Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-25
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LOCAL MATTERS.

LOCAL AAAA11
,,,,ctors Of the Davenport and
D 'il,oad nos run their loaded cars
u' fam the Rock Island and Chicago
- , boat aud across the MISSISSIPPI
~ =. track OF the former Road, 50
|.s :. iron placed on the cars at Chicago
~ r..h.rced until j, reaches ,ae termi-
.hs ,oad beyond WAlcot The work
h,.,sa ed while a vast amount OF la
'.r,i, Though pushing the work
\ o,s.ible the contractors cannot
IT, he work msny days before the
If ,,s contrac. time. which expires
the year.
The Bannerstakes i quite 10 hear.
:, should have accused II Of inexcusa'
.o,,nce, and gives correspondent Of
Darlington Gazette as its authority Tor
/, ,pmen. that Henry county had gone
A. I,cotocos. The plea might answer
|os the papers contained 50 many coa-
k,ory statements which must have met
ICES of our neighbo-.
w. do not care to enter into dis
9th the Rrnnsr with regard TO the
.,;on Of the louisville riots. We
.lr..dy given tn facts in the case as
are now being ELECTED under oath. =
o.. can satisfy himself of the truth Of
I,,,ement ty reading the afiidavits as
E.hed in The Louisville papers.
In our columns, though late, will be
h all that is important Of the news
Il, nv the Pacific. We have used our
,e,,jons to obtain news by the tele.
h ba, as we can obtain nothing on'"
market reports th''
II,
interest the small
a,er of our readers, we have con
bod IN wait until the matter gets so reg
,sd that we can receive reports al Day
m, " IN The same certainty as at othcI
ne, Tae off; in this city will justify
,rmsnent operator and 50 soon as tbs
NJ ascertain that il Is rcliab ., they vii
-onize i, largely.
"A gentlemen connected and CONVEX
with the Railroad system Of the West
les u.avsry friendly letter from Chicu
hlylutant ,rstood il to be our intention
{ wing d .ycRport for another location
lie We thaas him most kindly for his
Interested friendship we take the oppor'
its Of assuring him, that having assisted
make BarrApart we have no idea Of cyel
ak.ng her, aaa mare especially in time
10 general prosperity sad sith SO br'gh
,u'e rs she now presents.
a gross outrage was perpetrated BY
grown b ss or last Sunday. They Wis
several Of the melon patches within
or tl,ste miles Of ia. city and in the
,ace Of the prJprie,ors, destroyed boil
Oas and vines. Mt one u the farmer.
sna would haze bceu perfectly willing
the miscreaats shosld have cat anC
-irI away all the ripe Deians they want
,N 10 destroy the greea ones and pull
he vines clnstitstsd a tresssss ditficu &c
rne with pauesce. Anotse, tune the.
receive wara cepticn.
The s-ripiaal advertisement, pub
d IN the G .xe,,e On Wednesday, seem
ave elected considerable inteeest. N,
appasrs TO have beea able e. mak'
hing out Of il. except outsclves-s
!. three d,lIars oui 81 ~.
-WAIcurr.-Thc sale of lots, Il wil
takes place in this t9wn to
sad that the cars leave at . o'c,k. N
nins Ear the iieid Of operations. A gen
'ln wh'vsitei tn. town yesterday, il
q us that he saw pair OF very fin
i'ef gazing in the vicinity.
We are requested to refer % the lis
.1h!s advertised for sac by Mr., W. A!
" ny y! these are valuable farmjn
d..
Mr.. Foreman, Of our city police, AZ
ted Nf,Wiggius in Rock Island on Mon
7, for being concerned in the Kate HoI
yef transaction already referred &c
l.le IN Rock Island We understand tina
ggus had o"r Marshal and polieema
ore arrested, but upo. being taken be
e Magistrate So ander. he ischascd thef
',as nothing against them. Nv, "ivgin
5 ,l',s ,qi,atly brought over to ans"e
the above change.
TAXES AND Il DAD WoRK.--i
e provisions Of the amended charter OF II
y, section 4, it will be seen that ali Y
res levied by the county authorities
,d np-,,,.s with, N, limits OF the ci
E to b, coll, tie b. III Street Comm
oner in cash an that his re ce'pts lh''
T will di.chlrge III, property or pers
| the county tax books Ear that amour
he design of tina, provision is tha'the "a
NAV he c,I,.c,.d and expended at