The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-20


II loang men are .e-n bathing la the
river In front Of we'll settled parts Of the city
los.g before night has set In. They de,er,e
the special attention Of the police
AeoInEST--On Saturday afternoon A. Mr..
b. Allen ~ho resides few miles IN the
country. was comiag down Brady street hill
ia his wagon driven ny German, by some
nnsccoantsble means Il was upset, throwing
him cut and breaking his leg.
~ Correspondents, whether sending ~
prose or poetry. will please accompany the ar
licl~s IL intended for publication, with their
real names. Unless this la ,l.ae, they need
not think hard Of us, II not no mGch as para
graph Is devoted I" telling them the fate of
their productions
~ The u. T. Adrvre,sr says Il does no,
eapy the bridge statements published by the
1a.stts. but b furnished by the Bridge Mas
ter with the items. We had labored under an
eniirely different impression, bai make the
correction al the request Of the Adrs,f.st,
with pleasure.
t1'- We don't see how our cosemr.orari-s Of
small towns manage 10 ~, eHpsnsss Ia pub
Publishing daily papers. For instance there
Is the Burlington 0a:esse In it, las, number
Il declares, that Its city subscription does NOT
yield il more than ten dollars per week. The
city subscription Of the Davenpor, Daily Ga
-ctts amounts 10 bctweeen fiity aud one hun
drsd dollars per week and IL daily increasing
-
Az OID 6grrLEa.-Eleven years ago two
little eirh caught tortoise at Mr.. Burrows
place just belcw the city While amusing them
selves with H. friend cut the initials Of their
names upon its back The .ame turtle wa.
caught this summer At Ar Burrows' rssidance
,o, far from who're he was originally les looss.
Nth the lssssn ssill visible on his hack He
~as again - u large TO make an honest liv-
ing. One Of the little girls IL now the wife
Of prominent physician, and the other is--
9 waiting for the wagon"
err orricks.--We are inclined 10 regard
18th favor the proposition Of Mr. Nichols
ie lease the rooms In his block for the use Of
the city Offices until such time - the city
shall become abls " purchase ,he ground
and erect suitable buildings. The city hall
police court, and indeed all Of the Offices con-
necssd with the city require to be as cen.
trally situated ~ possible Al the present
time these Offices are Il the corner Of Brs-
dy and Front streets and the watch house
for conveaisncc Il located at the saine place.
Mr. Nickolls block Is situated In . central
position and p adMirabl, adapted to the
purposes for which II Is recommended
DciL.-During the whnlc Of last week bus-
iness was excesdineiy dull In all The tradiLg
departments, owing 70 the extreme hot weath.
Ct We doubt whether this or any other
week Of the season win show greater aver
age Of hos weather than last. II was indeed
rathsr unusual for this latitude We have Il
times had several consecutive day. of warm
weather, bat n0t gssss 10 many. Busin~s. of
sll kinds II duh In consequence, especially
- the farmers are now Too busy 10 visit u,
The harvest win 5000 commence aud b. over
whsn there win Be eensrsi revival Of busl.
ness.
correspondent of the Ga sass Of this morn
iag, has at oace the msrii al hsjng lsonea
whi6s - eAe same Tins No takes the tree Re-
pallican Uoaad. Ne says that 10 retain The
word white In III Nsw Constitution, wouh hr
ansl-repseiican" (G.gi,cs BLACK republican
and hence he would have u stricken out
Nsns
The editor of the Ns~s II perfectly well
aware that vixen oar correspondent made the
shove remark, he used the word "repuhsic,n''
'os " IL perry sisniacss,oa. bat - sieniSying
the word dsnovossf. The Ns~s, however. 10
IssSsctly right In connecting the word repab-
l'can 70 she Republican party. The word Ia.
no ps~sibls aiHliation with the 10 called Demo
cratic party. Our contemporary had besser
anuse himself with writing personal articles
and retractine them .'on si~mand, ii be- can
and nsahinG more important than such q
"s'sapping ~ Of !rsdes" a. lh~ above
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TsE DksocsArIc ficxET The Democrats
of this County, or We should say Of this city
held their Convention lass Saturday. There
Vas but thin attendance, bat the unterriaed
On haad were very active. There was con.
siderable feeling about County Judge, the pro-
minent candidates being Col Weston and
Squire congden. Il was understood III, the
6Qnirs was the Hssrs o0ce caaAidase and the
Colonel the choice Of the State Dsmoeras
chqse-so Il vas rather fight between IL
~ Dsnocsstic organs than anything slse.
Ths Co,oa@l was nomiaated aud the Hsrs
nsa rssirsd raihsr csestislIsn. The following
iicks was noniaased :"
| Sos cosnay Judee.-Chas- Weston. Of Davea-
/ - Csaa1y sAssiG Harvey Leonard, oi
ses c,i,s iSsS.sy ssesdsr -7lsa =. A,ilsr e
i sG cosnsy sarvsysr r.--Jas. r. Hogan Dav.
eap0rs.
Sos ccsssy cososs.-Jaha A. 0uy, Dsyen
m0GeM0--HnQ vank vs ~ a. ..a-~.s.. ~