The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-05-23
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which il speaks, thus alludes TO Upton
or oil the towns in the State OF Iowa,
we have seen mons which bears the in.
print Of taste and enterprise 40 our oSn
Upton does Here every man has gar.
den nicely fenced in, with . handsome
painted fence his house new or newly
painted, and constructed with taste and
convenience. In this particular We claim
for our place superiority over any other
town in the State. II svinces q spirit Of
enterprise On the part Of the people CON-
mensurate with their means si least, and
shows them TO BE- OF refined and elevated
clsss. Il now contains . population of 1000
and no town in tits or any other State, OF
the same population, cen boast OF public
school equal to ours.
Tns Iowa CkHraAL AIR.Lrsl RAILaoAD.
1t 10 with pleasure that VIC announce to
our readers the tarly completion Of the 10.
va Central Railroad to Maquoketa. Th.re
are already f,e hundred men employed up.
on the line between Lyons and the Jones
county line. thus insurina to Msquoketa. the
stesm horse, about the first OF November
nex,.--( Maquokets Sentinel
Iowa GInLs.--A fine illustration oil what
may be accomplished by the industry Of
young ladies' in owa, came under my obser.
Walton 10 the 1ourishing town OF Clermont.
Three young ladies'. daughters Of p. G
Wright Esq, OF the Clermopt Hotel, last
winter though, that they would try and owl
some OF the real estate in the town by
their own exertions. In the mill Of Thonp.
son T. Co., large amount Of muslin bag.
Tor sacking -four 10 required. These ladies
took q great amount u these TO make. and
in their spare hours. when not engaged in
the duties Of house keeping, in q few weeks
earned enough to buy block OF lots. for
which they paid one hundred and twenty.
I'VE dollars, and obtained the deeds 10 tier
own names. A short time since they we're
offered six hundred dollars in gold for their
property and refused il, and At the present
time the cash value Of these lots, 10 at least
one thousand dollan.-[ Cor. Dubuque Ex.
DEsrRucTivE FiRss IN NoRrnERn Iowa.
We learn that during the gales OF the 9th
and 9Th inst. much damage was sustained
BY farmers In Fayeue and Winneshiek
eour.ies by fires which originated in the
dry Prairies. One farmer nesr Fsyetts had
. large part OF his fences burnt, and his
barn and three Rne horses in il. became
victims. Samuel Hall. Esq, Of the Wesi
Union United States Hotel, met with &C..
rious loss from the fury Of the flames on HE
fine farm near the Turkey river. A fine
grove Of timber which he priced very highly
was destroyed, and ten thousand fee, u
sawed lumber which he had Just placed
there tor the purpose Of building. Two
houses at the Mission on Turkey river were
consumed. Near Fredericksburg a barn
was consumed with three oxen in it,
JACKSON CouHrY PaisoHERs.--Ws learn
hat neither the lrishman or Jarrett will be
tried this term OF court at DE Witt or Belle
sue. The lrishmsn has obtained . change
OF venue 10 Scott county. and be will &C.
cordingly be removed to the Davenport jail.
jarrett will be indicted by the grand Jury at
the present, term OF our District court, now
IN session, and the case sent TO Scott county
for trial. We are not advised ~ to the dis
position Of Bafger dsring the pendsncy oil
his case for a new trial. Most likely be
will remain al DE Wiu.-Msquoketa Excel.
RAILROAD LAHp GRAHrs N IowA.--Ws
learn from reliable su hority that the land
granted by the oct of Congress tor the con.
struction Of railroads in Iowa has been sp-
port, ned, and the respective number Of
acres TO which the different reads therein
named are entitled. 10 - follows.
nasiiag,oa sad Missouri, asosoo
Mississ,ppt end missoari, $4,000
io.s Gee. Ar Lac, tvis Asssossss. 7ee0us
Ouespss and pseiee. soU,voe
| a.lso.ooe
II NAquoksts Excelsior.
Tna MvscATisE LoAs.-The ci.issns
! Of Auscstins voted this week on the quss-
ton Of loan Of $500 600 to the Gslssburs
and Muscatine Railroad. The following
was the vote-ior the Loan SIS; against i,
20. The Mayor was =, once aut horised 10
Issue bonds to that amount This shows
that the citizens Of Muscstine are wide
awake 10 their own interests We can
perhaps easier make . loan Of $500 900
10 assist Railroad prolects. than Auscs,lne
can $4,000. Shall we sleep. while
Muscatine 10 awake, active and liberal, in
pushing forward Q work that will not end
more TO her prosperity than the Cedar VAL
ley Railroad to us. Let US this day week
vote through the loan Of eS6o 900, and open
IN IRON river OF trade and travel INFO the
heart OF Cedar valley.
Highiy Interesting from wsshisessn.
GovKasoRsHIr % UrAH-.AaRIyAL or Iupsr
DRunnoNp.
tDspalch 10 tho n. H. Tilnss