Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-09
bic .enailg 6a5ette.
davenport, October o, 1858.
. LOCAL MATTERS.

hsi, abstracted air that they are over.
yhelmed, they are only making calculations
1.-The future, broader, and deeper, and high
= as they may have derived important les
ms from their experience and their losses
The above which we take from the Chi
ago Press is so applicable to two or three
h our own friends and citizens, that we
don't it as a local. We can particularly
AN 10 mind one gentleman whom it fits to
I. He, at one time, found himself on the
owermost round OF the ladder, but no ways
Inundated by the reverse, he rose superior
q the adverse circumstances which encum-
cred him, and in building up a new pros
er,y for himself, did as much, if perhaps
10, more than any other man in the COM
nunty, towards assisting the growth Of the
,y and county. Such men show, il we
10 express il, The right kind of bottom.
Ecornlng the precav ious, If not more ques-
6onable assistance derived from an appeal
bankrupt laws, they rely solely on their
pwn resources, and their second superstruc-
IRE is firmer than the first, because the
,ave profted by the lessons OF experience.
10 business man would, OF choice, be pros
rated by the tempest; but those who brave
successfully aud become more pros porous
han ever before, show themselves pos
essed OF a nerve and capacity, which can
bnly be guessed at of those whose skies
ase always been unclouied, and who have
lever had any misfortunes to contend with.
We agree with the suggestion made
y Us by friend on the subject Of dogs, that
be was willing to aceede 10 a compromise
" which all decent dogs shouldbe permitted
enjoy the freedom Of the city, but tina,
hose viler sort, whether
s.Mongrei, rrpiy, wieip or hound,
or errs Of low degree,''
hch keep up such an outrageous canine
concert a, nights, should incontinently suf-
Ter death withou. berefit Of clergy. A re-
peetable dog fills a proper place in society,
nd is source both Of pleasure and profit
J. lis master. He deserves the protection
oi the Jaws, FOR he is often one Of their eff
cient guardians But of what earthly use
nre those riag.tailed fees and hang.tailed
ours, that keep up the nightly chorus Of
kcppg and bowwo~ing, il passes our un-
Outstanding to find cut.
Trees have their time to fall as we'll
Eps leaves and We notice that our friend
Dbl H. Smith included the time had come
for the falling Of the trees by which his
k,ore had hitherto been shaded and sur
Founded. We think his conclusion was
Decidedly correct one. Around private res
Itences, shude and lrut trees are beautiful,
appropriate and profitable, but they DO not
Beck well abont business houses. Ii they
do not induce lIZiness in hot weather, they
[pive the house so ornnmented the air of
being too luxur Gus a habi,ation for men en-
Gagged in the hustle of weekday uvocations,
hni though we are pleased to know that
both these suppositoas have been eminent
1y con,radicted by the large business done
by Mr.. Smith, there is no telling if he
~, ud not have done still better without the
frees. Besides, trees about business houses
|gve couu,ry-village appearance to a city
(which is perhaps more poetic than protita-
bic, and more suggestive of pastorals than
of prices current. Though as has been
|saii--"de gusiilas (questitusD nones. dispa-
kIadam," the above is our opinion in the
premises.
One of the block houses attached to
old Fort Armstrong on Rock Island was
bun ned during the afternoon and night of
last Sunday. We understand that the fire
M s, probably originated from the careless
ness of some persons who had been cook
ing oysters in the building. II burned very
slowly for a time, and considerable effort
was at first made to put out the flames, but
there was deficiency Of buckets, and the
explosion Of few kegs of powder which
were in it, also dsinclined those present
from useessly exposing themselves 10 dan
ger. |, would soon have fallen down any
how, and its thus being destroyed BY FIRE,
with the accidental accompaniment OF ex-
ploding powder, was more betting its mill
,ary character, than to have had moulder-
ing existence for few years longer.
If the prosperity Of place be indi-
Gated by the number of new stores, as we
believe it is, d vcnport is n highly pros
porous condition. Weekly some new es-
Enlistment announces itself as in readi-
ness for custom. This morning the advef-
tisanents OF two new stores will be found
in our columns. Mr.. w. C. Wadsworth
has just opened large stock OF merchant
die on Main, between Front and Second
sts., and Mr. Jos. S. Simpson has opened a
similar establishment on Second street,
west Of Main, in the house formerly cccu'
pied by Mr. Kerker.
Since writing the foregoing the advertise
ments OF another new and very extensive
concern, that Of Messrs. Fay & Brother have
been handed in. They occupy the BRICK