Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-03

| .r. r Mechanics Bank govs Int
49,, in washington. ia this State, %
| the LIST OF July.
Y'bs Cedar Rspids Times says that Robert
rliis of that region, informs that journal
IN. he lad 80 lambs Killed by wolves lately,
and in broad daylight.
Tn, Mnscitine journal gives an account
OF marriage in that city, Of parties whose
ages arc seventy and eighty respectively
Rather old, Mr.. Cupid
A woman in Winncshiek county commit
ted suicide last week, by precipitatIng hef-
self into well She was deranged on &c.
count of the loss of a son in the war.
| Mr.. Close, who 10 noted for having some
| OF the finest sheep in Lucas county. few
DAYS ago sheared from four Of his fine Ne
rno bucks. 80 pounds OF WOOL an average
| Of 22& pounds 10 each sheep.
Rev. H. W. Thomas OF Ms Pie asant, des
,ivered nm Grafton Al Washington on the
oath ult., ST. JOHNS Day, that 10 spoken OF
AZ an able and brilliant address. Mr.. Thorn.
as 10 one Of the rising young men Of lows
and already occupies IN enviable position In
the church of which he 10 popular prcach'
or.
A reverend gentleman named Townsend
is travelling in the interior Of this State COLI
lecsing money for IN Orphan,' Home 10 shia
State. lie vas recently refused admissior
INTO pulpit At Dss Moines, and is denoonc'
d in that city 40 an impostor. - Gate CITY
A Burlington paper gives an &C ,unt d Z
daring swiDdle peipetrated on Mr.. JOhr
. Martin who sold two car loads Of hogs TO
stranger for 81 .425. TIE purchaser ship.
ped the hogs to Chicago, and Martin, OF
irving to deposit his money in bank, dis
I covered counterfeit 800 note in his pile
o The fact was telegraphed 10 Chicago, an
on the arrival Of the hogs the freight agen
retained possession Of them, and the "littl
game" WAS banked. The swindler has nc
3 been arrested.
!. ScnooL HOUSES IN lowA.-One Of the NJ
a tlceable features Of the present summer
:. Iowa is the number Of public SCHOOL hous
now being built. We should Judge that
g nearly one fourth Of the county seats publ
n school buildings. costing from $4,000
d. 1876 900 each, are now under way. And
\. n large proportion Of district townships a
sub districts, similar improvements ere 2
~ ing on. There seems 10 be general ava
The en,ng in this matter throughout the S.aI
From the notices which NO sec in our
changes Of school houses going up, Of CO
on tracts let and 10 be lot, We are Of opiDi
I'd that there will be more, and Ssnsrslly be
ter, school houses built in Iowa this u
y" than in any previous year since the sett
BY ment Of the State. This 10 very encouss
ng ing. With oil due regard for our academi
DOL .eminaries, and colleges, our public scho'
are, after oil, the onss where the great IN
lority Of the youth Of the State must be
'o4 ucated, and their condition 10 fair ind
80 10 the Intelligence and progress Of the p<
500 pie. No money is better invested than Il
ioi employed in building commodious hOul
fos osr public schools and in psying
Dos most competent teachers for thor sefvi,
properly instructing the rising generate
" Neighborhood should vie with nsighborh0'
og town with town, and city with city in u
efforts to afford the children Of their
.rp spective localities. through tho medium
the common school, ths very hest saci Il
for acquiring . good education. Thus
1919 standard Of intelligence and morals will
n . elevated aod the future happiness and pr
rerity Of ths multiplied thousands who
,.,e to inhsbit our noble State assured.