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Female teachers.
Male teachers.
Femsle teachers.
Male.
Female.
Enrolled.
Cost per pupil per month.
Value of school houses.
Salt Creek
71
9
5 $23.68|816.70
225
234
379|
189 3 .83|$ 3,655
Lick Creek
10
7
-?
28.02
18.95
281
324!
382
260
1.20
4,785
Sosp Creek
9
41/2
13
22,00
20.18
220
185
332
198
1.00
2,730
Marion.
9
6
23.72|
17.70
200
201
356
174
.78
3,376
Fox River.
4
7
6
27.00
20.00
146
145
177
76
1.19
1,110
Drakeville
1
6
Bloomfield
8
7 42
8
9
28.01
18.33
185
179
294
152
1.29
2,600
Perry
6
71/2
5 9
24 99
17.97
112
104
155
84
1.51
3,550
Union
9
619
6
13
23.83
18.08
233
2511
419
194
1.05
4,075
Prairie
4
721
3
4
31.03
24.13
120
1:8
197
116
1.11
3,300
Roscoe
5
5
5
3
29.73
17.04
150
142
217
355
188
1.38
3,145
Wyacondah
8
6
6
6
24.17
23,55
204
170
267
160
1.16
3,800
Fabius
6
6
3
3
24.55
28 33
232
207
3491
175
.92
1,925 2.550
Bloomfield Independent
7
3
1 45.83
35.66
284
327
532
318
.86
25,000
Drakeville Independent
2
9
1
1
30.00
19,00
59
61
93
62
.80
2,000
Savannah ladependent
2
6
1
1
32.50
28,16
67
62
104
50
.90
1,000
Total
112
82
108
3191 3162 4983|2785
371,235
Average
$28.04 $21.22
$1.07
The condition of the schools in 1880 may be gathered from the following table by townships:
AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY.
SCHOLARS.
Cost per pupil per month.
Valve of school houses.
Salt Creek.
00
6
5
9|$22.20'S21.52|
306: 214 $ .92 $ 3,600
Lick Creek
9
7
11
7
22.63
18.23
281
312
411
206
.90
5,025
SoBp Creek
9
6
4
12
23.25
20.00
210
184
329
193
1.04
3,420
Marion
8
615
5
10
24.80
19.08
207
188
258
184
.82
3,640
Fox River
4
6
5
27.33
22.20
140
137
172
104
.89
1,400
Drakeville
1
6
1
1
25.00
18.00
18
20
24
15
1.43
400
Bloomfield
8
7
6
9
28.59
19,55
197
193
333
171
1.43
2 900
Perry
6
5
5
4
25.17
17.33
108
94
168
112
1.37
3,400
Union
9
615
3
10
24.24
16.44
210
242
358
189
.98
3,475
Roscoe
5
6
5
4
28.92
16.77
154
151
204
146
.87
2,185
8
6
6
8
25.95
17.64
218
217
259
171
1.32
2,915
Wyscondah.
8
6
4
6
25.00
25.00
202
169
278
194
1 40
3,700
Fabius
6
6
2
5
24,00
22.50
239
201
289
190
.82
1,725
Weet Grove
7
6
5
4
27,18
24.50
203
206
420
230
.87
2,550
Bloomfield Independent
8
8
2
5
53,88
35.00
296
344
479
260
1,08
25,000
Drakeville Independent
1
9
1
1
35.00
21.00
52
62
96
61
.91
1,200
Savannah Independent
1
6
1
25.00
18.00
70
63
84
69
.50
1,000
Total
106
70
100
3056 3067
4468 2709
$67,535
Average
6.5 . .
$27.54|$20.76
$1.03
7
6ªg
6
9
25.89
20,08
214
211
286
220
.94
2,175
Grove
8
61.
9
5
28.67
17.63
Female teachers.
Male.
Femsle.
Enrolled.
Average attend-
ance.
Grove.
Number of schools.
Average length iu months.
Male teachers.
Femsle teachers.
Male teachers.
Between|
TOWNSHIP8.
6 and
21.
26S
151
.82
460
20,50
12
21
38
18
1,50
Average attend-
ance.
Between
5 and
21.
AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY.
SCHOLARS.
These tables show the number of seliools; average length of school, in months; number of teachers; average monthly salary; number of persons between the age of 5 and 21; number enrolled; average daily attendance;
2511
2821
3
Prairie
232
Weet Grove
513
504
HISTORY OF DAVIS COUNTY.
average cost per month for each scholar, and the value of school buildings. In the next table will be found a complete showing of the schools, for the year 1881, from the very latest returns, showing the condition of each inde- pendent distriet and district township.
STATISTICAL TABLE OF DAVIS COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR 1881.
SCHOOLS.
TEACBERS.
PUPILS.
SCHOOL HOUSES.
No. not graded.
Rooms graded.
Nos, of school.
Male.
Female.
Male.
Female.
Male.
Female.
Enrollment.
Average daily
Cost per month
per capita.
Frame.
Brick.
Value.
Bloomfield District Township.
6.51
=
27.9815
22.92|
177
177
202 153.4 $ 1.41
81 ..
2.740
Soap Creek District Township
5.3
7
10
24.00
20.94|
216
171
291 180
1.21
9
3,635
Fox River District Township.
5.8
2
5
30.70
23 22
151
141
179
36
21
1.05
I
460
Perry District Township ....
6
5.5
5
5
24.91
17.66
113
104
165
92
1 45
6
:
6
10
25.331
24.50
190
149
288 164
1.53
8
3,700
Bloomfield Independent Dist.
8
8
2
6
56.66
35.00
323
369
506/252
1.26
.
I
1,000
Savannah Independent Diet .. IN SALT CREEK TWP.
.
(
25 00
56
61
141
40
.65
I
1,100
Iowaville Independent Dist
1
1
1
25.00
25 00
6
3
9 191
1.29
1 1,000
Des Moines Independent Diet.
1
6
.
26.66
50
68'
64
37
94
1
1,500
Salt Creek Independent Dist
1
-1
1
1
26 00
15 00
30
23
45
28
73
1
400
Eagle Independent District. ..
1
6
1
I
25.00
16.00
23
21
27
18
1.09
1
450
Center Independent District. . I
6
1
1
25.00
16.67
35
24
46
23
94
1
400
White Elm Independent Dist. IN LICK OREEK TWP.
1
7
1
1
30.00
20.00
50
70
26
.97
1
700
Pleasant Grove Ind. Dist
6
I
26.50
21 26
12
33
21.5
1.24
1
500
Pleasant Hill Ind. Dist.
6
1
1
33.33
20.00
34
50
22
1.31
1
450
Pleasant Ridge Ind. Dist.
6.5
1
1
33.74
19 00
41
44
75
21
.74
1
500
Pleasant View Ind. Dist.
6
1
1
25.00
25.00
27
34
49
27.8
.89
1
400
Floria Independent District
7.5
32.00
20.00
58
72
96
.70
I
1,500
Bunker Hill Independent Diet.
7
1
1
25.00
30.00
30
40
59
24
.82
I
400
3
1
21 66
34
26
42
19
1 12
1
600
1
6
1
25 00
17
19
30
12
1 92
I
500
Ash Grove Independent Dist. Fairview Independent District 1
7
2
24.57
32
32
50
33.5
.74
1
400
6
23.83
19
16
45
18.3
1.33
I
500
Albany Independent District .. 1
6
1
1
25.00
20 00
15
17
39
19
.59
I
300
Union Independent District .. I
6
2
22.00
14
22
30
17
1.15
I
200
Center Independent District .. 1
8
2
20 25
10
14
20
12
1.66
I
200
Oak Springe Independent Dist. 1
6
1
19 00
2:
20
44
23
80
1
600
1
6
1
6
1
25.00
35
28
56
23
1.05
1
450
6
I
20.00
18
32
35
18
1.141
7
400
6
1
I
30 00
16.00
13
14
26
14
1 63
1
250
I
6
1
28.33
25
49
35
8I
1
500
6
2
22.50
23
24
41
21
1.07
1
400
Hickoay Grove Ind. Dist.
6
2
20.00;
26
39
44
30
.67
I
400
O. K. Independent District.
6
2
19.50
15
15
39
28
.70
T
500
Troy Independent District
7
3
26.45
48
60
73
34
19.8
1.45
1
350
Stringtown Independent Dist
1
9
2
21.00
15
29
24.3
.88
1
200
Prairie Independent District ..
8
1
I
26.00
18 00
36
21
52
22
41
1
20
Pulaski Independent District
8
1
I
47.22
34.17
54
56
94
52
1.58
1
1,300
Craven Independent District . . IN ROSCOE TWP.
