The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-09
LOCAL MATTERS.

TWAS once upon time q mO0teu questloH'
whether If jack knife were to receive new
blade and again new handle It would be
the same instrument. As the Gazette comes
out this week with new type and new mat
ter can il be said to be the same paper! For
fear, however, that il It were to lose its iden-
ti,y equal confidence might not be rcPosed
in it, nor it be SO prosperous, we are content
to call it the same Davenport Gazette, now
about entering upon its teens. Like females
Of that interesting period, when the child -
thrown of and the young lady assumed q
new dress must be had and other fincry more
fitting to the age be donned. All Of which
has been done, and we come before the pub
lie 4 claimant for a continuation Of that pat
ronare which has ever been extended US and
which we have endeavored to merit.
Somebody within mile Of our sane
tum is possessed ola Shanghai rooster. Il
crows necessarily and with noise like the
passage Of sound through barrel.
We direct attention to Projectors
Business Card. and especially to that clause
which sets value upon special notices to
transient advertisements.
-SrEAM FERRY.-We had the pleas
ure last week Of crossing the big river on
]. w. Spencer l. Cos. new steam ferry
boat. II runs almost without perceptible
motion and is capable Of carrying over me
teams At one time. Travellers nowhere can
End better accommodations for crossing the
Mississippi than at this point.
-DRuGs MEpIcISEs.-t may be
superAuous to direct the attention OF the
reader to an advertisement occupying so
much space as that Of Eldridge g. Son, but
there it is.
a. F. Mast's new four story brick
building, designed for the Post Office, has
been commenced with vigor, an earnest Of
its speedy completion.
The evidences Of improvement are
visible all around us-new houses, new
stores, new businesses are springing up
throughout the city in manner that beto-
kens its prosperity. Since the fact has been
established that we are to have Railroad
hence direct to Iowa City, and, in all proba-
bility, another to Muscatine, those who have
had misgivings of the rapid growth and in
creased business of the place, have begun
to think they may have been slightly mista-
ken. There is a bright future for Dasen-
port and the grey-haired man will live - see
it.
The weather has been delightful the
past week, and after the refreshing rains
vegetation grows SO fast that you cannot
see it, it may almost be attributed to the
uniformity of its upward motion.
-THE FLOATING PALAcE.-This pa
eious amphtheatre visited our city on Tues
day last. Through the kindness Of Dr.
Spalding we viewed the internal arrange.
men.s Of the palace" In the dress anc
family circles there are eight muna--i -
chairs and in the gallery seats sufficient to ac
commodate one thousand persons. Two
thousand people have witnessed the per.
formance at one time. At night it is light
cd with gas and must present magnifcen,
appearance--when filled with rosy cheek:
and sparkling eyes.
Our friends who sent US the abolition
article, shall have the pleasure OF seeing il
in print next week
a daily line of stages has been es-
tablished from Rock Island to Peru, thus
connecting US, at the latter place, with a
continuous line of Railroad to the East.
-FouRTH OF JULY.-Are no prepare
tons to be made for the celebration OF the
national holiday Is the anniversary Of
American Independence to be passed quiet.
ly over without any demonstration of con.
VITALITY outside of the beer shops! We
"pause for reply
III any of our advertising friends have
been omitted, in the work of tearing down
and re-setting our advertisements, they will
confer favor by notifying us of the fact.
Elder Johnson, of the Disciples
Church, lost valuable horse this week on
return trip from Marion. He sickened
and died without assignable reason.
The Congregationalists, we observe
are subjecting their church building to an
elongating process that will make it better
fitted to accommodate their audiences. As
the churches grow, the old meeting houses
must either stretch out or come down.
-DIsTRIcT COURT An adjourned ses.
sion ofthe above Court for this county com.
menced here yesterday. We are not advised
OF any important cases that come up for
trial
Extra copies of this weeks Gazette,
either with or without wrappers, can be OBJ,
tanned at the Printing Office.
The river is in fine navigable con-
dition and boats are plying briskly.
MORE OF IA late ST. Louis Neys con.
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