Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-22

It's Location. business.
History, Substantial
growth. Prospects.
business Men,
schools. 4 'hurch-
g. and Trade.
KAHly nlsTuBr.

! itl regard 70 the iisst Ec.tlea,en, e " arb
>s,sn county itssii, very li,tleil known.
b. probably there ia 20 ans living th4t
Sn toll whp was ac,is.ly ttr ,irst resident.
he record. in ths & iart lou.c al wsFa.
S,on extend No farther hack than Tie
par le-.. At dat fine there were but
= families residing ~ the pIescat county
nsits aud these wefe living mosty ia tia
)u,h-eastsrn portion dong no banks Of
. s,reana ~hsCl wstar that section
>mst,rc IA 1874 the county was or.an>
20 ~i,h the nsmo of Sisnghtsr, und-r the
u Territorial government Of W sccnsin.-
hsut tia, time Thos. Baker and Richard
bore -,sked out clsins, butt shantses AMI
Dvci their families nssr uhsrc The city
~ stands; There appears to have bssn
me d'spute. however. ~ to veom the
10 VAS vested IN, both the gcvcrnnsn.
a the ludia,s claiming il. AT all events
xsr and Moore soon found that thu latter
l~sd thsir location a. an intrusion. In
fAli chief Of the Musquswk,e tribe.
apollo. came 10 Bakers cabin with n band
pa'n;ct rassnu;ilns at his heels and tota
N. a. rlssniy IA he could nv si.n.. thu,
be d.I Ioi lmmcd atciy varats i. would
n De many lays hsfoJs The scslps of him
aud fam would Toe usci 10 ietss2so
{, "ieee'nes 81 some ia,lnbsr of AS tribe
ker was q man used 10 frontier life snd
We the rascal, - understand ttst hsw Wa
\. - 10 imliAied by tarezts, aud taAs
sAHn 4 stav where hn wa7. Tho ntSs
~ Tie >sSsccs re.arhtl ia large uumbofs
s.rin ordered ham TO lsavs. OF course
treiWscd, waotcupon thsl immediate Il
Smmenccd 'ca-iog down his holsr-
|no~ing that he y ould DO unable II cope
IA - largo number it seems thai 10
Included, discretion was tho bes,er Iart
valor and loading his tami, intoa wagon
Dawn sv cxsn, he moved over to Moore.
lbin. Fading that Moore had also been
fdsrsd 20 depart. they both took their fam
60 and retained TO the settlements, v hsrs
)ey remained through the winter.
In the spring of 1888 the troubles having
ksn settled in the meantime. they went
Aek to their farms
-hs same season Judge David Irwin or
Hnizsd q court near Ainswerth in the
s,srn par, Of the county. Having no
puss erected 10 the cause Of Justice, he
|tabiishsd his bench At the head oil ra-
Inc. placed his grand jury in smother
below near bv, appointed Thos. Baker,
DO BY the way, was Afterwards Prssideni
/ the Iowa Senate. his clerk and announced
|mself ready fer business. No causes
|ms up for hearing ~ this term
10 1889. the name OF the county having
BEN ehsngsd to Washington, and the Ter
ksry Of lewa having been formed, Judge
Pssph Williams, held . term Of Court in .
Pishboring ravius 70 that occupied by his
fedcsssscr. Asin the previous instance
trials were had. In the fall Of the same
frr another term WAS held in the same
ace. This time two civil suite we're dock.
Fed Field 4 Marks -. Holcomb, and jer-
n.ah Smith ~. Isaac PURGE. These two
Uses we're both settled without trial. The
lms nue one Lester Wallace, . resident of
|ssc3s, in Muscatine county, and thor
pgh dsspsrado wAs tried for pase,ne spuri
be msncy, and was asntsnced 10 three
bare in the psnitsutiary. With the rapidly
fcrsas,ng pcpulatlsn,S Satan appears 10 have
pms alse. and ia the records OF the early
Purt We md one John D. Wood, praying
bs Judge 10 divorce him from Elizabeth,
is ~iis, On the ground tina, the said Ella.
|etb had sloped in COMPANY WITH . CAV
POtacric. married man, Whose name has
pcspsd our memory The wife Of tn.
PIPER Also sued for divorce, which she
ptaiu-d, aud ,ae deserted cosple--apprsci-
fiue the Scrip;ural doctrine that II not
poi Tor rnsn to bs alone married each
fhsr. the most sensible thing that tbs,
\ H. ~,
of ;o,s early court bu, few who figured
It's bar remain. Judgs Williams, = gray
aired old man. after a long life devoted t.
ps service Of his fellow citizens, is now liy-
hg quietly on his farm near Musca,ine.
y the first Grand Jasy, snly on., John w.
zeal, is now alive.
The present town of Washington was 10
hssd IN June, 1889, by rhos. Rtchis. WIN.
|al!illand aud WIN. Chambers, thres com.
nissionsrs appointed By the Legislature TO
lecs locations fer the county capital. The
lrss sac Of lots vas on the 10Th Of August
blowing: Twenty four lots we're disposed
y Ter total amount Of $ol5; nov ens-
Lo't les On tho business streets 10 valued
y $4,000.
frsm this time up 70 ths opening Of ths
hi'read II 1856 the progress Of the town
Pas ssew bat SURF. The country settled up
hpidly, bat beyond = few stores stoeksd
kith staple groceries and dry goods there
kas but little business. Nearly all the
> mcrs took their produce to, and bought
Aeir sup plies at Burlington, on the Mis.is-
Eppi, fifty five miles away. As the only
beans Of transportation to tbs river was By
bagsns there was bu, little demand for pre-.
luce, aud wheat vas dull at thirty cents
Ssr bashsl, aud corn ct ten, sggs found nd
Suysrs At three cents per dozen, and butter
~ old and stOng before > purchaser
Fsuld take 1t at six per pound. "oh, them
kosd old daxs."
With the 6rss train that came into The
1ey, the real progress Of Warrington Gem
heass4. ~ that time the iahabitanti
bunbsesd perhaps 500. l. has steadily