1
8
1
30.00
32
18
45
19
1.26
1
300
1
1
I
25 00
25
22
49
17
1.48
1
100
Pleasant Knoll Ind. Dist
9
1
1
45 00
18.00
38
43
75
51
.70
1
700
Round Grove Ind. Diet ..
6
I
30.00
25
17
36
18.5
1.62
1.
800
Brumler Independent District I
6
1
1
30.00
14.50
32
26
16
20
,90
1
40
1
5
2
22.20
30
26
44
29
1
600
Pleasant View Ind. Dist
1
7
2
21.50
26!
27
32
19
1.10
1
400
Wyacondah Ind. Dist.
I
9
1
2
35 00
19.50
19
15
31
17
1 60
1
100
Newman Indepenpent District
I
6
2
23.00|
32
24
56
45
24
1.17
1
.
300
Union Independent District ..
1
6.5
1
1
15.00
26
18
30
8
8.60
I
.
125
Center Independent District ..
1
6
1.
1.
30.001
15.00
35
36
67|
35
.85
1
200
.
6
Wyacondah District Township
6,2
9
1
1
40.00
26 67
53
83
96
29
69
1
25,000
Drakeville Independent Diet ..
9
1
6
1.00
1
300
Bear Creek Independent Dist.
22.13
37
88
22
1
1
.
2
1
Liberty Independent District. Franklin Star Ind. Dist
¥3
34
25
13
1.00
1
20
1
6
Union Independent District. . . IN MARION TWP.
Washington Independent Diet. Black Hawk Independent Diet. IN UNION TWP.
21.75
36
27
201
24
1.08
1
590
Walnut Grove Ind. Dist.
1
I
28.881
15
19
22
12
1.52
1
40
Antioch Independent District. IN PRAIRIE TWP.
-1 +
I
18.27
8
12
1
1
Atkine Independent District.
6.5
25.00
1
Union Independent District .. IN GROVE TWP.
Stilee Independent District.
I
8
I
1
30.00
25.00
35
23
.79
I
400
Oak Ilill Independent District. 1 Union No. 2 Independent Diet. 1 No. 7 Independent District. .. Union Star Independent Dist. 1
I
I
.73
1
500
1
·
NO.
PAY PER MONTH.
NO. BE- TWEEN 5 AND 21.
NO.
DISTRICIS.
.
25.00
18
24
97
1 04
4
1,300
Drakeville District Township ..
I
3,750
attendaoce.
5
I
25.00
.
I
1
36.5
2
1
37.50
505
HISTORY OF DAVIS COUNTY.
STATISTICAL TABLE-CONTINUED.
-
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERB.
PUPILS.
SCHOOL HOUSE
No. not graded.
Rooms graded.
Nos. of school.
Male.
Female.
Males.
Female.
Male.
Female.
Enrollment.
Average daily
Cost per month
per capita.
Frame.
Brick.
Value.
Burr Oak Independent District' Fabius Independent District .. IN FABIUN TWP.
1
6
1
1
30.00
16.00
32
44
43
24
.96
1
600
Franklin Independent District
1
9
1
1
30.00
22.00
29
29
55
24
1.14
1
350
Jefferson Independent Dist ...
1
6
1
25.00
40
29
36
25
1.00
1
300
Taylor Independent District .. 1
6
1
22.50
34
28
62
27
.81
1
300
Central Independent District 1
9
1
28.33
47
46
57
23
1.23
1
300
Union Independent District .. 1
OC
25 00
34
32
29
18 3
1.60
1
500
Washington Ind. Dist
1
6
1
26.00
52
40
66
41
63
1
100
IN WEST GROVE TWP.
1
4.5
1
26.36
26
22
48
21
1,25|
1
500
West Grove Independent Dist.
1
6
1
2
35.00
30 00
55
68
90
75
.94
1
1,600
Gordon Independent District.
1
6
1
1
30.00
18.00
32
25
57
20
1,20
1
410
1
6
1
1
20.00
18.00
30
30
60
34.4
1.85
1
200
Carter's Creek Ind. Dist.
6
1
27.50
17
24
32
19
1.45
1
300
No. 1 Independent District
6
1
31.65
23
16
31
20
1.53
1
350
Prairie Independent District ..
1
6
1
33.33
27
25
44
25
1.33
1
350
Total
98 16 465.8 74 117 $ 1,409.69 $ 1,288.10 3164 3103 4934 275.5 $82.43 100
2 $ 71,530
Average .
