The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-02
LOCAL MATTERS.

49, many DAVENPORT =
Iht in tie State Of Iowa that IS
only " a steam Power Press.
prinIsa hove is a portion Of the stereotyp-
Ins sod floating al the masthead OF the
ed fase THOSE who are acquainted with
Gsse''si s~afonteiy OF "Grandms," are
the ree II .urnrised, but those who know
not q. = Xiv Of the above are informed
a no., IN he DAILY North nest at dubuque -
ms sa ~ steam, and that the Erpress ana
Phn.iMs 81 that city also has a steam press,
he'aI !. other papers in the State. II
n"sl,v crazy, old ante-deluvian press
ihe siolbor can be styled a steam press
Of opl 20 desire 10 be encountered with
We nav amount Of expensive gearing. II
me r.as,,e finds il profitable 10 use u TO
ms y, oS0 dailies, we are Observation-Disclosures
pct Democrat
W. dom, care to deal IN personalities
nr;y,te, MS well as our public mat
W.. We have no hesitation in placing be-
~, The public. The above teens with lies
i, worse, they are uttered without
INJECT, as no good can be expected to
a.to their author from their utterance'
NJ. ro-h. West is d paper just started al
n,h,oae. This is the first intimstion we
~. had that It was printed by steam, and
IL rot hlieve it, bat if it be so, it 10 the
,re beside the Gazette thus printed in
s,.,s If lows, or west of Chicago, or
north Of ST. Louis.
". are pleased at the opportunity the
.h,v. furnishes US Of making a brief state
-.o, If ,he business, etc, ofihe Gazette Of
.t,. Oar steam press is a hrst-class hoe
n,s., with Tsylor's improvement, and cost
1850 at the manufactory' We have
,v,,r steam presses now running IN our
$40 and End il SO profitable that We are
n,sios arrangements to get another large
lid Adams press for job and book work
s Orr daily circulation is more than
,uos aaO and is increasing every day. We
generally obtain from three to four and i've
nB.erjbers per day, and have received as
many as twelve in a single day, entirely IN
,1eited on our part which is the beauty OF
he operation. We venture the assertion
that there is no news paper in the State OF
Lawn that Is 50 good q pay ing instilation as
he Davenport Gazette, and We stand ready
~ COMPARE books with any one who doubts
The assertion,
Per contra. How isH with the concern
that a.un,s the shove quoted reckless asser-
tsai Amiserable o~ne-hofse affair, printed
m an olliasbioHsd haad-press, supported
BY a clique, moftgaged for It's fall value,
without any responsibility At the helm and
,!.sd by Gsorss E. Ho55al'' Need we
,sy norsl Ii so,i il shsll be forthcoming.
Saw MxcsIsE,-in connection with
her sag.mill, Meas. Renaick T. Son
haze q machine for manufacturing barrel
,,sye., whl1h igfns out one hundred PT
niaGe all matched aud ia readiness to be
placed in the barre. The soft maple OF
vbieh these slaves are made Is steamed in
. large box adjoining, and while hot 10
II once transferred 70 the cutting machine,
where i, 10 speedily converted INTO slaves.
Another ingenious machine cuts and match
81 the barrel heads, 50 that the entire ar
tide il turned outin readiness to be put To-
,ethsf. Making barrel slaves we have al-
ways understood to be one of the hardest OF
occupations on the constitution, and a ma
chine, therefore, to do away with this branch
Of cooperins will certainly be a blessing to
the Industrious portion Of community taus
employed.