Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-18
LOCAL MATTERS.

The following paragraph relaiivc TO tht
Davenport and Missouri Railroad We Ent
Giving around loose" in our Chicago ex
changes without any credit and therefore
.aop, !, as our own and introduce it among
our local items. We presume the Road j:
soished ere this time to Walcott, Of which
fact we contemplate soon to satisfy ourseli
ocularly.
"Messrs. Farnam and Durant, contract
ors for the r Dad from Davenport, Iowa, to
Council Bluffs, are pushing on the work
With great vigor. Iron sufIicien; to com
0le,e the Road from Davenport to Iowa
CIV, about 90 miles. mas already been sent
FORWARD, and the grading Of that portion as
we'll us of much tina, is beyond Iowa City, is
nearly ready for the superstructure. The
road will, it is believed, be in operation to
Iowa City in December next. Contracts
have been made for thirteen frst-class To-
como,ives, of which twelve are being built
nv Messrs. Breeze & Kneeland of Jersey
City. The contractors have spent about 4
million and half of dollars on the work
II passes through one OF the most fertile and
hest settled narts oil Iowa, and promises to
be valuable road, not only for its stock
holders, but as feeder to the Chicago and
Rock Island Railroad.
THIS INVENTOR is the title of
monthly publication devoted to scientific
subjects, new Inventions, &C., recently
started in New York. II is we'll conducted
rnd 90, up in good style. II may be had
of Eli Adams, Iowa Book Rooms, a, 10 cts,
per number.
-WmH Garley and John Johns Esqs.,
bf this city, ", sh ,ulI have mentioned ere
bis TIM, have been appointed U. s. Com
PRISONERS for the State of Iowa.
The Banner commences a list of
Election returns from several prominent
counties in Iowa thus: III ,nry county, To-
IVA, gave m Ijority OF 700. for the Know
h ,thiag State ticket last April. 1t has now
ELECTED the entire democratic ticket By about
b hundred majority" This avowal proceeds
|either from in sxcusable ignorance or in
|tentiJntl b1seness upon the part OF our
neighb1r, as tn. result, of the election IN
"a, county hal been published 10 most OF
q Ie lpers in ,h, potion Of ia Safe some
days prior u the issue OF his sheet. The
iii nry County Oissrpsr says, Thu AnerI-
ban tick :, is elected throughout, by mnlorl-
ties ranging from 200 to ADO and upward"
| Oar ncighbor should read the papers, as we
cannot think he would Intentionally attempt
10 deceive hi subscribers.
I'VE are requested to direct attention
| T. the h)ur advertisement OF N ssrs Hull
~ Parish, particularly to the new feature Of
delivering that very necessary article free o.
E,charge.
We have made an agreement with
she operator to take all fthe telegraph des-
patches TO this or the Rock Island Office a,
our own expense, but somehow just abou,
Pthe time foreign steamer is expected aud
all are in expectation OF the receipt of lis
news. the wires manage to be down, or some
oiher casually To occur SO that we are de-
barred the pleasure OF giving our readers tins
arllest news This cannot always be the
case, tina, we may expect some day to be
able to recel,e dispatches with gre. ter reg
.utarity.
--Yes,erday was the coolest day that
we remember TO have experienced in this
latitude in the month OF August. A fire in
doors would have been comfortable all day.
In the morning we observed the mercury at
u dogs. in the house. Though cool moth
.ing could excel tn Transparency OF the at
inosphere.
The China store OF Webb g. Co.
makes quite an imposing appearance s'nce
they have removed to their new room in LIE
1CIlire row. They have every article IN
their line oil business and We hope they may
prosper commensurately with their Efforts to
supply the wants of community.