Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-12-08

DsArs o. JUD0s NifcasLL.-lt 10 Wit
feelings Of paisful regret that ws ansosnc
the death Of our highly esteemed fellow eli
izen. the Hos. GiLsssT G. r. MfrcngLl
Who departed this life At his residence. il
thus city on Wednesday evening .
10 O. clock Of apopiexy. b
was apparently we'll and health.
the day previous to bis death. and Was At hi
Office Is usual. On Wednesday morning b.
was suddenly attacked, and despite Of tn
combined efforts Of the best medical skill o
the city bresthed his last, at the hour abov'
stated His funeral took place at ST. An
thony church this morning at half past
o'clock, and was attended BY large con
course Of mournsrs and friends.
The following brief sketch Of our greatly
respected fellow citizen Who has Just bser
called away W find 10 "Dosenpart, Past ana
Present."
JuD0E AlrcaELt Was born December 8
1903, at DsLdridge, jefferson county, Easl
Tennessee. lie wss educated at East Ten.
nssses College, (now "E. Tennessee Uni
versity. jim Knoxville, Tennessee, and ".
. member Of its first graduating class in the
oil Of 1912. His parents having removed
to Lawrs. ce county, Alabams, be proceeded
th,ther after graduating, and commenced
studying Law With Judge A. 2. Hopkins,
~HE M<~b. -. Al.
tics in 1926. lie sprscticed in Alabama until
1894, and spent winter in . tour among
Eastern cities. and in the Spring OF 1886,
came West, after visiting ST. Louis, Chicago,
Galena. aud Dubuque.
Liking this porti Of the country, anc
anticipating the results Of its admirable loca-
ton, he purchased squatter's right-the
tract Of land upon which at present resides.
He erected cabin. (which stood on Fifth
street, just vest Of DeSo,o street, and rs
sided IN it until 1887, or two years, At
that time, what nov constitutes Iowa was
attached to Michigan, aud until Wisconsin
was formed, tn re was neither law nor OH
GERS Of any kind west of the Mississippi.
Fos several years the principal professional
business Of lawyers in the territory was
limited to litigation in regard to claim titles,
or, Squatter's Rights" Judge Mitchell
added to this species of practice, somewhat
in the courts Of Rock Island county, which
we're at that time organized.
In l643 he VAS elected TO the House Of
Rel Ifesentatives Of the Iowa Territorial Leg
islature. He was nominated Is Congress
ional Representative Of the State in lS46,
but was defeated.
He was elected Mayor Of Davenport in
1856, AID in April 1867. Was nominated BY
. meeting Of the Bar, and elected Judge of
the Fourteenth Judicial District composed
Of the counties Of Scott, Clinton, and Jack
son. lie was elected to this Office by .
handsome majority, although the kepubl,-
an party nominated and ran . party and
pposition candidate, and had large ma
ority upon almost every other one of their
ticket. He filled this Office until the fall Of
1857, and then resigned, owing to i'll heal h,
and with design If removing to . warmer
climate.
Judge Mitchell was alwaysa Wing, until
that party dissolved, or became inducted
with Free Soilism, and other Of it's modern
characteristi 9 since then he has acted
with the Democratic patty in full faith in it's
nationality.
As jurist, Judge Mitchell takes high
posi.ion-he is profoundly discriminative-
keen, careful analyst, and one whose de-
ductions are always reliably correct. His
mental rocceses are seemingly slow, but
in reality rapid, for while others would dash
to conclusion (often the wrong one.) with
an imperfect view Of few cortingaous
fact. he traverses the whole ground, omit
ting nothing. however seemingly trivial or
great; and although he may be twice as
long in evolvi & question as another, he
performs ten times the labor, end his con-
clusion is in the same proportion more
worthy Of credence II he has one trait
more prominent than another, it is his thor.
ough comprehensiusness-his ability to in
clude every thing in his examination Of q
subject, and add to this nice instinctive
and cultivated perception Of the character
and weight Of . fact, and one may see why
he rarely goes wrong, or commits errors iu
conclusions.
In regard to his everyday life. that por.
ton Of = mans icing which al are interest.
ed in knowing-we shall say much less tnan
the excellence Of the subject would admit
Wealthy, with cultivated literary taste, and
choice and ample library. he now enjoy,
life IS orl. one surrounded by such circum
St. noes can. Fresh, obstructive, ard engag
ing in his conversation, he takes high
rank - social companion, and IS one who
can be instructive, amusing and brilliant
without effort.
PaoxPr AcrioS. The Clinton Herald o
tn. I'd inst, contains the following card
which speaks highly Of the promptness O
the National Insurance Company, Of thi.
city. Those insured in this company maj
rest assured that their losses will ever bs q.
satisfactorily adjusted:
To oil whom it may concern.
consider It but an act Of justice to stat,
that had my horse insured in the Ma
tional Insurance Company" Of Davenport
Iowa. on the l4th day Of November, 1865
On the 18th of the same month the horse
died. On the goth informed Mr. Gibson,
agent Of the Company, 1t Clinton, lows
that the horse was dead, and on the Gath
day OF November Was paid BY the Secre-
tary Of the Company, $i5O-that being
the full amount for which my horse vas in
sured. As have been paid promptly and
honorably BY the Company. cheerfully
recommend this Company to all others who
desire their property insured. What "
want is to be insured in = Company that
pays its losses-I 1avc found the National
70 b such.
Isaac JoNss.
November 26, 1865.
Owners Of stock should embrace tho ear
liess opportunity to secure Themselves
against loss ~ Mr. Jones did. Insure
your horses and cattle in the Davenport
National.
You've SETTLKRs' MEETING. Pursuan,
to adjournment the Young Settlers held
their annual meeting at the Office of John L.
CONN, Tuesday evening Dec. 5, for the elec.
tiOn Of omcers. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: