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Year: 1870

AN ACT to provide for the prohibi-


ton Of the sale Of Ale, Wine and


Beer in counties by a vote Of the


people. ~


Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Iowa,
That it shall be unlawful for any
person to sell by himself, his clerk,
steward or agent, directly or indi-
rectly, any ale, wine, malt liquors or
beer, ofany kind, except as provided
in Section 1860 and Article 2 Of Chap
GA of the Revision of 1860, and acts
amendat Dry thereto, and the keeping
Of ale, wine, malt liquors or beer, Of
any kind, with intent on the part Of
the owner thereof. or any other per.
son acting under his authority or by
his permission, to sell the same with
in the State contrary TO the provis-
ions of this act, is hereby prohibited,
and the ale, wine, malt liquors or
beer of any kind so kept together
with the vessels in which it is SO con-
tanned are declared q nuisance, and
shall be forfeited and dealt with as
hereinafter provided.


See. 2. The penalties for any vio-
lation of this act and the mode OF
procedure against any person or
persons for the violation Of any of
the provisions thereof, shall be the
same in all cases as is now provided
for in case of the sale of intoxicating
liquors, 10 Chapter GA ofthe Revision
of 1860, and the selling or keeping
for sale, contrary to the provisions
OF this Act, any Of the liquors prohi-
bitcd by the first section Of this Act
in any house or place, shall constitute
said house or place nuisance, and
the building, as well as the person or
persons so offending against the pro-
visions of this act, shall be subject
to the same penalties and may be
proceeded against in the same man
ner as is provided in the case OF
Intoxicating liquors in section 1861
of the Revision of 1860, and for the
purposes herein set forth. ale, wine
malt liquors or beer of any kind shall
be considered Intoxicating liquors.
Sec. ). At their regular session in
June Of each year, the Board Of
Supervisors in each organized county
in the State shall determine whether
the adoption of the provisions of this
Act shall be submitted to the lega
voters of the county at the ensuing
general election, and if tho Supervi
sors SO declare by resolution to be
spread upon the records of said Board
also to be published for four consecu
tive weeks next preceding said elec
ton in one or more newspapers il
said county, if one there be, and i
not then by posting the same in three
public places in each township o
said county. There may be writer
or printed on each ballot cast at sait
election, either Of the sentences fol


lowing, to-wit: " For Prohibition"
Year: 1870

AN ACT to establish an Industrial


Home for the Blind.


Sec l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Iowa,
That there shall bo established an
Industrial Home for blind persons,
who are unable to support themselves
in connection with the Iowa Institu-
tion for tho education of the Blind,
which shall be controlled and di-
rected by the same Board of Trus-
tees.


Sec 2. The Industrial Home shall
be open to such blind persons of this
State as shall be dependent upon
their own labor for support, and
who, in the opinion of the Trustees,
shall in other respects be proper sub.
jects to be admitted into that de-
partment of the Institution.


Sec 3. An itemized occount of all
material and expenses connected
with the Home, shall be kept by the
Superintendent of the Institution; he
shall also keep an account with each
person employed in the Home, charg.
ing them with material furnished
and crcditing them with articles
manufactured, at tho market price
and any balance remaining, sfte,
Year: 1870

MoNTEzUMA, Iowa, April 20, 1870.


