Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-25
DAVENPORT, IOWA, MONDAY, JULY IS, 1864.

IOWA MONDAY
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HE Honor, the Msy0s, los bsing pre,ens,
Aid. No- ~ss el~c.sd Cas,rssan. ard calle
~ Council 70 order
4 desmen psessns-Andfeeseo, Claaseon,
J.'eobort, H,rsch', nornby. Jones. no
aAsthss, Park, Rouge.
rbs following cali for this meeting was
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70 the Clerk and aemb~s of ~ CITY Council
Of shs Cayct DassnSo't:
Yvu are h~4eby 70 ined that there Will b,
. meeting VI ,he Guy Council Of the city VI
Usseapors. st he Coaaci, Chamber ,his eve.
a,ce. July o., 1884, at s o'clock, fos the
u'pose Of e'scI,ng Asysr pro I'm.
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Davenport, Joy 22i 1854.
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cer served Gu ne ~ W.u. P.yl, Marsha
oe 22d day Vi July, 1864.
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On mo,ion the Council tO1k r.crss VI teu
uinutes.
After the CouIoil sss again called - orde,
r. City AsOrnsy real aud e1plainsd Ih
0n,ract bet seen the ci.y ard she 0As com
'siy.
W motion Of Aid. Parks the Connect pro-
..ded 10 .h- cleo lou Ut MayU pro- fsm.
Tue Cuutc noI sgrrein. ou sAsd erection,
jparned " meet 90 Wsdcesd,y next, "
clock z. NJ, By the folio slns VOC:
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Nsys-Dssenpos., Hirschi H ruby. Park.
AstcsI Chs. KAUFMAN,
Liy C,-ik.
Ep., DEAoosAr.-I am not, never have
cn, and never expect 10 b. q "toady."
n admire merit in man, without deifying
he man himself hul such is not the uni
ersal rule \. S. kissell. By $, stem,z, 4
aan. has got himself so be puffvd, that he
-gan to think hls death, resignation or
,sence would be an irreperaahle loss, for
.hch the country would suffer and mourn,
I'D school, and school systems, collapse.
;reat men kdoe died and retired from office
! this country, without any apparent sho;
damage TO our political or social systems.
hey and their frienis might have thought
hcrwise but the fact was nevertheless
Mr.. Eisscli may be an exception to this
dle. The Davenport City School Board
.appily do not think so. lie was getting
,lary, Of $1,000 per year; - for earh
.orking day. He thought he could get his
larry raised to Sl5G0. To do that an out
de pressure must be brought to bear. 80
N May 2l 1864, Mr.. Kissel ;.sucs his cir
liar, to teachers aed educators throughout |
,c State calling convention to meet Ut
'av npert, and the delegates to report to
lin at the High School The convcntion
'eets. They are provided by Mr. Ki>sel |
nth gratuitous board. They acknowledge
= conrtesey by praising him and his sys-
N lin the convention, al Of which :sle
'hool Board are to take notice Of. IN fixing
l., salary. The Board are asked to raise
is salary to $1,000 They refuse lie writes
lem letter telling them be has superior
,ducemcnts elsewhere and resg"s. board
lkcs him at his word and accepts his res
,naton. lie is disappointed-did not wish
:. be taken ut his word. He nr his friends
,ot up a petition to have him retained at
$1,000 salary, Some citizen counter pcti
on Petitions are both received bv the
;oard, and courtcously ordered to be filed !!
his is all that SO displcaSeS the Gortte.
Some persons have thought aud stiN
ink that in Mr.. Kisscl Davenport has
irawn very large and expensive elephant
hat our schnol taxcsarc increased at y fear
ul rate to aid him in doubtful experimental
'eth,ds Of tea hing, and so forth. Some
mink that when he issued a circular to all
he schools Of the State without any author
" from the School Board, inviting them to
Ind pupils to our grammar and high schools
free IF charge, he was not only usurping
uthority, but Increasing our taxes to eiu-
ate pupils Of the whole State. On May 21, |
.s64. Mr. kis>,ll issued CIRCULAR. praising
he Davenport Training School. and inviting
ne several school districts to send at least
,',e pupil tn our Training School. himself
king the tuition at $20 per annu.n, sand
his circular alsoa Ids '.pe sons dcSi-nls Of
.nr>uing studies usually taught in Gram
'ar or High Schools previous 10 entering
n" Training School. can prosecute such
studies in the Davenport Grammar Schools
,r High School, free Of charge" This cir
MAR is signed by "A. J. Kissell. Princi-
pal" Who authorized him to invite pupils
f other counties to enter our schools free
f chargey
Such are a .feu Of the reasons why large
majority Of our citizens think that in the
resi- sns lion Of Mr.. klsscll our $, hool Bard
nas been relieved VI very serious duty.
X.
SHOOTING ArFRAY.-About 10 O'Clock
sunday NOR ing four soldiers went into
Bal!ord's Drug Store, one Of whom was
drunk While there the drunH en- man
commenced pounding upon the scales
which sat upon the counter, whereupon
Mr.. Ra.lor1 told him to dcsist, as he was
doing them much injury, to which the