Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-04-27

went South in hopes of finding more
work and better prices have returned,
satisfied that Iowa is not worse off than
other places. Wheat is selling in Mus
catinc at 0Sdl 90.
the history of the county of Keokuk
is to be written Ivy S. A. James, Esq,
and will be published in the Sigeurney
Democrat.
The Guthrie Centre Courier informs
its rcaders that the county seat Of Guth-
rie county was removed from Psnora TO
Guthrie Centre on Friday of last week.
The Courier says that when the great
iron safe, drawn by seven yoke Of oxen
made its appearance in town a general
shout was raised and general good
time ensued. Judge Harbour made a
speech, in which he congratulated the
people of the Center on their victory
over the Panoras. The Uurier is ju-
bilant, and the people in general rejoice.
THE Courier says that the murder
spoken of in its former issue is hoax.
DESIGNATING THE SABBATH.-The
following preamble and resolution were
passed at meeting held by the citizens
of Pleasant Valley, johnson county, on
the 18th. The resolution was signed by
the leading citizens:
WHEREAS, 1t has become the practice
of certain individuals to desecrate and
violate the Christian Sabbath by sport
ing and shooting, thereby annoying
those who wish to observe and keep the
Sabbath in accordance with the law and
the dictates of their own conscience,
and, feeling it duty which we owe to
our fellow men to try and use such
means as will prove successful in abatlng
the nuisance, therefore,
p Resolued, That we as citizens will try
and enforce the statute law of this
State against all such who may hercaf-
ter be found violating the same.
G. G. TOWNSEND, proprietor of the
Orphans Home of Industry, at Iowa
City, acknowledges the receipt OF
$253.l7, from more than one hundred
contributors.
ANDREW DUFFIS, Of Iowa City, while
hunting had Lis hand shot through by
the accidental discharge OF his gun. A
portion of his hand and fingers were
amputed in consequence.
The concert Of the pupils of the
Blind Asylum was well attended and
the music very good, says the Repub-
licdn.
A SILVER PITCHER was presented to
D. A. Mahoney, Esq, at the Dubuque
Catholic Institute on Monday evening
last, says the Herald. The Institute
was established some few months since,
and prominent among its objects has
been that of learning the young men
the art of legislation. In order to &C
complish this, moot Congress was es'
tablished under the impression that it
was better to allow each to discuss =
question on the side which met their
opinion, than to conduct an ordinary
Debating Club, which, as every one
knows, often obliges one to argue case
contrary to his opinion.
The plan has succeeded admirably.
The members of the Institute have not
only "posted" themselves in parliament
airy usage, but have made gigantic
strides in thinking and debate.
The Guthrie County Courier says
that active preparations are being made
in Guthrie Centre for the erection of
many residences and business houses,
during the ensuing summer.
The Usage Io,can states that one
Martin Russell, settler on the Wapsie,
has been convicted of stealing Is bush
els of wheat in bags and sentenced to
pay fine of $50 and costs amounting
to $50 more. Lacking the money, he
was sent to board in the new Jail.
IT Is stated that a Mr.. Pears and son.
of Toledo, were on hunting excursion
on the 18th inst, when through an &C.
cidental discharge Of their gun, the bows
right hand was so much injured as to
require the amputation of one of his
fingers.
On Wednesday of week before last, a
fire ran throgh the timber, skirting the
Missouri river, directly west of Council
Bluffs. The wind was blowing small
hurricane, at the time, and the flames
swept along at almost lightning speed.
Besides running vast quantities of stand
ing timber, it burnt up a large amount
OF wood, and destroyed some dwelling
houses and out buildings in the vicinity
of Sill Il Bowen's distillcry.
OMINoUs CoISCIDENcE.-Two flag
staffs were erected at East Haddam.
Connecticut, in 1S56-one bv the Re-