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The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

The Arr or FLYING is said to b'sa Osea
discovered by Young senoFlia o. pun!
aamed Juanlta Perez. She moved '0'o4s |
the air, as the Spanish papers sly y. !,
ease and rapiii,y. She was adsaI'.s'a !. :,
AZ distance Of 1900 feet, rlsns u -
air about 600, but exceeded the pr'sr'Aa','
both in heigh, and distance. no oss@ ~
sion Of The structure Of the wings % 80 -,
They have a spread Of some ''ileen Nh
are fastened b. ligameuts Of gre'l isA ,ss,
~, and arranged SO as to move WI" ~
rapidly. -, has i
A. NJ. Thomas Darville, OF PARIS "a s.m
SO announced TINT he has Infen'eu a,,.s,
ple,e apparatus for dying, ana nc p' ~ n,
to exhibit, il at the Champ 40 VIZ ,.;n i,
course of the present month iie ., ,pd
accompanied by bis two sons, "n' ,s,,r,
the other II years Of age nv rr 20 ii,
ton of three sets Of wings has dea,e. l.,
exhibition until now. The 'ayen 'aoIelo
tried his npparatus privately "'''''
success.
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Il Chicago.

TINS Sl00,000 Loan SO general and naIAa
. dsspprobaiion being manifested BY our elll,sl,
against the city subscribing $780, 900 10 The sea
OF tae Rock Island Rail Road, no vote was lskel
aud the proposition was permitted 10 20 ~
fault. This, we take il, rocks The baby 70 s'esP
II should be understood however, iha' 'his !
suit is no way attributable TO io,tillty amen
our citizens 10 'ht Rock Island Road un -
contrary they view It with precisely eqlai hS
they do others Of the same character 'hs. y
seeking the business oil the city, and 10 Sa v
thrift and speed, and hearty welcome Wiea ~
come C.icago Journal
All right, this will leagc'the ConN'ce1
free 10 ac, without diciation from tbess
just as they expressed the desire II "s
result.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14
IOWA ELECTIONS.

LEE Cousry. Whole Democratic ticket
elected.
Dfs MolxEs.--D Democratic ticket al
elected, with the exception OF Recorder
which is tie.
JOHNSON Democratic ticket elected
except Sheriff.
MuscATINE. Wing Judge aud Survey
or elected, balance Democratic.
CEDAR. Democratic ticket reported e
lected.
DEMONSTRATING Judge. Sheriff ane
Surveyor elected-balance Democrats.
HExRy.-Mprton, Wing, elected Judge
Balance Of ticket elected, independent.
DUBuouE.--Democralic ticket elected
except Supervisor.
MAHasKA-Whig ticket elected, excep
Recorder and Sheriff
WApELLo.--Democratic ticket elected
excep, Recorder.
VAN BuREs.-WhoIe Uaion ticket elect
ed.
NAsHISGros.-Jadge and Sheriff. Dem
ocra,ic, balance Of tickle, Wing.
PoLK.-Ealire Wing ticket elected by Q
large majority.
MoSReE Wing Recorder and Survey
or. Balance Democrats.
KroKuK.--Whigs have elected Judge,
Supervisor and Coroner.
MAHAsKA.-Whigs elected all ba, Sher
If and Recorder.
JAcKsos.-D. T. Spur, Wig, elected
Judge. No further news certain.
CLISros.-Is reported 10 have elected
mostly Wings.
LrsN.-Ju5ge and Recorder elected
No further certain news.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

The Davenport Gazette 10 now circula.
ted free Of pos,sge in Scott county. The
subscription price is Two Dollars per an.
nun. The paper is devoted 10 the inter.
es,s OF Scott and adjacent counties, while
a, the same time il seeks to keep the read
er spprised Of ali The events that are trans
piring in the wor.d ia which he forms al
atom. Man is sociai being snd loves I,
know how his fellow men are employed
and 10 be informed upon all The little Incl
dents nround him. lie is progressive
being and wishes no. 10 be behind the agt
in which be lives, in a knowledge Of those
grea. improvements and 10, en,ions whict
characterize il. To cater for inielligen'
man in these capacities is our pleasure
and one in which we delight, and il we d.
no! make the Gazsiie all that the readei
can reasonably desire, and worth the SINAI
price paid for il, we shall for The frs, Tins
10 our lie fail to accomplish What we have
attempted.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

