Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-11-07
LOCAL MATTERS.


o,, farmers are receiving a better price
,,oduce now than they have ever yet
h,,ioed. II prices continue they must oil
s,,u,u.lly &c, wealthy, % no inve'smens
..,., remunersses the industrious man
,n., labor expended in filling the SELL
r.,-,nv IN Iowa 10 more profitable than
=. anne business 10 the Eastern Stases.
,..n N. fac. that land 10 much lower, more
..;l, titled and the yield per acre greater.
I, addition, the expense Of farming in the
sv.., Il much less, - recourse 10 NOT had
.ny scientific treatment to force . crop
.,u ,he soil, while the agriculsuJist hsv.
!, no stones Or s,umps 10 contend with.
!. avail Aimself Of oil the labor saving
chimes hat seiesce and isvention have
.,,,;hu,el to his art. Wsthsrefore invite
,,;c.l,u,isss to our State snd offer them
q, ouy the richest and most prolific soil
The Union. but good markets and high
n,ices tor their produce. II industrious,
tho, e.nno, fail 10 achieve competency
;findolent they will not deserve a subsis-
enee.
Our attention being attracted to a
crowd on Saturday sfternoon, wo mixed in
and found i,s nucleus to be . rather good
looking, but very garrulous man. engaged
a the petty occupation of selling specific
H..
,,,,cu,.ed the .aerts Of his salve with coa-
|.ide,sbl. l,quaei,y, and seemingly with
much interest, to crowd of spectators.
Last evening about 10 o'clock, the
people Of Rock Island brought out their big
gun aud had grea, rejoicings over the cleo
lion Of their Mayor. We walked down to
the landing not knowing what had occurred
10 arouse the quic, folks Of the vicinity, fors
ge,fu .ha, our neigabors had had an cleo
ton. We trust that both parties slept qui.
e,sr after their noisy demonstrations.
We notice in the Dubuque papers
tina, the Agent for the E ma Fire Insu.
france Company offers considerable pre-
MUM for the establishment of Fire Comps-
ME. in tina, City. Judging from our State
Exchanges. We would conclude tina: the
towns and cities Of Iowa are all lamentably
de6c,n ut ir any organization Or apparatus
for putting on, fires. We are confdcn, that
thre s no town Of its size, and Of an equal
smoant Of property, in the civilized world,
tia, 10 more unprepsred than Davenport in
ths important particular. Active as We
are in al. other pursuits, in the nst,er OF
preparing against disaster, 10 which We
arc peculiarly liable, and which might in
few hours destroy half the town, We seem
d"pa'ed to sit cro.s-legged and with folded
arm, like the Tars., and ssy.---"what is
~rtssn, is written: great 10 Allah" n
-Messrs. Wilson g. Hsrleys old
stand under the Gazette Office il undergo.
ing quite change. Mr.. Cram pton. the
present proprietor. 10 putting up al open
from. preparatory to occupying the room us
Dry soods establishment. II 10 the hes;
stand for business in the city.
The Davenport Social Club give q
Selee, Party, t,e 6rst Of the series, AT lie
Claire Hall on Thursday evening next.
The eioquence Of Mr.. Cho.te seems
to have considerably warmed up the enthu-
'''sm Of the correspondent who writes US
from Boston. Reflection will convince US
that the prosperity Of the country depends
on the establishment Of the principles Of
the Republican psrty.-or by whatever
name Il may be called. The rhetoric Of
the most gifted orator cannot prevail sgains,
the immobility Of facts:-
"le' but beam ~ sober reason play,
And hncs's lair frost-work meIts away"
We understand ,hst man has been
committed to Jail on suspicion Of being the
person who hred Co,es T. Davies Lnmber
yard last Sunday evening. .. '
We hope that another season our
'''y Couseil will not expend the amount
received on road taxes in repairs: but will
undertake some permanent Improvements.
The condition Of Front street is dcplorable.
= lew hours after heavy rain, the mud
'ho water, mixed by the number. of passing
''ms' become some six or eight inches in
uep'h' rendering the travel exceedingly dis.
'sreeable. Beth Front and Brady streets
should be either paved or Mscadami1ed.-
Inc latter could be done at slight expense,
the broken stone from the quarries in the
immediate vicinity would require little com
intuition to Fl, it for the purpose.
- :u'seovHRr.-A string OF. thirteen prop.
o...: "ns 10 going the round Of the Demo-
a'c papers as an admirable enumeration