Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-11-06
LOCAL MATTERS.

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,ery bold and deliberate attempt was MAD
=. ,be extensive lumber yard Of CoArE
n.,,r. at the corner Of Fourth aud Har
.,reets. The scoundrel, whoever b.
:, he. .et about the work in the most de
;hs,,,e manner. He had prepared til
-. about foot long by four inches il
,,m.,er in one end Of which he inserted
,rood.u bottom, having holes made for th'
,,ooss Of permitting draft Of Dir; thi
J.. h. filled with cotton and old nerspa
ar. fully saturated with .turpentine ant
,m,hne. and completed the machine b!
arranging the wick that there would be
,.,dy burning for time long enough t
o,aachly ignite the boards. This being
ranged, the incendiary selected the dryes
Il. Of lumber, which was screened from
Nc wind and also pr detected from the rair
h,, had commenced falling. Every thing
,s;po thu, arranged, the match was ap
lied and the preparation had commenced
burning briskly, when Mr. COATES, at about
nuar,er 10 nine. very fortunately happen
TO be returning from church, and notic'
\, the blaz,, give the alarm, and hurrying
tho .pot. knocked over and extnguished
he internal michinc," and with few
Iucke,s Of water put out the flames which
al by this time made some progress in 'g-
.i,ing the boards. No attempt OF the KIND
.oull have been more coolly Planned or
,re promising Of success. Ten minutes
onrer. and the whole lumber pile would
ave been 50 thoroughly on fire, that with
,ur total wan, OF every thing to extingu'sh
res. il wSulI n II OILY have been impossible
save The lumber, but there is no telling
bow much further the FIRE might have ex-
ended. Two things operated fayorably,-
. rain. and the haste OF the criminal
heh prevented his waiting till later hour
the night. We hope that this outrageous
,,emn, wil put our citizens on their guard.
he probability is that the party or parties
re still ia the city, and may attempt to re-
eat similar ac.s to that which was SO hap
liz frustrated.
We direct the readers attention TO
be a1yerti.ement in days paper of The
kmerican City Advertiser" Our fellow
I,ir,n w, s. SPENCER, is the agent for
rocuripg subscribers 70 the work in the
tic. Of the Upper Mississippi valley, and
il character is a suit cient guarantees that
hatever be saws in relation to it may be
FLIED on ~ correct We have seen n
pscineu c,py, snl it fully equals the de-
rrp,ioa Of il given in the advertisement.
further inf nmation will be furnished by Mr..
fEycss, and we commend him and the
ork to the attention of our business COM
tlaity
The scamp who attempted To fire
'oarE's & Dawes lumber yard used some
copies Of the "G azettc" as finder. We
uld think such gentry to patronize some
,hsr paper when they wish fuel for such
purposes
Two or three collisions. caused by
he high wind, occurred on the river yestcr-
lay, neither Of which, however, resulted in
hIch damage. The Greek Slave, as she
IS backing out, came in contact with the
Try boat, J. Wilson, and tore Off some OF
be Sanctions By her cook house, but was
pot materially injured, as she went on up
he liver without stopping. The Mckee
broke loose from her moorings on the Rock
'land side, and was blown completely
feros' the river, dragging her anchor all
1he way. AS she neared the Davenport
hore, she struck the Latrobe. but 50 gently,
mat neither boat sustained any damage.
he McKee's anchor held her in such po'
siIon, that the wind blew her orer as nice
y as she could have been piloted.
We are authorized by the proprietors
OF The steam ferry at this place G. state that
70 tar from their receipts this year
netting them $4,000, as falsely stated by
c''emporary, they will not exceed one
"h OF the amount. The outlay Of the
3''ry company this year is near $4,000,
'na II the completion Of the bridge subtract
we amount from their business that they
anuc'pate, it will require four or five years
'' them to realize return for the ex-
pe"se they have already incurred.
-"Fhe wind blew as 'twad blown its
'aS yesterday. !. was really dangerous
~ nyth'ng to be "iying around loose"
|oVeral races occurred on our streets b..
tween hats and their owners. Strangers
rom crowded cities visiting us to breathe
''e Tree AR of the western prairies, got it
IN abundance.
The Journal says that JoHs B.
"'uSH, the celebrated temperance lectur.
81 Is expected to lecture In Chicago during
a"e present. week. Cannot the Sons Of
'e"perance induce him to extend his visit
" "'s city He would draw more crowded
muses. Than any Of our literary lecturers.
We coincide with all that our cor.
'esPondent Jacques says. but consider
VIC Toe scarce worthy his steel. Under 9th.
q circumstances Un u,,,II ;ltin.l. ,,,k