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The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-24


Az ARTrsT AMONG us.--Ne have uyt
had lac pleasure Of forming the acqualut-
aoca of Nj }. G.. Wolfe. artist, wh1sa ad.
vent omomgus il chronicled by tae Rock
islander, buL ii he be as sk...at W his
.rush aud pallet as our ncighbor re. scuts
pim 20 be, We trust he will receive an
abundance OF custom. Hts rooms are over
the Banking House OF Tuliman & Powers.
The Rock Islander says, "Whl.c CA This
side, he had orders rom q number o.. our
citizens for portraits and landscapes. We
hope that the wealthy and liberal r'.aaus
81 Davenport will encourage him in Ha"
manner. No parIor is now complete with.
ont pictures, and MIR. WOLF" is an accom-
pIshed landscape artist
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-24
TALLMAN e. POWERS,
LAND AGENTS.
Office Brady Street, between Second and Third
lstreets.
nFFERforsals tie following valHa Real Is

Mate:
City Property in Davenport.
T. House and lot on Third street near the corner o
Rock Island.
q six fots on the south west corner Of Fourth ard
rarnam Streets,
.. Six lots at North Davenport. between Perry ana
Rock Island Streets.
Althe above lots are we'll situated and in parts Of
the city most rapidly improving and viii be sold on
liberal terms.
Farming Lands in Johnson County.
81 ofS.E.. s. p T. 70 ~ Range west 90 acres.
y 4. OFFS. r. $ IS 10 y. Range west 40 acres
The above lands VI on the line or the railroad
from Davenport 10 Iowa City.
Clinton County
Nine hundred acres of prairie and ninety acres Of
timber land near Elyira 2. o, seven miles frem Ly
ons, Cnton Co, near:he Railroad; all choice land,
well watered.
The above property will be sold On liberal credit.
Scott County.
Improved farm one mile and half from Prince
tom Sixty acres first rate land well improved with
good houses. VIII be sold at bargain
Poweshiek County.
Two hundred and Any fine prairie land Two
miles north of Montezuma, the county seat.
Mch I7-'56-du
Scott Co
loo acres unmproyed landtwo miles from Hickory
Grove, three miles from Wnleott, ten miles from
Davenport, well waered.
100 acres five miles north westfrom Hickory ETaFr
very choice land.
Near Davenport.
one and one-hali mit"s from Court House on the
biuG with superb views o: river and surrounding
country. small farm ni ~ acres under the highest
stale Of cultivation aud we'll supplied with fruit
The most beautfuj IaUd IN the vicinity the
city.
Seven miles from Davenport,
A farm of 60 acres, 40 under cultivation 90 Of tim
Der never failing stream ruus through il. VIII
besod very cheap.
Near Walcott
80 Acres Of choice prairie at a bargain
At North Davenport,
A beautiful five lot.
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-24
Gun Powder! Gun Powder

me undersigned being agents Tor Laiiiin, smith
! d. Bois' Gun Powder. aud having Mag Izlnc near
the city win have constantly ON hand, and sci! ut
lowest prices, all grades of Powder.
EVANS, CHEW d CO.,
,rpta Corner Perry and Second SITS.
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-24

The business will be continued BY the uuiar Hrd Who
quests continuation of the patronage heretofore *
tended. LEVI IfuNGEEFBED,
MaHe H.. Jnv2G
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kkare chance to secure
Ialuable Farming Lands in Scott County.
l56O ACRES

These landB were selected many year. ago. zIa
comprise some of the best lands IN Scott County
lHI have never been before offered for sale
Mch 3l Sc COOK Il SARGENT.
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-24
FENING WIRE

YVST received and for sulclow large iol zen
i c,ny Wir,, WICKERsHAM lilCkA.
.Iytt
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-24
So FALL STYLES. 1856.
n. Ss'Cett

ManuacturerGr and Dealer In iat 9, 4"s' Fli7,
Robes, BuckskiR Gloves aud lit]eEs.
ESTEare in receipt of our IA A-sI @s Ss Ia 9
w 10 which We invite the attention OF III. ci'i-
Hvns of Davenport, Rock Island ana 'Ie'M'ti' or
eilic. Tor ottainiI goods direct from first hand
ont. hi es us TO oner good goods at rs low prizes,
W Hotesale aud Retail, as any house TIA The wet.
Highest market prices paidtor al &,9Gs 81 snip
,.5,,, Erra 4. GREEN,
No. Lc Ci aifr Row,
--- 1. 1877 n..YnmnnEL /. L.
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Valley City Mills, Scott County

