Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-11
LOCAL MATTERS.

,aIatiun TO eVeHtS whcu happen y
immunity were less frequent, charit!
!, attribute them rather TO its natura
,n.i,v for laundering, than to any set
md mischieyous design for injuring lh'
and the enterprises connected with it
as,j,y. But the frequency Of such mis-
,an,, compels US to credit them te
causes than those Of accidentor igno
and we are induced to make the re
the present time, from the fact o
copied in our State exchanges the
zoe, and ridiculous account which the
;, published short time ago, Of .
containing halfGe dozen Germans
i, afoul OF the centre bridge pier, and
treat nmn ency Of drowning which
mod The Germans. II any sober PEG.
i bsen managing the skiff or scow
ID 10, and it had run against the pier
,,sd, strangers might well infer that the
was great obstruction to navls alton.
Tho fac, was that the persons in the
gore in a situation that pretty nearly
,,eJ them from knowing whether they
q, land or water, aud they were as
10 row for the pier as 10 try to keep
ehannel. II skiff' or similar craft
let loose above the bridge, the pfoba-
. are tia, il would come through with
Ouchiug anything. but that fact would
I,eyent persons who could see two or
piers where there was only one, from
"a their boat aud drowning them
Any persons abroad, who may
been deceived by the Courier's ac-
Of this transa ction, may be assured
III, pier is no such obstruction as
thence b. inferred.
1--we are requested TO state that about
i Of October, w b. Nichols, Of New
Cav, will open ia tn. Forest Building.
r Of Third AMI Brady streets, a new,
buable and extensive assortment OF
pefy 90 IDS. NJ. N chols mas been in
BUSINESS some nine years, and he as
~ that when his establishment i.
ID. n lady viii have to go out Of Dav-
Il 10 Cmeag) or any other city. for as
Jme and fashionable an article of
"a or millinery work as she would De
10 obtain in New York.
0a Saturday afternoon we bought
% which upon dividing we found so
ID with the squash thatvery reluctant
resigned il to the COW, wondering why
ers viii Iaise such wretolnd melons
tis jus. as easy 10 produce good
Returning home in the evening az
irnilless attempt to make better in.
mi, We found noble watermelon,
nest we have seen this season, from
ira OF our good friend d. c. Eldritge,
ny our dsroq-s From the specimen
itd US We can say to our friends, look
r Charlie and don't scruple about the
i be should bring any ofthem 10 mar
Elae uug entiemlnly, untrue and un-
H. for attack rhirh the Courier Of Sat
makes upon the Mayor Of this city,
cted no comment but that OF condem-
b from all rtght-Iecling persons, but
Surprised no one who has noticed the
ir trouble which the Courier has often
Of travelling out of its way for the
bse Of venting its petty spite against
our citizens who may have incurred
pleasure. As is proprietor is trying
out and leave town, its malice may
ase as II nears the termination Of its
kr, but it's ability is not on par with its
to injure. and however its ISLANDERS
sound abroad, they have no effect upon
bic people at home.
FThe Courier appears to have more
eular information about the "new dai-
ban can be gathered from the Prospec-
Having neither sought nor obtained
knowledge concerning the new paper
Ter than that which its prospective pro-
prs have seen fl to make public in their
basement, courtesy inclined Us 10 con-
onr notice Of it to the general facts
stated. The Courier, however, "has
pms tor believing that it will be Ne
"a sheet, and one of the very first to
the name OF Dou tlas for the Presiden-
4 Ii this be 81, and IL, as is further init
FL by the Courier, the"I lwa State Dem.
Is to be established by the Chicago
lnaster and Senator Douglas, for the
ose of manufacturing public senti.
favorable to the aspi rations Of the lat
We think that very bad choice has
made for tic location; and though such
lrnal may be kept alive through pres
ial campaign by the money of the pol
pas for whose benefit it is pubishe d, it
not be supported by the countenance
pc Contributions Of the people of this
pity. AS we have before said we think
business Of the city Juslifcs the estab-
Pment Of another daily, but our citizens
\ decide according to their own judg-
P's' whether they will subscribe for and
Port paper that is pledged TO the de-
Zee OF the Nebraska bill, and to the advo-
fy OF lis author for the Presidency.