The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-01-24
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rprroas or GAzsrrE:-The Storm King
has, according TO his annual custom, shut
.. on, from the East. News and traffic are
Alike suspended, and our thoughts therefore
resor, to home matters in the absence OF
more stirring topics. Our city 10 growing
rapidly, and according to common report IS
to receive an impetus in the coming spring
which will surpass all previous progress
Stories of contracts for building OF 200
.,ores and a. many dwellings, and the IN
crease Of population to ill them, set Us
uonderioe bout the future. We buy our
clothes, wooden aud cotton goods, our hard
ware, our books, everything in fact but
what We eat, with few exceptions,) at the
East. 1t comes to us over 1900 miles Of
railroad At cost Of 10 per cent, for freight.
II 10 from Is to 40 days in coming, during
which time the capital il represents lies
dead, losing interest. Is this always TO con.
time, 10 there nothing Of this traffic which
can be produced at home, deducting the cost,
Fastening our growth, and assisting in the
development OF our resourcesa IL there
any reason why cotton goods should not be
made here? The Father of Waters runs
past the cotton fields, we have the coal, we
have the capital, we have the market. |
consider half the freight paid by our mer-
chants to be downright waste Of money
Every article manufactured at home would
add to our independence of these annual
bocksdes, and write thus in the hope that
my remarks win arrest the attention Of our
merchants and capitalists, and induce them
to call the attention OF their friends else
whore 10 this matter whenever oppof-
tunities offer. Inquiries should be set on
foot BY individuals. and after the organiaa.
,ioa OF the Board of Trade ] suggest that
they awe their corporate attention TO mat
,sr so pregnant with interest to the future
fortunes Of our city. ZERO.
LIZ CIArr HousE ON FIRE Yesterday
afternoon about 2 O'Clock smoke was seen
issuing from a room in the third story of
the lie Claire House, occupied when sat
home" by conductor Harris The smoke
penetrating through the roof gave rise 10
serious fears that, especially in the absence
81 IRE engines, the lie Claire House was
doomed 10 destruction. An alarm was
speedily raised, and foremost among those
who rushed to the rescue were the gallant
boys Of the indie pendence Fine Co, with
their President, Littler, al their head. They
had no machinery, but willing hands. The
bed in the room designated was in q blaze,
and Of course the room filled with smoke.
The independence boys pitched out the
bed, clothing. &c, and carrying " alter from
the yard in quick time subdued the fire
which for brief period threatened wide
spread destruction. During this period
messenger was dispatched to Rock Island
for the aid of Western Co.'s boys and ma.
chine. They responded TO the call brave
", and in miraculous brief space of time
we're in front of the lie Claire House, Mr..
Liser, with one whisker singed by the fire,
thanked the Rock Island Company for their
qsllan, response to the call, und proposed
three cheers for them, which were heartily
gvsn. The foreman replied in neat
speech. and the "happy occasion" closed
with an invitation to refreshments by Mr..
Bur,is, host Of the LIE Claire. Our Inde-
psndencs boys show that they only want
good apparatus to become efficient protect.
ors Of the city. They have the right spirit.
They will sson have their engines, but they
have few other expe ndtpres for which
they require more funds They will max
call soon upon the liberality of citizens, TO
which we hope there will be hearty re.
sponse.
DIDx'T GEr THERE The delegates Of
his county to the State Republican Con-
ssnlion intended to have left this city for
The Capital last w ednesday evening, but
no cars left on account of the snow obsttuc-
q tons. Mr.. Jacob Eldridge started Wedncs-
day morning. and arrived atWacott, twelve
miles, about 3 O'Clock in the afternoon. He
remained there till Thursday afternoon,
when he took the "bsck track" with some
sthers, walking the greater part oil the
i way, and arrived here Thursday night SO
no delegate reached the Capital from this
county, although our Senator and RePresen'
,slires will act in thai capacity The Con
Il vsntisn must have baen very small, owing
to the intensely cold weather and blocke;
II up railroads.
d MEETING OF THE SwIss.-We publish u
another place the proceedings of meeting
Of the Swiss held in this city last Tuesda
evening, in view OF the recent news OF al
anticipated conflict between Prussia an
Switzerland. Switzerland as the sole 'ep
resentative Of Republicanism in Europ
should have the warm sympathles oS ON
sVn countrymen. The Swiss in this Ike
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