Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-10
LOCAL MATTERS.


u., heavy rain OF last Sunday occurrin
:, ,d during church service. gave some
ne rood people Of our city . proof Of
.soished condition Of Fifth or Rail
20, The water came down Har-
,od Main SITS. in torrents for brief
:. ,).cing veto upon Ill attempts Of
s .ss,,,ri,n to cross either Of those thor
tt,,e, The necessity that the Compa.
;nmediately construct culverts on Fifth
:, shown not only 10 the inconvenience
,h;,b citizen are thus subjected.tut inthe
.whieh the Con- any itself must have sus-
"A ", believe the ordinance giving
: tho righ. Of way on Fifth st. requires
= 10 pave or plank the sidewalks. this
IA also be doue speedily, as that stree,
). - many months, in muddywea,her, has
On almost impossible. 8sz3 i
Now that the injunction prayed for
the people Of Burlington against the
,Iaov cl the Mississippi bridge has been
.sbsd. our disiuterested contemporaries Of
civ regret the decision solely on ac-
n, of the drawback its construction must
70 UPON the enterprising towns of ayen'
|, and Rock Island Let Us alone for
!, oeishbors, and we will give you proof
me Two successive years that such prog
.,i,,,ons never shadJwed forthcoming
eurs.
!, vas undoubtedly the inte ntion Of the
a,iptor OF this paper, to have commenced
nublicstiou OF a daily ere now, not as
.s,nrriment' however, Gas the vener-
N: he man would have I'D but as a
usyenl thing, but errnis which have late
,,kpn place. and entirely beyond his con-
h., prevented, and which above all
:, ,hings demands his attention. This,
..ever has not led him 10 abandon the
Of publishing daily, but as soon as
= ,tsais 10 which we have alluded, have
',,l orsr, a daily paper wi!Sbe issued from
.eT.s, whether one or more dai les are
bfshed in Iii. city Courier.
We are pleased 10 learn from the
Dye somewhat curioGsIy constructed SEN
bees, that as soon as the proprietor Of the
vkr gets from under the events which
pa,,ipg over him, he will publish a daily.
~ sumo, at least. that such is the idea
eh the statement was intended TO con-
!, although, as the editor airtcis to be
zeal both in euphoniuus nicely and gram
teaI correctness, 1t Hcrc TO be wished
b be had expressed himself in a manner
ire eonsouaat with the rules Of Murray,
boil with the elegance Of Addison.
The walls OF Mr.. lie Ciaire's fine a =
3n to the block which bears his name, are
pjiy goiugu2. With every addition our
nd makes an important improvement, so
tive hope in time u sc row Of stores
!, sill rival some of the IA 1st cels5sl.
obrs Of New York city.
THE pro TEN Of the Courier seems
posed 10 be critical, witty or something
e, We canpo, exactly define what. We
pleased 10 see the Gazette locals fur
Ahm with s. many texts and can safely
bn,e reply when we observe any thing
Fsble IN MS remarks.
W 10 not know thtt il would in any
tend To editica,ion for Us TO have CON
,er.y with him on the subject of the Eu-
IeaH war.
A ncw feature, that our subscribers
ioub, have observed with a good deal OF
ii.ac,ion in the Daily Gazette, is tie tel
raphc reports made espe cially for this
pen We have made arrangements with
operator a. this point, by which we ex-
Ct 10 receive the reports as regul arly as
Py are conveyed on the line. Our read
aust be aware tina. aside from the eX-
use thu. incurred, the additional labor OF
sting them in type 1T the late hour they
received is considerable, but we trust our
enons TO make the Gazette the best Da!-
west Of Chicago will be fully apprecia-
aslndeed we have every evidence in it's
adIy increasing subscription list
An attempt was made by some OF
lsht.iingered gentry 10 rob the store oil
es;rs. Alvord g. Van Patten on last Sat
Fdly night. bat not being quite silent
Foosh IN their operations, they were dis
Eered by those sleeping on the premises
at put to fight before they succeeded in
ealing anything. This is about the rash
= effort 81 burglary we have yet had Ia
hrohlcle, as two or three persons connect
with the establishment lodge in the
aling
The wires were down yesterday, and
V could consequently receive no news by
ehgaph.
TREE SpEEcH"--AN INciDENT.--l
''fed relates the particulars OF the afinil