900 charity supper VAS eaten in
Dubuque on Tuesday evening last.
The proprietor Of the Flanders House,
MoGrego has been adjudged to pay Chi
csgo man $3.50 for injuries sustained in be.
ing overturned in his emaibus.
The Hon. Elsphalst Price gives the fo'
lowing interesting history Of Iowa counties
and county names
The State Of Isws has ninety nine csun.
ties, fifty nine Of which have names Of dis
tinguished American. bern men, ten Of
which have been President Of the United
States twenty eight were ktatesfnen
eighteen were generals in the army, one =
Commodore in the navy one . pioneer and
hunter and one All orderly sergeant in the
army. Ten counties have the names OF
distinguished Indian Chiefs, and nine the
names of Indian nationalities, three ceun-
lies have the names Of distinguished
Frenchmen, one OF which was q general,
ans miner, and one an ornithologst.
Four counties have the names OF distin-
guished lrishmsn, three being statesmen,
and one general. One has the name Of
an E,gllsh phisnthropist one the name
Of an Hungarian statesman. Four counties
have the names of woman one . swedish
woman, distinguished 40 an authorsss; enc
IN American woman, distinguished for
shooting man Who killed her brother one
l.
on account Of her lover one an Indian
woman who saved the life Of . white man.
Three counties have the names OF distin-
guIshed battle fislds, two have the names
u ancient towns in Englsnd two the
names Of rivers one the name Of a tree
one the name Of . CLASSIC mountain, and
ono 10 named for an Indian word Of doubt
ful meaning. The persons whose names
are above referred 10 are all dead but four
Senator Jones, OF Iowa, Louisa Madden, OF
Dubuque; Gov. hossuth. Of Hungary and
Gen. Fremont. are believed to DO living. All
who have died. have left an honorable record
except Floyd. who was Secretary Of War
during tho closing term Of Mr. Buchanan's .
adm inistration.
A detail account Of the origin and dsfini.
tion OF the names Of the different counties in
Iowa would DO a subject Of much interest
and ought TO be compiled by some person
at tho Capitol Of tho State while informa.
ton concerning tho same is still within liv>
ing reach. As evidence Of this, ws will
give the origin OF the names of two counties,
one upon the east and the other upon the
west border Of the State. The county OF
Clayton received its name from the lion NJ.
CLAYTON, ot Delaware. who was Chairman
n 4 hat rv.,tf h..
ste nf the United States. and reported the |
bill for the organization of the Territory OF
Iowa. The origin OF the name OF the coun-
ty OF Monona Is As follows About the
year 1910, the Hon. 7. =. Ol instead laid Of
. town In the northern part Of tho county Of
Clayton, now prosperous town through |
which tho McGrsgor Railroad passes, and
wbile endeavoring to select . name for his |
town, from among the many suggested
by those who were present, the |
Hon. Thomas Rogers, then an active
democratic politician Of Dubuque,
who was one oosorvcd-"why net namo it
after this Indian girl that leaped fran the
high rocks above here into the Mississippi
when separated from her lover by her faith
err What was her name Was the imme-
date inquiry Tom, who had heard the
but after revolving the matter over in his
mini, determined upon the word Monono !;
winch was adopted as the name Of the |
town 1t was afterwards discovered that |
the name of the girl Was Kynona. which is |
tho name Of a town IN Minnesota on the |
Mississippi river, near the precipice called |
slower : leap
In the winter of 1850 and 1851, while |
- ksp nC ha 1 81 nfI
Iowa. a bill was introduced defining the
boundaries and determining the names Of
fifty two counties in the State, whom we
suggested as substitute for some name in
the bill the name uf Monono, IN honor Of
the town | havo referred to, and il was
adopted as tho name Of the county on the
western border Of the State.
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Philadelphia, in another place. This is the
only exclusive Fruit Jar House there is in
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patterns, and whose COED qualities are
warranted, are sent from their house. Our
dealers should give this house trial.
Their wares are highly recommended, and
already have a atrong hold on the public
favor.
0Ivs HssD "A cold is often thought 70
be a too trAing matter to claim immediate
or serious attention until it gets such hold
on the lungs IS to impsril the life Of the
consumptivs patient-then and not till then
do many thing seriously Of relief, when Il
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Hoarseness, Asthms, 80. hesitate not to
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