The Daily Gazette City of Davenport Tuesday Morning June 10, 1862 Local Matters The Ladies of St. Luke's Church will give a strawberry Festival at Metropolitan Hall on Friday Evening, June 13th. Admission 10 cents. Off for the Army.-Eight boys, from 16 to 19 years of age, sons of citizens of Davenport, left here yesterday morning for Chicago, to go into a three months regiment, to guard prisoners. Success to the youngsters. Col. Percel, of the 10th regiment, arrived in this city night before last. It is reported he has resigned his position as Colonel. We regret that any cause should have induced the Colonel to take this step, and sincerely hope that he may be prevailed on to retain his former position, or to accept one where his services can yet be secured to the country. Another Brigadier.-Col. Tuttle was on Monday confirmed by the senate as Brigadier General of volunteers, and he is therefore now Gen. Tuttle, Iowa has now one Major General and five Brigadiers, including Gen. Steele, promoted from the Colonelcy of the 8th regiment. There are three Colonelcies of Iowa regiments now vacant-those of 3d, 4th and 5th regiment. Major Joseph Andrews.-We are in receipt of a letter from this gentleman, Major of the 8th Iowa regiment, written from the residence of his mother at Providence, R. I. The Major it will be remembered, had his horse shot from under him and was afterwards struck by a ball in the neck at the battle of Shiloh. He was sent home, with the remark from the surgeon "he'll die." The Major is not yet able to walk, but he writes his is slowly recovering from his wound. Fast Time and a Machine for Making It. A horse and wagon made "smashing" time through Fourth street yesterday, fetching up in Wood's lumber yard, with the wagon in pieces. By the way, the instrument that went up Perry street yesterday morning, attached to a farm wagon, was splendidly calculated to start runaways, better a good deal than locomotives with screeching whistles. It was a portion of a "Buckeye" reaper, and is probably good enough in its place, but isn't along the streets of a town. Cows Dying.-Dr. Witherwax found his cow lying dead near the old market on Iowa street on Monday evening; cause, too much clover. Mr. Thos. Brockett and Mr. E. Sherman have each lost a cow from the same cause lately. In one of these cases, the unlucky owner had the advice of somewhere about forty individuals, with about forty remedies, but the animal feeling no interest in scientific matters, went on with the dying and finished it up, the forty offering no assistance save their valuable advice. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IAGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES