Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-06-28

The De Witt Standard says that
Mr.. Allison, the County Treasurer Of
Clinton county during the last term Of
Court casAed every county order pre-.
sented at his counter; thus doing for
the public what no former Treasurer Of
our County has been able to perform.
The fact alone of Mr.. A. cashing in
these hard times, county orders, speaks
volumes in his favor as a prompt and
efficient Treasurer.
The Magnolia Republican, speaking
ofShelbyville, formerly the County seat,
says it is now dead in the shell :" that
is, there remains nothing of its former
greatness, but several shells Of houses.
Near Fort Dodge, in this State. has
been discovercd,an to all appearances,
an lnexhaustible deposit Of "plaster
paris" which is, said by competent
Judges to be Of the purest and best
quality
LAND OFFICES DIscoNTINUED.-
Notice is given in the columns Of the
Washington Constitution (thc official
paper of the discontinuance of the
Dubuque, Charlton, and Usage Land
lstricts in Iowa, and the remov-
al Of the Land Offices from Dn-
buque, Charlton and Usage to Des
Moines. The reason for this is that
the unsold land in each one of these
Districts has been reduced below one
hundred thousand acres.
The Fayette county Review of the
10th. recurring to the fact that about
eighteen months ago Sl,4OO of the
School Fund was stolen from the house
of J. W. Foster, at that time School
Fund Commissioner of that county, says
that at tie last term of the District
Court, the question Of his liability to
the county for the loss of the money
was submitted to the jury,.who return
ed verdict in favor Of Mr.. Foster, on
the ground that he exercised sufficient
care for the safe keeping of the money.
The negro, Foster, who robbed the
Post Office at Lansing, last winter, has
plead guilty in the U. S. Court at
keokuk, and has been sent to the pen
itentiary for two years.
A young daughter Of Rev. c. S.
Jennis, OF Williamsburg, in this county,
was bitten, on Sunday Of last week, in
three different places, near the ankle,
by rattlesnakc. Mr.. j., who preach
ed in Koszta on the evening of the
same day, being sent for, left for home
near ii p. M: while on his way vio-
lent thunder storm came up, the light.
ming struck tree near the road, splin-
tering it to atoms, knocked down one of
Mr.. Us horses, and "gave himself rather
an undetinable sensation" He got his
horse up,howeyer, and arrived at home
safe. The child, owing, probably, to
not having medicine given her in sea-
son, has been very sick, but she is now
recovcring.-lNarengo Visitor.
A son OF Mr.. Childress, of this place
was accidently shot in the calf of the
leg, on Monday last, by returned
young Pixies Peaker. The pistol was
loaded only with wad, but being in
close proximity to young Childress it
made considerable ola wound. Young
boys, and in fact, a good many old
ones" children Of larger growth"
sho'd not be allowed to carry fire arms.
There is no necessity for it, and many
accidents result from such ifolly.-IJ.
The GarnaviIlo Journal of Tuesday,
states that the Alamakec Herald, pub
lished at Waukon, has again suspended
for an Indefinite period, and the North
Iowa Gazette, at Vernon Springs, has
also died ont. Its presses and material
are about to be removed to Makato,
Minnesota, where they will be put into
operation,
HYDRopHoBIA.-A child of VIM.
Pearce, 5 years of age, Of Moscow
township, in this county, died, few
days ago, from the effects Of bite by
a mad dog. The bite was inflicted in
the hand, and resulted fatally in nine
weeks. The child was taken to Indi-
ana, previous to its death, for medical
treatment. Mrs. Pearce was also bit
ten slightly by the dog, but suffered no
injury. This is the same family whose
house and furniture were consumed by
fire in March Muscatiae Joarnal.