Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-10
LOCAL MATTERS.

,.v- From carly Friday morning to
=. Jim. Of writing q, this presen',-Satur-
a., a., evening the rain has been coming
down gently. tu, without inter,n''s'on' It
o,w :, mers a good While to under
.,,Dd The general ,uhs Of our cl mate and
.,,er 10 establish uny principle VI uni'
1o,i;y long cycle Of years would doubt
,.,. 10 lie embraced. Last winter
.t.,s wns not very much rain, and the win
:, before not II drop tell during the entire
uon,hs betw cen November andMarch
Va leli.ye son.e persons are prorhesy'ne
y, .,eu wiLicr.-b. What signs, whether
,he corn Las light wrarpihes oi shueks' or
the squirrels have not laid up much provision
.h;,h are both soid to be infallible, We
,o NJ, ss,c,lninsd. We ere much better
>, r,m, mterrg what Lss been than predic-
Il, d,ure events, ihoush We envy no one
u. ,os.es.ion of clsirvot ant faculties, and
sod ,,ult with rone Who believe in their
existence.
D., turp,-ran at this season Of the
iris very acceptable and beneficial. Aside
,.n, lis ler,fits from an agricultural poi't
n view, /, is especially pleasant to those
vhe van, good surPly OF soit water and
,bn,c cis,erps are letrly empty. Twenty
s,e cents hog,head for river water adds
| rot Insignificant item 10 Tie tSP' pses O.
Ior.e.kerpirg,-lut il you are properly
O,epursd. you can have any quantity ofrain-
water viii Gu, norey and without price.
A., RtGur.-We have heard it sug gest
ID that the only obstacle which can posi-
b, retard the completion of the Railroad
| 10 Iowa City by the prescribed time, except
heavy fall Of snow, would be the want OF
su.li.ien, quantity of ties. This appre-
bcn,ion has been happily dispelled by the
arrival of a raft OF ties sufficient to finish |
,he track TO Town City, and they are being |
|e nveyed to the western end OF the road as
rapdly as possible. From present appear
.pces Their: is no, much danger Of hedvy |
snow storm for week or two, and we may
now lay that nothing less than the happen
/ inr d som, p4r;er-natural event can delay |
the completion # The road. Certainly, the |
iaieiatcrble labors OF all connected with |
the road deserve TO be crowned with sue
cess and We are much pleased that they
,spm to b, so certain Of obtaining the re-
wlri they have ablndanily earned.
LAUGHTER. one ofhis maxims which /
are more repletc with worldly wisdom than
with kindness Of heart, Roche iocault says
there is something agreeable in witnessing |
the ti,uesses or misfortunes Of our best |
friends The saying has served as 'cN' |
III many aspirations between those who
are ond Of anslyzlng human emotions, Blu,
sse;har the Frenchman was correct or not |
seaPP eheud tia, the pleasure is all on one
,de, atd that there is nothing agreeable in
tsin, laughed at. no matter how triting |
Fary be The disc Jm itu-e which caused the
~ush O..
We have ,ecn per sons who, when an &C
eics' lei hlppeu.J to any one, would wait
'sst it any injs-y resulted, before INDUCING !
Themselves in a hearty ii, Of laughter. Few
people Will resist laughing when nuns
AZ ID blown BY the wind some hundred yards
fo@ him, and especially @aom the unto'tun-
ate wight is making divers Intellectual efforts
" recover 1.-THE wind apparently watin.
WI he IS within an isch Of seizing il, and
men vexa'iously though gracefully bearing
II some rods further in advance. 1t is Il
more serious natter when man misses his
'o''heid ON crossing and falls in the mud.
Ds' eSen that catastrophe which we wit
ncs''4 on Saturday, we heard rewarded by
ne ringing and contagious laugh of some
'aF iadies, who seemed TO be looking out
W tet'S as we were, though they had the
'"'on'age OF us in being Sheltered from the
'SR' We d. not think, however, that there
was any malice in their nsir,h, and they
"ohd doubtless have laughed at an cdto
ora preacher in the same predcament.
TINE HORsas.-The finest span of hor-
S's no" IN our city, were purchased at Chi
'aSo last week for coo md brought
ne'e.a the property OF oae fellow citizen,
ST. A. LIE CLAIRE. Ous old friend will
nv" make turn out of $4,000, correspon-
"nS very well with his size and wealth.
u '"ere Is one feature more than another
'"'' We Ike to see prominent in our city,
"" mat OF fiae horses always admitted to
&c next to beautiful women.
an ACCOMPLISHED ARcHIT Gcr.--Wn had
,' Pleasure yesterday OF enjoying tete-a-
'G %''h Mr.. Christian Raub, the accom-
pushed and learned civil engineer ard ar.
infect from our neighboring city, Daven-
po'' Mr.. Il. informed US that he had set
| Y ,u IN the Queen City, Of the Hawkeye
nate aud was prepared 1, render service
MS hne.-R. I. Republican
we have not Yet had the pleasure OF for
H'ns Mr.. RAUB's acquaintance. When he