Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-01
STATE uTE MS.

in keOkuk county has been incorpora
ted. J. J. Kidser, Mayor, and J. c.
Hogin, A. q. Brown, N. S. Leak, Z. s.
Sampson, and J. NJ. Casey, Trustees,
N. II. Heath, Recorder. The rules Of
the Iowa City Council were adopted
for the present.
Mas. FTsHER.-lt is announced that
Mrs. Fisher. wife of Hon. NJ. l.. Fisher,
(ate Superintendent Of Public Instruc
ton is rapidly recovering her health
At Holden. Mass. whittier she went some
weeks since to see her native home, it
was feared never to return. Happily
it is now expected she will soon rejoin
her Iowa friends, and long remain
with them, an ornament to the social
circle.
SABBATH ScHooL.-The Waterloo
Courier, Of the 25th, learns from the
Superintendent OF the Sabboth School
connected with the Baptist Church in
that village, that during the space Of
eight weeks, so scholars learned 7,O44
verses OF the bible. The largest num-
Der bv one scholar, 1850 verses, was
recited by Sophia Rice, IL years Of
age, Elizabeth Marsh, thirteen years Of
age, rccited $3.50, and Dexter Little,
only six years of age, committed l75
verses.
A BAD STATE or THINGs.-The In
dependence C1piion of last Thursday,
1.-THE 21thl thinks that that town j.
not improving in its morals. The edit
or says that almost "cvcry morning be
is told the particulars of an affair in
which some one cot his head broken,
or his eye bunged.' or his nose in
creased to about the size of mans
fist-and all caused by-sphisky.
AccDEST.-A couple Of boys were
skating on Friday at Dubuque on the
slough near the foot of third street,
where ice is being taken out. One Of
them dared the other to skate across a
place from which the original ice had
been removed, but which was covered
with new and thin formation. lie
refused, and the challenger tried it, got
half across, and broke through. He
had sunk twice, and was on the point
of making the third descent, when his
comrade caught him by the hair and
held him until assistance was procured.
Docs At DUBuQuE.-The mayor Of
Dubuque has issued dog proclama-
ton, in which all owners Of dogs are
commanded, under penalty Of from
So to 500, to shut up or muzzle their
ours. The HeraH thinks if he had
made an appropriation for two barrels
of strychnine and ton of dog meat,
and offered a reward of six bits to every
one who could induce cur to swallow
an ounce of the former, and half
pound of the latter he would have mace
much more eilcctual proclamation.
Uncomfortable Oskaloosa Her.
aid records two cases Of hydrophobia
among horses that have occurred in
that vicinity within the past two weeks.
The horses were bitten by rabid dog
in May last.
WoMAN's RlGHrs.-A portion Of the
female population have taken part in
the struggles in Marshall county in re-
lation to the county seat. The Times
says a party of women Of Marietta at
tackled Timothy Brown Esq. of Albion,
and the Rev. Mr.. Bahcock, of Marshall,
and threw eggs at them, merely be-
cause they were in favor of locating
the county seat at Marshall.
S1,BBING AFFRAy.-We learn from
the Fairfield J9ersonian that a serious
atlrav occurred in Batavia. a village on
the line of the railroad west of Fair
field, in which two men were danger
ously cut, and grocery establishment
smashed up" generally. After severe
struggle some of the parties were ar
rested, but the villain who used the
knife escaped.
DEArH.-Thc Cedar Rapids Times
notices the decease Of G. w. /. Cone,
Esq, lawyer of that place. His dis
ease was pneumonia.
The Bridge at Lyons.