Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-11-11

A Coop RIDDANCE.-There is pros
pect Of having those old shells once used as
residences, or the corner of Third and Main
streets, removed shortly. A large nanufactur-
ing establishment 10 to be fitted up on this
corner. which will ea de rable improvement
to that locality. There are many other sueh
usele.s ten ements around town which should be
removed Vacant lots and untenable buildings
in the heart of the city are things that should
not be. One by ore they are disappearing
much to the improvement Of the city.
PLEAsAhT CHEAP.-Our friends
in the other end Of the building are peculiarly
fortunate in having Immediately opposite their
editorial room an amateur musician. who daily
and all day furnishes them with music from
a very fine piano. Not long since an amateur
on the ACCORDION established himself Just across
the street from our Office, from where he fnrn
ished US with all sorts of tunes. At all hours,
day and night. II was all very well for
time, but one p,H become tired Of q luxury il
he 10 doeed with too much Of it. Our accor-
deon friend "dried up" one day and We have
heard nothing from him since. 1t would not
surprise US bit if that piano should suspend
after while
Der DEMOCRAT AND SAuER kRouT.-
A few pays ago. when as usual Of late. locals
were rather scarce, we wrote q email squib on
that staple article Of Teutonic origin, aauer
kraut, in which We gave our modest opinion
as to the best and speediest way Of manufac-
turing it, Der Demokrot chooses TO come out
and say that in that ,houghtiess squib which
We wrote on the spur of the moment. not
thinking to touch a tender spot Of the
learned Doctor that We "were making sport
Of the Germans" now that the election is
over Now we assure Der Demokrd. that
nothing was farther from cur thoughts. II
the Germans choose to ca. sauer krout, it 8
none Of our businessmen any more than that
John Chinaman dimes on stewed rats and such
like delicacie, Nor il it our business how
said snuer krout is manufactured, We may be
mistaken in our idea of the manufacturing Of
thi. article Of fooG, and we wonld thank Der
Demokrat lor a correct receipt Of the most ap'
proved ct, le Of getting MP the dish. Who
knows bat That we might Ike it oursel ?
We should be happy to receive an il. vitation
from the Doctor to par.ake Of a dish of god
sauer Erout with him. What sd you Doctor ::
The WAY IT WAS DoNE.-A certain
Democrat ~ OF this city, who did not vote the
clean Democratic ticket, has disclosed how he
assisted in electing J. Bangor Thorngton to
the Office Of Sheriff lie would accos, a voter
OF his Acquaintance and ask for a look at his bal
lot to see if it was all right. and the straight
thing The unsuspectlng voter would hand 1t
to him, and while his attention would be mo
mentarly called away, this clever Democrat
would slyly change the ballot for one with the
name of James Thoring.on neatly past d over
that of Harvey Leonard. This is no: the only
instance where protessed Democrats done
equally or more treacherous acts in order to
defeat the nominees of the party. One man
who has often taken an active part in our con
ventions, caucuses and primary meetings, drove
carriage all day on which was nailed sign
with the inscription" TuoRISGroN He must
have felt proud OF his employment The next
time these chaps undertake to shove their trail
torous bodies into a Democratic meeting. they
will in all probabi ity have leave to withdraw.
1t is high time that our party was purified OF
such unreliable members, for it is impossible to
keep up an Organization SO long aa they are
in the fold.
THE OLD FoLKs' CONCERr.-To say
that we were pleased with the concert given
in our city on Wednesday evening by the Ole
Folks Concert Troupe, would not half expires:
our sentiments. We were delighted and when
we say that. We speak the feelings Of every per
son who visited Metropolitan Hall that even
ing. The music was such as could be under
stood by the whole Of the large audience, and
It went right to ones soul. The more moderi
style of music is all very WELL perhaps. but TO
plain folks who have neglected their Italian
the songs OF the OH Folks are much to be pre-
ferred. Oar Italian has grown decidrdly rust,
therefore. to our way of thinking, the oil
fashioned music rendered by these quaint sing
ers was JUS. the thing. We have never hear'
amore rect and pleasing voice than that Of Mis-
Jenny Twitchell. Her Comm thro the Rye
vas unsurpassable. The bugle solo Of Mr.
Hall was very fine After the concert socia
party gathered at the Burtis House. where the.
trpped the light fantastic toe until the littl'
hours had grown quite big. The Band serena
ded the boaraers rooms about three o'clock il
the morning, causing the inmates to turn on
and produce the sly contents Of sundry myste
rious decanters and demijohns A gentlema
informs US that the entire company were lou
in their praise Of the reception our citizens ha
given them.
TaE STREET LAMPs.-Ald. Havilant
informed % in his communication yesterday
that the amended city charter provides ths
J the city council cannot levy q special :ax 70
lighting the streets, except on petition Of tn
'owners Of more than kalf the property so t
be taxed" NV If this is the case, We zee n
remedy left for our ctiz .ns but for them to &c
up such petition. There Is one thing, how
ever, which is not exactly clear in our mind
, and that is, how will the city codge that ga
contract which was made prior to the sdoptio
of that ordipapcef We do not believe thu
there is any way for them to get round it.
contract cannot be annulled in this countr
without the consent Of both parties, and We ar
very sure that the gas company has never cor