Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-04-27
LOCAL nArrRRs.

asv or two ago, we noticed that the author
tiles Of .hs. city hsve been busy in grad'n
All maeadamizing their levee, and thy ar
,e.r to BE- doing 1t very well. and It Ger
,.ip,y sads much to the appearance of tia
civ a. well 40 increases the facilities o
doing The river business.
The old proverb said it was right even t
/. taught by an emmy, but there i
surely no objection to taking pattern by
friend, and in this particular we should l'k
10 ace our o6cers following the example Q
III. sister city As soon IS possible. Nth
in, more pleases the eye of stranger, es
oeei.lIy If he be = business N M than TO sec
. so.cious and we!iarranged levee; ant
.nn.ar.nce 10 lie least recommendation
a, 10 4 river town which aspires to be tn,
s,st city on these upper waters, good
landing and q finished ievee are indispen
~. features. We have neither of then
nav. aad we are the less xcusible, be-
cause, perhaps on the whole course OF the
river there is not another city whose land
;,s and levee couid be made No. !, with st
,,,le labor aud expense. The subject has
.,,e.dv been somewhat discussed in ouf
,luwns. and we hope il will continne 10 be
.pi,.,ed, till the objects which it seeks to
attain are properly accomplished. When
,hev are finished the wonder will be that
they we're not done sooner.
Our contemporary Of the Camanche
cApf rates the old hulk, known as the
steamer Montauk, roundly for di.charging
.vo cholera victims at that landing. IL.
maintains that the disease was engendered
~ the dizziness Of The boat, and says, that
her Of GERS had drawn q canvass over the
name OF the boat to concealit il.
-As il il as easy TO remit money one
time ~ another, Nr. II. A. Fremont, War
rem, Trunbu leo, Ohio, and Burnett & Co.,
Columbus, Ohio, will please forward the
funds II they desire th.ir adyer,is. ments 10
appear. as that is a standing rule OF this
.iice. The adv. OF the first will be IS 90 :;
of,he latter S25, for , mos. in daily. We
don't take the tickets of gin schemes in
| payment.
-Yr.terday morning was quite COO,
90 that 6res were comfortable, but II sooh
grew warmer with fair prospect Of mort
settled weather.
Out on the prairie Tuesday-grea'
country. but needs feneing-hedg.s may
do-atmosphere in moton-soii as l-a-d-y's
e-h.e-e.k--inyigora,ing appetiteizing--
healthy. rerJ people don't die, gradual,
1 dry up and blow away-prolifc, quitc--eant
grow roots--Celrsnsls pull carrots through
already roasted--,urnip. get fla. pushing
/ gsinst oae another-potatoes tough fga,-
l ing for room sad place for vegetat,on-
farmers sndd c,ors b,t,er keep away.
-Cas~ DING SrIAxpsArs Congres.
should pass somc such Law in relation L.
/ steamboats, tina, II has with regard 10 smi-
grant ships. TIE steamboats, running on
the western waters crowd themselves with
deck passengers beyond oil decency or rea-
son, and thus not only endanscr The hts!,il
and hvss Of tho steerasc passengers bu'
al" those who are riv ling in the CAB ii
/ abov". and indeed Of everybody on the boa,
The Minnesota Belle. the Brazl and uiher
steam ers lately left Pittsburgh with over
600 s,eerage passengers each, They were
all crowded in the hot, contracted place in
III, stern Of these steam'rs. AMI how they
c'uld live there during some of ,ha hot
weather we have had lately, passes our com.
p'ehension. M,ny Of them were sick snd
come died. but the wonder ia that the nun
Der Of both wa. not much larger. Some
thing should be done to stop this increasing
evil.
-SrpDGs DEArH come ction with
the above we may mention that Mr.. Thorn
I" Fea'en, from rear Hollihayrburgh, Pa,
came cabin passenger on the Brazil. one of
The steamers crowded as above stated -
Mr. Robert Lowry inform. that he trans
acted business with Mr.. Fear, q, one of
'hs bsnks in this city on last Tueslay
morning, when he appeared to be in his usu-
a'h health. On the following morning he
WAS dead, and Mr.. L. thinks there is no doubt
De contracted the seeds Of the fatal disease
from the impure air of the crowded steam
era We think it very likely that disease
can be communicated on these oyercrowded
river boats in the same way that the ship
is'er spreads on sea vessels, and this like
!h'od ough, to deter travellers from taking
passage on boats who cram their sleerage
w" such crowds of unfortunate victims
and Propagi ,ors of disease.
y May ball is TO come off at Masonic
"ui in lie Claire on mex, Tuesday.
AhRlsoS.-We see it stated in III c tele-
x''pn to the chica 90 papers ,ha, the Dis
''.e' court n Cincinnati, has granted writ
e''ih The case of Arrison, the torpedo
man.
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~ msaid that the Know No,hino. of Bos-