Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-08-18

| oNLl DIT OF HlNT.-MafSHA u
Means is . bsggsr before the Council for q.
Increase of 5000 dollars per year in his salary
Would 1t not be vastly proper for the
Council, before taking any decisive step, to as
certain whether or not he earns what he il
.lreadv paid We are tree to acknowi ed {.
nat 5000 Is not any too much salary for the
Marshal provided he attends to his dutie,
faithfully. and performs them to the satisfac
ton OF the tax payers. Bat Marshal Means
ioes not do this. He appears 60 ignore the
TACT that the city extends below Harrison q, !,
and very large proportion ofthe votes which
elected him to his present position came from
hat part Of town. Nuisances Of a most sick
eaing and unbesrAble nature are allowed to
xist in the lower part Of the city aud no
ioaxing will induce the Marshal to give them
he least attention. Ga Ripley street, atout
en- steps norlh of Second there is a most au
'nominaoe nuissnse IN the shape Of drain
which being stopped up below has burst
arough, and for months past has caused pc
! iestrians to sicken at the stomach as they
| PASS by, and has rendered the neighborho 4
extremely unhealthy. In tho rear OF Park e
Beck Row ON the same street is an other ter
'bie nuisance which impregnates the air with
| toisonous vapors, causing sickness and q sath
the neighborhood We ementlDn lhe.stwa
| PARTICULAR cases because we kno.o from our own
.ersonal knowledge that Mr.. Means has re.
'sa,edly been requested to see that the dead.
evis were speedily remsded
Auo her thing. 1t was understood that the
log ordnance wac to be rlgiily enforced ty
he Marshal, for a snort tim. us wrre deluded
'ato believing that it would se. We erred
really in believing any thing Of the kind
Not one dog in twenty is muAxled. and the
streets are full OF them day and nigh.
Whose fault is THE. MIR. Means?
And still another The Marshal as Chief
II Police ID supposed to be responsible Tor tn.
r .servation OF som mething akin to good order
IA the city. sunday night a crowd of dead
Al BIT. shoulder hitterr. plug ugle., 'and
dch. s,roed the streets, yelhur,.s ,.sw-ar,n. .gfr.
ng pletols and throwing stones at the wiz
lows aud doors OF peaoeab!e cttix.ns h4uses,
not word said or an arm raised to quiet
he disgracetul disturbance. Does it belong to
,or department, Mr.. Means, to see that these
iuses are corrected IL IT that you can bet
t.r afford TO attend TO the duties OF your Office
IS they should be attended to that on REQUIRE
ne additional two hundred dolars? Ii 90
or the Lords sake let the money be forth
coming. and that, too. right speedily. Any
hing for health. safety and peace. bern the
expense.
Rock ISLAND BoNDs.-The Union
centuries to state that none of tue Rock leland
chocl bonds are held in this city. We have
cen several thousand dollars OF them in thi.
~ With nthree days, and have good reas ~
o believe they are here yet. The interest up.
them had not been pa,d Tor some time, al
nough due.
We have word Of proof. We have let
er before u.s. written by one Of the most in
daential c tlzens Of Rock Island dated April
9th. 1868. in which he says that n school
ponds issue is $4,000: that no arreng.men,
las been made TO settle the past due coupon
onds. that they propose to pay per cent
nstead OF 10. as agreed, and issue new bonds
ha, a few probably $4,000 worth might be
Oh at % cents on a dollar in this city.
10 extenuation Of non-payments he eaya;
When the school bonds were Issued fls6s1
ne taxable property Of in the school district
vas valued at say $4,000 .Oo0 and row /. il
valued at lees than one million. Then We
'ould run our schools eight or nine roou.hs
the year and pay interests With a levy OF
| 2 per cents nou per cent won't do IT,
"e think this sufficiently nnswers the
Unions uutrutls regar0ing the X l. School
'ouds that it publ he'd on saturday
Coon lbEA.-llitherto there has beea
lot a little fault found at our Count, Pairs, be-
;auss spectators at the track have had to buy
ticket every time they wen, into the omphi.
hsatre. lhis has been remsded by the board.
The frs. day the seats will be free. The re-
naming four days tickets will be cold each
lay, aud tho tickets purchased will be good
for the entire day go that spectators can leave
the seats and go ba k at their pleasure each
day without having to renew their tickets
This, we think, will give universal sati,faction.
The officers Of the Society are deter mined to
have matters go coducted as TO give perfect
sstsfac ction all around
JrsT RIGHr.-We notice that the
Dubuque Fsrners Club 10 sbowing up the
I'm peri.ctions 10 the Premium Iiet OF the state
Pair. That 1. right. We have wondered a
great many times Why tho managers Of ths,
institution did not increase their premiums
a NJ m n Z a them nj lsaat resosctahl. RI, -.