DREADFUL AcclDESr-.A hurricane pass
ca over The scene Of the Surveyors opera
lions III wisconsin, ou tho 9th ais., pros
ifailng il ,winkiing almost an en,ir,
forest, one tree Of which fell across The len
10 which party from Dubuque bad takel
refuge, killing two 81 the number, Messrs
John NJ. Smith md Oscar Lyman aud bsG
~ 'olasing third, iir. Davis. Mr. smi,I
leaves young wife. Mr.. Lyman vas
single man.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

THE Dubuque Tribune, of last Wednes
day, cont aims short letter from Lorins
Wheeler, formerly Senator from this ane
Clinton county, dated at Nevada City
California, June Sth. lie refutes the
statement that the Tunnel Company, will
which he is connected, are making so muct
money, and says that il is but paying ex
penses. Wm. Gray, whom he fears dies
II Panama, reached his home in Cln,or
county safe, some weeks since, having es
capped, We believe, both sickness and rob
berry.
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Cedar County, Aug. Isl. 1851.

1t is said tia, the movers Of the Spontaneous
movement fer the nomination OF Mr.. Webster FOL
the Presidency, have commenced taking names
from ,ombs ones. In teciprocation, Mr.. w. ha
commenced studying the dead languages.
Locof5eo Exchange.
We would be sorry were Wings thus L
,ioop TO steal "Locofoco thunder!m Mr.
W., we presume, finds it impossible to keel
pace with Locofoco principles without &C
qulrng knowledge Of The language ii
which they are couched. Verify, Locofo
coism is progressive.
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HeREpITARY lGNoRANCE.


II can't read myself, aud my childre,
ion't take pride enough TO read" Sacl
sas the humilia,ing confession VIC over
heard The other day made by man IN tht
Iprimc Of life. And why, dear sir, DO MOI
your children stake pride" enough 10 read
WAY have they no inclination TO learn L
read? Because they have received an IN
heri,ancc Of ignorance-ncr Of ignorancs
,lone. bu, worse, an indisposi,ion TO leafn
Their pnrents have laid in their minds the
foundation Of crime, and blame them not
Ii! father, IL they build thereon. Crime
is the produc, Of ignorance. Improve the
mind, cultivate the heart, and you Will ban
Iish crime.
II is hard for child to be born TO an in.
hesiiance Of ignorance, but for = parent TO
attempt 10 blast any promise Of useful
aoss in that child, displays degradation
OF intellect almost too deep for commisser-
alton.
A young man jus, entering upon tina,
sage Of life when beginning to achieve
something for himself, subscribed few
weeks since for the Gazette, and request
cd oar Agent to have the carrier leave i
j, his fathers house. lie did SO, but the
mother returned it 10 our boy with tho in
Junction, ssnot to leave il there agaio, her
SIN did no, need il, lie had better spend his
money for something Of more use to him.
I, was shee, Of hieroglsphics TO her, and
she would not allow il t. enter her house
| The poor boy, determined to have the pa.
per, now calls for it at the office. How be
ever acquired the knowledge to read We
know not, as he has been the tool Of an ex-
acting, iguorant father, to our certain
knowledge. since childhood. We would
give such boy the last dollar we possess
ed to help him out Of the slough Of iguo
rance. And his mother, was she to blame
She was ba, obeying the instinct of sor
lid inheritance, the Promp,ings OF an intel
lect perverted from the grea, and good pur-
pose its Creator intended it 10 perform.
Parents. if you love your children-and
who can doub, it-give them the Inherit
,nce Of tia, priceless gem, the mind TO &c
quire knowledge. Then imprn, upon the
lnwritten sheet OF their minds the truth.
hal the acquisition Of wealth is of but Sec
oadary Importance. If your early educa-
lion have been neglected, strive the harder
to improve that Of your offspring.
A poor widow lady, BY the recen, dis
cosery Of an immense lode Of lead al d.
b1que. upon which she receives the one
fifth, HIS been raised from the depths OF
poverty 10 apparent sffiience. Tho frsi
thing she did was 10 dispatch her dsugh-
iers to the best female academy 10 the
country. How noble! and if Mr. Levin
will only employ 10 like manner the same
proportion of his four fifihs Of the proceeds,
The rare spectacle will be presented Of sud
den wealth benef,ius lis possessors.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

