Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-06-20
LOCAL MATTERS.

~. :, the Muscatine Journal say
an, Of blacklegs travel the river be
|. s sh,, place and Rock Island, a.
,hsi, headquarters at Davenport an
We we're not aware that any suc'
,,,,s we're amongst US, and if there b
.,n have to keep a sharp look out 4
ssios nabbed by orr officers. Ger
| c,mbling ought not 70 be allowed o.
bots. End we hardly think the Cap
If the Ben Campbell and Mckee
!, ,e,mi, their passengers to be fleece
IT,. ,,oual gamblers. The following
Inob is part Of the communication re-
~. and if the young man" who i
|.,o Of the story is old enough to play
|. he |. abou, as green a specimen al
20 read Of in tale or history
few days ago young man III he hat
!" The ladies' cabin with his mother
s,n,ed him to DO, it would have been
,or him) was drawnin to play agame
line. iusi TO pass away the time, and
|,he list game or two, some one OF the
,,oposcd 10 put up FIVE cents just to
The game interesting. This was too
.m for any one to object to, so the
man bet five cents and won; he bet
and again he won; then a dime was
Nj .,ilIhe on; then twenty five cents,
dollar, ind still he won. They
! / his playing and he became more
[esome; but presently the scales were
t--he lost, lost all; and then with one
I,,e effort to win back what he had
n ri.ked valuable gold watch. worth
present from his dying father, and
that. His pitiful cries caught his
!. listening ear and she was soon in
kowd. Passengers gathered around,
:, roulJ be done! There they were
4 and son, several hundred miles from
with not a cent of money. At last
The gang gave the young man $25,
/ ID him to stop his crying and 60 TO
LSome time since we noticed New
!, invention for making fuel from
We now see that Dr.. Taylor OF
and Is said to have succeeded in the
{,on of brilliant light, and intense
| the decomposition OF water. The
|D:4ler says the a. para,us Is simple.
i light equal to tina, Of the best quail.
ls, superior in color and producing
! least smoke. The expense Of the
|, i. represented, will be next to moth
Bib these inventions should attain the
lion claimed for them, there would
kly be all extraordinary reduction oil
expenses But We imagine the re.
Promised are too good to be true.- -
The mud matter We have not heard
jog lately, and in regard TO the new
the Pam Dsaler does not advise
< up the gas houses for the present,
certainly have no disposition to stop
gress Of our gas works in the ex-
onoi,he new Invention being brought
kcliOn We do not think the Messrs.
need feel any alarm that their prof
be lessened by Dr.. Tay lor's opera
bad though, excep, perpetual mo-
regard nothing in the way Of me-
al or chemical Improvements aud
res as impossible, we viii venture
et that we will have water-wofks N
port, before vie wi have light manu-.
rom water.
The heavy rains Of S ,turday ant
nights last filled the tank of the ga.
with about four feet OF water ant
ed the proprietors TO an expense o
Que hundred dollars.
We refer all those wishing cheaI
to The advertisement in to-day's pa
dsd &c reat Sale Of Goods"
The following are the dimensions o
fw Yacht which has just been bull
Davenport Yach, Club. Length 3,
can feet, hold 2 a feet, and she car
out 100 ieet square Of canvass. w
Wand that shewas modelled BY one q
S naval architects in New York
OIL was built by Chas. Shirach, unde
'pehnsendence of Capt. Donely, he
'Hd,'. Mr.. Shirach has proved him
Oea superior sliipwright by this job
Iulhlled his contract in a manner th
satisfactory, and he is well worthy III
'ase oil all who may require his SCI
The figure heal, appropriate to he
was carved by Chas. Wilkins. Tn
0swas executed by the Messrs. C lin,
ssns was fitted up by w. SeiveI
'e salts were procured in New Yorl
a''re cost was about $500.
congratulate the members Of Til
u 'ne completion of their beautif'
iney deserve much credit for the ell
= and taste they have displayed, al
we 'hey may enjoy all the pIeasul
ae anticipated. There is fine strets
mere upon which they can put the
'a' through all the nautical evol,
ana we hereby promise to take n Ri
''em Whenever we are invited.
WHEAT CROP IN MrcHrGAs.-N
, ~ opportunity for observation
= through that portion Of the Sta
,,e' upon the route from Detroit