Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-11-19

En-. GAMMA
e,ipe detained At the
Iron cay.".I ZEN " . ~ serisSlings
tom ~ Netis ION ~ wy" not so much
70 gil ulyosr Slumns = tola1vise others to
.ssoid Il EhcA sana spe6 v > which have
! cen ,s3sNpl8. 10 tie .nsSt direct, spec
o. .ndschesPest routes between the East
and the West.n The Chicago and Rock
Island Road is all right. and make good their
psblished connections Ut Chicago. The
road is we'll managed, and Ishoald judge il
paying well. (They have removed their
cAalk,box sipcc last I travelled with them
however, and now everybody pays, am
told BY gruntling editor on board, who
helped to puff them into existence.) Chi
cago 10 driving ahead with locomotive speed.
.Push" seems to be the watch.word Of ev-
erYbody and everything in and about the
city. Fiom Chicago, L took the Michigan
Central R. R., which Gas 10 usual ! am told)
failed to connect with the great Western
R.R Al Detroit. Here obliged 10 remain for
twelve hours, had very general view Of
The city, which since my last visit Is months
ago, has improved with . rapidly known
only to western cities. The amount Of
freight at Detroit for all parts Of the great
West. 10 as.onishingiy large., From Detroit
to Niagara Falls we passed over the Great
Western Cansda Road, 10 the night lime,
80 that cannot say much Of the country.
Reached Niagara Two hours too late to COO.
meet, and were detained there eight hours,
Around the Falls, all seems drear and des-
oiate-the leaves have fallen, a. have the
prices of Indian curiosities. guide services
and carriage hire. Spent three days in
New York. Left Cotton 4 Co. at work on
the new Sectional and Geological Map Of
lows. which is 10 be done in their best style.
and ready for sale early il January. From
N. Y. to P;ttsburg over the Pennsylvania
Z. r. had q very pleasant trip-6nd the
cars more roomy and road better baliasted
Than any other travelled over. This is the
road friend HOLMES is western agent for, ]
believe. Spent a day pleasantly and profit
ably in Philadelphia and three in Pittsburg.
IN either Of the three last-named cities, or
in Wheeling. saw more houses and store
rooms advertised ITO Lett and "For
Rent" Than there are in the whole Slate Of
Iowa. mske this note for your eastern
readers; for At home we oil know that build
ings Of all kinds are rented before finished
and frequently before the foundations are
laid. As your columns ere crowded, will
wind up, with chapter Of incidents and
accidents.
AT Ottlwa, Vermonter who had been 10
Iowa, purchased home, and was returning
for his family, tailed 10 hear the cry of sail
aboard" in time, attempted to get upon the
moving train, slipped under the wheel, had
bis legs crushed rear his body, died in few
hours after amputaiion. At Kalamazoo, a
little apple pedler met with the came fate.
Al Detroit, two Germans, in their haste to
reach the Canada dock, stepped of The ferry
boat into the water and were never more
seen. At the junction Of the CaDandsgua
and N. Y. T. Erie roads drunken switch.
lender failing to do bis duty, run our train
Oh the track just in time to be in the way Of
heavy stock train coming on The down
grade Of another road. A smash up of To-
conceive and tender was the result, but for
iunaiely no lives were lost.
Morai-Never attempt to get aboard
moving train Of cars, nor from ferry-boat
before il has isnded, nor employ drunkard,
for any purpose, especially where be may
BY moments neglect destroy the lives OF
hundreds, and the happiness Of thousa Ids.
more anon.
Yours truly NIP.