Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-17

Fest our midst Ii our present police force
is not sufficient to sGsctually qusll these
night maranders, our citissns sho hould take
the matter into their swn hsnds, and. BY
that asist working Of that peculiar inshtu-
ton, known ~ vigilAnt committee, make
The ciiusts Of this placs extrsosly us-
healthy for the zsAlous Disciples Of Jack
The question is simply this
shall the thieves run the town or the law
abiding citizens thereof, and is there really
no profession Of propssty from the visits Of
thsss ligh. nGsed gentlemen. Daily -
arc called upon 70 chronicle dsprsdatisns
committed upon the people Of thb city,
wherein valuablss are stolen, from The
very sleeping apsrtmcnts, and yet the
perpetrators ei the crime are ct large add
no proper effort is made for their arrest or
detection. We say again that these in
tolerabls pests shsuld be got rid Of and that
speedily and in some sure way.
Last night they were about and paid
visits to several places. At the Burtis
House and two roems on the lower Hosr
vsrs entered, but nothing taken. Then
thew went to another room and on coming
out Of that they were going up stairs
when the night watchman broke for thsm
and they best . hsssy retreat, getting
shot nrsa aisss them fer reminder.
The house occupied BY Nr. Leo
mas on the corner sf Fourth and
Rock Island street was entered
about o'clock The osshisg, but
found Mr.. l.. waiting h. then snd moi
wishing to make lie acquaintance under
shs peculiar oifsuassaAess left very ssd.
denly. There 10 . vsry healthy dsss d
instant death" ready fss them whsnsve,
they feel inclined 70 take Il, end il will b
administsred regardless sf sonse4asncss
should they conc around these premises
again.
The house Of NJ. Sanders Immediately
in the rear Of Mr.. Lsmas' plses on Roel
Island street, vas also visited, but The fan.
| lily being % he watch, the thieves quiskly
dscampsd, getting 10 boety.
Until these gsnusmanly snsaks can b
made 70 understand that they ~sst ct eu'
Of this tsvn in very shsst ssdss. ws shAl
expect t. keep on in the chroniolisg theft
doings, but W sincerely hsps their Jsigr
10 alnost at an end In this city.
The house Of Mr.. Weller, on Second st.
between Perry aud Rock Island, vas gon'
through, it is supposed. BY the sam'
crowd. The family live in the second stssy
A shed is attached to the main bulldog, and
on this the thieves placsd plank ant
"shinnsd" it up to the sleeping apartments
We understand nothing Of value wal
missed to day.
WnERs THr JoKs Conss Ix.--Our limo
cent and altogether toe unsuspscting Re
publican nsighbors Fin Muscatins county
are in great danger Of being clean wiped
out forever Tomorrow q Wilton. TIL,
RAIDS. Of Scott county, whs killed OF Jak,
Butler in The Dewitt Convention, drunl
upon the taste Of his blood, are going fol
their Muscstins brethren again, "ful
chisel," in the circuit cenvsation. Th,
call for this convention. made in due fern
and duly publ,shsd. sets forth that the rep
rssentation Of each county in the convsn
tioa shall be based upon that adopted b!
the State convention" gives ascot
county ten delegates and Muscatins count,
eleven dslsgates." This was the rspressn
tation Of the respective eountiss.at the Rs
publican State convention. But Scot
county RAIDS. have determined not to b
trammelled by that arrangement any more
II il true, as they aver, that ten delegate
are all that they are. entitled to under th
ratio Of last fall's election. but then if the
hadn't got licked in that election they claim
and very truly, too, they would have ha
moro votes, hence they have made up ds
egation Of ton for what they did do, and
delegation Of one half - many more, f.
what they didn't do, and adding the ~
together turn out for the w ilton conventio
Of tomorrow . dslegstion Of fifteen AGAIN.
the Muscatins delegation Of sleven-an
there's where the joke comes in.
The following are the delegates:
Hubbsll, X. Lowry, l. n. Clifford, II. G. raroef. Q.
1ls, ". A. kemiog ogton. Ou RenA Stearno, Dr.. :.
Emes. Otto smith, ". O. Peck. ". n. Murray,
d. snyder and Z. y. Aeklcy. 10.
Musc cAr,xs Csurrv.-J. Carskaddsa, ,Jscob Dutls
D. c. Cloud: R. =; Durnett, Samuel HcNstt. 1.
lngersoll, VIM. B. Keller, 8. L. Wade. L. II. Was
barn. Wm. u. Stewart and VIM Fults.
OF course Muscatins will submit to tn
pious lsgsrdsmais Of thslScott county red
Auscatius rsds have, selected candida
for the judicial Office, and honestly havin
. majority Of one in The convention, ws
green enough to. suppose that the See
county rads would act honestly in the ,ns
ter. and let then nooinSts hin, particular
% he laltse he'd wantoniy slain Jaes
Butler in the Dewitt ceavsoties.
Thsss viii - = hre,hsrly eemnunion
wiltsssts-mssrow. Ofccurss there will
no quarrel ever 4. TAsss lsyli RAIDS 10,
each other too insenasly 10 quarrel vi,
each other. They wesld rot wrong q
another. Scott county rads particular,
scorp 70 take nythine bsyend their rsacl
} aa1 they will mot eomoeuce doine -
Wilton. tomorrow.
Conossning The osgas
sstion Of the "Whits Boys in Blus," Il
Gazette makes the following centsmpsib
illusions to one Of our brave soldiers:
''Ar. Peter Ksrker, (ths soldier !! Sscor
Lieutenant.
Altogether, in eur opinisn, the msstis
Of these soldiers Vas farcial in the sxtrem
Kerksr, the leading man in the eenesr
throughout the war dealt in ere in the rsa
and 6re water, not in powder at the front
New ws cali upon the Gazette and !
hackers to prodacs . clearer war rscel
than can this young nan whsn it - bass
assails. He went into ths1front where Il
editor Of the l0asstte dared not, ,..go;
fought with the sabre in his hand while Il
editor wss drawing fat government sala'
st home New b 10 tsaduosd in the vile
terms besasse, fsrssssh. b des't train vi
the RAIDS. How that 0asssls oan doss 10
ths soldier