Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08
LOCAL MATTERS.

:. towns everything seems to be in q
INV prosperous condition. Substantial
= houses, that cause one to wonder tina,
.,ould invest 50 largely in places SC
| n and for which no satisfactory reason
he aiyen but in the present and pro-
,,;,s business Of the places, are being
,,cI in each of these towns. lie Claire,
.,h the most rugged site for . town, is
moving rapidly. A fast drive through
streets is a sovereign remedy for the
,eo.is aud the exercise 10 climbing the
,e.,iL no doubt contributes to the gen .
l good health Of its citizens. Very many
ID brick buildings, mostly inten ded for
LiIences, are in progress at La Claire.
In ,e,on is newly laid out, it numbers
seral very good brick houses, the largest
which is three story hotel erected by
Robert Pope. Camanche has grown
Euud our knowledge. Good building )
plenty Of them, with several large ones
In which Jets Of steam in regular success
IA issue, proclaim the town to be pros
tous. We regret to hear that the Cam
the Chief, very creditable paper pub
led iu this town. has been suspended.
uton is the town recently laid out on the
bsissippi between Camanche and Lyons.
situated only two miles below Lyons
We are justified in the conclusion, that
the representations of the friends Of the
|pectiye towns are realized in less than
Years ence the twain will be IN ide one,
city three miles ia diameter will meet
as,onlshed eyes OF the traveller on the
per Mississippi Bat as we think both
les lttle imaginative, we are not pre-
led to give credence to the antic'pa,ions
! ther, and will therefore be content with
fjn, that Chuton IS going ahead as rap d.
l. its warmest friends eau desire, while
bas is by no means behind in the race
1 brick work on the hotel at Clinton
vmmenced and in two IN nths the build
Is expected to be enclosed. In excay-
b. the cellar of this house at the depth
blue feet they came to solid bed Of rock,
khs the foundation, constructed Of heavy
eks ofs,one from a quarry in the vicinity,
bid making most Substantial bass for the
|rk superstructure. Several frame hous-
have been erected, while the work of
bing the streets and the railroad is in
bgress. A lunber yard, { brick manu-.
kiory, stone quarry &c, are furnishing
\ eriils cor the erection of houses. Before
bier SETS in they anticipate a population
Ero1 four to five hundred The greatest
mos, s~stsHiial evidence Of prosperity
\ we observed at Lyons was in the num-
Of machine shops, fouaIries, saw and
+ mills &C., that are in progress, or are
% 10 be started In that place. The work
bn the streets is being prosecuted with
|nmcndable industry and things general
present the appearance Of substantial
Usperity.
-Thcre has been no further disturb
ices since our last, aud we are pleased to
\ that there is no present prospect of any
',her outbreak. Six of the principal in
gators of the rio,ous proceedings have
zen bound over for trial at the October
purt. Bail was given by all Of them but
be, who is confined in Jail.
Our neighbor and contemporary o
|cg standing, Mr.. T. D. Eagal. has dispos
Of his interest ia the Banner newspaper
Fitc and will shortly take leave Of his sub
Frbers. We wish him prosperity in Whist
Ter undertaking he s,ay embark. He ha
bored long and faithfully and has beer
IS enumerated for his labors than he ha
tservcd to be, nut we trust he has reallz
sufficient to enable him to live more a
kse in the future. Messrs. Dalrymple q
richardson are his successors. They pro
Dse to commence the issue Of dali!
b the LIST prox. We welcome then
our city. hoping to find them hon
liable contemporaries ant believing that IN
'usiuess of Davenport is sufficient to sus
bio two daily newspapers.
The bridge over the Mississippi rive
rapidly progressing. The fifth and las
ier is now being built. and in October tn
,hnk they will have it in read'
less for the superstructure. The senso
'as been remarkably favorable for its con
tuction, til. river being low and the weatll
y mild, so that the stone work has rapid,
progressed. The great center pier is
lines almost covered with men, as many
Ian work TO advantage being empioye
iPoa it. We hope to see trains crofsln
IN January or February next.
SAP AND Fatal OccURREkcE.-O
Thursday evening last the wife of Mr.. job
Wesley Odds, Of Pleasant Valley Towr
ship. met with a dreadful death from IN
explosion Of n can Of spirit gas. She va
filing lamp while lighted, and the f'am'
Is is usual in such cases, communicated
The fluid in the can. causing an expiosio
her in flames. She was 80 bad
burnt that she died yesterday morning.
Her husband in the attempt to extinguI'