The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-11-01
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The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says:
"The ignorance of Eastern people in refer
ence to the West is strikingly illustrated by
the following question, asked us by corr
respondent. Here it Isl
care there any houses more than ono
story high in Council Biuffs?'
1.-The opinion is prevalent in many ...oos
that, on account Of strong wind honsas
more than one story high will NO, .,ana =
the West"
The Cedar Falls Gazette ha. this notice
OF the Orphans ONE at tina, place: eth.
board OF Trustees Of the Iowa Or,h,n.,
home heiT. their annual meeting in this
cry last week, examining the cond;-
ton Of the Home at this place. After
careful examination Of the books and pa
pers, and minute survey Of the appearance
and condition of the occapa nts, they ex.
pressed themselves as highly pl eased and no
changes we're made in the management In
the Davenport Home a change was mode nj,
this meeting, Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce. of Fair,
field, were appointed as Superintendent and
Matron, in place of MIR. Corcorsu and Mrs.
Wittenmyer~ In donations received By the
Home, at this place, the amount has been
$500 and it is now clear of debt. The
Davenport Home has received $1,000.
.. The number Of orphans at this place
now is ,275 aud at Davenport about 500. No
death has occurred u the Home at this place
within year and none are now sick in the
hospital. AT Davenport they have been near
ly rs fortunate ; no deaths have occurred
among the orphans there since April hast.
1t is really remarkable. where so many children
are together. The Board recommended that
an appropriation be made By the Legislature
of $4,000 for tue building Of new Home
at this place, and also, that the amount al~
lowed by the State per each person be raise
from Slo0 TO $i44 year, action will be Ia
ken on this matter by the neat Legislature. y
The Gazette says: sOre Of the mos,
important cases tried at the late term of the
Supreme Court was that of Sherman w. the
Western Stage Company. The emit was
brought to recover damages for the loss 0,
the lives Of the plaintiff . wife and child,
who were drowned BIZ the swapping or up
setting Of ferry skiff when crossing Boone
river, as they were en- route ~ passengers oil
the Western Stage, Company, from Des
Moines TO Fort Dodge. The sad affair oc.
Cured in 1862. The Suit was brought in tn
District Court of Boone county By consent
OF both parties it was taken to Story comfy.
then by defendants change of venue va,
taken to Marshal county, and then again ID
the District Court of Linn county, where a
verdict finding S., 900 damages for the plain.
tiff was rendered
The suit was not brought until 1866.
The plaintiffs claim for the deaths, that thew
purchased tickets of the company, who are
responsible for the acts of their employees,
and that when crossing Boone river the sk,fI
was overloaded With trunks and passengers.
and by inefficient management the boat can
sized and the two ls1ies and child we're
drowned. The defense claim: 1st, that the
action is barred by tie statutes of lim;t..
ton. I'd, that they are not responsible for
the acts OF the ferryman, who was a com mon
carrier, having DO special connection with
the stage company. Sd, Tat the d.m.v.s
awafded we're exhorbitant.
The plaintiffs claim that they are no,
barred by the statutes of limitation; that !.
beng IN action for death that none could he
brought until an administrator had been a.
pointed. The attorneys in the CAS-. ocon.;s
four days with oral argument. and esch Ia
also submitted fifty pages of printed .,.,,.
mont. Meesu. Bosrdman 4 Brown. Of
ehaltovn. Appeared for plaintiff; Ellvood i
.Fianh, Of Dss Noises, for dsfendsnts.''