SERIOUS AcciDENr.--Last Saturday af
ternoon, three carpenters who were al
work finishing the cornice on the new
Baptist church, were precipi,ated 10 III
ground by the giving way Of the scahpld
Two Of the carpenters, James and Georgl
Cook, sons Of T. Cook, Esq, we're severely
bruised, the latter having his leg broken
The other man, whose name, we have no
beard, wus also very seriously bruised
We aro glad 10 earn that all three Of then
are likely TO recoycr--Rock Island ADD.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

THE CHOLERA is eccentric in its course
this season and hns more the type Of coa,a
gion that it has ever before assumed, ye
the Medical Society Of ST. Louis has recent
ly decided, after long aud patient inyes
legation, that it is not contagious. The Iii,
tie towns The west that have formerly es
capped its visitation have received pass
ing call this season. The disease appears
among them for few days With grea
siralence aud then as suddenly departs
Thus i, has visited, with few exceptions, al
Of the towns above and below Us on The
Mississippi, and some in the interior
Bellevue, in Jackson county, about fifty
miles above this place, received visi, from
the monster disease week or two since
which left in It's wake os victims: Ansor
Harrington, Mr.. Tanning, John Peterson
Mrs. Donovan aud two or three others.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

Coon RoADs --The communication in
another eelamu was written, jus, IS il pur
ports 70 have been, By farmer q Cedar
county. tbs is the kind d corfespon
dence that most interests. We don't caTe
bow bad i lhe schol4rship--5ut in this in
stance il isyery fair-she ideas are all lhar
we desire. Farmers, stand Up for Jour 10
ierests' yo1 val Gad The Gazette to sus
tain you whenever you are right.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

TEACHERS lSsTITUTE.-On last Mon
day Normal Teachers Institute was com
mcnced at Maquokota, in Jackson county
under The direction Of Prof S. r. SWEET
+ New York, who for many years has beer
employed in the instruction OF teachers
Prof. SWEET will deliver lecture here lht
last Of the presen, or first Of the ensuing
month, when his plan Of conducting thes,
Normal Schools will be submitted to ou
citizens. and if approved he will deliver
course Of instruction.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

"prccept on precept, and line apon -, Az, mine"
Prepay your postage, and III p's-''' :, !.
The importance of this advice ID ,bs
oetier understood when we fe'A" Gun, tto
reader that By the new law We ss..s;aa
cents on epery letter The postage q a
paid By the sender. Oar corfesi a.. III
AFRO particularly ontroated, 'ha1 o.. reasr|
ourselves and the sake Of tho p'o's ,bsi,
ally, to pny three cents in adsanesu as,s,iI
letters, that wo may be spared NV i ~ ,,p
ty Of paying five. "a penny say. =, Ds,cco!3l1
ing to this rule, two pence sa,s lad ADD
pence gained; but putting the s''a .rs Gu|
saved together in such cases. W. - LIMA Al
cents richer (by all loglc) at Tue :.
the ira nsaclion Charleston -'e"''
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

SToRa AND Loss OF LIFE-On Sngias
aisht last tie people Of Moscatine expert
enced tho heaviest storm Of the season.
-Four persons, we understand, were drown
ed, widow lady and her three children
Immense damage was done by the sudden
rise Of waters 10 the s1jacen, ravines.--
M1scaiine is really unfortunate this sea
son.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

