Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-20
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LOCAL MATTERS.

he exerciscps on~
..;slly with the opening address OF Mr.
powr He acquitted himself well; his re.
..,ks were very appropos to the occasion,
While his language was chas te and beauti-
s,l and his in.onation good. We have sell
,., heard a first effort with which we were
h.,,s, nleased, and would advise our young
s;end TO a continued cultivation of the tai
A., he possesses. The declarations which
n,,,owed the address were very fair, but to
.s. in this art the student should have
,u.,v word of his selection on his tongues
in 40 that he may be entirely unembar-
.s.sed in his delivery. Altogether the
meeting was pleasant one, and afforded
abstraction to every one in attendance
peponrcAL I.lTERATuRE.-We publish
in to.day's paper the Prospectus OF Leon
I'D Scott g. Co. . republication OF the best
ot the British periodicals, and have no hes''
,,,;on in recommending them to our read
ar. as the best selections OF reading that
e,n be obtained for any thing like the same
amount Of money. AS far as we are aware
thew have not yet been much circulated In
tbis community, though many OF our read
ers are acquainted with their merits The
very ablest men in Great Britain have been
and continue to bs the only writers who
furnish articles for Blaekwood and the Re
views. and we can imagine no reading better
,d,ptedi at once TO hbcralize and inform,
tn discipline and excite the mind than that
Of these periodicals.. And as We have com
menced this winter with paying more than
ordinary attention to literary matters, that
attention could not be directed 10 any course
threading that would be certain to bear
such large fruits OF intellectual improve
ment.
The commencement Of the year is good
time to subscribe and we trust that the low
mice OF these works, the almost nominal
postage charged upon them, and the GER
tain good effects which, in literary point
Of view, would result from their being ex-
tensively read will cause u aDmbcr OF them
to be taken in our city and county. We have
no, at present space to say more, but again
commend the prospectus to the considera-
ton OF our readers.
Nor LocAL.-The Dubuque EXPIRES
noticing the arrival in that CITY Of new
FIRE engine, states that the city has now
two we'll Organized and well otficered Fire
Companies, and also two good Hose Com
psnies. Il says that all is well thus far,
but that proper buildings are needed for
keeping the engines and other apparatus,
aud that especially is there necessity for
providing reservoirs of water. Without a
supply Of water, it is thought by competent
Judges that the engines cannot do much
good, and being also of that opinion, the
Express urges the immediate construction
ofreservoirs, and says
alive do not in some way provide the
means for extingnishing fires, our citizens
will awake some morning to knowledge
of the fact that general Indifference and
dstoriness has subjected them to losses
,housand-fold greater than the cost OF
hundred reservoirs. Let us not have 10
chronicle such intelligence, aud let not our
fair city be desIoied of her beauty and of
her business by the desolanng agency of
fire."
Smiths VARIETY STORE CIosEp.--it
will be seen by a advertisement in anoth-
er column that Mr.. Smith vii! close his
Variety Store Tomorrow for the purpose of
marking down the prices of his Winter
Goods. And on Saturday will open with
greatly reduced prices, go as to close out
his retail stock before going into the whole
sale trade. AS Mr.. Smith always means
what he says, rare bargains may be expect
econ and after Saturday
HAY-Noiicing that hay was selling in
Dubuque at SIG and SIT per ton, induced us
10 ask man who had load for sale what
was the price Of it here, and we found that
~hat we should call a very poor article o.
timothy sells at $40 per ton. Thus we go
The FERRY.-We noticed quite as much
ola Jam at the ierry-boat yesterday, us a
any time during the season. We counte,
nineteen heavily loaded wagons which hat
JUST come over, and more than enough TO
a'a'i load were waiting on both sides OF thu
'iVer' The river was quite full of floating
&c but the weather having again moderated
'Aeireezing process is considerably checked
AS only the Davenport is running, she i
Aept as busy as possible. Present prospect
Indicate rain.
hoss,-The price of pork in this marks
remains steady at S5@S5,5o, but the sup
p'y seems to be fully equal 10 the deman'
ana there is perhaps more probability OF
uecline than an advance.
FRESH CoDrIsH We refer to the a
'nlsement of Mess's. BARROW g. &c
VI FRESH Goldfish. This is the first time w
oeheve that Goldfish has been brought ires
W this market All kinds of Uamn hutte