Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-11-03
LOCAL MATTERS.

,..,r, that the streets Of RICHEST er
wsIl supplied with gas lamps, which
heretofore been kept burning n order
ofec, the purposes for which they were
;, nded But the Adrerti'er Of that city
:, , dt Of retrenchment and reform has
led "the majority Of their present
If Aldermen who are trying to eff
:, . saving by shutting Of the gas from
: s,ree, lamps. In consequence OF this
,,omy no, glimpse Of light was to be
~ save where an occasional lamp was
on, burning by private enterprise Inc
J..,t;,er concludes that economy Is glo-
ans thing bu, that even good thing may
ma,;me. be "run into the ground"
In The matter of lighting the streets Of
bayenpor, with gas, our experience rever-
!. ,ha, of the people Of Rochester. We
n,ot draw a comparison between the
.,my. benefit and convenience OF gen.
:, Illumination, and the partial light
,un bv an occasional lamp, because We
ave no, vet lad the privilege, In our own
inv. II testing the. former. Blu, we can
e,srmiue Fl, m The effect produced by the
80 lamps put up by Mr. LIE CLAIRE, what
great Improvement il would be, it lang
we're placed at every corner. We think
~ that this fact is SO evident, that further
nd we hope successful efforts will be made
or lighting the city generally We know
{b.t though il is properly the business OF
he city, in its corporate capacity, TO attend
| ) this matter, yet our city officers are not
} be blamed Tor the delay. This omission,
nd some others, result from that negative
Io,e concerning the loan, and the conse-
huent Inconvenience must be borne by all
Nike by the ayes and the nays,-but It is
b., impossible that some arrangement
high, yet be effected. BY which the streets
bni. h, be lighted even before the setting in
b the approaching winter.
Our friend C. u. HAWKES., on Front,
pear Main street, is dsing fine business
In the grocery line. Those who think him
/ 100 far out Of the direct line of business TO
BELL many goods, will please call upon him
end perhaps his prices may induce them to
make him another visit.
a w MeGREG1E, Esq, has in his
possession a cost made by the New Zea-
landers from the entrails of fish. Ii is
formed with hood and trimmed with the
hair Of some animal peculiar to those is
land regions.
Mr.. RASsroRn, who visited our city
in the summer aud made contracts for the
supply Of SO many Of our citizens with trees,
has returned with his orders filled. Those
who have received their trees through his
hands are well pleased with their appear
sncc, and We doubt not, as they give salts
faction, that another season his orders w1ll
be increased.
The Fl. Mliison Argus is the only
paper in tie State that has copied tho very
conclusive article OF Mr.. Price in regard to
The practical operations Of the Psohibtory
Lqnor LAWN Iowa. Those papers favor
ing that beI eticial enactment cannot better
shoa to their readers its results, than by
copying the article in question.
Mr.. GABRIEL Macarthur, residing three
miles from the city, lost two or three stacks
Of wheat by fire on "Wednesday night last.
As there had been no fire near the prem
ises he supposts it to have been the work
Of an incendiary.
Il hate fogs," said Jeremy Dialler; ''In
a fog one is apt TO run plump against his