Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-21
Temperance Ticket
ror Count, yadEss
WILLIAM BUeAe.
For shert6.
L. j. CENTER.
"a, Recorder ana Treasurer,
I'll STONEBRAKER.
For sarveyor,
WIN. r. CAMPBELL.
For C"roper,
WILLIAM CROSSAN.
LOCAL xArrsRs.

CLEAR the nav
= he lac. tina, the locemetive Antoine
c,.,,e hal cross, q The crest '.fsthee Of
,s,." on the pr-celIff1 81. Gu The even
Of the same day Fought y 2
depot, ard BY L. msef Henry
man, Esq, the enierprising contractor
,hs Road, we had the pleasure OF TAX
;. .s,., ride on the first locomotive west
thp Mssss' ppl.
!. indeed a noble machine it was
!, bv M.,srs. R ,yers, Ketchun & Gros-
!, Patterson, N. j., and il is said by
. :, he the best locomotive in the Uni
States. II is fitting compliment to
l;bsr,l fellow citizen, Antoine LIE Claire,
He was the first man who settled on
ia NJ our noble river and the first man
,,u, 10 come forward and subscribe
ooo stick in the NJ. 4. NJ Railroad
s,~,fss ,,:
{, ], twenty. Ave of our feilow-ciiizens
ste Inco,n,.tive aud tender us it
Il ,nr,.o,, town. At the different
!, :, ,..inge they were received with
;. ard with smiles and waving Of hand
,she;, n, IN iar ladies'. After passing
,rey through town and as Tar as the
n Gu, in the bluff, further progress was
e..ed by a tree hanging over tho track.
!, rerurned to the depo, in safety. Tbe
mr,py dis persed to their homes Prob
n after years (~hen this city shall
hstume w Il il is destined to beg they
,4u ,beir.childrens' children with pride,
,,b.y we're Of the small party who rode
r. hr.. locomotive that crossed the
s,issippi river.
FQ, is indeeds great day in the history
Dvsuoor,, il is the dawn Of its greatness,
the beginning Of wha. the en,erprs'ng
i.e,,rs Of the NJ g. NJ. Railroad promis-
/, til carrying out what they told W
J, would do. With providence and fore
h, they DELAYED the work till the clouds
ne m mes N lrket dispersed. Nj now
elesr sailing. they have the money IN
md 10 build and equip tn r 'ad to Iowa
is. snd se are assured that the road VIII
rom eted TO w ,lcott oy 5th Of August,
Duran, by ooh same month, TO Cedar
sr by 10th OF September and TO Iowa
h. nv lat of December. The Mascatine
aaeh will also be completed at the same
~ Another locomotive is now on the wsy
"a New York and is expected here with.
len days.
We direct the attic ntion Of those in
r-.te in the subject to tho advertisement
ded To Pork Packers"
On Wednesday a man named Whit
was sun struck while harvesting in the
Ia ofMr. Mason in Pleasant Valley aud
ID very soon afterwards. Hewas from Can
andwe understand. leaves wife ands six
jrsn. The man supstruck in the rity
Jaw pre-, ious we learn, has since died.
The Banner OF yesterday contains
unusual amount of personal detrsction
a .currili,y. Five communications in one
lunn from The same pen over various
pnstures, s,test The vindiciiveness ofsDirit
hpsyed by a little pettifcgger in our city
ward. o man in every way his superior,
b who we trust will not condescend to
o,ce his Stiffness. With regard to state
en-, in the communication signed"One OF
em," which the Banner affects to ques.
e, Ne en- assure the reud RS Of that
;astit is an undeniablr fact: at least
~. 1t rom several prominent citizens
81 ia se cannot doubt; tina, one OF
Gpm,ue $ of the recent democratic
pas n.ion is arcgularly initiated Know
5lhing. We presume the charge sus-
Fepible oil proof. though We are not sufii.
Fenty acquainted Nth the rules Of the
Order, to say positively whether anything
pore than simple ipse dirt is admissible
Mir. Willis, Of Rockingham township,
his presented US with some very fine, large,
Fips apples; the first we have seen Of the
Feason except few that grew upon our
psn tree.