EDITOR OF DAVENPORT GAZETTE -
Having been for sometime little
amused at the electioneering talk
between the friends of Ex-Governor
Stone and Judge Loughridge, in the
Fourth Congressional District, with
due respect for both parties, l will
try to give you synopsis Of the
talk in favor of, and against both
candidates. The Governor is attend
ing the Courts all round the Dis
trict, having no other business but
electioneering, and he is stirring up
quite feeling amongst tho young
Attorneys and officials. He has in
nearly every town a clique of wire
workers, nearly all of whom have an
idea of some day going to Congress
themselves. Nearly all young attor-
neys here have such ideas. They
claim for the Governor that he is
the ablest snd best looking man, and
the best worker for anything that he
wants to accomplish. Although the
Tama county papers said that he
had better clear his skirts before
asking the people for any moro ia
vors in the way of office, this they
explain away by saying that Gov
ernor Stone had given a mortgage
to the State on his home as security
for the swamp land money (Which
some claims he and Orwig appropri-
ated to build fine house Hence
it is unfair and ungentlemanly to
talk about clearing his skirts. 1t is
also claimed that Judge Loughridge
has been to Congress two terms, aud
was the advocate Of the two term
system, therefore, he ought to give
way to some other man that would
not vote against the Fifteenth
Amendment, which it is positively
claimed that he did. Mr. Loughridge
is further objected to because he is
regarded as Christian, and Con.
gressmen and officials generally, are
not Christians, and ought not to be.
On the other hand the friends of
Mr.. Loughridge claim that he is a
man of integrity, equal If not supe-
rior in every way TO GOV. Stone
His record is untarnished, nothing
can be said of him but honesty. and
the longer he represents us tho moro
weight and influence he will have
He did not by any means vote against
the Fifteenth Amendment, as is
claimed by the friends of Mr.. Stone.
He is too much of a sound and loyal
Republican to do that. He would
never ask the support OF the Repub-
lican party again il he had done that.
His record will prove the assertion
to be false and untounded, and it is
only gotten up by the wire-workers
for political capital against a good
man. l will not weary your patience
with long epistle on this subject,
but the contest will be between tho
wireworkers in the towns, and three
fourths of the honest tlrmera and
those who mind their own business
and it is not unlikely that tho wire
workers may nominate their man
Notwithstanding throe-fourths Of the.
voters are in favor of Mr.. Loughridge


OBSERVER.
Year: 1870

We imagine the six thousand
radical Republican majority Of the
Fifth District will not have much
hesitation in electing him to stay at
home to adorn the walks of private
life for a while longer, and that they
will re-nominate and re.elect Frank
Palmer by on overwhelming ma
jority.


The Sixth District is ably repre-
sented, in his first term, by Hon.
Chas. Pomeroy, who will be justly
complimented by a re-nomlration
and recollection, Notwithstanding he
has in the field against him Col Low
rie, Capt. Jack Orr, Gov. Jno. Scott,
and many other good men whose
names we have not now time to emu
merate.


Much has justly been said in favor
of the character and influence of our
old delegation, but in our opinion, the
present delegation is not one whit
behind it, in ability, and only lacks
the experience which enabled the
former to distinguish itself SO highly.
You hire potato digger to dig po-
tatoes, and pay him in proportion to
what he does. You hire q bank clerk
at liberal wages, on account of his
experience and skill. You in fact
apply this sensible rule to every
matter Unemployment.


Why therefore should you turn q
member of Congress out of his seat
just az the time he is beginning to be
able to serve you with skill and
credit, and put in raw apprentice
at the dictation of the souts" under
the senseless cry of rotation!
Year: 1870

An up-the-Hudson paper speaks of
the finding of another dead body in
the river, and winds up by saying:
"The ice and dead bodies being now
pretty much all out OF the river,
navigation is once more considered
safe"
Year: 1870

A SIGN OF THE TIMEs.-In Europe some
keen financiers are now engaged in the forma-
ton of joint stock company, with half mil
lion dollars, which proposes to make the for
tune of all its shareholders by operating on the
''dead certainty" Of the constant and early
appreciation of United States government
bonds. These men argue that the United
States government will apply every year to tho
reduction of the debt the excess Of its revenue.
The excess may be one hundred millions Of
dollars, or not more than fifty millions of dol
lars. If 1t is one hundred millions of dollars
the debt will be paid in fifteen years if it Is
fifty millions of dollars the debt will be paid in
twenty-three years. In the period Of time,
therefore. between now and 1898 it is conf
IDENTIFY counted that all United States bonds will
have risen to full par value, and in the differ
ence between that value and present rates the
company sees its Eldorado.
Year: 1870

pleasant to read of the boundless charities OF
New York city. An article in another column
gives an account of three notable Institutions
the Home for the Friendless in East Thirtieth
street. the House of Mercy on tho corner Of
Houston and Mulberry streets, and the Episcopal
House of Mercy in Eighty-sixth street. The
aggregate number Of benefciaries of the three


institutions during the past year was 6,023.
These institutions are only few among many
like them, but they serve to show that in New


