The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-04-24
FROM THE EDITOR.

Reader, didst ever experience The diss-
sseoabls necsssity Of waiting for : steam
bat, moneaaarily expecting ito welcome
puff 70 greet thy car and fearful 10 retire
lee. the opportunity b loss thee Of sscap.
ing thy unpleasant si,uaiions All, but j,
i irk,oms, aud !, has been my los 10 pass
two just such sieees 10 this very city
Werc | identified with tho interests Of ke
okuk - en- with those Of Davenport,
would not cease to aeitatss fixed hour for
The Departure Of ,hs s.: Louis psckala-nn-
Ill such arrangement we're effected. h
coz b done, and oil that IS required j. for
those hsralds Of reform the. watch over
the interests Of this city from the third sto-
ries of couple Of i,s lofty buildings, to
aeizs the subjec. earnestly and sgisate il
vigorously. Keokuk appears to me rather
dull, indeed the complaint Is general among
the river towns, Of Z want Of business. In
fact, the spring being backward it,. business
can scarcely Be- considered ened.
Al Burlington man vas Knocked over
board - ] ascsoded the plank and came
within grab Of taking mo along. lie dis
appeared for time beneath the element.
but soon arose blowing like porpoise and
made for the shore.
Court 10 in session ct Fort Madison. -
The Hummer case has ELECTED much stten,
ton. Il was finally decided BY verdic,
of guilty bsing rendered. Tho Ex.Rev.
gentleman vas sentenced to enc days i'm.
prisonmsot 10 Jail and to pay 6os Of two
hundred dollars. Mary Msrgrsve WAS sem
fenced . an imprisonmep. Of ten dsys'and
. fine Of twenty dollars. The father and
brother Of the young lady were sent to jail
for twenty days and subjected to . 6ne Of
forty dollars each. Men here have lil,le
charity for Hummer, they think there is
"method 10 his madness" He and his
wife, | understand. are sgain one. His
race in Keokuk, il | may believe what I'll
affirm, 10 abou. finished.
G phad the pleasure today Of witnessing
The flll power preas Introduced into our
State in the full tide Of successful opera
lion upon the frs. sheet thus printed
Friend Howell, the unobirusivs editor ofthe
Valley Wing, has the credit Of this ianoya-
,iou upon old established usage. |, print.
At the rate OF 500 Impressions per hour, the
common hand press making bu, $50 i'm
pressions IN hour when steadily worked.
In company with Prot Sanford | yi,iied
this afternoon The Medical College build.
ing in progress Of construction here, and
assure you Eel, regret to reAec, ,ha, 90
desirable an addition had been los, our
town. The main building il abou. finish
ed. A wing intended for hospital and to
accommodate eighty patients is now being
erected at an expense Of .ahon, $1,000.
They have small but valuable cabinet of
specimens in the natural sciences. Very
many pleasing associations are connected
With this Institution, and cannot but wish
il the highest prosperity.
The city Of Keokuk appears 10 be s'work-
ing out i,s destiny" with rapidly ,ha,
would astonish any but western man, nc-
cu'tomed to SEQ cities spring up with the
celebrity Of ancient Tsrsus. considerable
city Of CiIicia, which with Anchialus is
said BY Xenophen to have been built 10 one
day. Heavy bucks Of four s.ov brick
buildingsinte nded ~ business houses are be.
ing erected on the landing q. Keokuk on the
sites Of the dilapidsted frame tenement,
that formerly dis6gured tia. portion Of the
city.
The Bon Accord and the Wyoming up
ward bound, have each lulled me into the
belief that the much desired packe, had ar.
rived. But now smother steamer in sight,
the whistle, the hurry and hustle among
the folks, oil tell me after two disa ppoint-
ments that the "Iucky" number Of my life,
three, Is again successful. That sentence
opens up . very pretty field for descantng
upon perseverance,, but az have not the
time ] spare my reader the infection, and
wish them - happy journey dowm-the
river Of life AZ ! now expect to take down
that mighty tributary which layes the cas-
tern shore Of our beloved State. Al