Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-23
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davenport, October 23, 1885.
LOCAL MATTERS.

The following; hearing the lines
read in julius Caesar, where the hungry
Ca.,ius chafes with the adulation bestowed
man Caesar, BY the infatuated people:
.yov In The name OF all the Gods at once
Uoon Whist meat doth this our Caesar feed,
That he has grow, SO great
Old Roger cynicaily remarked, that It could
no, have been upon any OF the meat sold at
The present Boston prices, for casar himself
couldn'l have afforded to buy enough to get
tat on"
We believe the present Davenport prices
f,r beef are about equal to those Of Boston
and New York, but whether or not the
butchers of those cities can afford meat al
suy cheaper rates, il is evident that the pri-
ee. here are too high, from the fact that the
people Of Davenport can lose the time and
pay the ferriage for attending the Rock Is
,he operation. A Rock Island paper says:
"The butchers Of this city are having fine
trade from Davenport, aud express their
thanks to us for making the fact known that
they can sell better meat and at lower pri-
4 ee, than any other dealers in this region OF
country-heace this increase in their bush
ness"
Beef ought to be as cheap in Davenport
IS in Rock Island. There is no reason in
N the world why il Should not. II does not
look very well to see people crossing the
Il river with their market baskets, but our
butchers may be assured that not only Is the
number of those who do 50 already quite
q l4rre, but il will continue TO increase until
4 prices uu this side are reformed Nor would
q we advise such persons to do otherwise.
q IT, had beef in Davenport at two or three
u cents in the pound higher than il brings IN
4 the R. /, market, and withoa, any rhyme or
reason lot tie difference, 5 species Of i'm.
u position which people will not submit 10,
) especially wheG so easy remedy is within
s their power. The upshJt of the whole mat
q Ter then is, that unless Davenport butchers
q come down in their prices, they must expect
Il 70 lose very large ii not the best portion
q Of their customers. They are losing them
nov every day, and we would not BE- sur
prsed If the loss would increase after the
manner Of an aIithmetical progression.
d Among the business houses recently
established in our city, none star, under
mOre favorable auspices than that Of Mr..
Il H. F. PEcS, hardware merchant, in Dal.
zeIrs block. lie has fine assortment OF
every article in his line and Processes to
sell al prices that must sc ure To him
large amount Of trade. As business is ex-
,end'd, more houses and larger stocks a,e
required, and Mr.. Peck now comes in to
supply The increase 10 the hardware trade,
Give him call
Time giides away SO rapidly that We
'tske no note Of il, save by It's loss" With
the beginning Of last week commenced the
second year OF the Daily Gazette. We are
endeayorlGg 10 square up" our accounts
generally u that dale, and hope cur sub
seribers viii respond promptly to the call
which our agent may make upon them
We notice a recipe in one of our
exchanges which says,--never pu, a par
tcle OF soap abuu: your silver, j; makes il
look ike pewter; use sof: leather and viii
ting, and rub hard This may be slready
Known to our housekeepers, but il there
are any OF them who do not know ii, il may
De well Tor them to try the plan recon-
mendsd.
y. may be a matter Of surprise to
many oil our citizens TO learn, that the Road
Tax tor the city Of Davenport for the year
1893 will exceed $4,000 The tax is three
mills on the dollar and the aggregate is en-
Oaoas' but at the same time if judicously
expended, no one will complain of the
AMOUNT The Street Commissioner is using
"up as last as possible and il any one can
''ss''t better mode ofapplyng it let bin
speak out. OF this amount something over
S1oVo have gone towards liquidaubg the
usUt incurred by the Street Commissioner
-, 'a'' year The balance Is being cxpend-
81 IN grading making crossings, &c. About
0'Vo have been applied on Farnam street
"Aa many hundreds have been used upon
''eF'' not often trasersed by the genersli-
1o'olr CITIZENS. Another season we hope
"'e' Improvements OF permanent and
e'o'lahtial character, such as are now be.
,'s made in our sister city of Rock Island
.! AeAdamiziOg her streets.
IN consequence ofthe heavy rain on
''Waay The concert OF Mr. Drmpster, in
wv" is.And, was postponed untisiast even
"'u' US further consequent, the con-
Wv % nave been given in this city was
r'Poned until this evening, at which time
Wv overs of good music can have the
''s'sa'e Of hearing him at lie Claire Hall
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