Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-11
LOCAL MATTERS.

n,ith me chnnics 10 pus t"e' "P' - -
4 Il should, considerable feeling upon the
.h;ec, and nrousing the indignation Of our
[,,i,eus. Had the Company furnished a
Lood supply fixtures, put the" at reason
lilo rates. and not have fought TO monopo.
ize the entire business our citizens would
ave pa,ronzed them almost exclusively
4 ven though they had to pay higher rates
5h,n they could have obtained them for
1 .ewhere. But since they insist upon mo-
Sooolzing the entire business and have
I. ID some Of the best legal talent in the city
s,stain them in their exclusive right, the
SF.ct will be the very reverse, and quite
I he opposite Of what they anticipate a
denomination from one Of the Company,
h uorigh, nun who is oppos ed to all such
onopoles, will be found in our columns
ko.day. II is worthy Of attention. The
Company will find that though the "opin-
3pnp Of lawyerss may sustain them in the
- elusive right. public opinion will never
bancson il.
z-Observng, the other dny,a large and APP
Ssreu,!y interested crowd collected in front
the lie Claire House. curiosity induced
to approach and see wha, caused the
a,hering, and on closer examination the
bys,ery was soon explained. Issuing from
h. interior of No. s, sweet sounds came
melnr on the ear sufficient to arrest The
at,en,ion OF a nature more stoical than ours
! lady aad gentleman of our city were sit
7np al the same instrument, in earnest and
leasing conversation, playing their rcspec-
I've parts an seeming 10 be as well acqnaint-
although this was their first meeting, as
i they had been born in the same city
busie is indeed universal language. The
hrtes performing were German, Mr..
raunlieh, and an American lady Of this
Nv The pleasure Of the crowd a,lested
e skill of the performers, and we should
by no means displessed to hear such a
&ncert Of sweet sounds at least every even
D.
#-In walking about the city attention
y every where attracted to some sort OF
II bereavement. Not new buildings only, but
&n;inr, white-washing and that kind OF
j aroYemeut generally expressed BY the
H. fixing up Cleanliness is an evi-
nee not only OF good manners but OF
Cd morals also, and We are pleased 10 see
y many indications OF both Of them in our
D.
-Th. large frame, belonging 10 G l..
ytnport, which used to stand immedi-
= tcly In front of the L. Claire House,
Is as comfortable in It's new location on
street, as il that had been its original
nndaiion,p place. Mr.. ID. has fixed it up
thin and without. I'LL lit looks and is as good
|4 new,-and we understand he gets very
I'D rrat for it, but this last fact IS moth
new for any thing lik. a house in Dav-
ror.
I've direct atten tion to the advertise
nj Of the Main Street Cash Store. Our
ders will there find an excellent assort-
m, Of goods and Mr. Haskins assures US
}, he will sell them at such prices as viii
he satisfaction. He thinks he can sell a
bic lcwer ;han Second or Brady SITS. Try
|Most people have an impression that
PRE- is much less danger Of having FIRE In
|onmer than in winter; but, sotwithsland-
What we have said in another paragraph
pat the general fixing up,"-there are
ne laces wAere cooking stoves are put
little back shanties so close 10 cOmbustl-
material tha, i, seems wonderful there
pot a fire every day, especially as some
them Look as il there were nothing be-
efn, the wood and the pipe. II this par
raph meet the eyes Of any who may have
81, we trust they will take little trou-
IN order to avoid probable calamity.
-FIRE.-O On last "Wednesday smoke
use, belonging 10 Mr, J. Rumbold, Sen,
ldencc Fifth street, was consumed By FIRE
te'her with its contents, being nearly fill
at the time with hams.
-ssow IN MAYA gentleman from
cast informs us that as he came west on
Tuesday, it snowed from Pittsburg to
EDO and that it lay upon the ground to
aefih of STA inches, As we had cold
WIND on thu, day this may account for
- J. ". will perceive we have taken
privilege of changing the expressions,
perhaps not the meaning Of his lines.
'"'e reflection will show him the reason
cur so doing.
TN speaking Of Mr. Ful,on's generos-
u" giving lots to the churches, we spoke
'a"neaiy OF the act, as being the first on
~ N The history Of our town, entirely
cooking the fact that Mr.. Le!Claire on
's' occasions had exercised like liberal
II affords US pleasure to chronicle
Sc acts Of generosity.
I've know OF no occupation tina, NAYS
YER than that OF pilot on an Upper Mis-
rp' steamboat. The Captain Of the