Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-23
LOCAL MATTERS.

u,;on nrc go " ell known ~ The pcop,e o.
j, county that we deem it superfluous !
uuch respecting them. At present il
IN he the aim Of the Bdnner and its
r,esoonlen,s to waive tho issue by CON-
n,,a,inq their attacks on Mr.. Thorngton.
~ Gentleman has been elected to Con.
ess BY a large majority OF the voters oil
|, Distric, and it is undcmocrutic to speak
miIlest Of such course, for few Of his
,..nrl enemies 10 use the columns Of the
Ieosilion sheet for the l'u:fose OF abusing
When he shall Lave failed in the dis
prpc Of Lis duty, or shall have proven
mself incompetent to Gil the station to
,tl the voters Of this District have Gle
,cl him, then il will be tune enough for
!, pcirhbor Of The Btnner to "let slip the
!. Ct war" in the interim however, he
"a u consult wisdom, il not policy in keep
G them muzzled.
Tine main officer to be elected at our Au
$, election and the man in whom all feel
nest interest. is ihcss sheriff. Though
/. Center, the Temperance candidate, is
!, popular wi,h many, yet all yield to him
claim Of entire competency and suita.
I,y for the Office. With all the duties
quircd to be performed by a sheriff he is
|uar and as lie is engaged in no other
siress TO divide his attention, We think
N Of oil others just the man among us f'r
a, oGse.,. As for his opponent, Harvey
popurs.wT wi., he mey do wei, as there
no other man in the city we would ratLe'
nuke a.im,une in erecting BRICK houses
an this old and industrious fellow-citzen
-ras Iaiiaas gave perlormanc. Sat
y at the CuuI, House, and also on Oh
pavgmeut in front Of the LeCiaire
nsc. Quite 4 crowd collected to witness
~, and rom the way thc quarters mud
hes were thrown IN the hat. we imagine
IN received quite a pretty little sum =
l.cy are quite pcft.aaciou5 beggars, and
ing done something which they tn 'ught
Edticd them TO remuneration, they were
say ba-hful in insisting on the quid pro
y. Attic Court House rathcra llughsble
rdrnt occurred. By the kindness of /! c
beers one OF the Indians was permitted to
Fy the hat around in the room where the
|un vas sitting. Tic members Of the
j generally contributed; but one gentle
ba who vas perhaps an anti Native Amer
tn, or il mny be was in principle opposed
Encouraging brggar-, refused to give any
le Tha Indian, however, not tnde
b. ing his words and gestures of denial,
rsistcd in holding tie hat before him,
en to get rid of his importantly the gem
man at last threw ia a nv cent piccs.-
BIZ DID not much mcnd The natter. The
ian commenced cycling the small c1in
lb contcmptuous giaEces, waving the hat
hre The donor. and express sing his der ion
the minute gift by sarcastic exclamu-
Pro Of ugh, ugh, ugh, 1t was imposs blc
keep from laughing. aud the unfortunate
ka'icman would doubtless have given a
lar TO have teen Gear of the scra2e.
IN intelligent oil gen,c'nm from
ItnnsyVania informs IA that he has been
King trip through Scott aai adjoining
>untles. lie thinks that il the whole o.
fcounty were brJush under cultivation
thoroughly is land is titled in Pcnnsyl-
tnu, i, would produce sufficient TO feed
e entire State. We trust few years will
IS until every acre in Scot, Coua'y is IN
pr cultivation.
Frhh Dabalu, Tribaas says ia t II IN.
la' Samner has re:urnc! to that city
Pm st. Paul and is rapidly recovering
|pm injuries re;eiy,l by BE-, ng thrown
aclrriase Wide at Davenport. This
taa flrst lntim t,lon we have received OF
Pe HIM. gentiemIn having ever i,itcd this
fty
|-The first runaway caused by the
can whistle Of tho locomotive, occurred
mis- place on Thursday. A span of spirit
ho'ies attached to Mr.. kinkaid's buggy
parted at the unusual sound an becoming
purely unman Igea5le, that geuticm IN
aanjther leIpcI from the vehicle aud
's them the reins. They took a circuit
Tue city tun5ling nto deep gutter Oh
pea Islam | sire Il AMI breaking the buggy,
~ otherwise, we believe, doing no dim,.
&c.
Looking from our window on Satui
Il! morning, We observed fight between
"u'l dog and Newfoundland, who ap.
cared TO be set 10 by their respective own
r. 'of The purpose vi asccrtaining which
Eas The better dog. For time the New.
|ouhdl'na seemed TO have the upper hand
\ Ills opponent, but the bull soon made q
Fprns and, with the instinct CT his race
"nched the other by the throat. when the
P"hers separated them,--the opinion OF I'M
P'''al bystandcrs being that the bull dog
would have gained the victory. The mora
."e drew from the TRANSACTION was, tha
""eh we have Newfoundland, we viii
"'' 'e' him fight with bulldog.
y man halhis leg broken below the