Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-06-08

DRowNED.-Y esterday morning man
named Brown was drowned in Mudd Greek,
near Benefits Farm, on the Aliens Grove
Road. Mudd Creek is q narro " but very deep
and dangerous stream, and has proved the
death Of many persons who have been deceiv-
ed by its appearance. As near as we can learn
the part culars they are as follows: A German
had driven down to the stream, intending to
cross. but owing to the extraordinary high wa.
ter he was afraid to make the attempt. Brown
proposed driving across for him. to which pro-
position the German assented. Brown accord
ingly drove into the creek, which by the re-
cent rains had been greatly swollen and was
running like mad. but the horses could not
touch bottom. and becoming entangled in the
harness. foundered and went down, dragging
Brown with them-drowning the mau and
horses. We are at loss to know why the
German did not cross on the bridge, which we
believe to be good one. Easl.hAe3g attempts; :
like the one We have chronieled, q
prove disastrous to life and property.
KEoKuK As A TRADING PorSr-TheI 6antity
OF merchandise so d st wholesale ~ Aeokok.
exceeds. largely. that Of any otIDet city on the
Mississippi, north of st. Louis The reasons for
this are obvious In the fret place. We have
more wholesale merct an in Keokuk han any
other city adjacent-tkPs afford'ng greater
competition, which is a p'ttsd TO be the life Of
business.
l. the next place. our 4 psrchants keep very
extensive stocks on hand: effording so great a
variety in quality and prc\ e as to render Ger
tain that the purchaser willy be suited In this
particular.
Again: merchandise of ev Try kind is cold
lower, and upon more fayorabI 2 terms, than at
any Of the ne'ghb0ring cities. ere our mer-
chants have no extra bills to pay for re-shp-
ments and hence they do not hav( to charge
this extra amount to the retail ,radeI and 10
these hard times low prices are alvaNs de-
s'derstun to the purchaser Keekuk U01snoI
Rather tall blowing Mr. Journal Let W.
take look ut your article and see how much
truth ard how much falsehood there is con.
tainsd in it:
You say there 10 more merchandise sold in
Keokok every year than in any other city in
the State. Now. the merchants of St. Louis.
New Orleans, New York, Boston and Phil.d.l.
Psis are pretty good judges Of the amount of
busineS7. sha merchsndiss line, done each |
season In the river towns 4s..sshe Mississippi.
and they say that In Iows the points o.y
the most goods can be Classified 40 follows:
First Davenport; second-Dubuque; third
Muscatine; fosyth-Keok and ffth-Bur-
lington. Thus we find that but one city in
Iowa on the river bays less goods than Kec-
kak
As to Keokuk having more wholesale mer-
chants than any other city in Iowa We will
Just say that all her merchants are Wholesale
dealers, the most OF them doing business on
capitals Of from 500 to $500.
Ia the second paragraph the Journal speaks
Of the extensive stocks constantly kept on hand
by her merchants We think the Journal do. .
not herein stretch the truth much. We can
easily account for their having on hand large
stocks-they do not cell enough to sensibly
reduce them. We reckon it would puzzle ''the
oldest inhabitant" to tel in what century they
were fashionable.
Again, the Journal says their merchants can
sell goods lower and on better terms than can
other Iowa merchants. Why don't they 10 it.
then! Why is it that they have lost the bss t
part Of their trade and are rapidly losing the
balance? Burlington is sapping the life bloSd
from keokuk aud soon will swallow up the
carcass. No, Mr.. Journal. your merchants have
gone up the spout" and they have only fol.
lowed in the direction taken BY the city, - .
corporation, long since. Salt will not save
you; and the only thing that remains to hope
for il. that your msrchauts have saved enough
ont of their heretofore huge profss topsovlds
then viii essleea>ss snail oaEs deeless rsqisa
fev more eleshA vhss Ahey viii bslasqid I'd
Nh sap,eyosat - libasal sllastep ! -
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