@IMnEclLE,n vnaY!-The lndians upon
the Rio Grande frontier have recently com
mitted some oatrages upon the inhabitants
in the vicinity, whereupon the editor OF
the Iowa Capital Reporter terms the Ad-
ministration imbecic! We mention this
important fac, simply because il is the first
accusation we have perceived brought
sgains, the Administration Of President
Fillmore for some months. The next com
e, that shoots athwart the skies we expec'
10 bring on, from the same source, rail
ing accusation against the Administration
Of the planetary system.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14
JACOB G. DIMMlTT, Sec'y.
For the Gazette. |


For the Gazette.
Mr. EDIToR: As taxed citizen deem
i my inaienable RICH, to speak about tax.
alton and therefore enter on my self-impos.
ed mission for local improvements within
this corporation Without at all rejecting
on the present officers, who 10 my opinion
to the utmost Of their ability do discharge
their duty, though / confess | cannot sec
any permanent work, | proceed to state
what consider more excellent way Ia
apply the taxes to their legitimate use with,
in the limits Of this city. II will DO readi.
~ accorded that oil public works should be
made with an eye to permanenco and u
due regard 10 economy-on this ! base
my arguments. No work can be good or
durable withou, proper foundation, or
framework; this admitted my plan is good
| mean the plan to make good your fore
shore BY casting up hank in front Of what
was so lately Water street, with broken
lime stone TO the elevation Of the late flood,
N the incline Of two feet 10 one perpondic-
uIar. Begin 1t s, tho eastern extreme Of
your city above Rock Island ST., giving i, q
slight northern curve into the street about
10 or IL feet, extending the work the whole
length Of The foreshore ives, to Harrison
Street, and then wi,hou, regard TO any 10.
cal interests Gil in your foreground up 10
level of your grade by cutting down the
three main bluffs, Perry, Brady and Harr-
son Street. Beginning with Perry and
complete the grade Of it completely oul
)ier the bluff by means of a line of wood
rails for down and line for an up train
# cars with ropo long enough to run over
4 strong pulley; these will work them.
elves. Two men to ench car at tho head
IF the works and two at the foot will accom.
olsh something worth being taxed for, and
ar ou,s,rip in point Of economy our pres
cot slow coach movement We should be-
in 10 zee something for our money tina,
every food could not wash away.
PUBLICOLA.
Davenport, Aug. llth, 1851.
THE prcsen, condition Of From, stree, il
dlsgrace!u. 10 our CITY,
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CAIRo.--The Galena Gazette says thai
The curse Of barrenness will forever rest
upon Cairo-because it is subject to inun
da,ion. Our contemporary does injustice tc
American enterprise when he supposes fol
a momen, that that will prove an insuper
able barrier to the progress Of Cairo. IL
despite Of hi. opinion, and the better found
cd Que o. Chas. Cist, we canno, but think
Cairo is destined to be one Of the greatest
commercial cities on the continent.
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over to Rock Island last week
Oh Capt. Wilson's horse boat-the "Jenny
Lind" Slasboard horse "boiled his burst
err which unshipped the wheel and crea.
ted fuss generally. Managed 10 get over
safe, however, OF one wheel, by keeping
out of The direct range Of the old gentle.
mans vision.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

SENTENCED scamp, Henry Bills
noticed in our last as having committee
IA gross crime--was sentenced on las
Wednesday 10 open court, on his own con
fession, 10 nine years imprisonment in th'
Penitentiary. Hope he may be allowed t,
serve out bis time.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

Gems. FooTE and QUITMAS, candidates
for Governor in Mississippi, displayed their
bulldog propensties recently in pugi!s
tic renconter. They were parted by the
mcddlesomo interference Of by-stsnders,
before they had sufficiently chas,ised one
another
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

An ANTI.SEcTssIoNIsT. "A '"o' IN
Carolina SAYS she goes heart ahu 10 vbs,
tho Union, for il States may sepn asrcao
they please, after making -. rioHt I
Union, the mex, thing will be 'n0 s ~ fto
tho men claiming the right 70 Store. ,...crse
their wives the moment they a.s's
happen to get offended with lho"'
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14
STATE ELECTIONS.

