Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-06-27
LOCAL MATTERS.

na,A.isns dame PArodi has been giving concerts
:" scnn u ' "a The tickets to which were So
,s' ti tsse ua' w,waukie and Chicago appear to
r.. 'en.' which shall be the most re-
oifi,, w. .l for pa,ronizing music and mus''
P""e' ,,,,anke. we believe, thus far,
. nm. the supremacy. and is rather
~. salsbra,ed than any city il the North
- for lis smateurship and connois-
p e'' ,hs matter of music, and the
pn,.,. .,.,e,jtors for the same disunction
s,ott S' :. sor wake al long distance be-
'.ms, y, star as Davenport is concerne
Land d. I. will not warrant us IN ooas''"e "ue"
,ncar.en, in this branch OF the
lou !, We faye some good musicians,
how, heretofore taken pleasure in
Nrec .,me of the performances to which
er. have listened, and we also nave oaha
w" In 80 think can favorably compare with
,,,d of the same age in any city, But
or Iess ,h.rscteristcs of our citizens lean most
IA. r,tariansm, and they are rn,h-
favor Of postponing matters when
mIb r,, ~ consider merely ornamental until they
'lien >. completed the substantials. Ihey
thscinls, Of Jeremy Bentham, and
nav they manage things would certain
ne ~ !, ,r,,ifyinp to the feelings OF that old
=, we do not object to this fact,
!, : the most natural mode of develop
S''"' :, II will be time enough to put
ata ~. e,,iptbian capital when the building
,s,slcd the proper state OF complete
Mi, The mean time we wolli pre-
I H. = : h,,;ac lecture from Bayard Taylor, H.
nascher OF Horace Greeley, to con
or BAD :, r1m Madame Parodi.
he rs /, is nearly time for the annual
,eorance Of that phlebotomist, known }"
GH Al. o,,,an oarlunce a the mosquito, 1t may De
VI ~ sre.'ing 10 OR fair readers to Know 'na'
als ,.s, the rreatest Of naturalists, has as
..ltb,, j, i. nniy the female that draws
md \, the ladies' would not kali harm
:. INSECT. they should be careful when
,,i45the,c midnight marauders, 10 Sc
y T." E, oniy the female.
-Althouga our river continues se!
riffs Of lumber occasionally come
.ea rD We saw q ute large one slowly
Z M. ,,,,a, over the rapids the other day. The
Ahs ,,,i.t,r. Of our saw mills by dividing
5,rIa. Of | 10. m mage - f,lt over sul-
} "a .,tt, keen their mills in operation -
'I,.G. =. l,S w,,eris very favorable 10 the con
4 N. ,,usiia Of The brilgc anl The contractors
Tea !. willing themselves Of the fact by put
sgos an III. force that can work u advan-
:a.
~, --Tpa Buffalo CITY Directory, just com
tts'a l1,d. contains over 1900 names, from
H,st hicA The C0urisr infets that the city con-
I'M, populitian Of over $4,000. The
.ysnoor; Cite Directory contains over
"a POO names from which We can infer that
,le same ratio this city contain. popu-
no, Of over 900; or did at the time OF
s.rS agas.ng las, winter. since when tune
1, number has been increased at least one
aaal1 hjusand
-W,rlswor,h says, in one OF his beau
&c q ul lyrcs,-
n. .Mf h,artlo * up wh>nl behold
hah .iuh,w ia the skt -
Raj In The .ternoon Of NJ ,nday last we had
.,| beautiful specimen OF The bow of promise
s@Ii wa. beautiful enough to justify quoting
the lines OF Campbeli,-
oTrumphal arch. that ft'st the sky,
a' When storms prepare 20 part,
W ask not proud Philosophy
eH' To tell ME what thou art.
me- still seen. rs my ctildhood's sight,
Hef "a midway station gwen
aw For happy spirits to Alright, -
~ BcwtNt the earth aud heaven
y b., the rainbow of the preceding after
en nom had no influence in preventing Tues
rsn DAY morning from being wet, stormy ana
Esareeable. The rain fell in sufficient
sps Quantities to prevent much outdoor bust
s''' ness being done, and pretty well drowned
out all the locals, 50 that in order to say
o. something OF local character, we have TO
call in the assistance of the poets.
~, Owing to the nclemency of the
wca her yesterday, the sale of plants which
y was to have taken PLACE Yesterday lore
?. a,on, was postponed until ths morning
gs' 70 o'clock
We are requested to call the atten-
70 zion Of cur city and country readers to the
NJ anctioa sale OF large stock Of goods al
& No5 Lacldre Bio X commencing this day
10 TO and buy yourself rich.
Calahr,,;au nf TIM tth If Imilt