The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-01-07
LOCAL MATTERS.

.,..,es Of local Incidents we will
!" :, h,Ieay upon local matters. The
ss', f.. ..p.,blli,les Of the editor OF the Mus,
ssn0'' ,..,nal sssm TO have been touched
s'ao, ...,. ,r,iels tina. appeared 10 the Ga
y 1. . I'm, days since, when in speaking
~ =. ~. Dubuque, Barlias.oa and he0'
y n. vsss mentioned while Ao'I =, w.
~ J, ,,slua.d in tho connection. II e.,ef
." ., -. .p.y,npors i. full 90 large As Du'
' s'' - Burlington and Ks0tuk'" Of course
' y. sopisne,ion and IVES sypog,spa'eas err
w. y should have been Or. W. claim no
' 's., =. lor p.venpor. than i' rlsh'y her due
o os,' sI.y h.. passed that p Fiod wasa =
W. w.. .nv eject from the prosperity 81 i's
'.,.sho,., We have enough and to spare
-, 81. wi.h 10 rei,stase few facts 70: the ben.
Y" A. III, gentleman, In coutradlstinstioa
= - 4. i,,,,snen.. be has made, and ask
s'a d put them on the record and no'ssa'n
. ~ hiuself BY ignorsn.Iy passing luds
, ".,,. Ia the ars. place. Davenport con
,.,o.d Il, census taken last summer ABOUT
:, ooO isbabi,snts. II the ratio Of increase
n. been - large. and we know no. 70 the
.0puay. /, must now number at least ! wy
.idl,jousl. In the second place while Dav-
.,,ort hos had more good substantial build
,ps, erected the past season than during
-, p,,,Icu. year. yet real estate is eonsia-
.,,bl, lover, fifty per cent at least IN es''
Min locs l;tlss. according to the represents
,.., Of dis!nteressed persons, than At eiihsf
Dusuqus, Burlington or KsosuS. when
s,r u.ighbor disprOses any ono Of these
se,, = will talk 10 him about the relative
~. Of Dsvenpor, and Maseasine. OF any
other small town he may mention 10 'he
State, ;.
Jealousy Of the growing Importance q
Davenport seems no, 20 be confined 10 Mus
,,,ue, but the same feeling exists 70 some
,..n, q. Burlington, a, least among the
EDITORIAL fraternity, who reflect public sen
umen,. In reply TO the request we msds Oh
IL GSsstis Of tina, city to be 50 generous as
Ia inform ito readers thar only one .y dd'
tDe the winter had the train TO Iowa Ci'y
allied 10 perform ito wonted journey, i's ed.
I,or responds BY publishing little para
r,ph from the Iowa City Rtpubiica" IN
which the editor complains tina. q lot Of ps.
PEI shipped from Rock Island two weeks
previous had no, yet arrived, with the IN.
,Ipu,,ion tina, that wss a contradiction Or
our statement. While freigh. meets with
constant detention and som etimes aceumu.
l,,ss largely at this point, ys, passengers
End no dl@eulty in getting TO lows Ctty--
Tie paragraph our cotemporrfy gives argues
,,y strongly in fsvor Of the ex,ensivs basi.
ress Of our road.
Our n.ishbor Of the Rock islander ''ses
f, v.,y ,u,, ami wise view Of the interests o
tho bridge and Of its relative importance 70
our two growing cides; very different ftom
The narrow medium through which ne of,the
Arem views il. He says that the progress
Of Rock leland IL onward and tnst although
very many fns brick houses have been CT
se,ed tbs psst season, no houses are 70 be
found for rent there, even in this, The dull
N. season Of the year. a number OF frat
class business houses have been erected yet
As demand for that clsss OF buildings was
DO, supplied and rents continue wtbou,
easement. We rejoice at the prosperity Of
Rock Islsnd. We are one 10 interest and
whatever tends to sdysne, cur ns!shtor
hnsGts M,