Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-08

last fall election, yesterday took charge oil
Their respective offices, their bonds hE'ins
been approved. Mr. L. S. lele, who was
required to give bonds in the SUN oi $ioo,-
00o-au increase Of $4,000 over his pre-
decessor-had no trouble in complying. lie
's now in charge Of the TTeasurers oihce,
with Messrs. Richard Smetham and Fred
o. Volmer as assistants, and i can oe re-
lied on that the business Of his office Will
be faithfully attended to.
Gus. Schnitger took his place ~ Shefiu
with becoming good grace. iicis now duly
installed in the little Office "at the head Of
the stairs with Louis Field, well known -
ex-Constable, as deputy. Exshsrih Lyter.
We understand, is for the present TO remain
in the office. II that trio doesn do the
work righ: it will be astonishing. Adolph |
Shutz, who has for some time been acting |
as turnkey at the Jail, remains in ths same
position.
ln the County Judges office Squire Eaga'
has taken the chair. lie is posting up on
his duties. That he will make good OH
Ger no one can doubt. a more honorable
man conld not have been selected TO FIJI the
position. lie will discharge bis duties
faithfully and impartially, to the satisfac-
ton Of everybody.
Mr.. Thos. Murray, the new County Sur
veyor, has filed his bond and qualified, but
As he s not very well, he may not be able
to attend to official duties for lev days.
When himself again, and called upon to
| attend to business. however, he will clearly
demonstrate that be 10 fully capable Of sus
tanning, in an able manner. the trust re-
posed in him by the people who 40 freely
voted for him.
Now that the new officers are all properly
installed, each in his particular Office. We
expect to ses things at the Court House run
smooth and nicely; not that we mean any
dsrespect TO the outgoing Rads-they ur
ques,ionably did the best they knew how
but the men elected by the people, after al,
are ths ones 10 do tho peoples work. Old
political wiss-pullers, who cling 10 office
like the bull dog does to his bone, need .
little rest sometime. The opportunity has
como for them to enjoy il.
Ous PAursa SYsrsn The Boasd OF Su-
pervisors having now fairly got to wsrk, We
trust they will at an early moment take up
our pauper system aud see if some material
| improvements on il cannot be made. For
years this sy stem has been heavy drain
on our county revenue. Somehow OF other,
the expense has Of late increased to the
snug sum Of seventeen thousand dollars q
year. an1 with present prospects it will not
diminish much unless something decisive
is done in she premises. Our county poor
house, instead Of being . source Of benefit,
has been An eye-sore aud . disgrace, better
adapted to the dissc mnation Of vice and dis
ease than TO the furtherance Of the ends OF
humanity, for which it was originally de
signed. Reform there is sadly needed.
And while investigating the matter, the
Bosrd will do itself credit by sitting thor
oughly the many little grains that go to
make up the heap which tells SO heavily on
our county resources. In the disbursement
Of moneys and goods to many who clam
support from tho county, much carelessness
has been charged. That Scott county is
doing well by its poor, tho fact that seven
teen thousand dollars year and poor
house and farm are needed TO sustain them,
10 sufficient evidence. We doubt if there 10
another county in the State that can show
such prodigsity. Tha. the poor mus. be
taSen care Of We readily admit. Every
c9unty has its paurers, and We could not
wcll consider ours the leading one in thu
State if it had no. ite full share But that
% large an amount Of money should be
needed 10 sustain them passes our compre
henslon, and We would gladly see facts and
figures in.estigate thoroughly in order to
find out whether this pauper system could
not be run on more economical basis
We sincerely hope the Board will not ad-
journ without taking definite action in the
matter. Something should be done, aad
The sooner il is done the better.
CUrS GRAIN tIGuRfsG.-The Dubuque
Hsrdld crows Justify over the extensive
grain receipts Of that market during the
| past year-in fact it declares that they
amount to 4, ,2i6,56l busheisl Good deal
Of grain. Where did it come from! No
matter from where, so it really arrived but
will the Herald please just tell US how it got
to Dubuque, for by its own figures VIC find
that there arrived,
by rail and river, 2 ,3c3, 75l bush.
by wagon, n,...-...... 1sl,0S4u -