Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-04-15

TIE iournsymen carpenters Of New York
city Who receive el,7t per day. threaten .
''striks" for tl,s7.
IL Southern Louisiana the wheat presents
4 fine appearance; 1t 10 out In head. AID IN
some instances nearly filed.
THERE was good sleighing at Winona.
Mimi. on Monday. and Lake Pepin is report
ed still firmly frozen.
The population Of Wineshiek Co., as per
eensus returns, is about $4,000. In 1856 it
wss Z 500, showing An increase in two years
Of 5000.
The navigation Of Fox and Wisconsin
Rivers improvements, from Green Bay to
Portage City. isfo be opened on the four
teenth Of this month.
IT is stated that Assistant Postmaster
General King has decided that marking
paper with pen or pencil for the purpose
Of attracting the eye does not subject il to
letter postage. This 10 an important decis-
ion.
A PASSENGER from st. Paul informs us q
vet there is NO show of Lake Pepin being
open very soon. He stated that parties are
very busy taking out ice in the vicinity and
that the same is Of . very superior quality.
Tue School books ordered of the Apple
tons. by the State Of Ohio, for 1859, when
ready for ehipment. measured in bulk over
twenty Eve solid cords and weighed seventy
eight tens. Ohio annually appropriatss
&s2.O 900 for the purchase Of books aud sp-
paratus for her school ibraries.
As contrast to the high rents prevailing
in this part of the world, We notice an ad-
vertisement IN . Scotch paper, of furnished
mansion, shooting over 500 acres, ten acres
of ground around the house, first rate trout
fishing. and every convenience for gentle
mans family. for $3.50 year.
By late law Of Indiana the salaries Of
oil public officers have been increased. The
Governor receives $4,000; Treasurer Of
State 81, 900; Auditor of State 1880; Sec
rotary of State $4,000; President of the
Sinking Fund Commissioners $4,000.
A NAN at Quebec, collector Of old iron,
was offered, . week or two since, an old
bombshell. He bought 1t and began to
break it up; it exploded. tore away the
side of the shed in which he worked, broke
fifty paaes of glass in his dwelling, but only
slightly injured him and left his wife and
boy standing BY, unframed.
A COLUMN Of extracts from papers In near
ly all the States. is published in the N. Y.
Herald Of the 7th, regarding the coming
wheat crop. The substance Of the news is
that there is most magnificent prospect
for . splendid and unprecedented yield Of
wheat in the United States. the present
year.
An extensive forgery has been detected
in Texas. A man by the name of Mahen,
at San Antonio, is charged with forging .
draft Of Quartermaster Mclean for $l3, 900.
The draft was forwarded to the Sub Treas-
urer in New York, where it was discovered
to be forgery.
w. W. PEAsE, an old and leading citizen
of Springfield, ILL.,, was buried on the 9th
instant, with distinguished honors; the mil
itary, the fire department, the Odd Fellows.
the city authoritier. and many citizens join
ing in the funeral procession. The deceased
was member of the city council. and also
belonged to the fire department. and the Odd
Fellows Lodge.
A VERDICT for 81 900 has been obtained
at Burlington. Vt. against the Vermont and
Canada Railroad Company, in suit brought
by the administration of Mr. Eben N. French,
who was killed by the explosion Of loco
motive on the road in July 1856. The suit
was brought in beh ,lf Of the family Of the
deceased. The jury gave the verdict. ~
the ground that the Company was guilty OF
culpable negligence in permitting the loco
motive to run when in an unsafe condition.