Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-04
STATE ITEMS .

IRE township. Dubuque county.
Mrs. G. Ben. Darwin has been lscturing
the Burlingtenians.
The wsrkingmen's Building Society
Of Burlington, effected luans last year to
amount Of s27. 200, furnishing 40 Of lie
members With homsstsads. The Argus
says that the profits on ea4, 900 stock paid
were t,24s.s5. after payiug oil expenses
fer Quilts.
The Glenwood Opinion. from the vast
amount Of work being done On that cad Of
The line regards ii Is "csrtSin the b. 1 n
read will run through trains from Burling-
ION 70 0lsnweod before the leaves Of the
fSrsss shall fall. nippsd BY the frosts d
another autumn"
The Dubuqs Hsrald says It 10 ramersd
that Father Dsnslsn. forussly 81 dis city
Aad nov Of Burlington. 10 to be appsiatsd.
70 the place 1t the sisters, made vacant By
The death II Father Dessghes. We Dc act
kasw the ssthssi,y for this report. but ito
currency has caused great rejoicing among
the many friends Of Father Donslen in that
city, and the Bishop could scarcely make =
better selection.
The Des Moinss Staissman says that
the supreme court. in the case Of II. w.
Hunts rs q. &N. W. X. X. Co., reversed
the decision Of the district court of Clinton
county, one appeal by the defend ants The
case was one to recover damages from the
railroad company Tor injuries sustained by
being brushed of the cars BY cattle chuts.
and run ever, plaintiff being . brakeman
in the employ Of the company. The jury
gave the plaintiff verdict fss 1000 dan
ages o. the ruling Of the cssst below that
the company we're bound t. exercise the
same care In prstsstisg the persons and
lives Of ss1lsyss Of The rcd. - they we're
over the lives md parsons Of passenger.
THE sslisg Of he district court the %.
prsms court svsrrulsd, and the case ;gsSs
back for . rshearing.
The Kssksk papers u Tuesday contain
ths parsisulars Of the NEST brutal murder q
. farmer, named Henry Walters, living fsus
miles from that city. He Was riding about
bic plsss On hssssbsck, on Sunday. lssk.
ing Ter ssAs bailding stsns. accom- panied
BY an adopted son named WIN. Flamn,
Who says that NJ. Walters was shet, and
that Afterwards four men came to the spet
and beat him terribly. The young man
says further. that the horse he (Fiamm)
WAS riding, took fright when the shot was
fired, ran with and threw him. Aud that
on getting up he saw tho four men spoken
Of. end hastsnsd on feot to give the alarm.
The Constitution adds this:
up S.-Ws learn that Sheriff Bishop
and Marshal Brown arrested William
Fiamm, the young man who was With
Walters at the time Of the murder, and
brought him to the city and lodged him in
the calabeoss. Circumstances point very
strongly 70 him as being tho perpstrator Of
this bloody murder."
The body Of Mr.. Walters vas terribly
boston. HE skull wss broken in sever.
places, and bloody club and stone lying
near by showed that they had been used
for this purpose. A pistol or rifle ball was
fousd lodged in his back A man named
Kelley was also arrested on suspicion. Mr..
Walters was quiet, psacsabls man, and
much respected by his neignbsrs.
y urlsdlcslen Sc Ceansy and CIR.
cvts judges.
Judge jaeger, Of Lee county has received
the following letter from Celsnsl Ed Wright,
Secretary Of State. concerning tho jurisdic.
ton Of County Judges and the Circuit
Court. over insane persons
OrriCE OF SEo'r OF SrArs,l
Dss MoINEs. Dec. %. 1868.
Hon. Eimssd Ja1sr, County Judge, Lee
Csuafy-Dsar Sir. In reply to yours Of
the 18Th inst, would Say that the After
nsy General 10 not new q the Capital, Or
would submit your letter - him for IN
opinion, but will submit the following On
ny eva responsibility Section : Of chap
ter SO. Acts Of the Twelfth General As
sembly, appears 10 give the Circuit Judges
exclusive jnrlsdiction ovor oil matters re
lifting to idiots aud lunatics, 70 the same
extent that County Judges had prior t. the
taking effect Of said chapter so. Chapter
100 of the same session provides that
County Judges shall be er oDicis County
Auditors Of their respective counties sitter
the LIST day of January. 1869. but does no,
abolish the office until the fret Monday Of
January, 1880. Chapter 10, providing
for the care aud management ofinsans per-
sons, gives the County Judges concurrent
slri, dict,on with the County Judges over
all matters relating 20 insane persons.
Here is. at least, an apparent conflict Of
authority; but in constructing statutes the
last act passed nust govern in oil similar
eases to the abevs.
Chapter SO Was approved April 3, 1868,
and teek eject, BY virtss Of sestien Is
thereof, the Rrst Msndsy efJaauasy. 1859
Chapter 100 wee appssvsd April 7th, and
chapter l79 was approved April Oh, cad
tesk effect July Alb, 1853; hence chapter
l79 being the last act passed and the 6rst
70 take effect, must govern 10 this matter.
This view Of the case gives County
Judges concurrent jurisdiction with Cir.
cult Judges ever I'll matters relating . inc
sane psrseas % the same sxtest that County
Judess he'd under the cid law, until the
6rst Mssday Of January, 1870, o. until the
sfics Of County Judge csases 70 exist.
Yeeus, truly,
70 Wni0.f, Sec'y Of State.