The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-22

AANs rtsshsft t~tf gFrat8s
of latest styles tyre, Ae, can now prsm..e
patrons exccrt. Job wort " ali varictle. With
nea,nes,. eheapscs. aud Dispatch ny the nei,er
above IL will be that have ordered mote
steam press maehicry Thu. Ia lhs on, once IN tbs
city where steam power used 80 tina, our iscii,e.
are aneaualled SANDERS Hho
LOCAL MATTERS.
tg A good chance To exchange real estate
Tor leweiry can be asccFtained on consulting
our new advertisements
t. The RocI Island Is the name of a hen
ferry boat that is to rly ia connection with the
Dureapo,f between our two cities II viii
make its appearance hex, week.
sTr The editor of the Rotl isiaHds, ists,
ina to draw his brother sophoiaerc oi the Ia
yenport -Sees into discussion Of the thread
bare question should Capital Punishmen,
bc Abolished III
lg The Democrat ailudes Ia a model co
temporary who requested e,ghfeca tickets
gratis Of the Banjo on presenting his hill
Thursday. We ordered our Collector not 10
request any--ihere's the difference
q The weather yesterday was most un.
favorable Ior farming operations. Unless We
have lew DAYS of warm sunshine soon many
crops of wheat 10 this locality will he too much
strouted for market
- r.rl.lt.b lac,
tians this morning A. adopted q, the Rclpul.
lican State Convention held at Iowa Cit,
"Wednesday last. There were hiry-e,gAt
counties represented and some oi ilc.n rcrt
largely IN that bods.
] 4 W. are ia receipt of I,amphlet ii :.
pages with an crTata affixed painting 10 foat-
fcen typographical error5 ia the volnninous
work II ~ an opinion III th. matter ~ the
occupation oi onr Finh street l,s the Railroad
Company ani was gotten up hy 4. " Ben |
neti aud J A Buchanan Esp aud printed At
an office in this city
WmEar.-A friend SAYS thai GA the prairie
back Of our ciiy he can see Thousand acres
II wheat mostly in shock aud i.ot one stark
visible. A bad condition lot ii ~ he ia Ii the
rains Of a Few day past continue
PRor GoosswEII.-The Iowa Ciiy Rcput
l,oan warns it, cotrmporaries 10 be 0n their
guard In respect Ia a necromancer "a The above
nams whose most scientific trick consists In
cheating the printer The same gentleman
gave an entertainInent here a lew weeks since.
MAs bRowsEp.--A man named Peter --.
was drowned al Credit Island on Tuesday al
ternoon last His body was recovered yeSter
lay afternoon about 3 O'Clock. An inquest
was held i.s the Coroner and verdict returned
u accidental drowning.
RrAI EsIArE REaisTrR-Th fourth num-
her If this little monthly OF our neighbors,
Messrs. Allen a Clark, made its appearance
yesterday II u filled as usual with statistical
and other matter showing the progress Of our
city and ii- enhancement ia all the elements
II wealth
THr GossnTrrio w e have received some
additional returns changing oar figures aid
increasing th. aggregate majority Tor the
Constitution. For instance, Mitchell county
instead of 6D Ior the Consultation as given In
tr table, il 1Gl Winheshiek instead Of 2l5
is't9 and Ccro Gofdo instead OF 7s is 81,
mixing gain In those three counties o: .Ia
vols In favor Of thu Constitution.
ARieuITuRAL fAiR.--lt is only n little
morshan "A month until the Scott County AZ
rieuifral Society will hold its Annual Fair.
Are o. citizens ard farmers preparing for the
event We hope To see creditablc display
Of the Issluct- of our eoanty. The exhibition
last yea, compared very favorably with that
81 the siAe Fair aud We hope that this year
IL ina, excl il, ON the 9Th proximo the So
cieiy viii Rect al the Court ueuse to make |
the preliminary arrangements Let there he |
good ait~nanee
coAi-fheh j. possibilit, o. coal being |
more plentiful AL cheaper next winter than |
Il was the last sason We reaIl, hone that |
our coal dealers VII endcavor 70 ias a heavy |
supply on hand beare the coli seatscr com.
menees. The RoeA fsiamder saws "i num-
her of coal cars To run on the Rock Isa,d and |
Peoria Railroad iife have arrived. Thework |
ON this read Il progressing A. Ia, aspracica-
bse. II viii not he many months beforethe |
track will be ready f.swork a. far as the ca! |
banks The company ,o that point will a |
known as the Coal salIy Mining Company |
TELneEAraIc .--bn Saturday, last We vent q
brief Telegraph dispatch b Cincinnati, on the
assurance Of the operator hat il would reach
there that day paying fortL~ same the modest
sum Of lei "a" The iollow.ng extract from n
letter in reply written On thursday last. tells
of what We are constrained y say Is the usual
fate oi telegraph Dispatcher paid for ia ad-
vance.