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

tn,r local field 10 not very broad one
ord. tthe.rreseni time 10 remarkably bar
o., of incident. No casually. nor sugh,
~ di..greeably disturb the every day same
. ~ The business transactions and dali,
.,,oIovmonts Of our citizens, occurs, but
III move on tremendously. With the pop
.,l.,or. business aud hustle OF a city, We
have ull the freedom from accident OF the WI
lnpe. Long may II continue so; promptly at
We give to our readers the paragraph chron'
cling mishsp. i, is with pleasure we OBJ
,,rye our fellow citizens prospecting with
out drawback That they are doing so is
evident from the amount Of business being
transacted without interruption to the
/ steady current Of its progress.
$50 soon as we get located in our
new off 20, and have thin IS again regulated,
wa will endeavor to give our subscribers
N ,re reaing matter. Oar force is doubly
.uf6cien, now, but advertisements encroach
most unreasonably on our space.
We believe il has not been the in
,eu,ion OF Mr.. LIZ CLAIRE to pay for the
long reach Of pipe that would be necessary
before amp could be placed in front OF
the Court House. He has placed lamp al
The corner near the lie Claire House, ard
that in addition 70 the other two which he
has caused to be erected, is very liberal
demonstration Of his public spirit.
At the time of writing this para
enthusiastically afternoon--we notice THAI
the wotkmcn are engaged taking the gas
into the Presbyterian Church, and that il
viii be lighted on Sunday evening. We
understand that the church ediiee Of the
Disciples will also be Lighted with gas AT
the ssme time. The Congregational and
Baptis: churches have already been similar
" illuminated, and we presume that our
Methodist and Episeopalan friends will |
soon introduce the Improvement into their |
respective buildings. Saying nothing about !
the esprit du corps which seems 10 exert a
commendab'e influence on the members Of |
different congregations, in the matter Of
erecting aud finishing their places of war-
shiP,--gas is SO much cleaner, brighter and
every way better booking, that we are not |
surprised a, It's being adopted in the differ |
eat churches as quickly as possible.
I'VE learn from the Dubuque Express |
tia, the voters OF that city have decided in
favor Of 10000 for the public use. The
citizens OF Dubuque though wrong in their
politics, have shown in this instance, co.,
rec, idea OF what mus, b. done to improve
their city. Ia the matter of the liam they
had Especial election, and that is what we
must have, in order that we may accomplish
the same desirable object In the race
which is now fairly commenced, aud in
which the prize struggled Tor i. no less
'hsa which city shall b. the commercial
emporium Of the s ate, /, will not answer
ir thc citizens Of Divsn2ort 10 be either
PsrsImonioas of diiatory We believe that
bu, tina; advantage will assuretiy be lost,
il Il be MT properly aud promptly improv-
ed. The expenditure for various improve
men's that are now urgently demanded,
would be repaid hundred fold. II we
wish more capitalists and business men
from abroad, T. settle here, aud establish
Iy
different branch.s OF manu- featuring, Of
those kinds which we especially need, we
must show a faith in the stability and pro.
gress Of our own prosperity, BY making lib
erli' yet judcious expenditures for those
pel'nanent improvements that will not on
" be immediately enefcial, but will also
demonstrate by their very establishment
that we have faith In the future, and IRE
making preparations adequate to the re.
quIremen's Of great city.
In ,ransplan'ing some peach trees
las, week we observed a pecul iari,y that
we never rem,rkei befo re, and which we
are inclined to regard as something new to
TO this ''ocality, although we have seen il
stated Ut that tree in other regions. Nearthe
ground weperceived, pro'u'ion Of gum,upon
T'ns,whch..we inva riably found white
worm, the peach grub, about one inch in
iehgth,in many cases they having penera-
'edto the body Of the tree. As we lost sew
'al fne young peach trees last season, and
attribute their death to the above cause, we
mention the foregoing facts for the benefit
OF those Of our subscribers who may hive
young peachtrees. .H Fg}
SLAVES EaAxciPArEp. The Weecling
Ilnes OF TUESDAY states that about thirty