Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-21

Dos'T Liks HrN.-Pap braiaasd, Of the
Iowa City Rspybl,esa, Who dess up The
msraIs and virtues Of that classic city Of
the praisiss. Who could wreath his sslsnn
vissgs With emile. oaly u such Wit %
Nssby's. thas depends open bsd gfsosss.
ssd wssss spslling. Asssa't like ''Aark
Twain" st oil. Pap went - the lecture.
bat being thick scslpsd. coulda's go any
ps,st - the jokes. The others sll laughed
tho large audience laughed, and were
pleased, no, % he. He wanted his AIRY
cents back. and that tse, when Twaia gave
them IN illustsstiss Of bic "vasdal
Abroad" st tie Olistsn House. where hs
stepped. "rhe moralng after the lee
ture, nothing was seen sf him up to nine
o'clock, and the landlord, in his kindness,
went to bic rosn to see II be might not Be
in want Of something, but received storm
Of curses and abuse fer disturbing hin. or
course the landlord rstrsstsd and left him.
After = while . terrible racket vas heard
and unsarthly screams. which friehtsne
The women Of the house. The lssdlerd
rashsd 70 The room, ssd there found .
splendid specimen Of the vsndsl and his
~srks. There. before him, Vas the verit.
able animal, With his skin On at least, but
net much else, and in towering rage. he
had kicked the fastesings frs1 the door,
net DIGGING t. spsa II in ths ssual wsy-
0is: would have been tee nush like: ether
f,lks. He ps1rsd upon the lasdlerd anoth-
o. torrent Of curses. impudsucs and abuse.
He demanded to know whore the bell pull
was. The landlord teld him they we're net
yss up. - they had net yet get the house
fully csoDlstsd. His kicking the doss
sfsa and his lung performance we're bic
substitute for . bell. Al Two e'clssk P.
NJ, be had net dressed. and whether be did
before hs left on The ave o'clock train "
did not learn"
This exhibition didn't suit cid morality
., bit. and hs further says. "rhs I. n.
q. A. were wrsschsdly iopossd upsn By
Mark I ~ain, and 80 Of course were the
audience. He 10 the only enc ssgagsd for
the course whose personal character WAS
unknswn. In great contrast will be b fsl-
lowed By The glorious Howard. the Chris
tian Hero and Soldier, whs gave his swn
right arm to his csustry, aad Was ever
true 70 her cause and the cause Of bic great
Master above"
That's il exactly. such men want some
Rev. Of the wesly persuasion, ssms rast!ng
fanatic.
RESIGNATION o. AAssaAL KAuvrnAn.-
AZ the special meeting Of the City Council
last evening, Marshal Ksu0msn rendered
his resignation. a. follows:
To the kayor ssd Alderman Of tie City .f
Davenport:
GExrLknsx IL hereby tender my rssig>
nation % City Aarshal Of the City Of
Davenport. The c,llsction Of the special
tax induces me 10 take this step. The
collection 10 difisult add may prove
dssgsrous to any one that undertakes -
collect it. Joan KAUFMAN.
The special tax alluded 10 Is 10 pay the
Howard sai LsCents Judgments. and 10
assessed upon the levy Of 1855. The dutis.
Of the eaics are such % 70 make the
collection ofths tax depend upon hin and,
50 mixed up is the matter, that be hss
found II impossible to dc Il. He reported
that about t20O had been collected. and
that to collect the e2.eoe called fer BY the
judgment, II would cost 81 ,ooc sr 81 500.
The difficulty seemed to Be. In many cases.
70 knew whom - collect from. and even
then there 10 difficulty in collecting. The
parties swniny property in 1865 held
rsosipts in full for the taxes OF that
year, aud, consequently, refused 10 pay /;
such kis also the ease with those
who owned The property then and still
owned il, except in ssme cases whore the
tax Is small. Those whs have purchased
the property tinesls65 also rsfused topsy !;
and then again. .ssme sf the lots assessed in
1866 have since been divided up aad seld
. different parties, thus making it dilnsult
sppsrtion The tax.
In the midst Of this mixed up state 81
aEairs Mr. Kaufman hes rendered his rss>
isuation. and no one can blame him fer IL
either. The resignation Vas referred y .
special conmittss.
The meeting last evening wss iss the
purpose Of discussing this tax levy. The
only eenclusien arrived ct was 70 leave The
whsls matter to special committee. cen
sis,ing Of the Mayor. Aid. Claussso, and
Aid. Bryant, with the City Attorney, ;, which
committee we're authorized 70 essfsr with
the Attorneys reprsssntiug the Howard and
LsOeute claims, and see what can bs done