Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-13


ANiTY NAIL, arrives and cioscs at l2 \ Tuesday
and Fridays.
AEANOsA MAIL, arrives and closes at IL n, Q
Thursdays
The Office will BE- open ON Sunday during Ii
summer from to loan.
THE CITY.
Foa very interesting dog article, Sc
Saturdays Oaastte
A New NAME FOR GERMAN SUNDA
DANCES Home Festivals.
The Gazette says the MantilIa Clul
turned out fifty torches Friday night. A mis-
take. There was just thirty-two.
WATERMELoNs are drug in market
The stock on hand is very large and increasing
every day.
HE Police ano Justices Courts wer
quite busy Saturday. Ia nearly every in
stance a change Of venue was taken before tn
case could be tried.
WE ARE requested to state that th'
committees appointed at the last Breckinridg
and Lane Club, will meet at the Police Magis
trates office this evening at eight o'clock.
BY a notice in another column, it will
be seen that on and after this date all money
due the Russell estate must be paid t.
the State Bank.
WHEAT went down to seventy cents
Saturday morning, owing to the avorabls
news IRON Chicago and the East We shal
expect to see it creeping up again to-day.
A FINE day was Saturday, aud from
the crowded state Of our streets, we should
say that our merchants must have done very
iair business.
TnE ferryman between Buffalo ant
Edgington Settlement say that the number o
teams crossing on his boat bound for Dsven
port are increasing every day. We shall sool
have all the Elgington trade.
JUsrIcE's CoURT. Joe Longinctti wa
brought up Saturday before Justice McKowI
on q charge OF as.aulting a watchman named
Roaim. The case was postponed until this
morning at nine o'clock.
GRAIN BUYERS complain that the
farmers do not allow their grain time to swea
before they thresa it and consequently it is un
safe to buy it. 1t will not do to ship grain un
less it has passed through the sweating stage
for II they do, it is sure to spoil.
MEssRs. EpIToRs In communica.
tion in your paper Of 9th inst, Mrs. Young
says that my good standing and character wer,
not proved satisfactorily. In answer to thie
charge. will only refer those interested t.
Or. Burtis, iu whose employ have been 70,
the past four years, to John Johns, Esq.. or t.
the Mayor who gave me an honorable dis
charge. DANIEL KING.
August llth, 1860.
RUNAwAY.-Yesterday afternoon &
span of hol ses, attached to . lumber Wagon
came tearing down Brady street, and turning
down Second. were soon out Of sight. At las,
accounts they they were still under full head
way.
p. S.-By a despatch dated Muscatine llth
We learn that the above horses and vehicl.
passed that point at $50 NJ.
LArER-Passed Keokuk just after dark.
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The MAINE LAW AND THE JURIsDIc
riox OF Jusrlcs OF THE PEACE E-On Frida,
evening last. two young men named respect
lively Edward Powell and Nelson Brown, wer,
arrested on warrant Issued by II. r. Clause,
Esq, charging them with being found 10
state Of intoxication. On Saturday morning. a
charge of venue was taken to John Johns
Esq., Justice Of the Peace and Police Magic
trate. who heard the case. On the trial very
interesting question arose. touching the juris
diction of the Court. The Council for the de
PENDANTS contended that under the Constitution
Of the State, the Jurisdiction Of a Justice ol
the Peace was expressly limited to the hearing
and determining Of cases in which the penalty
prescribed by law was either . fine not ex
cseding one hundred dollars. or imprisonment
not exceeding thirty days; and that Justice
cannot try auy case wherein fine and impris
onment are both to be imposed. For the of
fence Of being found intoxicated, the statut.
(,he Maine Law imposes the punishment Of q
fire of ten dollars, and imprisonment for thir
ty days.
Justice Johns reserved the point for ccnsid
erstion. and after adv isiog with Judge Dillon
said that he had no doubt whatever but that
he had no Jurisdiction Of tn case, and in that
view Jadg, Dillon fully concurred. 1t Was %
clear case that he saw no two sides to It, but
the Importance Of the question Was such that
positive decision of it should be made bv
the District Court. By the eonse,t of the de.
fendsnt' counsel,s formal judgment was en-.
tered against the defendnuts, order that An
appeal might be taken, With q view to the Ar
gument Of the case in the District Cocrt-
The defendants then gave their own re.o.,;,.
enes II the sam Of Eve dollars, and left tn.
Court room. ~
George Hubbsll appeared for the Stat. and
Pia@sr : Van Hossa were selassl ier tIs a..
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