Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-14
LOCAL MATTERS.

m one 10 the oiaerp shouiu 'uioc Soi
lduass i fund to be paii for course OF lectures
ta y" n one or more gentlemen. in each OF the
sAy .. which might enter into such agree
n, Ills supposed that the expense on
}, ,,yn woul thus be much iesscned,
's' lie BY this plan sufficient money could be
lst ..a to procure the services OF first class
,,o, We think the suggestion good
, Asa and that with proper management it
he successfully carried out. Like all
~ =, matters, however, If anything 10 to re-
from il, it is necessary that some par
). ia, nersons should make it their business
500 that il is properly managed. II eve
ssolaq hoav intends to il, it will inevitably fall
m, rough.
u " p,, while we even think that such an ar
.cemen, could be successfully accom-
H. sbed between towns at some distance
UNA J., we believe a plan could be arranged
Ia. re by which good lectures could be OBJ
Va nod nj a comparatively small cost: sup
nj 40 Moljue, Rock Island and Davenport
ere 10 combine in raising common iui
,rocure a lecturer to lecture in the three
,ssa ace,, Ii strikes IL that this plan Is u
~ts asible one, AMI with little cxcrtion on
. mar, of our literary friends, could be
"Hr ad, TO work, The cost would be lessen.
s. because after the lecturer arrived there
WIN puld be no expense in going between the
&c towns, and they being so near each
~ ~, ,er. all the arrangements could DO made
es- ,h,ut the Inconvenience of letter-wriing.
lass mi, means wa would be able TO yet one
the very best of the eastern lecturers,
.ns we can hardly b. mistaken in supposing
ing at in the three places there is suffi cieit
-. mber Of persons disposed to favor the
@s meet, A, all events, we throw out the
,estion for the consideration Of those
a -. b. ha e spoken 10 US on the subject, and
ss inced great desire for the adoption Of
bmc method by which we may make c,r-
in OF one or more good courses of lectures
=" uring the coming season,
i sa The Chicago Press has broachcd the
He ca Of constructing railroad between that
;. Inv and the Lake Superior country. ties
nd mates that the cost Of the ROAD would be
As bout $40 00o 900, aud it argues with tn
=" capitalists Of Chic tgo and Other towns along
be route that subscribing 10 the rond would
- paying investment. Chicago certain
deserves the prosperity she has obtained.
r., Ter industry is uutiring, and any thing
"A hitch money can do Tor the advancement
benefit ofthe city is lavishly though dis
=. reetly furnished BY hcrrch capitalists, and
y |hcncvc- there is any sign OF a new ave
:. ne which promises TO pay for the exp!ora-
40 bon, il is bound 10 be explored, and in most
I, Instances il il found that all the elements of
pros periv have been increased by the ope-
q. alton. In this respect Chicago sets good
= Example 10 other places, md especially 10
!. ki,ies like Davenport. The same causes
a n,rinc enterprise and judicious liberalty,
p hich have caused the Garden Ci'yto grow
i 6n q manner almost unparalleled IN the ms
tury Of cities, will cause ether towns, pos
Y tessed ,f reasonable' natural advantages, To
u prosper after similar fashion, Such an
Example il Of peculiar applicability to Div-
Import. Taking all things together, no
i Town on the river above st. Louis has the
dy,n,nres of our own, and tits in the hands
hi our citizens 10 make it, beyond any RI
! tal,y, the first city in the State. But to the
attainment of that end We must of course be
made of the necessary means. chicago
would never have voted down the PROPOSE
d zion for a small loan like that which Dav en-
por, rejected at the las, election, and though
is well known that a large majority OF the
property holders voted for the loan, still the
bad effect of the refusal was the same
! The question of the loan will however have
10 be tried again. Up to the time OF the
election, it had not been sufficiently en-
"a planned and discussed and feelings irrelevant
81 to the loan, but raised by the excitement OF
the canvass, iniurously affected the PROPOSE
ton. We huve no doubt that if the ques'
ton were submitted to our citizens cxcIn-
III sively on its own merits, il would be trium'
) phan,ly carried, and we hope that IN oppor-
tuni,y for such submission will soon occur
We have said SO much lately IN
praise of our very pleasant weather that II
is rather agreeable than otherwise to state
tyestcrd,y was damp. dirty and disagree
able. There was more than mist and
something less than rain, and 1t was IN
fact pretty fair exempliiication ola regular
autumnal drizzle. 1t was however the very
thing for the corn. and if possible will make
il look even better than it does now.
-Neighbor Atwill of the Courier 's
fishing for compliments from the Chicago
Press on the score Of old acquaintance
he writes 20 the editors that his paper ID
filled with locals, and wishes TO know why
they don't copy them. The editors WINE
they publish few of those submitted, eoo'
ly answer our neighbor, that they have be-
come accustomed 10 think that weeklies urt