6.56
29 371
22.21
1.15
The value of apparatus is $415, in the county. The bonded school debt is $1,275, in West Grove independent district, and $500 in Des Moines dis- trict, of Salt Creek township, making a total bonded indebtedness of only $1,775; and we doubt if any county in the State can make a better show- ing.
RELIGIOUS ADVANCEMENT.
The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned
To hue the shaft and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them-ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back
The sound of anthems-in the darkling wood,
Amidst the cool and silence he knelt down
And offered to the mightiest solemn thanks And snpplications .- Bryant.
36
34i
301
15
1.66|
1
500
1
6
11
1
25.001
25.00;
NO. BE-
NO.
PAY PER MONTH.
TWEEN
NO.
5 AND 21.
DIBTRIOTS,
attendance.
.
Harmony Independent Dist.
.
Orange Independent District.
1
1
" No man liveth to himself alone." So reasoned those God-fearing men of old, when first they came to Davis county. They came, not to old and well established towns, where are found the " lofty vaults," but to regions sparsely settled; not among men accustomed to homes of luxury and ele- gance, but to farming districts, where now first were beginning to be heard the lium of honest industry and faithful toil. The men among whom they came had little in common with the object of their mission. They were 12
506
HISTORY OF DAVIS COUNTY.
men whose sole thought was of broad acres, and material wealth. The travel-stained preacher of that olden time, strong in constitution and vigo- rous in mind, stronger still in faith and powerful in prayer, sought out these sturdy men and brought to their very doors, the consolation of the gospel. For these very messages hearts were aching, and many were the souls forced to cry out: " Oh that I knew where I might find him !" The seeds of virtue have been sown by a good providence in all hearts, and they will spring up everywhere to His glory, if carefully nurtured. They are not wholly the result of learning and cultivation, and it is not only in old and efined communities that the lovely flowers of an exalted morality shed their perfume. The early men of God knew this principle, and recognized, too, the importance of its culture, and so devoutly addressed themselves to the task. It is well nigh impossible to correctly estimate the value of the work of these men; to estimate their influence on the character of this growing county. Welcomed everywhere, for the news they brought from other homes, as well as for the "good tidings of great joy," they went from place to place, greeting with smiles and cheerful words the old; with counsel or reproof the young. Many and varied were the duties devolving upon them. A ser- mon here, a burial yonder; now a wedding, and then summoned to the bedside of a penitent, what wonder the coming of these men was attended with blessings.
It is the essence of Christianity that it be aggressive. It wars upon vice in all its forms, and brooks not even the appearance of evil. Checked, and for the time being thwarted in one direction, it only gathers energy for a greater onset in another, prepares and plumes itself for a more sublime flight. If men will not embrace its offered salvation, it goes to them with invitation and warning. This missionary element of Christianity alone en- abled its propagation nnder circumstances so trying; and the men who were its ambassadors were thoroughly imbued with the same spirit that sent Paul into Asia, and Luke to the Gentiles. It was the same spirit that prompted those noble men of God to hie them away to the jungles of Asia, or brave the wilds of Africa-men whose names make bright the pages of the church militant, and will add a brighter lustre to the church tri- umphant. What though its story lacks somewhat of the tragic brilliancy of political intrigue and plotting; what though it has not startled the world by those grand discoveries that make science so great a power in the land- discoveries that enable us to tell the myriad stars that people space, that impress us with wonder at the power and greatness of the Infinite ! What though it partakes of the nature of none of them ? Has it not brought to. bear on man's intelligence the highest motives to virtue? Let the records-
507
HISTORY OF DAVIS COUNTY.
of the past years testify to its power. Let the hallowed memories that stretch back down the years of the past, answer. This, too, was done when gilded churches were not; when the eleet of God in the common-school room listened to the life-giving word from the lips of men imbned of God. And who were these men ? Were they not morally brave to dare the scoffs of an untried and untempered west? Were they not men whose love for the fallen ontweighed every personal consideration, so that they gave all for Christ? Where was their power? Was it not in that element of a truly noble character that men prize above all else-sympathy? Aye, and that was the principle which made the Son of God so welcome a visitant in the lowly homes of Palestine. It was a principle which bonnd their own hearts, as it did Christ's, to those in suffering or distress. Here in these scenes of toil and strife, afar from busy life of great eities, that mysterious power gave these holy men access to hearts and homes; an access that paved the way to conquests greater than an Alexander or a Napoleon ever achieved- conquests that marked their track, not with fire and blood and sword, but with tears, and vows, and resolutions which have culminated in many glo- rions lives. What was done, the old residents of this county know full well. What to do, the line of duty plainly indicates. How well their trust has been executed, how nobly their mission has been accomplished, none so well know as those still living who enjoyed their ministration. In view of the grand work so well done under the guidance of Providence, we may ex- claim in the language of the great apostle Panl: "O, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowldege of God ! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out."-Romans xi, 34.
