The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-03
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LOCAL MATTERS.
kGf- The itemieal ii-ld was yesterday very
dnll--owing To gloomy weather, tight n.one,
market &e., Sc.
| TT New cranberri-s have appeared hut
the white rather prevails over the rel They
sell at 10 cents per quart
| L. Yesterday was 'pa very favorable for
the sale of water m.laus :, vera, saaou loads
stood OF the streets DURING tho morning with
but few customers.
| tT The last two days have been cloudy
and chilly. with occasional slight sprinkles OF
rain. In fact the weather i lot cntirely
4 agreeable
| kr The locomotive OF freight train from
| Iowa City collapsed a boiler aue Yesterday
afternoon, about six miles from the city and
had Ia send To Davenport for help to bring
them in
~ Exceedingly iunny-the half column
article III an evening paper of Thursday. head
| cd s. smith Jones 4 Co buy a Punk,n AT
Scott Go. Fair. The reader ef that paper
must be rer-y easily entertained The editor
should have written al the close, this is the
place To laugh --at the author.
sr The Republicans Of L. Claire held
meeting last evening. aid with ever, promise
of iis being large and enthusiastic The Dem
| ocrats IN aud about that place arc getting
scared AMI are Row trying to make arrange.
menss for grand swapping OF votes Its the
old gaia~. aud can scarcely win.
E0 onc ni our stationery merchants is Civ
nag change Tot Burrows 4 PIettynab's notes
in II bakers tickets ior five and ten cents
signed With IN avn name. 4 contracting
iirm on our streets Is paying up in a peculiar
currency oi their .wn rc,leeniahle at .ame
future Time.
lE- Tomatoes are 80 cheap ia H.. ,auntty
that one "f our friends was yesterday given a
basbe! nt fine ones for the tronble of carving
them away. We advise every famil, thai
owns a half dozen bottles, jugs az lin cans. 10
put M tomatoes for winter use 1, i easily
done and the result Is g,aad
IL contemporary hnis further West
than We live thus slsaks out hi- sentiments
AMI b. is Just about right.
SMALL PnTATogs.-A man living ina the
West doing business In the West aud yc, get.
ting his printing dour IN Eastern office.
Such man ought Ia be iiea bitten and mos.
quito -haunted until he thinks less of dollar
anu ihote of western pfiutef>
PEerHfARiLY SorSB.-We doubt ii there il
city Ia the Union of the sam. size. in which
there has been Ms few failures during the
ni"n~y crisis as in Rock Island Our business
tsch seem Ia stand every shock with the most
perfect ~quanimity, and pay up about a.
promptly aad cheerfully ia hard a. IN pros-
l'efous tim-s.--R. T. Adr
OrR CIrr.-Somel,.l, has been writing a
letter from this city 10 the Dubuque E1g,ess
aad Herald We extract the nnl, interesting
part
= tn. long cherished wish {" heiiad this
large asd magnificent city has nj length heel,
graiiii~d. ! can proudly say bas. seen Bst-
rnport To those l-ss fortunate. 1 can onl,
say, that I" give them an adequate description
of the beauty. growth and PROSPERITY af this
tar -iam~.i t.wn, wouk. ~ bold aud rash nn
.i~rta king sn my part. No one, however high
!, g,itei with descriptive powers unless be- be
resident If this city can give Your readers n
iife like picture of the great beauty OF the b.
satian the mag.iieent palaces, and the great
artisii, which l.crsaies every department of
business. This i a fast city decidedly so and
they wish this fact understood b, ih. residents
of your village
orR tnrRoyrsrSrs.-A stranger il oar
streets would scarcely suppose that the g hard
times had ye, reached this place There are
so many really notable improvements not only
in the public thoroughfsres but IN rows Of
houses lining them ia great business blocks
and handsome residences tlia, the idea Of the
existence Of such terrible times as We read
about, is hard to realize. II H. indeed.
sare sign that We have in our midst the very
best elements Of prosperity when the crashing
OF hanks abroad the confusion of 4" currency. p
the distraction OF men ia every business pur-
suit, cannot proven, our steady progress
Look at Davenport now Even nj this time
she can present spectacle of progress, which
IA the very best of times this year Iut lev
cities could have rivall-d The none, market
here Is unusually tishi---everyBods Is .eono
mizing-r.aI estate operations are cramped-
but few are buying ur selling stocks ere
down and exchange up vet ih. work Of
building steadily progresses. ani the demand
for houses Of all kinds continues We have
yet TO realize that siringency which can stop
our public improvements.
Rock lsLAsD AND DAvgxpoRT.-Th Rock
Island Adrerfssfr can rest perfectly easy As To
Davenport Bonds. Cur city il financially IN
prclahl, quite as good a condition as the times
will permit any progressive place in the eonn-
try Ia he. Great public works have been 90
ing on IN our midst all the past summer.
and hundreds of labor~rs are now emnloye.i
On our streets. If Rock Island courts a com
parison, as IL papers seem nj times rather too
well disposed To make, ~ Ia the progress of
the two place, We may be compelled ,o make
II. We trust. however, that the tao grow ing
young cities will be content 10 let the world
Judge of their improvements and general pro-
gress, by its own observation. We cannot
perceive how Rock Island l. 10 lie benefited
BY the continusd lahors ol it, editors to dis
paraee the enterprise Of Davenport, or how We
should he advanced BY snecring at the efforts
Of Rock Island To rival us. II were better for
both cities 10 pursue their own conrse. ire
spsctivs each Of whether the other Il doing
more Or hess In general progress The con-
te@peibae sneers and charges aud inuendoes,