Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-04
LOCAL MATTERS.

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the 3 nner Of yesterday stating that thu
Temperance ticket before the people o
Scott county was got up at the Know No
thing lodge weeks before the meeting for
Temperance nomination was called, aux
that the tickets were printed, folded att
craDared To be sent to the diff rent point,
we Ks before ths Temperance npIninltiou.
were made. With respect 10 the FIRST charg,
Se cannot speak advisedly, as we were no
nresent and have no means of ascertaininl
whether it be true or not, but the latter is
downri rht faIsehood, as the tickets were
rrinted in our office this week and one Of
the candidates is now standing at our table
folding them. Desperate indeed must be
the cause that requires such bold and reck-
less assertions 10 sustain it.
Permit us to adopt the fDllowin =
from the G llcni Gazette, as local:--'It
is new good time for those who want
houses of their own b live in, to contract
for building. The rise in The upper streams
is letting out lafge quantity Of lumber,
brick are not particularly scarce. and con.
Tractors can readily increase their force to
meet the market for their labors. The first
requisite OF cheap liyingis to own the house
YOU live in, thereby deducting from your
expenses what you pay for rent"
We wish it distinctly understood
that every communication for the Gazette
mus be accompane by Irresponsible name :;
at the same time we wish no one to write
for cur paper who himseifis not wiling to
youch Tor VIVA. he says. As the Gazette is
the only medium through which the atten-
ton of our citizens can be reached daily.
W. etl it incumbent upon " to publish ar
uces which under other circumstances
nabt be eSciud ID from our columns.
Prom the appearance Of the Gazette
the last two issues, our readers may have
readily observed that we were not at cur
accustomed post. The fact of it is, We have
been up to the new town of Clinton, in
Clinton co.. assisting TO dedicate that beau
ttll site to all the purposes of great city,
AMI 80 soon as We shall get through the tu-
mil Of poiitles, ia which the approach Of IN
exciting election inv Dives IL, We shall de-
vote limited space - description OF the
occasion.
On VI ,nday next our citizens will
be called upon TO vote Tor or az inst effect
ing loan of $4,000, for the purpose of
purchasing a fire engine and apparatus
grounds for water w orks and hospital. and
lem2 posts for the city. We cannot con
ceiye Of any well grounded opposition TO Oh
tanning this loan as these are all measures
Of vital importance anl surely il is better
to let those who come after US assist to
bear the expense of improvements, the be IL
etis Of which they Will equally realize, as
by direct taxation. or voluntary subscrip-
ton, t. assume the entire cost ourselves
We shall vote for the loan and trust our
ci izcns will sustain it by heavy majority
We place on record the letter o.!
Ca sius ~ Clay, written just previous TO
h's fulfilmsnt Of III, appontm mt to address
,hn citizens Of X Jckclstla county, Ky, IN
which he trum phed over the buiiyism and
brleralocia of the s!aveites of that region.
1t Displays the man and will do for future
reference.
We have received i small pamphlet
Of II or II ptges containing the Consli'u'
ton aud BIZ Laws Of the order OF know
Meetings., with request 10 publish such
portions as we choose. We don't choose
to pub!ish any portion Of it, as we can MI
upour columns 10 better advantage than by
publishing any of the stale disclosures OF
the Know Nothing or Sag NIGHT lodges
that have been floating around through our
exchanges the last twelvcmonih.
Somebody in our city and in the neigh
borhocd OF our office is in the habit OF sell
ling liquor. We wish our city officers
would investigate the matter and bring the
ofanIer to Justice, as he is ia the daily ana
hourly violation of law ana punishment
should be melted out to him unsparingIy.
- correspon lent OF the Banner, syn.
ing himself" % in the corner," is DESTROYS OF
knowing how M, Center employ. his time.
lie is mostly eng ,ged, we believe, in catch
ing thieves, let that CORES pondent beware
--Somchow we cannot convince our
self but that the "thousand hearts that beat
f9r joy" (Shakspeare--B Banner we mean,
are doomed to disappointment. 1t is hare
to achieve ian old fashioned Democratic
victory on Temperance issue.
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