Upwards of thirty pereons, mostly woman
and obildren, wore trampled undor foot and
badly injured, many having their arme and
legs broken. Two of the ohildren received
fatal injuries.
Znangnral Address of Mayor
Leighton.
Elected to the honorable positifo of| tij09e
Mayor of your city by & handsome ma
jority of the independent voters, and
under circumstances peculiarly flattering
to my feelings, as being the first foreign
born citizen ever selected for that office
in Keokuk, if not, indeed, the first in
any city west of the mighty Mississippi,
my best devotion and utmost exertions
are due you, and it becomes me to return
my most sincere thanks for the high and
distinguished honor conferred upon me,
and to here renew the pledges made
throughout the campaign, that, daring
the period of my administration of citv
I affairs, retrenchment' and economy will
I be the order of the day, as far as the
same can be carried into effect consist
ent with good government.
In assuming the duties of my office, it
is, doubtless, expected of me to follow
tUe policy of my worthy predecessors,
aad present to the Council and public an
Inaugural Address, to which I cneerfully
conform and as it is my sincere desire
to make my brief career more remarka
ble for work done than lengthy talk,
you will be pleased to excuse the brevity
of my remarks.
