Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-06
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the Goth ult. and took measures to
ward having a vote Of the people taken
at the April election, on the question
relocating the county seat Of Alama-
kee, at Lansing. The Mirror says the
movement is sudden, so far as the
citizens of Lansing are concerned, not
having been mentioned before last
Tuesday. 1t is the result of outside
influence, and the friends Of the move
ment are from that fact hopeful of sue
cess. The proprietors Of the town
have donated an eligible site for conn
ty buildings, and subscribed literally
in money towards the erection of bull
dings. At the time Of going to press,
about $1,000 we're subscribed for that
purpose.
CHAIR FAcroRY.-The Waterloo
Register notices that Mr.. O. w. Ellis
worth, of that village, has got his chair
factory in operation.
ORIGIN OF THE PRARIEs.-HalPs
forthcoming Geology Of Iowa says
that the opinion is very generally en-
tertaincd in the west that the prares
were once covered with timber, which
has been destroyed by fire which the
Indians have been in the habit of set
ting in the dry grass.
We rather think that Prof. Hall has
made great mistake in suppo.ing this
opinion to be very extensively enter
tanned. During nearly twelve years
of residence in the west, we have not
heard the opinion advandced by a
single individual, and we are forced to
the conviction that the author has
created an "ldca" for the sake of show
ing how easily he can demolish it.
All intelligent men whom we have
ever heard express an opinion, agreed
in believing the prairles to have been
the ted of an extensive body of water.
Herald.
u. 5. Deputy MARsHAL.-The Du-
buque Sun says Charley Hewett, whose
genial smile has made welcome the
many thousands Of people he has re-
ceived as strangers to his hotel, and
who always left as friend-our Charley,
who is known among good fellows as
one of thcnselvcs-Chariey, the man
who never proved recreant or delin-
qucpt in any public or private trust
reposcd In him, has been appointed
Deputy Marshal for the Northern Dis.
trict of Iowa. May he slightly increase
in flesh, continue to smile as easy as
ever, and find his pockets well filled
with legal fees.
SURVEYS FOR THE BRlDGE.-We also
learn from the SIN that the engineers
engaged in surveys Of the river, prepa-
ratory to the building Of the bridge to
complete the Illinois Central Railroad
to Dubuque, have also made survey
of the river to the shore in the lower
part of the city.
A FEMALE NIMRoD.-The Burling-
ton Hawkeye says: Some children in
Huron township saw deer in their
fathers corn6eld, a few days since
They went INTO the house and told
their mother. The father was absent,
but young man who was at the
house, took a rifle, and snapped the
only cap in the house, but the piece
missed fire. The lady requested him
to load a rusty old musket that laid
among the rafters and try again. AZ
ter charging the gun his courage failed
him, and he could not be induced to
fire the rickctty old queens arm. The
lady took it, and blazed away in fine
style, bringing down the deer. The
male Nimrod gave as an excuse that he
feared no danger from the musket,
but was afraid of the game law, al
though as long as he had a reliable
rifle, that fear never entered his mind.
NEWSPAPER AT CoLUMBUs Cry
We learn from the Muscatine Journal
that Mr.. J. NJ. Edwards, formerly Of
the Independent, at Fort Madison, Is
making arrangements to start paper
at Columbus City, Louisa county, to be
called the Enterprise. Mr.. Edwards
is apractical printer and good writer.
We are satisfied that he will make the
Enterprise creditable to the growing
interests of Columbus City and Louisa
county. We hope he will receive a
liberal support. The first number of
the paper will be issued about the
18th inst. 1t is to be Republican in
principle.
For PIKE's PRAK.-The Dubuoue
Sun mentions the departure Of citizens
of that place of Pixies Peak.
CHuRcH.-From the Jasper Free
Press we learn that they are engaged
in the construction of q new and
spacious Congregational Church at
Newton.