Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-13
LOCAL MATTERS.

:. he removal Of ]. b. Daniorth, IT,,
Il. nos, Of government agent on K. L..
Ii was the greatest piece Of injustice
,ys Mrs. Drum and appoint Dan
= ,ba, off &c, Us it is mere sinecure
4 government persists in supporting
.hadv there, let it be a poor woman with
niIy Of children, and rot an able bodied
ho holds the position Of aid 10 the
.,,,or OF Illinois. We do not endorse
u,y in which the Rock Island papers
per.eeu,ing Danforth, however much
NAV deserve Their cond mnation. butwe
= tlways regarded the removal Of Mrs.
ma and appointment of Danfor,h as sheer
,.leism toward the latter apd downright
i,,ice to the (JImer person. We hope
aetilion may b, numcrous!y signed and
n,.d without hesitation.
Two Indians passed our Office yester-
ia wagon. They attracted as much
.,,sp as brace oflions would have done.
Iaany years ago ard the red men pi;ch-
tb4g tents in the outskirts of our town
came aud ate with Us a our tables; now
children know them only in history.
iii, noise Of the water falling from
carts engaged in sprnklng our streets,
t5ey pass our window, is the most re-
,hipr sound hat falls upon our ear these
dsys, and measurably atonas for the
fe Of the sua's rays TO which the expos
situation Of our room subjects US.
We are requested to refer to the ad-
ti.eni nj Of the pleasure excursion which
comfortable little steamer, the J. Nc
proposes to give our citizens on next
aIay.
lit Is rumored in our city, that on
eineslsy nigh, woman was murdered
N5aae by burglar and that yesterday
CITIZENS aud Police of r ,ck Island were
IN f1rce On the Island in search of the
b;Iefsf We may have the particulars to-
-Thc number OF cuts in the Gazette,
,tratipe Of the shows soon 10 be exhibit
here, give il quite pictorial appearance.
aili soon be done with them.
Yesterday morning we observed a
ing nan With a number OF quails strung
astfk wbithLe had shot OF captured in
pc 0ther way. We believe there is no
in Iowa for The protection Of game,
ppsh certainly one ought TO be enacted.
lie from the inhamaniiy Of killing birds
tbs season Of the year, they can scarcely
g. n eat, aud ihose who have no human
sal whose appelites long for bird, in
..nnmar, ought to be restrained by
FCHgsr measures
Yesterday we encou inferred man
b bead erect and steady step whom we
ka9au COR fourteen years and been &C.
stoned fre1uently 10 meet in our streets.
shom To the best OF our knowledge, ne
Tefyet hal seen save Under the influence
lp5r We uccosted him in the usual
by inGuiriug il a. we're still alive! His
M was gwen good humoredly, with the
part, Tin, e now anticipated living some
lrs as the Name Law was in forcein our
b There may b., and no doubt are.
a..oas OF the liquor law 10 Davenport, but
ang as the temptation Is removed from
pathway Of the wrctubed inc5ria,e, he
keep sober.
The citizens Of Dubuque propose
eb-atilg The CON plc,ioa oil the Illinois
salral r trpad to that point, and the
alag Of the city with gas, by barbecue
ID cihef festivities, Oh the 18th last. We
ark tbe clmunttee kindly fortheir friend.
~ generous iRyit ,tion IL b, present on
occasion, and rcgre, that necessity
Ee'en's our acceptance Of it.
The steamer Prairie State, con
tmed lac, Sunday week at Rock Island
+" owned by the Keokuk Packet Compa-
y aad vas valued at $1,000 The Ken
k'ky, burned at the san time, was ou ned
n Capt Hughes, and was worth 81 900 or
POGO We understand there was no in
firanee on either.
Mr., Rluslord, az the r lches,er Nur-
rvs still in oar city and stopping at the
+ Claire House, where he will remain the
lancecfthe week. lie informs Us that
hasreeeived orders since his stay for over
p oOs wartb Of trees and plants. As he
J" accompany the stock ordered, person
y depend upon re :eiyins tl:ir articles d.
fec from the nursery.
twill be seen by the proceedings Of
| ne Council that the member. of the Fire
'H'pahy have presented petition in rela-
10" 10 the purchase Of an Engine. We
re- 50 recently referred to this subject,
"aeo mentioning the procuring Of engine.
r. Aothe aud Rock !sia nd, that it il unna-
,."'ry TO say any thing further at present.
We unst that the Council will do what is
proper IN the premises, and we are conf
u'0' that wise liborality in purchasing all
-Wt heeessarY annnrntns us ed hN The Com