Iowa Old Press
Davenport Daily Gazette
Davenport, Scott co. Iowa
February 12, 1859
"THE CHEAPEST" Valentines and Envelopes! Just received
by express, direct from Eastern Manufacturers of celebrated good
taste, a choice assortment of VALENTINES, VALENTINE CARDS, and
ENVELOPES. And selling at prices to suit the times, varying from
two for 5 cents to $3.00 each, envelopes included. -- the Iowa
Book Rooms, No. 50 Brady street, near the Postoffice. charles
Adams, proprietor
Sad Accident - We learn from the Dubuque Sun, that
Patrick Kelley, son of Wm. Kelly, was killed on the 4th inst., at
the lead mines near Dr. Finley's residencee, by falling out of
the bucket as he was descending the shaft of the mine.
The Waterloo Courier of the 1st inst. says that messrs.
T.B. & H.H. Carpenter and Henderson & Miller, of Cedar
Falls, were in that place last week, on their way East, with a
large drove of fat cattle. The weight of the drove of Henderson
& Miller was 27,169 lbs.; that of Messrs Carpenters, 24,416
lbs.
Mr. Stewart, in digging a well at Burlington, found a piece of
pine about two and half feet long and six inches in diameter,
imbedded in the earth some fifty feet below the surface. It was
apparently broken from the top of a tree, and was in a perfect
state of preservation.
The Decorah Gazette of the 20th says that the boilers
were taken from Lund's distillery at that place, by some persons
unknown.
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Davenport Daily Leader
Davenport, Scott co. Iowa
Monday morning, February 14, 1859
State Items.
Schools - We learn from the Guttenberg Journal that
money has been raised by private subscription to keep the public
schools per bushel.
Indicted - The Grand Jury of Dubuque county have found a bill of
indictment against Francis Guillick for the murder of his wife -
for murder in the first degree.
Clayton Co. - A petition, with fifteen hundred and thirty-five
names, was presented to Judge Price, of Clayton county, last
week, asking for another election on the re-location of the
county-seat.
Shot - The Decorah Gazette of the 3d, says that on the
previous Friday evening, Mr. James Cruson shot his sister in the
arm with a pistol. He was carrelessly handling the pistol, not
knowing it was loaded.
Pottawatamie Co. - One hundred and seventeen citizens of
Pottawattamie county have addressed a "petition" to T.
Officer, H.C. Nutt, and J.P. Cassady, requesting them to
investigate the financial and other affairs of that county. Gross
frauds and mismanagement are alleged.
M.&C.V.R.R. - The Waterloo Register of the 5th
inst., says that Messrs. Douglass, Manson & Hardy, of
Waterloo, sub-contractors on a portion of the Minneapolis and
Cedar Valley Railroad, have been notified to stop work, and they
were then on their way back to Waterloo, with their implements
and teams.
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