, 1874-01-17

acrca but hs torn nre no Anh III 1owa on watc thcac
IL sow usitSu a%ens raets rae i an eerted reety
Indirectly, 10 tho Burlington Missouri 1itvcr 1la-
s9 se sss s ssss'fas @ foma ef s ras
on o 2 q INK y lsa % n stSey tso o
completion Of two sections, OF ten mies eacl, from
iho south line Of tho Bato Of Minnesota, sonthcry in
tho direction Of Sioux City," Of TIE Sioux oity st.
August certified to tho construction Of anothcr sec.
tlon and on tlo 4th day Of Fabrrary, 18TH to tho
io md another prior to Sept 10, ls7a On Ito ioth &
October 1879. tho United stacs conveyed to tho state
1v1 acres Oh account Of this roat and on Tue
l7th If juno last 10537470 acres more. A no pro.
yiaon Of Inv has set boc mnde for tho conveyance OF
tho lands Of this grant to tho Company earning tic aarno
tato xxi lbs @ necessary action to faiu he obligations u
elain.cd By ths stcaregor Missouri 1ivor 1ta!lroaa
Issued Jill Of tho Circuit court Of osceola County
restraining from patontng thoae tl1us In dispute
Ie,nars, wllenro tho track of the 1owa Falls Sioux
City ruaa Ia matle Of into Sioux City. From tho
sso ne tho rs owned y thS st. ral ~ go"f o
furnishing Minnesota will its most direct roe to TUG
pacihc. The 1owa company has yot 10 build its road
bit littie progress Inns heon n,ado towards
tbs compation Of lilo hlearcgor \ missouri n!yer
aseaa a e Fl, aS ys 'i ne # pas os hs
soat re- rhe hsa act q .e Assembly
III
Of sel, resrailt, That lho road should be completed
"as ar wsss ~ to ohtekssa tn hangc n on!ss NIX.
q9n by Ss s dsg ae n asroa
,uication with tho M,ssssippl Nyer at North Nc
aregor some two miles north Of tho proximato initial
Is iuru than questionable, that tho piece Of road built
from the Missssipp hiscr to oaas ey ano:her 6,
& t&he aei.erei Assembly, hrra il yet much room tos
doubt whether tho requirement to the Initial pont
haa been: complied With. Tho designation. Ut pr
hardly to cover point not In South Atearegor
Ut ta Il this view be eorreet then tho grantee h!s
do 60 gives Tho General Assembly an opportunity to
compliance BY the Nailroad Company with MI Tho
Il tlls lans in Townships 80 anu 90 sf Ranges 2B nn
%. should, under tho recent decision of tho Supreme
isiirond Company @ It wod uns u.s. stt'o Inc uo to heir
lones Of quito nnnbsr Of families who now hold
under the Dubnqus sioux oity nailrond .oompany,
viii result 10 tho aottlers,-who havo cultivated these
Would sasgcst whether i would not 10 well for the
General Assembly to refer tho matter to tho Attorney
Yss vssy sa 9ouauy n 'i hold iSn Ito ill., !hs ,sn Ps
Slate may maya assume the ons Il soling with tic Com
pay and tesp fanillcs be saYtd from ttaress, and
iu many instances, ruin.
THE cESsuB.
The twelfth census, taken last spring. alows popt-
Seventh ] stats ce,,sa was tnke,a, Of aid 5ll Int Of
only ol3 over tho footlhga Of Tho Federal cniuera
rho CENSUS of tic present year shows, wi,n has i,-
decd been apparent 10 tonlnlOA observation, TINT tho
rap!dty Of growth which Inns marked tue history Of
Iowa from i8o5 to 1910 l.uA received check. Innli-
grAion, except to tho counties Of tho Stact is
nearly II not quite balanced by emigration 10 tho
cheaper but not better lands bcyond the Missouri.
State have reachel point beyond which no great
growth may bc anticipated until their Industries shall
tllut, with agriculture alone basla Of productive
wealth. tlcy lnro reached The period 0t their greatest
comparative prosperity. If auch 10 tho ease 1t be-
cou1ts TIM statesmen Of today to look in tho face,
aud, If legislation do anything towards bringing
Hon. fow years ago ths deairaOlty Of encouraging
the growth If timber, fruit-reeH, Ahndc-trecs, aud
hedges induced the General Assembly to make liberal
exemptions from taxation In favor Of their cultivation.
counties with groves Of yolng TIMBER and 10 ajnu-
late all over tho Sato tho growth Of tracs mud hedges.
