Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-07
DAVENPORT, IOWA. wEDNHsDAr. FEBRUARY i 1850

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Coal yALlsy CoAl.-Ws usdsrsaaui TIA,
. new rule has been established. q the Coz,
Valley Mines, under uhich, miners, vh>
send out slate. slack, Or sulphur. ere die
charged instead Of merely havipg ths weight
Of their coal dock.d d, - heretofore. The en-.
toscsment Of this sals has, - wslsasa, vsy
ns erially Improved the quality. Of ths coal,
and the cartnsn. ip ~ city, who deliver u
to customers, having been instructed to
leave al such impurities in u car The
quality Of Coal vall,y coal h now eqtal to
the very best ceal brought to this m4ket
Merely docking the miners for sending out
slate, &C., and then selling Il il the msket.
a. coal. Vas very unsasisfactory to The con-
sumers, a. ~ have bad occasion, sonethes,
know; and We are happy to learn that this
new rule, hencsforth, will be strictly len
forced and that the old rule, that each
customer must take his share Of slate, slack.
&C." has been abandoned.
PoRx PAcxrxo.-Ths pork trade in this
city has not even made the least approach
to importance during the past season, from
the fact that in the fall, majority orthe
farmers of Scott county adopted the short
sighted policy Of selling their corn ri
trifle, and of shipping their stock to osher
Sta es for fattening. Considerable pacing
has boen going on in Rock Island. whisber
large portion Of the pork brought to bis
market has been sent. In MuscAtine. .sosc
firms have been going into the business
quite exte nsively.
In speaking on this subject, the Dee
Holmes Register says:
IL no par! of the State is rs much pork.
packing beng done this winter as at the
same season for several years past Some
cities which have heretofore counted th6r
business in this line by the scores Of thols.
an s, will this year have to content then
will, we are info' med, put up not more
than one fifth rs much as last year.
Among those in the business here, whose
operations are not disturbed by the Hucta-
a,ions elsewhere, is the firm Of J. Tuttle 4
Son. These gentlemen are packing for the
home trade. and have put up some l,5DO
head Of hogs. Of lard, they hive prepared
some 200 tierces. They have also in their
establishment, 100 barrels Of picked pork,
and will have put up some / 800 sugar cur.
ed hams, before the present season closes.
STATE INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION o.
Tng BLiSD.-wc acknowledge the receipt
OF the Sixth Biennial Report Of this inst,
tuition, for the year 1866. Its contents are
very interesting. The whole number en-
rolled for that year, was 83, greater nun
b,r than was ever before provided for. "
these 53 remain, Of whom l8 are new pu-
pills. There arc six teachers in toe estah
llshment, beside the Principal. Two for
the branches usually taught in academies
departments. The government is kind and
decided; the discipline aims at proper
restraint, and the formation Of good char.
actcr. The course of instruction embraces
the study Of music, the reading OF Raised
Print, and the branches usually taught in
the common school system Of the State. in
Guiding Algebra, Geometry, Intellectual
and moral Philosophy, Chemistry, Natural
z .ilosopy, and the theory Of Surveying
The number OF blind persons in the State, is
800. Of these, however, large part are
too old to attend school; larger part too
Young, third class to sckly AMI feeble, and
a few have been educated in the older States.
After aproper deduction, the number sui,a
ble by age, health, and capacity, for educa
ton, is, therefore, about 100. The total ex-
penses from Sept. lst, 1864, to December
LIST, 1865, amounted to 81, $40 SO. No
pupils from Scott county are now in this |
institution, which is merely for educational
purposes. Applications must be addressed
to Reed Wilkinson, Principal, Vinton, Ben
ton county, Iowa.
AN INDIANA HAT House IN NEW York
The H0osier State has furnished New York
with some Of its best and most reliable
bank re-. such az Lanier, Stephenson, Hub
bell and others, and in the higher walks Of
mercantile life she is equally honored by
such names as Purdue, Berry, and Wise, Of
Lafayette; Porter, Of Attica and many
oS"SsS ~ ~ SPiSoSutttss oisuVSt every tOWu UUu
city Of the State. Nearly every branch Of
trade has its representatives. r. J. Con-
ner 4 Co., have supplied desideratum in
the inauguration Of an Indiana hat house,
devoted exclusively TO this important
branch Of trade, and in capital, energy, e.
terprisc and all the cle-Aents Of credit and
snccees, worthy of the State and the peer
of any house in New York. Mr.. Conner,
the senior partner is an Indianapolis mer-
chant and his ASSOCIATION with Mr.. Rich
ardson, one Of the oldest and most success
full manufacturers and dealers Of the East
insures to the house complete understand
ing as to the wants Of the trade and the
very best facilities 70. business. They have
organized an experienced corps of assist
ants.-Lotdyette Courier.
Police Court.-Justice Blood wss bus