Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-20

tent, though he succeeded in making a cold
corpse OF himself through the injuries he re-
ceiyed In his face. Mr.. Ritzman was alive
when discovered, but died In an hour He was
undoubtedly insane.
The other day at the grain warehouse OF De-
Mott IL Hoche, In De Soto, a young man
named Mozens was employed with Others In
loading cars with wheat, He was in the
building raising the gate Of the chute which
conducts the wheat TO the car, and must have
either fallen into the bin or thoughtessly
jumped into II for sport not thinking OF the
danger OF doing So Tie first intlmation Of
his position was the discovery OF his hand pro-
truding through the spout below. The ut
NEST exertion was put forth for his rescue,
but before he could be extricated life was ex-
tlnet He was no doubt instantly smothered
and crushed by the great pressure Of the
grain, In which he was deeply buried.
QUESTION has arisen as TO the construc-
ton Of the law In reference 10 Town Councils
and Trustees. In reply 10 a requestfrom the
Governor the Attorney General has submitted
an opinion In which he holds that, whenever the
statute provides that the Trustees shall have
certain powers and shall perform certain du
ties II Is quite evident that they are spoken
Of In their official capacity, and, since they
can only act In an official capacity except when
legally convened as the Council OF the
town, think that In such instances the
words Council and Trustees are synony
nous; and this liz, 1t seems 10 me, quite evil
dent when 1t Is considered that no provision
Is anywhere made for making or preserving
any records of the doings OF the Trustees as
such, but only of the proceedings and acts
that the five Trustees should have the power
to transact important business materially af-
fecting the interests Of the corporation, there
would certainly have been some provision
made In some way for record OF such acts.
The absence of such provision Is very strong,
II not conclusive, proof that the existence Of
such power was never contemplated by the
Legislature"
The recent trial OF Brandt and Rankin was
prolific In Its references to Red Dog" which
the Davenport Gazette thus explains: More
than twenty years ago Des Moines river
improvement company was Incorporated. 1t
had for its object the building OF dams, locks,
and other contriyanccs for rendering the Dies
MONIES hlVeF HaNibhDib W bto
Moines. In those days steamers used to run
TO Des Moincs, and sometimes to Fort Dodge
in high water The General Assembly assisted
the enterprise with rich land grant. After
considerable expenditure Of money for dams
and dredging at various places the project was
abandoned, and the Dcs Moines Valley Rail
road Company was organized by the parties
who composed the Navigation Company. In
the year 1858 the State settled with
the Navigation Company and diverted
the river grant TO the Des Moines
Valley Railroad. One Of the conditions
upon which the railroad company was to
have a portion Of the land was that they
should pay 10 the State money enough TO sat
lsfy certain old, unadjusted claims and liabili-
ties Incurred by the State prior to the time the
River Company took the management Of the
improvement. These claims were ascertained
by a commission appointed by the State, and
certain special warrants were Issued by the Au-
ditor TO the claimants, which warrants were
payable only out Of the moneys that the
railroad company should pay into the Treasu-
ry. There was considerable delay about the
payment OF this money, as the extent OF the
grant was Ia litigation, ard the holders Of the
| warrants sold many Of them at discount.
The paper became known as I" Red Dog" be-
| cause the warrants had upon them dogs
| head for vignette, and they were red In
color, and, perhaps, further, because the
| State was dog on'd slow in paying them"
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| Can man who was chrlstened Ma
| thaniel be lawfully designated AS
I" Natty" This is knotty point which
the New Hampshire Legislature will
| have to settle. Gen. Matt Head was the
| Republican candidate for Senator in the
Third District. 1t is claimed that