Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-21
LOCAL MATTERS.

q an that Messrs. Look " 0aIeeht nave
y abe arrangements to run special train Of
a :. n Walcott, twelve miles west Of this
:. no ON next Saturday. Preparations will
q md. for taking out some three hundred
~ ,.ors. and tickets must be procured at the
4 20 Of Cook g. Sargent the day previous.
70 Messenger cars will be brought over
- The Rock Island road for the accom-
o1,,;on Of the ladies', and the train leaving
/ a A. NJ, will return 81 4 ia the afternoon.
Walco,t is the first station, twelve miles
%, of Davenport, the 25th Of August will
: another marked day in the history of the
ate and especially Of Davenport, for the
: muletion and running Of the cars over the
5, section Of Railroad constructed in Iowa.
nee the commencement OF laying the rail
i ery thing has proceeded admirably, with
' Il interruption or accident. and there is no
|. ubt that the Road will be completed to
WA City by the time contemplated It
superauous TO say that the Supernten-
mt and Contractor, Messrs. Henry and
srmichael, and the other gentlemen con-
pcted with the Road, deserve credit for SO
olnp,y coming up to time, for what they
I'VE done heretofore keeps people from be-
q a, II surprised at their present perform
ces We have no hesitation in saying in
vance tina, the excursion will be pleas
one, and that the proof that it was SO
n be found in one Of next weeks Ga
ttes.
-Jno. r. jackson, one Of our most en-
tprising farmers, has secured the patent
hit for a newly invented hnminy mill
hich breaks and hul's the grain while in
state. He will be enabled to supply
demand in this city and county SO soon
he pets one OF the machines into opera
pn.
- span of sprigttly horses attached
a wagon in which were p couple of men,
rted at lull speed d,sn Perry from near
pur.h street on Sturdy evening. The
stimpase Of one was to leap from the
agon but he wisely conclu led to keep his
al, Tie horses turned up Second st. but
fore they eached Brady. by Juggling hard
the rcins, the men succeeded in checking
ZEN.
Tile skeleton of the steeple of the
apts, Church 10 n1w erected. Il is
Dry tall and quite graceful spife.
-Bech,el, Kinscy e. Co. wing OBJ
iasd new AMI larg, engine for their
oy flctory, hiv. erected tall iron chin
~ to accommodate il.
ACCIDENT - On Sunday last a little
IN Of Mr., Lewis, residing on Perry street,
AZ kicked by a horse running loose in the
Arect His jaw was fractured and other
Use, we presume, he was badly, If not ia
lily, injured. There is an ordinance pro-
biting horses running at large, why is it
b, enforced! Every Sunday drove Of
pose horses parades our streets, frightening
Eomcn and children, barking shade trees
DC. Will our authorities sees,that these an
mails are 10 longer permitted to run at
hrge'
AIR A. Wright has left with US
lisee OF wood excavated from clay STRAIT
m ftty-itco feet below the surface OF the
ar'h. 1t has the grain ofhickory and the
rpenrance in color and texture of ebony
was taken from its bed of ages in digging
well on top Of the bluff in our city.
Hogs are decidedly the most obsti-
pate Of the brute creation. especially when
Iou undertake to drive them against their
wills. A day or two ago, we happened to
be on the river bnnk when srsall drove
Jas being crossed over on the Ferry boat,
rom this TO the Illinois side. A part Of
hem wen, over very peaceably, but num-
q Der appeared fully determined not to 60 to
lhe Sucker State. II has been the opinion Of
many philosophers that brutes have much
more mind than is generally supposed, and
d was evidently the opinion Of these pork
irs tina, to migrate eastward was contrary
10 the established and correct order Of
lhngs. They appeared to be well enough
',ished with Iowa, and a number OF the
most enterprlsing made very industrious if
s pot laudable Efforts to reach the prairie back
bf the city. The civilized skill of tn r dri-
sers, however, was finally more than a
match for them. and they were forced to
lake a reluctant farewell of the western
ede Of the Mississippi. 1t was somewhat
amusing to the bystanders TO watch the
Il races between them and their drivers, bu
the great number of hard words used by the
latter showed that they did not see much in
he performance to laugh at
81 We noticed in DR.. Goodrich's room
the other day, Dental Chair, which is de-.
elded'y superior to any thing of the kind
we have seen. 1t is so constructed that it
+ can be placed a, any angle backwards or
Sideways, thus enabling the operator to
work with much more ease and efec,ive'
ness. II is patented, and is fine piece of
workmanship. as it ought to be, costing ov-
EW Gl00 ,Ga ;.nn nj which