Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-16
DAILY DEMOCRAT.



Alter srssd nssrish Of tssmpses On The /,
part Of Governor stone b satisfy he pso>
ole that be was an amazingly homes man.
and proper Governor, aud piliug Up hum
dreds OF dollars against the State; be ap-
oears with his attorney before the District
Court under the compulsory procees Of an
attachment. and when confronted With about
forty witnesses brought from HE own town
and county to impeach his testimony and
falling in an effort to have the cases carried
over 70 another term Of the Court, he pre-.
walls upon the Prosecuting Attorney TO dis
miss three Of the cases.
This is Q very strange proceeding on the
part Of the Governor and The Court. Be
tween Stone, Holmes and Orwig the State
Il minus 6S0.0OO. Stone and Holmes
charge that Or~ig hes II sad THY 20 70
voek and have him indicted for e0Os2sIss
ment and forgery. This case = esos 20
Referee. and stone and Hol0so - utterly
fail 10 make out cas- againct him that
thew coma into eolst aAd ssk 70 have the
cases dismissed. This u . vUtual admis-
sion that Orwig 10 not guilty. Who shes
hes rot tbs oS6 600, Lett Stone = Hol0ss
or bothl The people are 81, 900 poorer.
and somebody he's got the msnsy. Who 10
IT. :.
But, Why dismiss this procssdings II
there was ground for finding thsee tndics-
ments, Why is there not geound fee prose-
cutting this felony 10 judicial determination 7
Was Il necessary 10 hush the matter up foe
fear the Nadical party would b peejudiceo
BY an investigation Such is the natural
inference. This W presume 10 ~ neat %
the people will ever get 70 the absent $685.
OOC
Can such official corruption 60 unPunien<
Cd. and will the people seek no redressi-
Des Moinss Ststssmon.
PATENTS. appears from the report OF
the Commissioner Of Pate01D for the year
1866 that the number Of applications vas
1929 patents issued, including reissues
aud designs, $3.50; caveats fled, 2,723; ap.
plication for extension Of patents, 81 pat
ents extended, IS patents expired. .o4z.
or the. patents granted, there were to citi>
Great Britain, 1877 subjects Of the French
Empire, AZ; subjects Of other foreign gov
ernments, Go. The receipts were, on ap
plications for patents, reissues, ETC., 469, 79e
dollars; for copies and recording assign
nents. etc $34, S67 Total amount, SASS.
6e5 dollars. Amount 70 the credit Of tn,
Fund, January 1866. was $3.50, 1874; receipt,
during the year *495, 665; totsl $685.. $50
from which deducting amount Of expendit'
ures, viz 36l .724; and there h left to tn,
credit Of the Patent Fund. January l, 1867
e264, 1926; surplus Of receipts over sxpend
lures during the year 10 el39,941.
A ysung lady. nembse Of family vhici
although not wealthy WAS comfortably Of
in this worlds goods was to DO married
Handsomely engraved cards were sent ou
, to relatives and friends. but about tw'
!! weeks before the wedding il was found thu
there were not cards enough to 60 round.
: Instead Of having more struck %, th
!. young lady called on some Of her ssighbt n
and asked them 10 return the cards sh
had sent them "a she wished to send then
TO others. Cap that
At . late meeting Of the recently appoint
Cd Board Of Trustees Of the Illinois Indus
trial University. it Was voted that the Me
cbaniSal or Poly tschnic department Of III
institution shall be located at Chicago. Tn
Agricultural department was. BY the act Q
the Legislature, located ct Champaign.
Tns London Engineer does not think th
Atlantic cables will b sesvieeabls muc
longer. 1t says: "Ilsw long the Allan
tic cables will last before 40 accident occur
is matter Of some speculaaieo. We sha
be astonished il two years pass without u
interruption.
Colonel W. Hyde Clark Of Dubuque. he
been voted the rsuk ef "Brevst Brigade
GeneralU. 8. w." BY the U. s. Senat,