Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-17
IOWA NEWS.

"A serious ARRAY occurred at house Of
prostitution near Burlington, on Monday
last. in which o man named David Mex ee
was severely if not fatally stabbed by Thos.
Hand Hand had not been arrested, though
officers were after him at last accounts.
HOUSE, OF REEueE, PHILADELPHlA. - An
agent of this institution is now in Iowa,
looking for situations for the persons under
their charge. They consist of males and
females from 9 to l6 years Of age, and will
be indentured to suitable persons by making
application to the agent. Information may
be had Of Rev. P. S. Van Nest, Iowa City.
COUNTY SEATS. The voters of Jackson
county have refused to move the county seat
from Bellevue to Fulton, by about $50
majority. - - - l5.
Jones county has just had another county
seat war, and we understand Anamosa retains
the county seat by an increased majority.
CEDAR County ALL RIGHT The Repub.
licans of "Old Cedar" elected Or Maynard,
their candidate for School Superintendent,
lby handsome majority. "The Quakers
voted" up there, in Springdale township, and
gave him ll0 majority! a
I DAvENpoRr-The election last Saturday
resulted in the adoption of the new Charter
and the election of the entire Republican
ticket. E 'CooN was elected Mayor over G.
L. Nichols. s ssg So
| IN B. Darnall has been elected Mayor Of
Mt. Pleasant The Home Journal says:
s'The result of The election is fair and
full endorsement of the loan to the Keokuk
/ Mt. Pleasant and Muscatine Railroad, and
the people Of this city will expect their ser
wants to carry out their will by an immediate
issue of the bonds. Repudidtiom is no part
I of our creed in Mt Pleasant, and although
some effort has been mad to prevent thu
fulfllment of our contract with the Railroad
Co., the election on Monday has put a qudetul
to all such attempts"
DUBueuE AND D.vENPoRT. On SATURDAY
last the city Of Davenpors held its chartel
election The entire vote cast for Mayo
was 1,S77. On Monday last the city O
Dubuque held ats charter election, and tber'
4 were 2,9ll votes cast for the Office Of Mayor
or one thousand and thirty four more vote
in this than in our sister city. This is |
large difference, and must impress our dow
river neighbor with the great dispreportiol
lin the size of the two cities, and in favor o
Dubuque. Dubuque Northsoest.
"A meeting is to be held ON Thursda,
next, at this place, to consider the prophet,
of organizing company to build a Railroad
from Anamosa, through Upton to Musca
tine. Several men from abroad are expected
|-1spton Advertiser, 10th. e5a .sss
j The SCHOOL LAw.-We regret that th
Legislature thought proper to enact ney
School Law for Iowa, and more especiall
such law as that Published by us last week
A good many things were done by our Rep
resentatives which were better undone, bu
i this law is the worst. 1t has too much ma
chinery too many Superintendent
many officers, and, will cost too much money
The agrarian feature by which an equal di
6 vision of ene-half the revenue appropriate
to support schools is divided among the or
, ganized townships, is very unequal. Fo
: instance, jackson Township, with its thirt
. or forty, or, possibly, fifty children, will &C
just as mach as Burlington, with her thre
Thousand children. -.
There are many good features of the law
: to be sure, land other Objectionable ones, nc
mentioned by US, all ofwhich we may, here
after, take occasion to point out. We onl
take up the pen at this time TO disclaim f
the Republican party the honor Of its orgar
, lization, and to say that it never was, in an