Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-17
LOCAL MATTERS.

area anu VoHP'S"S~"b toSetssVS uat
t,,msf,y dealt At other points. Every branch
of,r.ds j. lively, activity prevails upon our
.,,eets and in our business houses, all up-
near to be engaged and each one seems con-
,,n,el with the part allotted TO him. No
.,s.ch of industry is overdons. and IL any
.l to make money, it is because they have
r,eyiously failed to prosecute their business
IL a proper and legitimate manner. The
,,.nues OF industry are broad in new
country and the man who is true TO himself
,,,ely fails, il he walk in them TO achieve
, competency. The person who avows
any occspation in our rising city to be too
crowded knows not the elastic nature Of
business in = city possessing the attractions
Of Davenport. Our sidewalks are daily
,hronged with strangers, men Of means,
wishing to invest their capital in city that
h,d, out 80 many inducements; while our
streets are 6lled with teams, some OF which
are here for tho first time. brought hi,her by
The name our city 10 acquiring as mart
70, the interior. On last Saturday friend
counted within two squares on our Front
stree, and levse, one hundred and twenty
.r teams. Second street for squares, Brady
and Main streets are cro.ded with them;
indeed you cannot 80 amiss for wagons,
filed either with the produce of the farm.
o, returning with family stores received
partly in exchange.
A, new stores and other branches Of
business spring up. additional inducements
are held out to the farmer and though our
lradesmen may not obtain quite 80 large
pro6,s, yet increase Of business will more
amply compensate them. A few years
since we were content simply with boast
ing Of the beauty aud healthfulness of our
location, knowing that these were desider.
ale with men seeking homes in the West,
and that once attracted hiiher by those in.
da,emen,s, the unparalleled situation of
Davenport with regard to surround n. To-
ealtes would eventually ensure TO il busi.
hess. The conclusion was legitimate aud
car city 10 now realizing its correctness.
We have no fears for the future. There 10
boundless field in the grea, West and
,h5se who are earliest to SOW will be the
ff., TO reap the golden harvest. Here in
Davenport wealth 10 in store for the indlvi.
da,ls who prosecute most vigorously the
Branches Of industry they pursue. The
fed is broad one, i, is yet but sparsely oc-
lees, who makes exertions to occupy
/ Isfger space, will realize corresponding
benefits.
We direct attention 10 the commuii-
cation Of our fellow citizen, Mr.. Price, in
Fsespec, 10 the effects Of our Prohibitory Ii |
|gapt Law. The contrast he draws between
b.. cities of Davenport and Rock Island /
|,hos, mos, conclusiveiy the sniu,ary inhu.
[shce exerted upon community by the Pro-
Ehbilory Liquor Law Of Iowa. The passage
2of that Law has done more for the settle
Smen, Of Iowa than any measure adopted
nce our State had an existence, while the
kefusal Of Illinois to piss a similar enact
Rnent will retard her progress many yean.
|fhe class Of people that are coming into
Eeur,wo cities is type of the population of
Efur resps c,ive States. Iowa 10 its infancy
Paving received moral impetus must ever
pas,sin an uprgh, character among the
States Of the Union.
The Dubuque papers publish notice
laa' the Telegraph Company in that city,
, making every effort to put It's line in first
Pate working order, aud will have il in
condition to furnish reports regularly in
few days. We wish we were able to make
similar announcement We have how
trer gwen up much hope Of having any
Regular reports till after the completion OF
Fhe Bridge; for though we nigh, quote furth-
from our Dubuque contemporaries, and
pay that We have made permanent con-
ract to receive all the reports that could be
ent over the line, repeated arrangements to
b" effec, have only resulted in repeated
fexaton and Disappointment. However,
sa matter Of ,elegraphing to the west OF the
ssissiPpi, better day is coming, and no
FeT iesg Time will intervene before We
sA 'sseye Geographic dispatches as
ProSpsy as they ere now received in Chi
aso.
THE Mount Pleasant Observer men
Jns that John EshelnaI had four hats
stolen from his store, and intimates that
Eaere were three young genh connected
VIII the operation. Our hat merchants,
harEg, and ALsros L. Co. sell good
R'acic at such low rates that there 10 no
'eee"'y of stealing from them. High
Pnces in some places may operate IS AMIR
Pessnbls temptation 20 the commission OF
PeNy iarcency, but the low rates at which
OO' merchants dispose Of goods not only
greatly increase the amount Of their trans
"uohs, but also render them very praise
worthy conscryators of the public morals
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