Nevertheless, there were some distinctive features attaching to the preach- ing of the gospel in the early days. The work of the ministry was as mneh itinerant in its character as was ever the mission of Panl. There were pain- fully evident the want of the perinanent and regular moral influence of set- settled religious institutions. Hence arose the necessity for annnal demon- strations, or special efforts which are now denominated revivals, and which owe their origin both to the scarcity of places for worship, and the itinerant character of the preaching. The Methodists of that early day took advan- tage of this feature, and in establishing the eirenit, laid the foundation for future success. The eireuit rider has been made immortal by the writings of Eggleston, and however overdrawn his description may seem to be, they are faithful pictures of what has onee been a real state of affairs. The men who thus presented the gospel had au eloquence all their own. Their fame traveled before them. The people, naturally sensitive and enthusiastic, were readily moved by the vehement declamations of these pioneer preach-
508
HISTORY OF DAVIS COUNTY.
ers. There was a boundless field for strong, earnest and unlettered elo- quence, and they improved the opportunity.
Amid such circumstances as these, did the religious history of Davis county find root. The names of those who early contributed to the organi- zation of the moral forces of the county, will long remain in traditional his- tory. Upon these men, and such as these, the religions interests of the county depended, and right well did they perform the task. Numerous churches have been founded in all portions of the county.
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.
There is a suggestion of the completest misery in the bare mention of the word. That not only men, but women, in an advanced period of civil. ization-men and women who not only profess, but very frequently act upon a high code of morals-should indulge in fostering a love for strong drink, with scarcely a protest against it, is one of the most startling facts in moral ethics. It is, however, perfeetly normal and in no degree inconsistent with the doctrine of natural moral perceptions, while it opens out fields of ethical inquiry of very deep, though painful interest. It is here proper, perhaps, to explain more fully the meaning of this last sentence, but in its explanation is involved, in not a few cases, the cause of a life made nn- happy by drink. By natural moral perceptions, are meant hereditary pro- clivities, hereditary tastes and distastes. If, in the modern psychol- ogy there is any one fact thoroughly substantiated, it is that mental habit and individual tastes not only may be, but actually are, transmitted through several or long lines of generations. And among these may be included diseases and the germs of disease, aberrant mental peculiarities and de- sire for sensual indulgences or enjoyments that are in themselves demor- alizing and damning. From time immemorial men have indulged in the fruit of the vine or its product, have sedulonsly employed intoxicating bev- erages, first as stimulants, then for the mental pleasure or exhileration they confer, and why? Oftentimes through hereditary desires, and then again from sheer determination to cultivate a taste for these beverages on the recommendation or example of others. And so the tide has ever increased, and it has increased the amount of human woe, wrong and crime. Vain have been all attempts to stay the tide; vain have been protestations and entreaties; vain has been prohibitory legislation; in the natural order of things the disease-for it is nothing else-has fastened itself upon the human race, and there is no outside power that can stay it.
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Locked in the heart of the victim of strong drink is the only safe-guard, the only potent ageney to stay the tide, and that agency is self-will. We may hedge the sufferer around with the arm of the law, may bring to his aid all the moral forces we can muster, may present the incentive of virtue or the example of pure living; all of these would bein vain until the man rises in his might and' asserts his manhood, his power over himself. The mightiest barrier a man ean oppose to the sway of passion, or to the bent of inbred desire, is self-knowledge. The old proverb, "know thyself," meant more than a mere index to a true philosophy of the mind; it pointed to the only sure safeguard within the possession of man against crime, and against self-abuse in any direction.