Tint similar results would follow Hike lIberal.y to-
wastls manufacturing Industries, there eau bo no
Doubt, Tho rropricty Of such exemption I mort
earnestly recommend 10 The consideration Of sle
found asisable 70 enact measures @ sc calculated 10 10
stimulate those industries. The immense coal-t -tlels
underlying the aoil Of Iowa. renders 1t probable tla
such encouragement will not long he needed alu that
little aid ut the incplcncy Ut manufacturing ener-
prses sufficiently l3ng extended to convince their
that s necessary to establish on q firm footing the
most oxeilhiYe manufactures. Tho exemption from
taxation Of tue ttoneys invested therein above cor
tain a1o''ilt, would, am pcrsuaaed, bring into tho
Stnte much capiaI, tue uncxcnpted part Of which
would itsrf i'll small degree Increase the Amount Of
taxable property mud for which. Without Aone such
Discrimination, we may wait for years.
rnIZE-TI0lITINu.
Or tlle aornii'g If AEondny Now H. 1873, received
Council Bluffs Informing me ttaut prizc-0Rlt
contemplated IN that vicinity, tho next lay flat
city and umnha to witness tho fight au that the civil
authorities were powcrlcss before thcni aud they
quested me to send military forco to prevent tho
the sle Informed s 4 ms @ osiay Of ITS i inaby its! to
execnto the law would feel 1t my duty to aid him to
ng for sid to esecao tho law, sasns tut 10 vas I'M an
hbte to do 80 with sny force at hts command in Potta-
watamie County III response to this, issued ordors
company to Ills aid, ordering them to report to tho
Sheriff: This order was executed. Lao III tho after
noon ot The next day, tls forwarded
ing for some point Oh the Council Bluffs + st. Jossph
aifroad conveying several hundred roughs to witness
in carriages and that tho shoriff wns unwilling to
tako the responsibility Of following them 1cn Baker,
upon receiving tl.is telegram, informed Col. o'lnated
tho commander OF tho company, that he WAS expected
to obey tho Sheriff. which IN accordance with my
order Of tho day netore. But, upon reading tls dis
sM c, s1' s aS M rar 1a taken a turn mof @
without hesitation. wroo dispatch telling COL ol.
sed to prevent the fight without regard 10 the Sher
the telegraph olcs with IT, in order to DO sure that 1t
tent without dvay. upo, his arriving at tho office,
however, he fon,,d th the train had reached its des
tiation near Pacific City III Mills County, md TINT
tue ig1t was over. The cauEo Of the failuro to
veut this awlcss encounter not III nny luck Of dis
cpnc, or of readiueBe to obey orders On tho part Of
tha military colnpany. but 1t grew In part out Of tho
Sheriff q confusion as to the law and the overt act,"
owing to the difference Of opininn which he heard
nmonR lawyers But tho ruling the fact that
Iowa bus no Inv .pcn her statute books 10 prevent
lrlze-hghng. And II this experience resuh In CIV
ing us law that will furnish full authority to pre-
vent tho rc-enactnelt Of scenes Of this character
within the State, 1t will in q measure compensate for
te modification fell from TIL. unsuccessful tte1npt
to perform what seemed plain duty, and tile Snto
will bo compensated for tho ,lnavnng expense. Such
statute, owing to tho nature Of tho o.fenHe, should DO
not ony punitive, but directly preventive clothing tho
authorities with extraordinary powers, NECESSARY,
for itR enforcement.
THE SCHOOLS.
The report of the Superintendent Of Public Inatruc-
tton gives the humber Of rrrnons within the school
age 1t 49l 344 an increase during the bIcnulal period
Of q, 800.
THE RTATE UNIVERSITY. .s.-..
The income for tho two ycara enIng June 80, 1873.
WA $l29 Which includes the appropriations Ok
tho Fourtecntl General Assembly. The actual in-
come from July to to Oct. 1873, was $d4b8.60, and
the EHtiMRto for thH mnuttH. will