Local Matters

THE SCHOOLS of the city will re-open next Monday morning for the spring and summer terms.

CLAGGETT, of the Keokuk Constitution, takes offence at us for accusing him of swearing, and says we are “defaming his private character.”  We shall be happy to find we were in error, and if he denies the impeachment, will take an early occasion to correct our statement.  What say you Judge?

CHILD INJURED. – Yesterday morning a little girl, child of Mr. John Birkel, Second street, near Brady, fell down a pair of stairs, and struck against a bowl which she was carrying, cutting a horrible gash in her face, four or five inches long, extending across the forehead, around the right eye and one the cheek.  Dr. McCortney dressed the wounds, which in some places extended to the bone, and the little sufferer is doing well, though she will be badly scarred.

THE Democrat of Wednesday contains a half-column article in relation to the GAZETTE and the election, that couldn’t have been further from the truth if manufactured to fill a specific order for a cargo of falsehoods.  When Dick does start out to lie he does it up in tip-top style.  It’s his forte, acquired by long practice and favorable political associations.  In the first place we never made a threat against Marshal McNeil, nor did we believe him to be the cause of us losing that job of printing.  We profess to be familiar with that whole transaction, but have made threats against no one.  We couldn’t do it, it’s “agin natur.”  All the Democrat says about the GAZETTE influencing the nomination and conniving with the German candidates for Aldermen, is the first intimation we have had of such proceeding.  Somebody has been stuffing Dick most egregiously, or else he lies most deliberately.  We opposed the manner of Baker’s nomination, both on the ground and in the paper, as we were satisfied had the polls remained open, as suggested by Mr. Kauffman, it would have given more satisfaction to the voters.  As to the proposition made by Mr. McNeil to Baker, the first intimation we had of such thing was after it had transpired and from McNeil himself.  Our voracious neighbor winds up by saying, we attended the convention, a very uncommon thing, etc.  If we have omitted attending a convention where we had the privilege of a vote, either of the Whig or Republican party, since we reached our majority, we are not aware of it.  If anybody can compress more downright falsehoods in the same space than our neighbor has done in the article referred to, then he will be entitled to the sobriquet of ‘king of liars.’

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Proceedings of the Board of Education.

WEDNESDAY, April 10.

Board met at 10 o’clock.  Present – all but the Vice President.

The petition of 36 citizens of East Davenport was presented by the President, praying that a female teacher be employed part of the year in a school to be located between district-schools 1 and 2, for the benefit of children who live remote from the schools.  On motion of Mr. Smith, the prayer was granted, school to commence April 28^th.

The resignations of Mr. Hiskey, principal of School No. 4, and of Mr. Gorton, Principal of School No. 1, were presented and accepted.

The appointment of teachers to fill vacancies was fixed for Saturday at 1 o’clock p.m.

Mr. French, Treasurer, presented a statement of the school moneys as follows.

Received from A. F. Mast, County Treasurer, school-house fund	$3202.95
Received from teachers’ fund	2354.58
Received from State teachers’ fund	4684.63
Total teachers’ fund	$7,989.21

The Treasurer was ordered to pay a certain judgment in favor of Mr. Lindley, amounting to $270.17.

The president appointed the following committees:

Fuel, Supplies and Rules – Smith, French, Olshausen.

Printing, Building and Repairs – Blood, Cook and Smith.

Finances, Taxes, Claims and insurance – French, Cook and Smith.

Teachers, Salaries and Text Books – Olshausen and Grant.

Adjourned till Saturday at 1 o’clock.

OTTO SMITH, Secretary.

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SUPREME COURT.

APRIL TERM.

CALEB S. BALDWIN, Chief Justice.

G. G. WRIGHT, Associate Justice.

R. P. LOWE, Associate Justice.

LEWIS KINNEY, Clerk.

TUESDAY, April 10.

1102.  Blake vs City of Dubuque appt.; Dubuque co.  Affirmed.

1117.  Jesse B. Bailey vs Dubuque Western RR. Co. and Polan and Anderson appts.; Dubuque county.  Reversed.

1116.  Francis M. Smith appt. vs C. C. Keath; Dubuque Co. Court.  Affirmed.

1106.  S. M. Langworthy vs City of Dubuque appt.; Dubuque co.  Affirmed.

1107.  E. Langworthy vs City of Dubuque appt.; Dubuque co.  Affirmed.

1250.  Don Levusal vs Leander Reynolds; Blackhawk co.  Affirmed.

1268.  Thos. B. & B. S. Doxey vs L. B. Morton et al.; Blackhawk co.  Affirmed.

1284.  D. M. Collins vs Wm. Hammond; Blackhawk co.  Affirmed.

1104.  Ann Karney vs Thos. Paulsey appt; Dubuque co.  Affirmed.

250.  W. D. David vs. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.; Dubuque co.  Reversed.

Court adjourned until Thursday morning.

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JAIL BREAKING. – They have a man in the St. Louis prison who can beat our jail breakers at their own game.  Not long since he broke out of the prison and kept a sharp look-out to prevent recapture.  Finding he was not pursued he returned and voluntarily gave himself up.  No sooner was he incarcerated than he began to work his way out which he accomplished, but he was caught just as he got outside the walls and taken back.  A third time he essayed to burrow himself out, and worked one night to 3 o’clock in the morning, when he covered over his labors hoping to finish up the next night.  He had however, been discovered, and was put in irons.  This pertinacity would seem to indicate that some men have a mania for breaking through bolts and bars, and are never better satisfied than when they have a job of that kind on hand.  A former sheriff of this county says that in his experience it would seem as if men who had only an hour to remain were as anxious to break jail as those who had a term to serve in the State prison; and this St. Louis affair would seem to confirm this view.

OLD SOL stuck his face through a cloud yesterday, just long enough to let us know he hadn’t entirely left the country.  He immediately disappeared, and hasn’t been seen since.  In the meantime, the roads continue fathomable – with long poles.  Up river they been enjoying sleighing to heart’s content, and a little more.  Capt. Parker of the Canada, reports snow all the way down to McGregor, with fifteen inches at Lake Pepin.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, April 11, 1862, p. 1