4 EE,.nstantly manufacturing the best grades o
- FsnHr which they will sell al lowest marKe
2rircs through their agents.
EVANS, CHEW IL CO.,
.ert4 Corner Perry and Second Sis
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EXCHANGE

OnaiIBarfs ofthe United States boughtand sold.
COOK, SARGENT 4 COOK,
Bankers an and gents,
Fort Des Moines, Iowa
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Skeleton Skirts,
Heavy Corded sklsts,
Long Lace Mitts,
White Belt Ribbons,
Received this morning by express by ,......,
Nuy tlli NbN N'I'l H.


IEn hHildu.- N Front 81. h"tw'fn brady HAd
rrvry, recently occupied by Hut Allen y Go. e.
Eapuire OH ih e premises. '.th'i 'h'phN'
4 4
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-24

valuable Property for Sale in East Davenport
I sGOOD building Lots, also a two story Frame
| d House and two Lots overloo ing the Mississip
u river. Apply TO SAM'L. GUY, III East Daren-
pert, or TO JSO. A. GUY or JAS. JORDAN, in Day
apnart aug21dlf
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NOTICE.

vsNIlE undersigned having disposed Of their bust
/ ness 10 Mossrs. Evans, Chew N Co., take TINS
method oGthanktn- their former patrons for their
kid aud liberia! custom, and would requcsta con-
Liuuance OF the same 10 the new firm.
sept2 NJ. IhoMfhbN " ~
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NOTICE

/ OTIS >, 4 d in Block rs, corner Of Farnam, ant
Fbird streets.
Api7d COOK 81 SARGENT
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.Epsgesru

A 4 reduced prices Now IS your time to &c
n cheap goo ds as wi sh 10 close out as nea as pos
sible my present stock.
4. T.. billion
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yNTE shall continue to receive and pay out the
w notes Of tho above Banks las We have done
since tAer orgsnzatioD) alter the 18th install III
~ rther notice. Janl2 COOK SARGENT.
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PURLIE SALE.

nun snscrIb Der will sell on Wednesday, Oct lst At
Riley farm mile below Davenport, the follow
Iug described property 10 Cows, Bulls, of superior
breed, Cow and Cali, Horse and sin.iv harness,
Cgrlitgo, Buggy breaking Plows @ horse) together
gs Ia large supply OF Cans, &c, coHnectel with the
4lrv Hogs and - Shoals Also three years lease Of
dwelling house and outbuilingS, including large stable
Also one fine Gottayo Plane, spleudId instrument
and ia good order.
.npIGdwts 10. DOSER.
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SrsI.S.t.T CARPETS,


Extra ply do,
super super,
Suprronr do,
d.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-03-12

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Thus ther the ape, quite engaged with
the sport, and without taking his eyes Of
the ground, had approached to within
about twenty PAGES of the party conceal.
ed behind the padanus tree. Here again,
the ground was. full of holes, and look
ing out the one he conjectured to the
best, he threw in his line again, and prob
ably felt that there was something alive
within, for he awaited the result with
signs of the most eager attention
The affair, however. lasted longer
than he anticipated; but being already
well filed by his past successful hauls,
he pulled up his knees, laid his arms
upon them, bowed up hishead, and half
closing his eyes, he assumed such re-
signed and yet cxquisitely comical face,
as only an ape is capable of putting on
under these circumstances,
But his quiet was destined to be dis
turbed in manner as unsuspected as it
was cruel. He must have disce1ned
some very interesting object in the
clouds, for he was staring up there fixed
edly, when he uttered loud yell, left
hold of his knees, felt with both hands
for his tail, and made bound in the
air, as if the GROUND under him was
growing red-hot. At the end of his tail,
however, hung gigantic crab, torn with
desperate energy from his hiding place,
and Frank, who could restrain himself
no longer, then burst into loud laugh
The mandoor atfrst retained his grav-
ity; but when the ape, alarmed by the
strange sound, looked up and saw men,
and then boun ded away at full speed,
with his tormentor still dangling at the
end cf his tail, the old man could no
longer refrain either, and they both
laughed till the tears ran down their
cheeks.
The ape, in the meanwhile, few across
the narrow strip of sand, followed by all
he others, towards the jungle, and in
after, not a single one was wis.,
Bile. |
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.sHLAND. AsHLANp COUNTY, OHIO WEDNESDAY, MORNING.

face of the hunter as he listened to th'
recital of her woes.
Her story was soon told. In cempa
{ ny with her husband, she had emigratcd
? to the west in the fattcring hope of hav
> ing home of their own, where the earth
, would at least yield them q living
Alas she was destined, like many 9th
ers, to bitter disappointment, Soon af-
ter their arrival her husband had erect
ed his cabin, girdled the trees, and clear
aed small spot of ground, but when fall
came he sickened and died. His poor
heart broken wife took the body of her
I husband in her arms, and half dragged ),
half carried tito the outside of the cab
in, where she contrived, with the aid of
the ak and sharponed stick, to dig a
shallow grave in which she placed the
body of her best and only friend then
with fearless eye, but broken heart,
and nervous hand, she covered it with
the soil and returned to her children who
demanded her utmost care and attention
Her boy, the image of his father, lay
prostrated by the fever. and she could
not leave him for moment to go for
assistance, which was twelve miles dis
tant. Neither could she leave to pro-
scure food, and now her babe was dying
for want of nourishment. Every NOR
sci of food was gone, and for three days
she had not broken her fast Every ar
ticle of furniture, except the bed and
stool, had been used to keep alive the
fire on the hearth, till that source was
exhausted, and the poor woman had ta-
ken her babe in her arms, sat down by |
the embers, yielding herself up to stern
and awful dispair Twenty four hours
more, and death would have left only
their pale, emaciated remains to tell
the sad story of their suferings. Re
lief had reached her, however, at the I
critical moment, and now the foustain
of her tears was broken up, and she
wept as she had never wept before.
Tears OF Joy ho~ed over her hasgard
cheeks and bathed her infants brow as
she hugged it to her bosom. Not for
herself did she weep; no! she could
have died, and blessed the stroke which
laid her side BY side with her husband
in the cold and silent grave. There
was no want or misery there; 10 suffer
ing such as she had seen. But for her
she had prayed for life that
they might live, and her prayer was an
,wered. How her heart leaped at the .
thought that she might yet return to
ler mothers home with her children
The dream vas realized, and there was :
melancholy joy in her. heart, and ,
words of thankfulness on her lips, as she /,
at at her mothers knees afterwards,
md told the story OF her fearful aHd ag )
,nizing experience.
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Uanftq,
Never mind the Mitten, Joe 2"

Look up. dear Joe. with brow of brass
Forget that giddy, flirting lass;
AID let her transient image pass
Though sorely fancy smitten, Joe.
There's good fish in the deep, broad sea.
Sporting there bright, and. fair, and free,
And one, trow, thine own might be
So never mind the nitten, Joe.
Forget that girls ensnaring glance
She skins right prettily in the dance
Her vain, proud airs, and dress, perchance,
To halls Of nirth are fitting, Joe.
Butmark my word-with such wife
Tied to thy hand and purse for life,
Thy black and blue days must be rife
So never mind the mitten, Joe.
] know one-she never wore
UPoas her fingers golden ore.
Embracing pearls and gems score;
perhaps thou1t think I'm twitting, Joe.
She's rarely at amusements seen;
In simple robes, with modest mien,
And face and form like beauty's queen
She selaera gives the mitten, Joe.
. "For why ?p she nc'er with frothy arts
Raised idle flames in silly hearts;
Then feasted on the dying smart;
OF fools so quickly bitten, Joe.
Olwoo her like man of sense
Secure such worth and innocence
Forget that tinselled jilt's offence,
And bless her for the 1nitten, Joe.
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STU CK UP FOLKS.

q don't like those people, they are
so dreadfully stuck up was the re-
mark we overheard the other day.
What are stuck up people, thought
we, and we have been looking about to
see if we could find any.
Do you see that young man over yon-
der leaning against the post of that ho-
tel piazza, twirling the shadow of a walk
ing stick, now and then coaxing the hair
on his upper lip, and watching every Ia
dy that passes, not that he cares to see
them but is anxious to be observed by
them, he belongs to the stuck up folks
What is the occasion !? Well, he hap
pens to have rich father, and foolish,
vain mother, who have taught him that
he isn't common folks at all, and that
poverty is almost the same as vulgarity
and meanness, and SO he has become
stuck up;' he dosen't feel the need of
knowing any moro; he does not work,
for e was never required to, and he is
so extensively stuck up that he hasn't
the least idea that he will ever come
down-he dosen't know, however.
There goes young woman-lady
she calls herself-with the most conde-
scending air, to nobody in particular,
and an all prevailing consciousness that
all creation and the srest of mankind
are looking at and admiring her; she
never earned the salt she cats, knows a
little, very little, of good many things,
and nothing thoroughly of anything, is
most anxious lest she should be trou-
bled to make a selection out of fifty
young men, all of whom are dying for her,
she sppposes; she is one of the stuck
up, folks and that is almost all she is.
That oldish gentleman over the way,
barricaded with half yard of shirt col
lar, guarded by gold headed cane, with
a pompous patronizing air-do you see
him? Well, he belongs to the stuck
ups too. He has been SO about ten
years, since he got off his leather apron,
and began to speculate successfully in
real estate. There are other fools of
his class, some stuck up by having at
some time been a justice of the peace,
an alderman, a constable, and in yari.
GUS other ways they got stuck up no.
tions. They are not proud people for
they are not distinguished folks, for
they have not ability or character enough |
to make them so-they are just what
they appear to be, stuck up Jet them
stick.
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GaIfs an0 gketebes..
THE DOUBLE BRIDAL.

AafsWI years ago I made one Of the
sseventy-nine passengers on board the
steamer Emile Barton, bound up the
Tennessee. A pleasant, intelligent, 60
ahead captain, good steward, ard a
social refined company, made the trip
one of pleasure; indeed, long shall 1 re-
member the saucy Emile Barton and her
superb living freight. Cne lovely SUM
mer afternoon, it was whispered that we
were to have wedding before the boat
reached her destination said whisper
starting first and low near the stern,
Somewhere in the vicinity Of the ladies'
cabin, and speedily making its way to
the hall, the boiler deck, aud even to the
main; like the snow ball down the noun
tain. gathering size, form, and momen-
tum, as It rolled forward, untilthe pfin-
cipals in the interesting. scene were NOT
only pointed out, but the parson-some
scraps of the history of each, fiction,
fact, and surmise all hashed up ingeni.
ously, leaving you in the half pleasant,
half painful suspense and doubt that
opens the eyes wide and strains the
drum of the ear SO tight to all transpi-
ring around you Well, we landed to
wood at magnificent beech bottom, the
tall heavily leayed trees with their sill
yer gray trunks making deep cool
shade, while they, with thegrassy green
bank that bore them. were imaged in
the CLASSY river, SO clear, SO true, that
, sintervision only pointed the false from
the real. Cutting this charmed spot in
twain came murmuring crystal spring
brook, scarce four span wide, to lose it
self in the mass of the Tennessee waters,
they in turn to be alike lost in the same
iboundiess sea. .'5iasz7= -
No sooner was the staging out, than
there emerged from the ladies' cabin, a
ine, manly. y.lookiug fellow, dressed in
fap1tless taste, intellect beaming in every
feature, while over his face perfect hap
piiness shone like phosphorus on the sea-
Leaning on his arm was the most lovea-
BILE woman it has ever been our lot to be-
hold, her fine hazel eyes tell tales tat
they we're, speaking deep emotion, a1t
her expressive lip, quiyeriug with sup
pressed excitement, while her dress,
step aud grace, was that Of a queen.
!. There they aref' .eThat,s sheIn !. Oh,
how handsomeln burst from many a lip |
as We instinetively made way to let them
pass to the altar, and where that was
we had about as clear an idea as trans-
sepdentaiist generally has Of what he is
-faiking about. But one thing We all
seemed to know that there was fun |
ahssd, and TO follow in their wake was
The way TO see It. AS the ladies passed,
an arm vas efercd 10 each, and thus We !
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A DUTeHMAN ABROAD.

IS.
Hello, friend, can you tell me the
way to Reading ?n inquired a Down
Easter, the other day, of Pennsylvania
Dutchnan, whom he found hard at work
beside the road, a few miles from Read
ing.
o yaw, can tell you so besser as
anybody. You must first turn de barn
round, de pritch over and brook up
stream, den de first house you come to
ish my proder Hans big barn dat ish
de biggest dere ish on dish road; it ish
eighteen feet one way and eighteen feet
back again. Ny prOder Hans tho't to
thatch it NIT shingles, but be sold dem,
and shingled NIT straw; but you must
not stop dere too. Den you goes along
till you come to tree roads, aud den you
kit lost. Den you musht kit over de
fence into great pig pen nit no fence
round it. Den you take de road upon
your shoulder, and go down as far as de
priteh, den you turn right agin. Ven
you ish coming back, you come py
house dat stands right back alongside of
a little yaller tog, be runs oct and says,
pow, wow, WOW, he douz, and bites a
little piece out of your leg, den he runs
and shumps into an empty pig pen dat
has four sheep in it. Den you look way
upon de hill down in de swamp dere,
and sees plue white house painted red, |
NIT two front doors on de back side, |
veil dere ish we're my proder Hans live,
and he could tell Jon besser as could. |
I don't know.
"Well swow by hokee, mister, you
are about as mellergent as Aunt Jemi-
ma; but reckon you don't know her
though she's dumb. But say you,
why don't you dig out them pesky weeds,
hey ?n
Oh dear me, l hash had very bad
luck. Won or two days next week mine
proder Hans punkins broke into my
pig patch, and ven I drove dem home,
every little puukin in de field catch up
von little pig in his mouth and den dey
,un through de dyful as if de Tense was
.fter dem, and a post tumbled over me,
md am almost kilt, I am."
I" Whew Dew tell.n
/" Den I thinks as how must take me ,
! Frow, SO I goes to Reading, and tells |
zattereen if she would take me for bet I
er or worse, and she says yaw. So I {
axes him home, and he eat seven quarts I
f sourkrout and went to bed we'll enough t
nut in dc morning she shumped up tead :
'he was very heavy loss, she weighed Q
nore as dree hundred and seventy
'ounds. Den my little boy take sick 8
nd tide. O! I rather give up tree t
killings cash, dan have dat happen, he I
1as SO fat as butter. Den my hens cum I
ONE NIT dere years split, and de hogs '
IL cum home NIT nine missing.
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DIMENSIONS OF HEAYEE-R0oM
FOR Us ALL.

Some fslioa ,,b,l = o,ood 4 6onyss =
cynbere6 ont Il /. roon !, s;,tesn ! feet = v;dsn
for ererv-Bo1v tl,at. oor.l to He.vsn-
Hsre = .bs - n Soes.;t.
uand H. n,s.sr - t6. c;t5 -i.h !.
read tvelvs tbon.ana fnrlops. Tke
leno.b and The b,esadtb. ana tie heiob.
of Il ara eo,,al . Bepezat;on 81. I7.S
Twelve ,hops.pa fnrIong. = ooo 90
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F. POWER OF aEHr1ENEss:

No bad man is ever bfotght 70 rspen-
tanee By any words, by bitter and scorn:
full reproaches. He fortifes himself
against reproof, and hurls back foul
charges in the face Of his accuser. Yet,
guilty, and hardened as he seems, he has
heart in his bosom, and may be melt
ed to tears by gentle voice Whose;
therefore, can restrainhis disposition "
blame and find fault, and can bring him.
self down to . fallen brother, viii soon
find 3 way to better feelings within.
Pity and patience are the two keys
which unlock the human heart They
who have been the most successful labor.
ers among the poor and vicious, have
been the most forbearing. Said the
celebrated St: Vincent de Paul: ifii
has pleased God to employ the most mis-
cradle Of men for conversion of some
souls, they have themselves confessed
that it vas by the patience and symps<
thy he had for them. Even the con-
victs among whom have lived can be
gained in no other way. When I have
kissed their chains, and showed compass
sion for their distress and keen sensibilf.
ty for their disgrace, then have they iis-
tened to me; then have they given glory
to God, and placed themselves il the
way of salvation ~. Y EpGngeitR