We give below The returns from the re
cent elections, 50 Tar as We have been able
to ascertain them, up TO the time Of goine
to press.
Sr. LOUIS, Circuit Court, a. Hamilton.
majority, 49,. Court OF Common Pleas
5. Treats mai. l,743. Law Commission
er, ]. W. Calvin's mi. 26i. Jailor, J
Caslelo's maj. 262.
INDIANA, State Legislature largely Dem
ocra,ic. Congressional districts eight ou'
Of ten Democratic.
kENTucK7, Powell, Dem, elected Gov
ernor. The Louisville Journal, Of the Gil
says, 1--WE canno. speak Of the general re.
suits of the elections Throughout, the State
Things look badly enough just now, il
must be confessed" After the above, the
Journal announces the election Of Mar.
shall, Wing, By abou, 100 majority.
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A cELEBRArED Artist DEAD.--The
asst foreign steamer brings intelligence o.
he death Of Daguerre, the discovercr Of The
Daguerrean art. He died in France, hi,
aa'ise conn,ry, on the 18th ut., .. the agt
! fee.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

TuE Executive Committee Of the Rock
Island aud Chicago Railroad do not meel
to make the lc''ings "in the small town Of
Rome, in he State ofNew York." as the
Chicago Democrat says; but They nee, in
The City Of New York ~. tho 2Jth inst.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

Gen. ii. A. $ DEARBaRN. died .aoenti,
At Portland, Me-, whittier he had gone 4
join in celebrating the opening Of the Al
antic aud ST. Lawrence Railroad. nj
10. had been in public life since 1912.
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cry or DAVENPORT:
raueSDiY MORNING, AUGUST II, 1851.
TAKE NOTICE.

Mr.. EpwIs CooaEs is The authorized General
aeeu, 10 collect hdls and receive subscriptions
10 The Davenport Gazette. lie is now on tour
through this and adjacent counties.
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BETTING.-The man who bets is either
fool or a knsve. if he bet with the ex
pectalion Of losing. he is fool; if with the
certainty Of winning, he is knaye.
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On the q inst, large distillery in Ilar
rson, O., near Cincinnati, WINS blown up
by tho bursting Of boiler, and fifteen per
sons killed.
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Doors AND SHoEs See Advertisement
Of Many s. Weld, St. Louis, in our col
Imns. They have one Of the mos, exten
sise stocks in the West, and can afford /,
sell very low.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

Hon. L. II. WARREN, will please accep
our thanks for a pamphlet copy Of the
speech Of Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER, to the
Young men Of Albany.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

Mayor KEsNErT, Of St. Louis, has been
soj1urniug some days in our beau,ifu'
young city. His official place is occupied
IN his absence By E. C. Blackburn, Pfesi-
len; Of Board Of Aldermen.
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iHE communicative on TIC new cos
tune, although we'll written, IL rcjecied
because, as the author admits, il is point
less.
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APPOINTMENTS