York, "the quality of mercy is not strained"
Year: 1870

pie. Indeed, this and the other similar false-
hoods that are circulated from Havana and
washington have all the appearance Of being
concocted through an understanding between
the Spanish authorities at Havana and mem
bers OF General Grants administration for the
purpose OF misleading the public. With all
the reports about the success Of the Spanish
troops in Cuba, the suppression Of the insur-
rection and all such manufactured news. We
do not hear of the capture Of President Ces-
pedes, his Cabinet and Legislature, or of the
capture of Generals Quesada, Jordan or any
other OF the leading patriots. The truth is,
nine-tenths or more Of the whole population Of
Cuba, white and colored, are heart and soul
with the revolution and for independence, and
neither the patriots on the island nor the Junta
in New York will give up the cause till they
have either obtained their freedom or Cuba is
made valueless to Spain.
Year: 1870

ANOTHER TRAGEDY.-Still another tragedy,
replete with the elements of the Richardson
Mcfarland case, occurred yesterday at an assig-
nation house in Elizabeth street. One Bauman,
q public school teacher in Brooklyn, met by
appointment a woman whose name is supposed
to be Annie Mcnamara, and who is also sup
posed to be the wife of Brooklyn merchant,
in room at this house yesterday after
noon, and soon after pistol shots were
heard, and both parties were found in the
room mortally wounded. Bauman was
discovered with small four-barrelled pistol
in his hand. Both were alive, but they
gave no sign that would tell how or why the
shooting was done. They were taken to tho
hospital and died last night. Letters found on
them show that they had been carrying on
clandestine correspondence for some time, and
the mistress of the house stated that they had
been meeting at her house for nine months. A
mystery lies in the fact as to why the shooting
was done, and the inquest which is to be held
to-day will probably serve to clear it up.
Year: 1870

ISABELLA AND THE JEwELs.-Isabella has
been charged by the slippery fellows who
have succeeded her in Madrid with running
away with the jewels of the Spanish crown;
but according to the latest story on the subject,
so far from Isabella having stolen the crown
jewels, there were no crown jewels to steal,
and all the gems that shone on her royal
person on grand occasions were personal gifts
to her during her reign. When we consider
through how many plundering hands Spain
has passed since Napoleon upset her we can
understand that it would be strange if there
were any crown jewels.
Year: 1870

How THE CHINESE GET HERR.-The letter
Of Chinaman in explanation Of the position
and character Of his countrymen in this city
tells us how they get here, which, indeed,
might appear no little Of mystery, consider
ing the length Of the trip and the poverty OF
the traveller. They are mostly "deserters
from Cuba"-that is, they are brought to
Cuba in coolie ships as slaves. They hide
themselves in other ships, hoping to be carried
again to the Middle Kingdom, and are landed
here instead, to the delights of a five story
paradise and an Irish Eve in the Fourth ward.
Year: 1870

Tho spaniards Delighted with tho United


stntes Governments.


We learn, both from Havana and Spain,
that the Spaniards are delighted with the
United States government for the course 1t
has taken with regard to Cuba. This shows
that the Spaniards have gratitude II they have
no other virtue. The trite old saying that "a
friend in need is friend indeed" has been OK
emplifed fully In tho cruel persecution of the
brave Cubans and in the support given to
Spain by the administration at Washington.
Under the specious plea of neutrality or
friendly obligations TO Spain our government
has prevented the Cubans from getting any aid
from this country, while the Spaniards have
been furnished freely with nearly all the arms
and munitions Of war they havo used against
the Cubans, besides the thirty gunboats that
were built here. Well may the Spaniards be
grateful II the same privileges had been
allowed the Cubans-if only even-handed
Justice had been extended to them-we have
no doubt Cuba would have attained its free
dom, or have been well nigh free by this time
Yes, this free and mighty republic has been
the efficient ally of the most afro
cfous despotism In the world, and
has strained its efforts to crush o
people struggling for republican liberty.
Whether these efforts have been made out of .
pretended regard for the neutrality laws or
from political motives the fact is the same and
the shame none the less. Had this government
been disposed to favor the Cubans, to aid an
American people right on our border to acquire
freedom, and to promote the cause Of repub-
lican liberty in America as 1t ought to have
done, there are many ways in which it might
have helped the Cubans, directly or indirectly,
without violating it's obligations to Spain.
Every one knows how great governments act
in all similar cases when their sympathies or
policy prompt them to do anything. Spain,
France, England, or any other European
Power, has no difficulty in making black ap-
pear white or white black whenever national
policy, interest or aggrsndizement is in ques-
ton. Governments can always strain point,
and that long way, on the side Of their sym
pathies or interests. And on all American
questions the United States government ought
to be potential and American to the core /; but,
alas this great country has abdicated its power
at the very time when no nation on the earth
would presume to interfere with it. In the
day of our might the government has become
the enemy of liberty and republican freedom
on American soil and the friend Of the worst
and most cruel despotism. Its conduct in the
case of Cuba will be an indelble blot upon our
history and the administration in power.
Year: 1870

