Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-03
LOCAL MATTERS.

Lawn i. contributing from her abundance
- the supply Of the New York market and
hecomes more settled will increase
IA, contributions. On Tuesday last a
-. If olo fine fat beeyes, and another OF
.oo bors. in the finest condition, f>'m John
,ou County. Iowa. crossed our ferry on
,heir way to New York. This is the sec
and ius.alment within the mon'hfrom Cen
,,l Iowa to that city.
-Major Floyd, Government agent has
issued proposals for bids to remove the OBJ
s,,uc,ions from the Upper and Lower Rap
a.. Work will be resumed upon them
ab W, the LIST of June,
We are requested to direct atten-
ton 20 the advertisement IN to-days ? ape
asking proposals for building meeting
house.
-pAxoRAMlc EXHIBITION We direct
,ha attention of our readers TO the PIANO.
.,;. Exhibition Of Mr.. Averill. to be ex-
b;b,ed this evening at lie Claire Hail.
Mr. Ayerill--who for so many years has
,s.;led in our county, and who unfortunate
!. = da,riyed of that inestimable blessing,
aresicht--has now something that is really
a,od 70 show our citizens, and We trust they
will pa, ronize him.
Fl yas,r.-W h.irl $3.50 banka
Xbe money, of red per bu'hel for two wag-
!, h, |, of she 1t on our levee last Tue sday
evening, and the farmer refused it. For
y n, mkt 10 IDS tn pIrch tstr declared II his
,,ant,n 10 or.r 3 6op'r bushel. Some
Nv is b,and II lose at these prices -
Tone vas When our farmers were pleased
~ receive 50 cts per blshel, aud declared
An, at that price il fully remlne-ated them
N = ,,isinr Wheat. Mlny of tn IN, it will
rem ,m5.rs |, opposed the building of the
II ,i,,oad east, AMI strenunusly maintained
Z AT II, construction would not benefit tn
I ,rninr Interests TIE old fogy idel, how
yer, has long since explo led.
8 A SueGgsrIos. The com munica.
ion in io-day's columns thus entitled, 10
arthy the consideration 81 the manicl pal
Il. q Davenport and Rock Island. 1t
seas % Us both felsibe an desirable, and
eh,p, II nay recsivs the acton is i'm
,,tance demands Oar contemporaries Of
he two cities We hope will press it upon
Sable attention
Yesterday was sour, gloomy, chill
II misan,hropic day, and at this present
| bri,ing. there is every prospect of such
ea,he, continuing un,il-thefe is a
hange
-Warcn & Rhawn, of Rock Island,
nd of the Post Office building in this city,
Re 10 receipt of the May mag zines. We
= Re Indebted 10 them for Putnam. They
hyaa fne establishment in Rock Island
" nd are doing well.
- our trip to Muscatne on Monday
cning, we took passage on the Ben Bolt
unfortunately missing the racket }.
exec, supposing that as she had been on
pleasure trip during the day she wouldn't
up 10 time in the evening" not knowing
y romptness of Capt. Dodge. On the
"a BoIt, however, We soon made Musca-
e, b. and had as nice accommodations as any
va easaer on the river. Those who desire a
uu essant through boat, large and comfort
Ne, We recommend to the Ben Bolt.
As il rained and there was every pros
p,- BET Of !. being extremely dark, we conclu'
y b to return Tuesday on the Lamariine, as
H. was just ready to start Repented our
e, ISOLATION, howeve as the old hulk leake ed
every pore and the state.room door had
:" isstenings, Of which fact the attaches OF
boat seemed 10 lie aware. Left Nus
Plr tine at o'clk T. NJ and arrived a, Rock
g., and at o'ck. A. NJ, accomplishing the
i've p in serea hours We have ridden the
IRE distance in three hours and walked
az e-htth of il in one hour.