The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-02-13
CAGES executed
$50 500 = 4lseA

The above are the total of the loans made
on swamp Lands, or lands decided - Swamp
Lands. Goodwin gets $3.50 in advance Of
the cos. Of the land, and Snyder, the nice
little sum Of 500. The land upon which
this loan was made, is described ~ follows:
On the s. E. Of section 80, Town "A, Range
42-$4OO; and on the N. E. Of section 2i'
and N. W. Of section %, Town II, Range
44-$ll70. Any person who is acquainted
with the location of these tracts, can decide
for himself upon the value Of these securi-
ties. We venture to say, that no private in
dividual would have made such loan.
It is evident that these loans to Snyder,
wore made by Sherman, while acting ~ ez-
o6icio County Judge. The deeds for the
land to him, were made BY Sherman on the
18th and 10th Of May, and the mortgages
we're executed back to the county, BY Sny.
der, on the Same days. This wY pics
operation, certainly, and shows how Ind
where the peoples's money goes.
But what became Of the balance Of the
$l7,37S9 We have NO desire to censurs the
action Of public officer, without goodcauss,
but we must say, that some Of the loans, ~
shown in this Exhibit, display reckless
ness in the disposal of public funds, without
a parallel. Thus for instance, the sum Of
SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS is loaned to James Porterfeld for
FIVE YEARS, at 10 per cent. interest, up
on four small lots in Stutsman's addition,
neither of which, were ever worth over $3.50,
and on lot s, in subdivision Of lot III, in
Council Bluffs. This lot s, il part Of lot
III, purchased by James and Jackson Of
Guitar. They paid SIC, 900 for the whole
lot, and then sub divided it, into lots Of 20
feet each, fronting on Broadway and Main
streets. Lot 6 fronts on Main street, and is
not worth over $4,000 at the most. There
is besides, an unsatisfed prior mortgage Of
5000 on the whole original lot, and yet,
upon such security a. this, a County Judge
loans ST, 500 for five years to a political and
personal friend. Who got the money? Yes,
who? There is no note or bond given, so
there is no personal responsibility in the
case, and the county has only the lots a. Sc
curity. Again, another friend gets $l925
for three years, upon two lots in Jackson's
addition, although the person receiving the
money and giving the mortgage, has no title
to one of them. ,
But We will not examine these sickening
details further. Verify, the people had good
reason for believing in August last, that
there was something wrong in the way in
which the county affairs had been managed
for the previous two years, and they did
we'll in placing them in new hands.
zone Of Devils, who Is particularly interested in
having credit given to the proper Miss says that twas
Miss NARY BAYLIss and not Miss LAFrERTY, who
personsted the old woman" g. +-sstv.
So says the Bugle, in relation to that part
of our article on the School Exhibition,
which trvused Of che Per.0nssion Of ~. ola
woman, by Miss LArrERrY. We cheerfully
mako tho correction, and would say that we
were led into the error by the asssverations
of our Deril. We will not impute to his
satanic majesty wi!ful desire to mislead
us, but will rather attribute the mistake, to
the particular interest he felt IN the perso-
nations of that young lady, coupled with the
desire to know how she would sustain that
character IN real life. As the case stands
now, the dispute lies between our Devil of
the frst part, and his satanic majesty Of the
Bugle of the second part, and we leave the
matter in their hands, trusting that they will
settle it amicably, and without resort to the
"code duello."
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