A New DEAL.-The political machine is
refreshed all around, and we have new Legis-
lature and new municipal organizations Of
almost every stripe, and doubtless we shall
soon have many more novelties early in the
new year. Very well. We can hardly hope
that the new ones will be any better than their
predecessors, and certainly we need not fear
that they will be any worse. Thus we are
comparatively out Of fortunes power.
Year: 1870

THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE YEAR.-The
services in the churches yesterday were Of the
usual interest, but the unpleasantness Of the
weather kept the congregations small. We give
our usual extended report of the services at
The more prominent churches on another page
Year: 1870

ONE YEAR has passed away since Mr..
Rogers was murdered just at daylight in
thoroughfare but few hundred feet from
Broadway, and the murderer is not cap
tured yet, though we are oil the time
assured he is well known to the police.
Year: 1870

THE SALES OF GoLD.-The Secretary Of
the Treasury has ordered the usual sale Of
gold to the amount Of four millions to be con-
tinued during the present month, and the pur-
chase Of six millions Of bonds.
Year: 1870

OF nations and the obligations due from one to
the other--reviewing all these. there is sufi-
cient ground for believing that before the end
OF the term OF General Grants administration
the mexican question" may force itself into
importance, and, if its settlement should be
deferred, may form prominent plank in the
platform Of the successful political party of
1872.
Year: 1870

Barbarn Milier Committed for Triai--Furth3r


Revelations by thc Girl Giiien-Tho Two


Girls to Go 10 the House OF the Good


shepherd.


The Court Of the City Judge at Jersey City was
crowded yesterday morning when the case Of Mrs.
Miller and her husband was called up. The girl,
Sarah Gillen, repeated her statement published in
yesterdays HERALD, and added some particulars,
which she stated to the HERALD reporter, but which
are too disgusting for publication. The crowd in
tho court room was shocked when she delivered
the statement that the man Miller, Barbaras
husband, mad slept in the same bed with
her and his own daughter at one time,
and she gave full details of that affair without
any hesitation or stammering. She mentioned
the name of a furniture dealer In Jersey
City who had free access to the house and Its In
mates In consideration OF O bureau given TO Mrs.
Miller. The latter received five dollars for each girl
duce some Of them to GO TO California in which case
she would receive larger sum. She received d
bonus OF ten dollars and even twenty dollars in some
parts OF New York. During the past year she sent out
upwards Of fifty young girls in this manner.


After hearing all the evidence IN the case the City
Judge decided to hold the woman Miller for trial.
Louisa Bendeckef, the alleged accomplice who had
come over from her quarters in Chrysie street,
was sent to. tho county jail for three months
being too weak to warrant her detention on any
other charge. Fred Miller, the nominal head or the
house, will accompany his Wife to the county Jail.
taken to the House OF the Good Shepherd this morn
ing, and the girl Madden Will also be sent there as
goon IS arrangements have been made to receive
her. F.


The den where this nfamy nonrlshed was poor,
miserable dwelling near the hill. In the basement,
with ts low ceiling and damp squallid surroundings
several beds were stretched on the noor, and on
these the inmates reposed without any Classification
whatever. ....Y
Year: 1870

meeting OF owners Of real estate IN the upper
end OF the city was held yesterday at No ~ Pine
street, at which measures were taken TO arrange for
u meeting in favor or RAPID and cheap transit FOR
passengers between New York and Westchester.
Year: 1870

time Of It's passage to be the one to strengthen
the nubic credit, consisting OF a single section,
and which it is now proposed to repeal by the
passage of the funding bill recently reported
to this House.


