Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-30
LOCAL MATTERS.

.a If Iowa street, an eminence ahordine
he most beautiful view Of any hill IN the
;.;oi,v Of Davenport, and in consequence
elected BY MIR. F~rnam - the seat OF biz
.,.;sn when he shall have completed the
.;,,o.d west to the Pacific, and retired to
.;,,,e life. From this elevation, our favor
resort of a bright, pleasant Sunday, W.
"A panorama spread before US that the
r,st mi pht in vain essay to transfer to can
Al sur feet lay Davenport, with it's
many new and unfinished buildings giving
the stamp OF progress; Rock Island
oreading out beyond. and away of in the
;.,,nce the manufacturing town OF Mo-
=. The island Of Rock Island, with its
;.man,ed for. lying between and about to
connected with the Iowa shore by
b,idee, the piers Of which standing up out OF
he water, look as though barrier had been
ERECTED to the further progress OF the steam
er Up and down the valley as far as the
~. can reach, the majestic Mississippi is
seen winding its silvery course.
Ex,snding our walk to Farnam street,
=. were witness to the Improvements there
bcine made, and thought to how much bet
her advantage the same amount Of money
uioht' be expended 90 the Travelled streets.
immense timbers to fern the superstruc-
ure Of the bridge are lying in readiness ON
he depo, grounds, and piles OF castings,
,d.. etc. are id waiting fr the completion
tn e piers, when The immense structure is
H., thrown across the old father Of VA
er.. When the red man again visits his
,me, the hunting grounds OF his younger
avs, and sees the cars fre:ghted with the
produce . the soil that was wont 10 abound
+ IN the deer and buffalo, speeding high in the
lir across the mighty Mississippi, ne will
/hink ind ed tina, all things must must yield
/ the prowcss of the white man.
-OysTERs.-In noticing the adver-
.ement Of oysters at Messrs, HULL & PAR
ms, we sneak OF the bi.valyes from a per-
y onal acquaintance we formed with can
hi them at the> d,rng table. They are
4ccrt4inly the freshest and altogether the
IN ces, article that have come under our ex-
perienee in this city. and as such we have
no he station il recommending them to our
leaders.
a kVa podarstanb that n the Railrult
meeting on last Friday afternoon, it was re-
solved TO survey the route from the bridge
to Els, Davenport.
Social RIGurs.-The Boston I aus
/ rgt, which is very conservative paper,
and never sanctions any mode Of proceed
Ing which would have the least tendency
toward insubordination, seems 10 have been
moyed from its natural moderation by the
log nuisance, and in the following par
bgraph reco nmends a resort to extreme
m assures. We give it as an instance to
now how the most decorous and law-abi-
ding people, will be prompted by "a long
/ train OF abuses pursuing invariably The same
end" of numbering the sleep of inoifensive
men and women. to take the law In their
own hands and righ, their own wrongs
We are not yet quite prepared to recon-
mend So desperate remedy:
a correspondent asks ''if a man has
rgh, to keep barking and swapping whelp
whose cries disturb whole neighborhood!
We answer mos, decidedly, NJ, for we hold
that man has not a right to deprive others
Of comfort systematically. any more thah
he has to take their purses. II any one is
troubIed in the same way that our cores
pondent i, it appears to us, tlat the rem
edy for the nuisance can be had at the drug
ss,'s.''
Il-The Rt. Rev. Henry w. Lee, Bish-
op of this Diocese arrived here with his
family on Saturday last. We understand
that Bishop Lee has selected our city as
his permanent home, and is to occupy the
dwelling Of Hon. james Thorngton.
On Sunday afternoon, the police ar
rested tar,yYwho had got drunk on bad
whiskey in Rock Island, and committed
them to Jail Not without some difficulty
however, for john Baricycorn had made his
'otdries very courageous and they were dis
posed to resist, what they considered the I'M
polite attentions Of the officers. One OF the
party I'D his eh elk pretty badly cut by
stone thrown by one Of his comrades, and
another person who was assisting the OH
GERS received a severe blow in the back.
Constable Teagarden had his clothes con-
siderable torn but was not otherwise injured,
and the whole party was safely lodged IN
prison, one of whom was released on bail.
Their trials were to have taken place
yesterday, but we did not learn the result
IN tine for this mornings paper.
We understand that ut present lum
Der is hauled, in considerable quantities,
from this city to Fort DIS Mpines. The
necessity for this slow aud costly method
VIII soon be obviated by the completion OF
Inc Davenport and Missouri Road.
We understand that on Thursday,
't last week, the Locomotive ran off the
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