Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-26
LOCAL MATTERS.


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~. enlargement Of the old house consists
!, addition 70 the east side OF - BY "
:, which will make it sufficiently large
.s,, comfortably $50 persons. The con-
,s,euce room is a new structure "a ~ 81
=, in the rear and adjoining the main
boldng. and will accommodate about lo
,s,.ons. The entire expense oil lhe I'm
Movement will be between 500 and u 600
~. new building which the society con
.m,l.te erecting another season, is TO be
~ 90 fset in Dimensions, and the plans
t.xu BY J. C. Wells, Esq. Of Brooklyn
Y architect of Henry Ward Beecher's
,h,rcb) include = two-story rear building
=, lecture room, Sunday school and othe'
PURPOSES Of the church. The style of ar
rbtsc,ure is entirely plain, andits only Pc
rulari,s will be its CONVENE nee for speak
,g singing and hearing. There is to be
,s.,oger 50 fact in height. The coniem-
hated position OF the building is 20 feet
ran Fifth street, ard 10 feet from Main
It,. frortirc on tie latter, The church
,,o,srty now covers $50 feet on Main by
10, on Filth street. The present church
enlarged for temporary use, will be re-
pened for services on next Sunday.
The passenger cars, we presume,
In il! no, be pu, on the Railroad wet ur'i!
i, be completed to Iowa City. Every morn
D. We observe passengers on the platform
tar. aud very frequently building materials
nd household articles piled on top Of the
e. destined for the many new towns aud
II oppressive old ones OF the interior. The re-
barn trains do not always come empty, ss
b sch Of the farm produce OF the interior is
on seeking market here through the
medium Of the Railroad.
81 There is not newspaper in Iowa,
indeed in the whole West, outside OF Chica-
20 sat S, Louis, that ha ; the advertising pat
sousga o. the Daily Ga;efle. We have no
means Of aseertaining as certainly, but with
SsIi the boasts Of our contemporaries we are
wiling to compare our subscription list With
that Of any paper ia the Slate We
.ay this not boastingIy, but merely 10 let
them know hat the old GI.stie is in the
fed gathering influence and strength with
increase ofyesrs
IN the matter Of adopting garment
Il covering generally considered feminine,
eeA,lemsn have been decidedly more sue
cs.sai then the ladies we,e in their al
fashionable With females. The number
Of men who use sha1is has increased so
greatly that the fashion no longer attracts
toy particular ate niion, and the revolution
msg b. said to be .u ccessfuiiy accomplished.
Greater ccmion and conve nience have been
urged by both parties as reasons for The in
nOSa,ions they attempted, but it is no, in
moris!s 10 command sucoess, aud though
The ladies may have had as much Truth and
light an their side us the men had, yet
8htie ihe latter successfully managed their
Movement with a high hand from the first,
The demonstration of the ladies' never
anoghicd to more than feeble instruction.
The latter, however, have the consolation OF
knowing that success is not always the
correct measure of merit. though it is too
often so regarded by the Schemes Of fool
lsh generation.
We observe that three or four Of our
STATE exchanges are noticing the prepare
IONS ior putting up street lamp posts by
"e Gas Companies in their respective CT
YES We have no, yet noticed any such
separations in Davenport. A number of
'A'ngs got back-set BY that unfortunate
vote on the loan, and in no way did tina,
'os operate more uniavorably than by pre-
'enlng our streets being lighted with gas
'a's winter. With the extensive improve
iAents in the sidewalks, If we had also the
dement, Of gas-i'ght, compared with last
winter, II would not seem like walking in
'De same town. This difficulty will be rem
ea'ed IN the course Of another year If
necessity be the mother Of Invention, ex.
Per'shee is the parent OF wisdom, and we
'olnh the Davenport people are wise enough
hos 10 let then city be behind other places
Ia having an improvement which proclaims
''own merits so plainly as that Of gas-light-
cd streets.
The bad roads in connection with the
sudden demand caused by the cold spell,
nave raised the price of coal TO seventeen
cents bushel, and il has been selling on
Inc streets at that rate for day or two past.
inns however 10 only temporary advance.
When the roads become settled the old
rates will rule again.
We learn from the &C hicago papers that
'ae Locomotive davenport" has arrived
III 'na' city, and been placed in one Of the
machine shops of the r. l. r r. Company.
OF eastern manufacture an is said 20
W very fne-lookng machine. Its name
''aica'es that it is intended for the Daven-
port and Missouri Road and it will be placed
Oh the track as soon as the Road is compile
ted to Iowac