The Banking and Currency Committee, of
which have the honor to be member, has,
if possible, secured less legislation tnan the
Committee of Ways and Means. 1t has work
ed vigorously every session upon new bank
bills which would undoubtedly have perfected
the whole banking system of the country but
for the stubborn refusal of the House to pass
them into law. l had great admiration for
the assiduity with which my venerable and
able friend fiOm Massachusetts Mr.. Hooper


worked through three or four sessions con-
structing bank acts, which usually came in


just at the close OF the session, anG after the
compliment of a few hours discussion, were
gracefully laid on the table.


Some months have been given by the COM


miltee to the consideration of The bill under
discussion, ard from present appearances it
will be as unceremoniously disposed of as the
long tariff bill reported by the Committee of
| Ways and Means, or the short bill reported by
| the select Committee on the Decline of Amer
| lean Commerce.


am not alluding to this want of success on
| the part of the Committees of Ways and
Means and Banking and Currency for the
purpo'e of rejecting upon these committees,
because l know the work Of both have been
well and faithfully performed, but to show how
little regard is paid in this House to measures
which are the result of long months of patient
| and laborious investigation and consideration
Sir, it is not what these committees do or what


they fail to do, but what they undertake, which


keeps the business and the currency of the
country in an unsettled and unhealthy cond;.
| ton. 1t is this constant .inkering OF the cur.


rency and the tariff that plays the mischie
| with all the business interests of the country.
l sincerely hope We shall leave the banks


and the currency entirely alone until suct


times as we are ready to egislate with refer


ence to permanent system; and no system


can be permanent which is not based upor


the principles of free banking and specie re
| dpmntiOn.
Year: 1870

"DO you was oil she saRd.


ayes, darling" was his waPm spoken
answer and he stopped down and kissed
her. "IIow strange that you should ask
me such question y


"lf you would only tell me so, now snd
then, Andrew, it would do me good"
Mrs. Lee arose, and leaaing her face
against the manly breast OF her husband
stood and wept.


What q strong light broke in on the
mind Of Andrew Lee lie had never
given his wife even the small reward Of
praise for the loving interest she had man.
Tested daily, until doubt Of bis love had
entered her soul and made the light
around her thick darkness. No wonder
that her face grew clouded, or that what
he considered moodincss and i'll nature
took possession Of her spirits.


You are good and true, Mary, my
own dear wife. am proud Of you. and
my 6rst desire is for your happiness. Oh
if | could always see your face in sun.
shine, my home would be the deares,
place on earth"


"How precious to me are your words
Of lovo and praise, Andrew" said Mrs.
Lee, smiling up through her tears into
his face. with them in my ears, my
heart can never lie in shadow"


How easy had been the work for An.
drew Lee He had swep. his hand
across the cloudy horizon, and now the
bright sunshine was cleaning down and
flooding that home with joy and beauty.
Year: 1870

Editors appeal There has been
within the last few years such a mass
of legislative jargon thrown upon the
people OF this State that it is often
difficult for even observing and read
ing men to determine the state of our
statute laws upon the most familiar
subjects. write this, Mr.. Editor, to
call the attention of our County Court,
now in session, to the question, whose
duty is it to appoint judges of the
elections By tAe provisions of the
code, section S4l, it is made the duty
of the County Court at its session, next
preceding the election, and only upon
their failure to do so is the Sheriff au-
thorized to do it. Has there been any
change Of the law If so, when was
it done. Let our County Court look to
it w.
Year: 1870

SAN FRANCISCO custom house Off
GERS have to look sharp for opium,
which pays for smuggling, on account
of a duty of one hundred per cent,
The last steamer from China brought
over several hundred dollars worth of
opium, which it was intended should
pay no duty. 1t was found in heavy
chest, most innocent looking, whose
thick sides were hollow and filed
with the drug. A consignment of
Chinese pals was also found to be
made of opium with q shell of wood
forming the outside of each. Several
dozen pairs of shoes gave up their
contents, contained in tin cases let
into the thick soles. A bundle of
feather busters held a lot, and one
Mongolian was stripped of his high
waterproof boots to reveal his legs
swaddied with the precious drug.