The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-15

LOCAL MATTERS.

/ are un~quAllcd SANDERS \ bka
LOCAL MATTERS.
gY- whortleberries are Cor sale at oar fruit
stores They are bs.asLt We believe Iom
| Wisconsin.
L. We give soune agricultural and dOmes-
tic reading matter to-day on the ID page i,,-
stead of our usual MISCELLANY.
ETr The Bse,adsfer, a German Democratic
| paper which i.ad sickl, existence In Rock
Island for se,ae time, will s.on make it, ap-
| l.earancc agaip. 80 says the ksesA Islaade,.
tY The new Rock Island arass Hand DR.
!. 4. piummer leader, are now capable of ma
king trxi rat- music. They have obtained a
Tine hand Wagon. We hope "a wee them over
here.
Ey- rrida, aiehl was almsst the only
| night We have had this season too warm snc
saitry ior comfortable si~ering heav,
shower fell aboa, midnigh,, which bad no ei-
| feet To cool the atmosphere.
ErMore rain yesterday ai,-rnaon. oar iat.
mer friends do no, like Il Al all. We saw more
Ina town yes,-r,s, than any day within the
| two weeks previous. They wese seizins the
occasion of a rainy ,lay To la, ia stores. Sc.
I.s'- The Dahaqa- Rspsti.oss alla.l-s ia
the quiet siiiaa. vi Davenport" We hope
the editor will hear in mimi that within the
last year nugc than a. many asssin house
have been erected la ba,~nl.crt than IN In
buqas. Ii th,> Is pu,ri village what kind 81
a sllax. !, the place api'"si'e Imnlri,h
L. A long coanter and two hig tables
piled an dray. with the drsy,nan l.erci.-d on
top cf them, were rolled III ia a proa,israous
pile al the ~nd of the Post ailis~ alley y.st-r
day The draym man landed an the breken rock
" Brady and was rak~i f.re and an, sa, moi
much hau.
cYA city paper after de.ng all IA its power
10 bring the Rock Island ard Davenport Fire
| Companies into a contest or trial Of engines.
last evening concluded the whole thing would
10 bad l"lies. ami very -,nrhaiicall, declares
itself opposed Ia such business, Il IN better
| 10 be right nj n late hour than wrong all the
| time
kV Tie mosquitoes were peri.ctl, awful
night before last. the evening" being yer, cl.se
and sultry, introducing rain late al night Hui
lev had ap bars, as this e.mmanit. is gene
rally not much disturbed b, these Insects. The
! appearanc- VI seine ehklren's faees yesterday
morning might very reasonably have origin
at~d a report of 4 certain contagious disease
l'sins prevalent.
Coon CRovs.--from the statistics ef last
| year, and making mo- more than proper nj
lowance for the increase Of this year. re have
| no douht that ths crop of wheat In this scott
County win b. over one million of dellars this
,ear. and the crop OF corn nearly million and
nalf baskeIs
WAssk MsLoxs.-The present l. a tine sca-
son for Melons. They are already h~comine
plentiful in our market and sell from twenty
10 twenty 1--WE cents each The Cincinnati
| Casetfs of last Wednesday SAYS that they have
of that city for the tirs, time this week and
~elI irom thirty Ave TO seventy i've cents each.
FiasT IN MARKEr.--The first bad of new
wheat received at Burrows Mill this season
~ss brought IN yesterday by Mr.. II. 3. Lower.
fis had ~ ba. and ~ lbs, and received ~
cents per bushel for IL. We ere informed by
Mr.. d. II. Steers buyer for Moline Mills, that
he purchased one load Of lew wheat on Wed
nssday. and Other small quantities yesterday.
The new cropis very bouniifal, and promises
10 be Of excellent quality
CONDITION or S1REsrs, ALLsrs. Ae-A
correspondent. as well a. our eotemtorariss
have sI,oken very forcibly of the filthy con
dition of our streets aud alleys, aud impuisd
ta this cause the unusual mortality among
children which has thus far marked thu.
month. Another fact has been menlion~d and
enlarged upnn ~ . second eans~, the nptnrn-
inc Of 20 much soil la the grazing aud exca-
sation Of sti ee.s. While siroi gly In favor n
conducive 10 good health, comfort and appear
ance Of keeping the city In all its thorough.
fares cIsan md neat, we cannot nj the same
time believe that these are The true causes Of
The sickness If the last reasons were good,
tsen every farm where the upinrned soil lays
bsnsath the ssn, might be regarded a. home
81 l'esiilence However. thesri~s may differ,
u" one can deny The fact that farmers are as
healthy and long lived n any other class and
ENJOY ms good health In the blowing aud plant
ing season, when the soil Is fresh urturn~.l to
ti,s sun, A. at an, ath~r period Of the year
We do mot admit that CUR city Is In so iiiihy a
condition either In its strsets, alleys az pri-
rate yards, a. n make It's atmosphere pesti-
lcntial-and even if lis cosdiiion were such ~
- produce sickness from malaria, why shonld
this sickness be almost entirely confined to
children 7 The fact In, Ne much question
whether there are half dozen cities In the
West ~ large - Davenport. which are any
clsaasr. We are aware that II Spots here and
there In alloys or bye streets, 6lth has aecumu-
latsd " some extent, but We deny that any
whsre can such ssesAiag beds ~ found - N
make . whoae nsiahhorhood sickly. or that
the vicinity Of th~ss small deposits are
more sickly than othss portions Of the city.
Thsse ars pssds, hs~ever, accumulation of
wafer In some parts Of the city, caused by
heavy rains falling whsss excavations, &c,
have bssn made, or drains insssruptsd, which
ass NO doubt psoliAc causes Of sickness In
thsas innsdia1e nsiohboshood. Measures ars
sssaG ta1na 70 rsunsdy these evils, II least %
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