St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-23
GOingS on in Iowa.

At the School District meeting for
Butler township, which, was held OF
Monday last, a tax of five mills OF
the dollar was levied for school pur.
poses, paying teachers, furnishing
wood, stoves, &c. The meeting re-
fused to build, seat or repair any
school houses in this district, during
the present season, on account of the
hard transcript.
The Gutenberg Journal states that
great preparations are being made for
lead mining in that vicinity during
the winter. Wood is selling at Gut
tenburg, at the river, for 81 SO to 81 rs
per cord.
We understand that the bridges are
repaired between Nashua and Brad
ford, 80 that travellers now have no
difficulty in crossing the Big and Lit
tie Cedar Rivers between those two
points.
HARDIN Co.-The county Judge of
Hardin county has issued a proclama-
ton calling for q vote of the people on
the question of raising by tax seven
thousand dollars for building seven
bridges in that county.
BREMER Co.--The Republicans of
Waverly have organized a society
called the "Mud Sills." The follow
ing are the officers G. 7. Smeed,
President ; G. w. Ruddick, Vice Pres
ident ; G. S. Hamilton, Secretary +; DR..
o. Burbank, Treasurer w. p. Har-
mon, G. W. Ruddick and w. b. Ham
ilton, general business committee.
Mrs. Margaret Butler and Mrs. Nan
cy Martin, sisters, were drowned while
bathing at S~mithfeld, Woodbury. coun-
ty Iowa, on the 10th Of August. Two
other sisters bathing at the same time
had q narrow escape.
The most productive public proper
ty is that which tends to draw popula-
ton around it, and, in this respect,
nothing surpasses good school build
.ings and well managed schools.
y The State, Teachers Association
which met recently at Davenport, is
characterized by the Democrat, fthat
city, as a humbug, if it may be judged
by what it accomplished during its
session at Davenport. The editor says
he has rarely eel a meeting in which
so much narrow niindedness, illiberal-
ity and absolute stupidity was exhib-
tied. This is not a very ilattering
complimeatfr0 from q member Of the Press
to an Association composed Of persons
who oaght to be above suspicion of
being stupid.-Dubuquc Herald.
ALLAMAKEE CouNry--WAwKoS.--This
towns in a very fourishing condition.
ThesAllamakec Herald contains a col
xxap at items enumerating the new
building erected there this season.
RARE Bdsp.-John Little, ESQ, OF
WawkOa captured a full grown peli-
can near that town a few days since.
The bird measured over eight feet be-
tween the ends Of the wings.
DUBIOUS AND CEDAR FALLS AND MIN
nEsor r. Rive see by a late mum
Der of the Dubuque Times that con
siderable interest is felt, III that city
in the action Of the Cedar Falls ano
Minnesota Railroad Company. W.
arc glad to sec this, for Dubuque has,
or ought to have, more real interest in
this road than any other place, east OF
this valley. BY throwing her infu
ence for this road, she can secure the
trade Of the North West ; an object Of
vital importance to her. Within 9
very few years at furtherest, a roat
will be built up the Cedar Valley, NJ
matter how many roads arc built be
tween it and the Mississippi river
If Dubuque throws her influence for
road branching at Dyersville, and run
ming from thence northwest to st. Paul
she will find that a road up this val
ley will draw heavily from her profit
and trade ; but if she west t
the Cedar and unites in building
road up it. she will cut off the building
of q road running northward, betwee'
the Mississippi and Cedar rivers, an