Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-22
STATE ITEM =.

buquc county for the years s57-s, and
still due. amounts to the snug little sum
of 1913, 5000.
DIR. Inslcham of Dubuque, says the
Heroid. drew pistol and attempted to
shoot man named Hamlin, on account
# some misundel standing which had
arisen between them III cabinet shop.
The DR.. was prevented from doing MUIR
der by the Intervention Of = third party.
a cali for meeting Of "Citizens Of
Burlington who are in favor of main
tanning public credit and paying maturl-
ty obligations is found in the last num-
Der Of the Xarkeye, and numerously
signed. Reputation has been seriously
talked OF in that place.
1t ha. been decided, says the Gutten-
berg Register, that the citizens OF Gay
ton county are to hold another election
to decide the County seat question:
whether the County seat shall be Gar
nayillo or Elkader Election to be held
first Monday in April.
The Fort Dodge Sentinel Of the l 18th
saws that number of tho citizens OF
Hamilton county, believing themselves
aggrievcd by the action Of the ex-County
Judge, in the rc-letting the Court House
contract, have held an Indignation meet
ing and passed resolutions condemnlng
the action of the Judge III manner, form
and time.
The Bellevue Jackson county, Cour'-
or of the 18th says the County Judge
las appointed ID. +. Spur Deputy Pros
ccuting Attorney, to commence the suits
for interest on the delinquent School
Fund. Some twenty eight cases have
been commenced.
1t is mentioned in the Western Linn
county Aduocdte that log has been
been found, apparently cedar, two feet
in diameter, 81 feet from the surface
of the ground, while men were digging
well in the n. f. corner of Iowa
county on high prairie, two or three
miles from timber, and four miles from
the Iowa river.
WHEAT THIEvEs.-We understand
that, a few days since, two men named
Waidou and Pitts, we're arrested and
committed to jail at De Witt, on charge
Of stealing wheat from the bin of j. X
Barnes, of Bloomfield township. 1t ap-
pears that they have taken nearly 2Od
bushels at various times during the pas,
month, and sold it at Dewitt, pocket
ing the proceeds. They have run 8
short career, and now stand fail
chance of obtaining an appointment il
the penitentiary department Of the State
as a reward of merit. = Clinton Herald
SECULAR, If Enthusiastically s
plain, farmer-like man entered our sane
tum, and made somewhat singular
statement. He said that 8 years sInce
he was on intimate terms with man
whom we will call Blank. At that time
he and Blank were separated, the la,te
coming west. He had heard netting
from Mr.. Blank since, until few nights
since he had through curiosity consulted
a clairvoyant at Iowa Falls, relative t.
his whereabouts. The clairvoyant pro
ceeded to state his history, among 9th
er things that Mr.. Il. had worked in the
Dubuque Herald office, and had beer
discharged for dishonesty and drunken
ness.
He called he said to ascertain wheth
er this portion of the statement is true
1t is fact that Mr.. Blank, whose
name we do not give for obvious reasons
did work in this office and was dis
charged for the very cause given by oul
visitor; nor were we aware that they
we're known outside the Herald office
Possibly the clairvoyaat may have heard
the facts, or possibly may have seer
them in tho interior state. We leave
deductions to others.-DuduQue Her.
aid.
Iowa AND Missouri STATE LINE r
R.-A correspondent of the Keokul
Valley Wig SAYS that road has beer
located over twenty-t five miles west o.
Pennington, past the eastern line of Da
Wis county, and to within nine miles O
Schuyler county, Missouri. 1t is located
indiscriminately north and south Of the
State line, As the nature Of the ground
will admit. Engineers who have exam
med the route, pronounce it a practica
bio one, as a surface grade can be adopt
ed almost the entire distance. A por
ton of that part Of the road now 10
catsd is under contract, the estimated
cost Of which, ready for. the IRON, j.
near $4,000 per mile. Many farmer.
along the ronte have entered into a con
tract to grade the road through Their
farms and take their pay in stock.
The company have adopted the town
ship systematic citizens residing nortl
and south of the State line, in each Con
gressional range of townships, to pre-
pare the road ready for the iron, across
their respective townships-six miles
This system meets the appreciation o
the people along the whole line; ane
they are subscribing to the Stock so lib
orally that there is no mistake about tn,
road being built.