Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-02

Board VIII hold their regular meeting IL
afternoon at the corner Of Brady and Four
. streets. The Secretary informs us that sin
their election, this willm AXE exactly the mn
n second meeting which they have held A gre
deal Of quiet work has been done-wor
which every one was at perfect liberty to e1
anime. had such an interest been manife,ted-
and the consequence is our schools are in q
good condition. il not better, than those ,
our sister cities. The election for officers fo
the enscing year will clme off on Monday mex
at the Court House, at 10 O'Clock, aud tn
meeting for Ievying taxes just oneiweek later a
the same place Notice to this effect has bee
posted according to law, and information ha
been given in the schools
An DEMONSTRATING along near
the play grounds Of one Of cur public school
yesterday. before school hours. Our attentio,
was arrested by several groups Of boys en-
gagged at that first game of sp,ing. Marbles
Some we're playing in big ring. some in littl,
rings. nnl others in funny little holes strnnp
along the ground at equal distances som.
: playing for fun and Others for "keeps" W.
stopped moment as if by natu al impulse
and weat back in memory to our school boy
days. While thinking abstractedy of the past
We were made cognizant OF the present by the
cries Of little boy at our side who was lust
leaving the ground. We enquired Of another
boy. bright eyed. curly haired little fellow.
what the matter was. Said he, Tommy ia
crying because won't play marbles with him ~
"And why do refuse to play with him, nv
little fellow We asked
Because he swears and says bad words, re-
Piled he, running away toward tn, school
house
We turned away satisfied in our own mind
that the future of that little fellow ia destined
to be bright and glorious manhood"
SusPENDKD.-Wc regret to announce
TINS morning the suspension Of the Banking
House Of Tal!man, Powers 4 Mclean. Since
the sudden death Of Mr.. Powers, the surviving
partners have been endeavoring to settle UP
the business, and they have succeeded in satls.
OF their local Indebtedness vii! not reach two
thousand dollars. We regret this failure on
many accounts, and more particularly do We
regret 1t on account Of our friend McLea who
We will say we think is in no wise to blame for
the troubles Of The concern. Mr.. Mclean l. sea
his entire fortune; accumulated by Years of
hard labor and close application to business
lie will have the sympathies Of many warm
friends, and abundant wishes for his future
success.
1t is rather startling 10 look back for four
years and note the changes in the banking bu
.iness of this city. Four years ago the firms
engaged in banking were Cook e. Sargent
Nacklot 4 Corbin, McGregor, Lawes l. Blake.
more. Chubb Bro, Barrow d Co., and one or
two other smaller concerns. Ofthis number
but one remains in business s-Macklot d Corr
bin The others have failed or retired from
business. The banks Of Davenport are now
redcc d to e-Macklot & Corbin. State
Bank OF Iowa and R z C,mpbel suficieu,
to do all the business to be done in this cty for
he next five yaars.
A MATTER OF Public INTEREST,"
Shall the abe-bodied prisoners confined in
our county Jail continue to be pensioners up
on the tax payers, or shall they be compelled
to work ont the expense which they now incur
to the county This is a question VIII ch at
the present time is exciting not little at,en-
teniion, and, really, we think citizens of
davenport and tax payers Of the county gem
orally should take some decisive step in the
matter
1t is well known that in Davenport, as we'll
as all other river towns there are more or less
OF that class known Gs rowdies and lavless
characters who through idleness, bad company
perverse habits, are constantly breaking the |
laws and getting into Jail, and that while
there, be the time longer or shorter, they are
well fed and cared for at the erp.nse Of the |
'ay or county. vi this he people complain and
with just cause. There are ca.es also which |
have come under our knowledge, where able |
bodied persons who had no immediate resonr-
ces and too lazy to work, have committed
some outrage for the express purpose OF get
ting free pass for thirty days or more to The
county Jail; and We have known of those who
have even persisted in staying there after the
OF their term of imprisonn ent. and
being refused, have in less than twenty four
hours perpetrated another act OF villainv for
which they were returned to their old quar-
ters.
Now it strikes us that this thing has been
submitted to about long enough; that the hon
est tax-paying community have suffered this
as long as they should-as long as they can
we'll afford to indeed their forbearance is SO
that there is no virtue in it. In
the course Of a year this bill of EXPENSE
to large figure. II seems to u. tha.
the matter can be rsmede without any great
trouble, and perhaps in no better way than to
have On expression OF public sentiment through
) meeting Of the tax payers and petition the
Legislature to pass an act authorizing the seve-
to require theprisoners (such az are
'ble to work) in their several jsils to perform
sufficient labor on streets, roads, or In anv
place that shall be deemed desirable bv the
county authorities, to a sufficient amount to
pay the full expense Of their keeping, costs of
etc.. all Of which the county or
'ity now pays We do not think there will
De any opposition to such a movement There
need be no permanent work house for the pur.
pose OF carrying out the plan-there is plenty
'f work to be done on the streets, at all times