Sad, indeed, has been the temperance history of the human race. Who could tell the myriads of brave hearts and noble minds which have fallen as victims to its absence. Lives untold have been wrecked, possibilities un- measurable have been defeated, promises without number brought to naught, hopes on which rested the joys of millions have been wrested away, claims which pure hearts only could meet have gone unsatisfied, and homes with- out number have been depleted of all that is bright or holy in life. There was little exageration after all in the beautiful hyperbole of Hume, when writing of this same topic, he said: "To tell the ravages of this curse, it would require the heavans for a canvas, the ocean for color, the forests for a pencil and Job for the artist."
To measure fully the value of an opinion or a system, it is not alone suf- ficient to examine the ideals of its originators; it requires rather a knowl- edge of how far those ideals have been realized among the people. Its value as a savior must be reckoned by the work done, rather than the good inten- tions or hopes of the founders. That trite old saying, that "actions speak louder than words," is beautifully exemplified in the steadfast purpose and determination with which the people of this county have set their faces against any recognition or permission of this evil in their midst. But this is one of the questions which, like Hamlet's ghost, will not down; it re- quires constant, unceasing vigilance to meet it; rising at periodical inter- vals, as it does, with all the strength of renewed youthfulness, it requires an equally combative resurection of antagonistie force to stay it. Look at it in whatever light we may, it possesses a vast political importance in the sense of political economy. Where to engage it, and how, is a problem that can only be solved by concerted actioil.
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HISTORY OF DAVIS COUNTY,
CRIMINAL HISTORY.
There has been no part of the habitable globe free from erime since Cain murdered his brother Abel. Thus, it has been transmitted from age to age, from land to land, from generation to generation. Man is prone to evil, says some one, somewhere, and it is only through cultivated influences that this inborn evil is held in subjection. Laws, civilization, edneation, the church, and society are foremost among these influences who hold at bay, so far as may be, the evil in man, and cultivates his higher nature, gives scope to his nobler impulses. The more general, and the more thorough these moralizing influences are exerted, the less erime there is among us. Rare is the human being, however hardened he may have become, who has no tender spot in his nature. The most abject have sensibilitieswhich are susceptible of being attuned for good or evil. Hence, where moral influences and restraint do not permeate and surround the human family, and influence their ways of life upon the higher and better planc of conduct, they will too often sink to the lower.
To show that Iowa has exerted these influences and restraints to a whole- some degree, it is only necessary to state, that out of a population of over a million and a half of people, from all nations and elimes, there were only 1,446 convictions in the entire State, for all grades and elasses of crime, during the year 1879. Of these 570 were for nuisance: 205 for larceny and burglary; 74 for burglary; 72 for selling intoxicating liquor; 65 for assault; 39 for assault and battery; one, only, for illegal voting; 41 for keeping gambling houses, besides for other minor offenses. For the higher erimes -felonies-there were S convictions for murder in the first degree, and 7 in the second degree; for arson 4; assanlt with intent to commit murder, 15; assault with intent to kill, 6; attempt to bribe a court, 1; forgery, 27; grand larceny, 25; perjury, 2; robbery, 12. This aggregate, of less than fifteen hundred persons convicted of crime, is a small per cent out of a population of more than a million and a half, and speaks highly of the good govern- ment of Iowa, and the moral, religious, and social influences of the peo- ple.
At the November term of the Board of Supervisors, 1864, is the follow- ing resolution :
Resolred. That the sum of five hundred dollars is hereby offered and will be paid by Davis county, lowa, for the apprehension of the murder[er] or murderers of Amanda Pitman and Lovina Margaret Pitman, at Springville, in said county, the night of 29th October, 1864.
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They were never caught and it remains a mystery to-day.
At the February term, 1880, of the District Court, John L. Krewson was convicted of burglarizing T. F. Collins' store at Stiles, on the night of Feb- mary 19th, 1879, and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary, dating from March 4, 1880.
At the September term, 1881, George Gibson and Robert Lambert, stran- gers here, stating they came from Pennsylvania, were convieted on two in- dietments each, for burglarizing the houses of A. R. Humphrey and Joseph Hammon, of Fox River township, and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year and six months on each indietment, to date from October 1, 1881.
At the February term of the District Court, 1880, Lewis Casssell was tried for forgery in signing the names of Joseph Roberts and John MeCarty to a note for $100 and discounting it for $90 at Bradley's bank. He was arrested by constable J. M. Duffield, in Marion township, and his prelimi- nary examination took place before Squire Horn, and at this term of the Distriet Court he was sentenced to one year and six months in the peniten- tiary, to date from March 1, 1880.
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