Edayville James Q. Hammond.
Pittsbureh-Hugh Gibson, Frances w Evans.
Bloomfield Francis II Carey, George W Clark
Centrevile Mission-To be supplied.
BURLINGTON DlsrRIcT.-I Stewart, I. b.
Burlington-Joseph Brooks.
Fort Madison--Erastus Lathrop.
West Point--Joshua B Hardy.
lSaem-Thomas NJ kirkpatrick.
New London Moses F Shinn.
MiddIetown-Thoma E Corkhill.
Yellow Sprngs-Iloratio N Wilbur.
Charlottesville Mission-Jos. Jamison, Came
ron.
Mount Pleasant--John Harris.
Fairfisld--Joseph Mcdowell.
Brghton-Wlliam Armstrong.
Locust Grove--To be supplied.
DUBUQUE DIsrKIcT-Alcinons Young p L.
Dubuque Station-Wm Hubert.
Cattsh-Alpha J Kynett.
Belleview Msson--Robert w Tlimble.
Andrew Mission-Slmuel Farlow.
Maquoketa-James Smith.
Sabula Mssion-Ira Blackford.
De Witt Mieion-John Walker.
Davenport Standardization Taylor.
Le clairc-James NJ Mcdonald.
Spring Rock Mission-Raius Kicker.
Fairport-- George Larkin.
Muscatins S;aiion--Henry c Dean.
UPPER Iowa DlsrRrcr-Henry w Reed, p. L.
Cascade--Jacob Dimmitt, Isaac Newton.
Anamosa Mission-Harvey Taylor.
Mount Vernon-G George Bowman.
Marion Mission--Edward w T"ning.
Independence Mission--To be supplied.
IVES, Union Mission Stephen II Gfeenup.
Elkador Mission-To be supplied
Garnayile--John L Kelly.
Colesburgh Mssion-James + Coleman.
Dubuque Ct.--Joel B Taylor.
Yellow River Misson-Alfred Bishop.
Norwegian Mission-To be supplied.
Iowa CRY Dl,rslcr-David Worthington, p. E
Iowa City Mission-Michael II Hare.
West Liberty Mssion--John w B Hewitt.
Grandview Mission-Lu c Noodford.
Tipton-Ansel Wight.
Cedar Rapids Mssion-Nelson King.
Otter Creek Mission--Eiias Skinner.
Big Woods Mission--Solomon I Vail.
Washington George II Jenbson.
Sisourney Misson-Hram Barley.
Nontezuma Mission-We.ley Il Blake.
Marshall Mission-To be supplied.
Narengo Mission-Strange Brooks.
FoRr DIS MoIsEs DisrRicr-J John Hayden, P. E
Fort Dss Moines Mission-Sinford II ines.
~ n
Boone Mssion--To be supplied.
Red Rock Mission--Richard Swearingen.
Oskaloosa--George w Teas.
Albia-Michsel See.
Charlton Mission-Elias l. Briggs.
Knoxyille--Allen w Johnson.
Three Rivers Mission David Sween.
Adell Mission-Robelt G Hawn.
Council Bluffs Mission WIN Simpson. Oae L
be supplied.
Page & Taylor Misson-To be supplied.
Thomas c Crawford and David Crawford trans
ferred TO Indiana Conference.
Levin B Dennis and John II Dennis transfer
red to Missouri Conference.
Alexander Nelson transferred to North Ohio
Conference and stationed al I'fhn.
AT the Session Of the Iowa Annual Conference
recently held in Davenport, the following resolu-
ton wa, passed unanimously by ris,og vote:
Resolved, That the thanks u this Conference
be presented TO the citizens OF Davenport and vi.
entity for their cordial hospitality and christian
courtesy 10 US during our sojourn among them
AMI that copy ofthis resolution be presented
TO the Editors Of the Davenport Gazette and Ban
ner for publication.
JACOB G. DIMMlTT, Sec'y.
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SCOTT COUNTY-Official.

Judge.
VIM. Rurris, 16s 10 ~ 81 So JOG 81 81 sos
G. G. Blood, l33 I &c % SO II - IL 81
Supervisor.
J A Bircharl,lao IS IA &c 81 IL IS 81 l6 ass
Thompson, l29 IL IA Is 10 lo9 % u 42a
Sheriff,
n. Leonard, 203 10 81 II 30 loo 81 &c % II S3l
J. Bechtel, Ito Is IL II ~ 05 IL 40 BAL
Surveyor.
W Barrows, 1911 IS IL aS aS Al IS 81 10 40
u Porter, lis l6 81 Is Is % % ~ 3SS
Coroner,
]. Carney, 100 s q 90 % 90 20 % IS II AZ
T Biakemorel3s II Is q 40 06 81 q ~ 4lS
Recorder.
H. Price, 925 a. Is 90 90 81 20 - IL 800
Justice Of Peace.
+. Tichenor, 1876. J. Forrest, lis.
w. Barrows, 81. II. Mcintosh, 81.
The above true abstract ofthe votes polled at the
election held Monday, Aug. 18th, 1851.
JOHN F. DILLON, Com. elk.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-14

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