The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-01-08
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plan is gotten up entirely by the applicants,
the Register. however. has consented to
favor the plan as far as practicable with his
authority, it being entered into BY MAORI
,y of the persons here. Those who arrive
heresiier and hose here who didn't JON the
bsl!otinc plan vii have TO wait until the
800 who have drawn numbers are admitted
Those who drew numbers agreed to stand
by each other. and if on Monday morning
the stairs should be occupied By others,
they would remove them peaceably if they
could, but torcibly ii they must.
Some persons who have arrived since
the bslloting ceased, and some here who
didn't Join ia it. cay they will take 20 sses.
sion of the stairs Sunday night aud remain
there until the Office opens. Ny opinion is.
| that those who drew numbers will be al
lowed 10 take their places Pescsably. ~
/ mos, Of them have been here from one to
six weeks, and the hardships aad privstions
| they have undergone here have mol found
! them in 5 very amicable spirit, nor will they
| patiently submit to trespass OF what they
consider 10 their right. Nearly syesy one
here is armed with pistol or knife. and
any collision would 10 apt to be attended
with fearful consequences. I've beea here
ten days, but have not been able 10 secure
an acre Of lsno or get within sesersl rods
OF the Land Office. and my luck held out in
ballcting, So I drew number close on to
200, which will not admit me into the office
till about the LIST of February, if business
is not dispatched with more alscrity than
has been tue case the past week; then, too,
We are restricted 10 Ieo acres each. which
makes it decidedly disceuragins unless one
has the patience Of several Jobs.
| There are over 2,OO0. 900 acres OF land in
this district yet to be entered. and without
question it is the best body of land ia the
State that can be had at government price.
Timber snd water plenty, with the finest
rolling prairie 10 the world. There were
! 10000 acres pre-empted in this distrie,
within the last Eve months. which imparts
some idea Of the rush Of immigration
Among the applicants here are persons
wanting from 20 acres to l0O.0 00 acres
each, 10 the aggregate nearly = million of
acres. Ii is rumored that some heavy cap
itali<ts have their agents here to enter
large tracts OF land for Railroad purposes,
butt they are restricted in their applications
like US ''slnsl fry" their Railroad would
soon ran in the ground.
I. is limited around that some persons
wanting large ontries have it all "cut and
dried" with-somebody, and will get their
land without exposing themselves to the
midnight air; this rumos is probably started
BY some emil minded person in order to give
vent to his pent-up Indignation. and ss gov
eminent officials of late years have great
many hard stories told shout them, he has
poured his malice in The common channel.
There is good deal of competition man
ifested here aside from the rush for lsnd;--
the rush for the dinner table is little ahead
of the pressure at the Land Office; the loss
of toes and fingers by the frost while crowd.
ing for the Land Office, is counter bsIsn csd
here by the loss Of hair, false seeth, but.
tons, handkerchiefs, torn costs. wigs. hats,
&c, which are found in small heaps on..ths
dining room floor, occasioned by the heller
SHELTER Of the grand enree The dining
room al the Daeorsh House can seat about
30 persons st q meal, and there are 250
hungry men there al wanting TO be in q,
the FIRST table. Abou, an hour before meal
time they begin to eongregate abou, the
doors opening into the dining room, and
soon form into solid columns ready TO grab
bell from the inside. Those who, 10 their
vertsncy. get at the head of the msss and
chuckle at those 10 the rear, End out ssme-
times that the "lsst shs!l be- FIRST, snd the
frat shall be iast." for on the tsp OF the bell
the pressure from the rear proves too much
for the equilibrium Of those ahead, who are
sent uucssemoneously under the table or
ever IL oad he place ,heT hsa ,e.nred--in
their eFe-occqPied b. somc more fortunate
psrsons. Some will grab plate. Others a
chair, and when oil are sedged in tina, csn
use their hands, the others retro and pre-.
pare, as before, 70. the next onslaught
The rush for dinner at the DEBORAH House
equgls the French al the Mslskof. and the
Fragments scattered sbou, will compare ia.
vorsbly.
Hotel Keepers are rssping for;uae here
now; fare according 70 your pile; no money
refunded for damages received In getting to
ths table, aud no bed secured su, ~ con.
slant possession, Jay time IS we'll ,s nigh,
Such q crowd Of persons never saw "a
gether before each one Is pulling different,
aud each is afraid the other wants 10 ga, tho
ssme land, and every device tina, human in.
2enuity can conceive 10 prsetised in order 10
get an advantage II any body wants 70
zee the "cuteness'' OF 300 Yankees dIsplsv.
ed TO lie utmost capacity, let him come 10
DEBORAH; and any young man wishing 10
"stsrt out in the world" would do well IN