The Daily Gazette Davenport, Iowa Thursday Morning June 12, 1862 Local Matters Death by Sun-Stroke.-A boy named James McGuire, about five years old, son of Mr. John McGuire, the blind man, living on the bluff, died a few days ago from sun-stroke, as is supposed, received last Friday afternoon. We understand the little fellow had been sun-struck before, which made him susceptible to similar attacks. Barometer.-Mr. Robert Christie has the agency of Scott county, for Woodruff's barometer, or improved weather indicator. It is the best instrument of the kind manufactured and is furnished at an unusually low price. Every farmer should be provided with one of these instruments, as it will tell him hours before a rain, when the sky is cloudless and not a sign in the heavens to indicate a change of weather, just how soon he may expect rain and thus enable him to be prepared to meet it. It well save its cost in a single season. A Small Contraband.-A citizen dropped into our sanctum yesterday, with a juvenile contraband of the male species, that he had picked up in a semi starved condition the evening before, and fed and lodged him. The little fellow was a refugee from Missouri, and our friend slyly said, talked just as though he had been reading the Gazette. What tempted a child, almost too young to know the difference between right and wrong, to flee from his home, we know not, but certainly he could not have been an admirer of the practical operations of slavery. Trinity Church.-From a sermon preached by Rev. Mr. Judd, at Trinity Church, we gather the following statistics: Number of families under the care of the rector 90, comprising 404 individuals, of whom 86 are under six years of age. Of the adults, 128 have been confirmed, most of whom are communicants. There are 148 children in the Sunday school, with 20 teachers, inclusive of officers. The communion alms during the last convention year amounted to $52.33; the parish distributing fund realized $203; $145 has been raised for the Sunday school and choir; and through the liberality of three individuals claims to the amount of $2,442.52 have been donated to the parish. Total of contributions $2, 842. 85, exclusive of pew rents, Sunday collections, and valuable gifts to the rector and his family. This exhibits a healthy condition of affairs in one of the oldest religious societies in the city. Died.-At Fort Haskins, Benton Co, Oregon, April 4th of typhoid pneumonia, Arthur C., aged 4 years and 28 days only son of H. and S. A. Carpenter, formerly of Blue Grass, Scott Co, Iowa. Dr. H. Carpenter.-This gentleman, so long a resident of Blue Grass, in this county, is now, as is known, a citizen of Oregon. In a recent letter to Dr. Tomson, of this city, he says he has visited the best portion of Oregon, and greater part of California, and his conclusion is, "There is no better country than Scott county." He would advise all who are doing well here not to go to the pacific coast to better their condition. Mechanics and laborers, however, do well there. The Doctor is acting assistant surgeon of the army, and is stationed at Fort Haskins, about eighty miles south-west of Portland. He is also physician for a tribe of Indians, numbering 2, 700 in all, who give him plenty to do, and pay him well. He recently extracted an arrow-head from the shoulder of an Indian, who had carried it three years. He sends it, under the care of Dr. Tomson, to the county medical society, with whom he expresses the hope of re-uniting. The death of Dr. C.'s only boy, noticed in another part of this paper, seems to have turned his thoughts more towards his old home, and we should not be surprised, from the tone of his letter to hear that he had concluded to return. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES