The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-19


are uneqsased SANDERS BRO
LOCAL MATTERS.
sV The next regular meeting Of the City
Council will be held this afternoon al 3 o clock
tg The roads were rapidly drying up yes
terday, aud travelling viii soon he god again
IL A feminine fortune teller is at the lie
Claire House reading The horoscopes Of soft
individuals at the rate OF one dollar pei head
There are gnllible enough people TO give her u
good support.
G0 There was more water yesterday iu
some Of the cellar, on Third stree, than the
day before. immediately after the rain. I, Is
just beginning TO soak through righ, well.
u The weather cleared on Yesterday de-
lightfully The day was bright AMI cool for
% bright day. !, was happy contrast to
the weather OF the previous three or four days
-
t1f$ The farmers have again commenced
work In their harvest fields, and il Is to Lc
hoped they will be interrupted no more hy
rains ill their grain is housed
u The little steamer Banto viii be le-e
tomorrow with Ned Davis famous sable opcra
troupe on bcsri They are advertised 10 ex
hibii tomorrow afternoon and eve,:,ao a, this
place.
EN The Rock island editors are enjoying
stuPendous laugh at the Nees II this CITY
for its course ia Bullying cut a challenge ani
acceptance between the fire companies of th..
TWO cities and then concluding such exhibi.
i'ohs arr very had and ought no, to take place.
Ridiculous indeed.
~ ~r frequently have scraps and items
handed us, sometimes containing a YER, ro.-l
advertisement for the geuerons frien. t,.canse
u IN supposed we want to ON M This Il
sery much like otl-ring a brick .bai TO hun.
,ry man because he wants to oil up. Brick
''ats are abb ut rs much desired in this ease as
Tie clippings To the edit.r The question with
as II always what to leave out not sha, 10
f'nt in.
1sroRsArIos MAsTEp.-Mrs Jane Le,iick
AXIS information a. Ia the whereabouts of her
husband, Cyrus j Le.lick, Who left firrenbriar
Co, Va, last fall. Ia come Ia Iowa To la, land
An, information respecting him will he most
thankful, received by d.eonsalaie wife and
mother. Address Io~a riis EspsLi,as.
Iowa srRrKr SswsR arouni has
ben broke for this sewer nearly 10 Second
street, commencing just helsa Fourth. and
labof.rs NJ. basily engaged at H. The, con,
nencrd yesterday BY bailing out the water
roni the part air-ad, dug. This sewer will
'ost about a. UNI. of which certain property
holders are to pay si.O0O. The cost win he
~ 90 over the first estimate naad.. Bui our
rity IL generous ~ well a. rich.
DAN Wharf.-The water was let ont OF a
lam 81, the uppefspafi OF Brady street yesier.
alas morning and rushed down the larboard
gutter like mill race I, was interesting 10
watch the teams standing along the gutter ~
the sudden rush of muddy water rapid, ap-
preached them. The sleepiest old horse prick
FL up his ears and tail and prepared for 4
sreak Three runaw-y items were jus, deyel.
ping themselves between Second and Third
streets, when the unsympaihizing owners Of
the nsgs stopped them. tine little hoy was
washed "a his ps,lcsials, and came In contact
with water evidently for the firs, time during
the week. A dry goods box 60, under weigh.
but clerk seated himself on Ii, and the de-
struction WAS not immense.
Two Srrs ~ DsLroArEs - The Dcmoc-
racy called Township Convention for las,
saturday evening to appoint Delegates to the
County Convention To he held on the 22d. The
meeting was to be held at the Court House.
But while miserable little squad of the an-
terrified we're appointing Delegates AT the
Court House :" Sheriff Office clique were At
the Sheriffs olice performing the same Job
Two sets OF Delegates were appointed, one
meeting Publishing its list in Ia particular
organ, tbs Ns~s, and the other In the sherifrs
organ, the Demoeraf Now which is Icaiti.
mate : which Il the veritable list and which
the bogus In our opinion, the Sheriff. oiice
clique assumed good deal Of autharit. IL nos
n actnsi impudence The meeting was called
Tor the Court House The little clique perhaps
thought, that inasmnch q. the, would control
the nomination anyhow, il Was dirty formal.
iis 10 sade through the mud to the Court
HOUSE To there merely 60 through the mo-
tions But the Court House boys we're On
hand, small In Eumbcrs but unierriie,l. and
with the News reporter to put EN- In print.
They went through with their own motions. Ia
happy innocence that the regulators Of the
party. who always tell them when to speak
and how TO peak, and generally what 10 think
and how TO think h, wsrs down In the Sheriff.
oGace making Out list for thems~lves. This
h very unimpcrtant matter. IL Is true, bu.
ws really think II shows that some Of the SOW
sssigns Of the Democratic party in this city are
beginning not To care q particle whether they