Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-25

Western Union will soon purchase the route
through to Rock Island. This will snv.
much re-shipping. The prospects Of the place
arc very aattering. Its business compared
favorAbly with that Of any up-river place o
its size. It has few live business mer
who fully understand it's wants and capabil
tiles. and will lot see its interests suffer-
We wish tho people and the place every
success in building up a city and paying
home business.
HoxoRABLY DIscnARGsD.-A few month.
40 ono Oscar Schenck Was arrested here
for stealing horse and buggy Of Bard 4
Zimmerman. After he had been examined
and held to bail, and 70, want Of bail sent tt
jail, he thought Of a method Of escaping th'
penalty Of his crime, by duplicating othel
parties anu preserving himself to be used a
States evidence, with the hope Of purchas
ing his release At the expense Of others
Accordingly on being assured that he woult
be more favorably dealt with if he made tn.
disclosures, be filed an information against
Merrill Higbee and Edward Barber. to whom
be had sold the team in Canton. H., charg,
ing that they employed him to steal thu
property and shared in the profits. A req
uistiou vas procured for Barber and Hg
bee, and after some delay they were brought
T. Davenport, arriving here on Monday las'
for trial on the charge. In the meantim'
Oscar Schanck had procured tsil and lcf
for parts unknown The trial Of Higte,
and Barber took place kefore c. G. Blood
on Wednesday and Thursday. This morn
ing they were honorably discharged. They
proved on the trial that they bought tn,
property Of Oscar Schenck, and kept the
sane openly, without concealment :
and large number Of the most intiuentia
and respectable citizens Of Canton, as wit
nesses showed the character OF the defend,
ants to have alwav been above suspicion o.
reproach. II become evident that Oscal
Schenck had falsely accused these men tc
screen his own worthless carcass from tn,
penalty Of his crime, for an affidavit of hi
was produced At the trial, made by Schsncl
after his release on bail, stating that hi
afidavit on which Higbee and Barber had
been arrested, was false in every particu-
lar.
Messrs. Higbee and Barber, after full
protracted and thorough examination, hav,
the satisfaction Of knowing that, thougl
subjected to much Inconvenience and cx
psnse, they stand vindicated from oil sus'
picion Of their guilt in tho charge made.
ScnooLs.-There 10 peculiar part schools
take IN American education. They, q,
doubt. leave distinctive marks upon popu-
lar life, yet the connection between th,
school room and this life, % seen 10 arg,
eitiee, is by no means such as it should bs
To correct this evil al Of the largest cite,
have established other institutions. In 1e6,
Chicago found that the number Of dissoluts
and vagrant boys il her midst was becom.
idg large, and that many Of them wsss
prominent candidates for iails and penitsn
tiariss. Something must be done to miti'
gate the evil. A reform school Was sug
gested. The city had no legislative author
ty to establish one, but the necessity VA
90 pressing that the city assumed tn,
responsibility without legal warrant
and il was accordingiy done in October o.
that year, and placed under the superin
tsndencc Of Rev. D. B. Nicksle. Ia 1859
Geo. W. Perkins was elected to the posi-
ton, and he hes held il ever since, viii
much credit to himself aud the institution
This school is not, - many suppose, I
prison, but on the contrary, is refuge and
. homo for the education, reformation, and
employment Of children, destitute Of parent
d care, growing up in Ignorance, idlenes'
and vice. Somstimes, after being discharg
ed, they come back in preference to return
ing to life Of vice towards which childres
set isoss upon the great - Of city life seen
70 gravitate. Before boy gets into shi,
school he usually hes . hasd nams.-
A certificate er ticket Of leave from tn,
school ssstsres him again 70 confidence
having worked it out himself, under I'll,
workings Of the sehool system, and what il
more he gess into ths world self lfrsspectsd
proud q hss asw name, veil dressed, an(
With god trade end the Recommendation
Of sapsrintedsat end teachers. Such ar
ths objscts that Tie scheol q Chicago 20
eooplishes. We wsgU informed py Mr. Per
kins that Ia ssoe oasee L dess, even NOR,
than This. The qusstios prsseats itself =
svery city Of importance, whether OF NO
there % necessity fee similar work within
its limits.
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