Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-16

lows College.
The o'des, cole e 10 the Stae. establish
ed IN lsis, property and cndow insnt~ 10 the
amount Of 800, 600, exc usivc " the new
building nos z iug up, which will cost I
A.. 900. Hon. : Winston, Of Msssachu>
ret s Who Ids given &iu.uou. pie Ires az
otl,rv $4,000 The col has. besides the
qua, Ia, ul,y. . president and Tour profess
so,s--a principal Of Preparatory Depa-i>
mem. princi,rl " Ladies Department, and
lady assistant, all from The east. Snd sr.'ros
III ru a,,,l,v and crtarc. A,"nt 30 81"
d,u,., M ~ rss~r of 30 last year WI 80 ~
10 3 - vi e., tho ncs hrihins - tone u
,.ll-maiu,a,.s ~ ,,.-,,nin, ~ the >t''s
~ .nis. tla .r-sh inssin tion, -, mnu,a
..,.sa .e.s ul,x op~e. mad ior S..rruiriins
inlu ar,, ,posai aal frii s,uu., n e..rnp,.d
IN the North vest lows has never yet eo>
most favorabIy known college. the only one
that has an ea.tcrn reputation butindivid>
usls are doing handsomely for the building,
for which President Msgoun is obtaining
funds. Seth Richards, Esq, Of Bentons-
port, and Hon. Jacob Butler, Of Nuscatine.
have given 81 900 each, aud to this roll OF
honor must nov b added the names Of Col.
Samuel Merritt and his brother, Jeremiah
II. Merrill. Of McGregor. Northern Iowa,
vi ! make an HONORABLE appearances on the
record OF this State effort for the higher ed.
ucation. Heretofore the little village o.
GrinnelI has led IN local subscriptions TAR
beyond any other, $1,000. being over ~
each fer every man. woman and chid IN the
communi,y. The brothers Merrill, have
placed McGregor next.
strange history "T~ vesse1.
The schoo.sr Garry Owen recently lost
q. Lake Erie, with all on board, has q
arrange history, full OF casualties. This
sketch &c Ind in an exchange: She VAS
built first rs 4 barge, about twelve years
ago, being employed between Kingston and
Montreal. until she sank in one Of the s.,
Lawrence rapids. with portion Of her crew
OF French Canadians. She was afterwards
. raised and towed to Kingston. where she
was rebuilt as propeller and named the
''Inkcrman." After running for couple o!
years she blew up In Toronto harbor, caus.
ing the death Of several Of her crow. She
again changed hands, and her nov owner
cut her down and constructed her % bark,
calling her the Tornado" Not long after
she WAS driven ashore At -Four Nile Point. nj
the lake entrance to King,on hatbor. d1ring
| Z violent gale, and oil nef crew were either
drowned in the cabin OF frozen to DEATH
| The vessel was soon after towed on and re.
paired, being registered as the STARK
Subsequently she was named Garry
Osen," and has now ended her Ill-fstcd ca
reer by finding . watery grave for her crew
IN the deep waters Of Like Erie, with only
her old timbcrs for their coffin. y Commer>
eiai
A Texan Judge concluded . sentence fol
murder IS follows,
The fact 10, Jones, that tho Court did
not intend to order you to be executed bsa
fore next spring. but the weather 10 very
cold, and our jail, unfortunately is in Z
very bad condition much OF the glass in
the vii dows is broken, the chimneys are in
such dilapidated condition that no IRE can
lie made to render you comfortable; besides
owing TO the great number Of prisoners. no.
more than one blanket can be allowed Il
each; 10 sleep sound and comfortable, thcre
fore, Is out of the question. In consider
alton Of these crcums ances. and wishing ia
lesson your sutlcrings, AS much o. possible
The Court in the exercises Of its humane
compassion, hereby orders you 10 be exc
cutcd tomorrow morning rs soon after
breakfast ~ may .be convenient To the
Sheriff and agreeable to you.
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The Peoria Democrat SAYS "rhere vas q
sight in our streets On Sunday not often
seen, four generations walking together. An
old lady walked out with her oldest so,
and her youngest son; her eldest grand child
and her eldest great grand child ard he,
youngest great grand child. Her own nge il
81, aud the Youngest Of the family is abon,
five. Tho old lady is Mrs. Mary Carr, oi
/ Emwood. mother OF j. ). Carr. Of thi.
cty, and grandmother of Col and Cap
Baker She is hale and smart vet. aud came
alone TO the cars st Elmwood, got in and
,nansgcd her own affairs through the trip
walked from tie cars TO the house of he
grand son. distance OF about mile.
EDUCATION IN Nlw loRS.-Thc amount
Of money ppioptiatcd in this State 70 pub.
lie schools, during the year past, vas e.
3.s. $50 Four and a half millions OF dol
lars were paid TO 1904 teachers. OF 93l, :
200 children in the State, between and | I
years. $4,000. or nearly % per cent, at.
tended the schools-soms portion, hoxever,
being outside these ages. The average ats
tendance daily was over 40 per cent-thc
larges, ever reported. II il proposed and
expected to create In the Legislature this
winter n Meirotp tin Board of instruction
for the city OF New YORK, to replace TIE ie-
noran', corrupt and disgraceful body into
which vur elective comm ssicn has degener>
a,ci
lun STEAMER or THE New lonx AssrN>
MY. Mr l. Pats, who has been chosen
Speaker q. the New York Assembly, ropre
SCENTS the who.c OF Orleans county. lie
is = republican Of the Radical ordc r. as was
evinoed by his acton in the last legislature,
a, Albany correspondent saws he is small
little bit Of a boiv. tr;Ae over five feet
high, but with last az much animation az
nature co.ud we'll afford to interust with so
small cornus. lie j. n lawyer by profess
sion. thirty eight years of age !; he sneaks
Ike steam engine, has q sharp eve, n
prompt way Of doing things. and forms a.
together good specimen Of smart
Yankee. lie was member last year, when
he showed himself possessed of sonsidera>
BILE ability as dchater and . man Of ac>
ton. lie il said to he well vcrsed in the
complications Of parliamentary matters.
TRAveLaS0 SIruAriox.-A young man
from the country, who visited Cleveland,
o., the other day, In search OF employment
was asked BY q man applied to if hs could
ride horseback. and eagerly replied In the
affirmative. Ills prospective patron told
him he had an opening for young man.
. business that necessitated great deal Of
travelling. The applicant declared that he
should like nothing better than 10 travel for
living, aud bargain was soon struck be-
tween the two. But he was somevhat
chagrsred At fading that the business COM
sisted in riding blind and intirm old borse
in circular track. for the laudable purpose
OF grinding tan bark. lle declined the
proposition.
Tnr cArisfcas advocate thus sensibly and
tcrsely speaks Of Ashlcys impeachment re-.
solution: I'VE regret more than We can
express the movement started in the House