Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-27

The annual msetiu the Trustees Of tho
Iowa Agricultural bee, began at Dcs
Monies 81 Monday 2 ith, and closed On
"Wednesday.
Reports we're reed from ,hs Building /
Committee. the la, lAgent, Treasurer,
Supssiatendcnt aud rs,ary, Committee
on Organ zitian. sn& csident pro lem.
Fsom these report appears that every /
dtper msnt Of tho e.e is IN dounsa
ing condition. Tho Lie building Is now |
orn9le.td. is heated AID ventilated with (
the Rattan System, = lighted with gas
manufactured On th( puDd, and supplied
with water BY q windG which forces it cp I
into the fourth story. ON which it is dis. I
tributed to all parts be building. Tie I
large farm has been managed By Hon. |
H. n. Them pson. SUI btendsn,. ard many |
very valuable addition made to the blo03sd |
stock, teams, farm inn @ent~, &c.
The Trustees have listed about 81 ) 300 |
Of The surplus intsfe in College Script, |
and with it entered ,0l3 acres Of land,
thus materially incss be their permanent
endowment. or the Ghds granted by Con.
gress GOA 900 acrss1H but $4,000 acres
have been leased. ing an income Of
about $33, 200 ANN About 81. 900
have been expended FINISHING the build
ing with such srtiaSsef we're necessary, 10
be used in putting H in complete order Tor
the accomm eda,iou ef professors, stud
ents, and boarding ar,meut. 1000
were appropriated the purchase OF
c CYNICAL and msthe e6cal apparatus and
library, TO be expet n under direction Il |
tie President. do hsfier's fine coisc>
ton Of natural hist Of The State, which |
attracted so much sntion nt tho State |
Far two years ago, ~ been purchased and |
pla ,ed in the Celleae hbine,. The is by
far the largest.aad p complete collection
Of birds. reptiles, ooNSa and inse cts, ever |
gathered in the StaeE and is not surpassed
any whore in the Wesk,
Dr. Fsots, the PepI0 ssr Of Chemistry. |
has brought with hin ths College, . very
large ADD valuable a. Dtion Of Geological |
and Mineral spscimss1 a,hsrsd from every |
part OF the couptryNgT
1t wss dstsrmisdk % pressure . teacher
Of vocal and instrme music, fes the pur-
pose Of accommo dst such students - |
desire to pursue the musical studies, for |
which fee will bs 4 sed to defrsy part
Of the additional sxp> s.-NorM West
Now Far.srs kelnS.d -.
and DehN Know ia
lue Ato'e vvstOW VIZ Isssnuy So(0 vuO
! believing incidsnt BY Opt. MsthswA, the
President of/ths Abba. Knoxville 4 Dee
Moines Rsitfood:
"A well Known citizen eAMarysvills, Who
voted for . tax for the constructien efths
A.. X. 4 D. road bought : few hogs fibm.
= mighbor Who erpased the tax. Pc
brought ths hogs to Albit and sold II sm
80 as to clear handse9t profit. A Jew
days Afterwards the uei ekbors met, and 10
the course of their COMPENSATION the bj yer
"'wh.t do, ,ssxSink. BY this tint Of
voting tax to bald the railroad
"'Just what always did. IpevSr did
give anything to build railroad and | new
er will, if can help IT,
care ySh sure you never paid (ny rail
road taxs'
Gwen, | SIN happy to intsy6 jon tia,
you that you are mistaken. YSY6ave paid
a nice little railroad tax. ThSsthses got
If you the other day, droys fo Abba and
sold Arsr paying all expeksc, | Gated
Just slO0 on them. Nov, i The Railroad
had been in running ordsri threueh here
sol gould have gat jus az muh here for
the hoes-s.I got atAlbis SO you see you
nave palu quite as&t Ifoau P.A |
anti ia. sa" the -. =. = - ..pi'sided.'
rnrrsccn. river convcak,en at Minueap.
oils developed a .isSs not Generally known,
that the Mississippi is nasieablt to steam.
Also ,sf'ofeesys Falls, 400 uics further. |
In tie year 36s, a steamboat having been
forced ovsr/ the obstructions at Sank |
Rapids, AMENDED TO Pokegema FALL. Thi.
portion Of the river is nav extensively nav
igatsd " Fats and bsrges. employed in
conveying supplies ID the lumber Ing camps
Of the upper Missiasi pi, and annually
floats many million feet Of logs, while rich
| deposits Of iren ore, at and near the Poke
goma Falls, only await facilities for trans>
portation to supply the Valley OF the Mis-
sissippi with its iron. To the meuth OF
Leach Lake river, and up that stream to
Leach Laksis anothe 100 navigable miles
1t is na,igated by ! steamboat employed in
the service Of yhs government. and 10
throughout the thole extent Of the route,
practicable for skAam navigation v