Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-27
'e@a DAVENPORT IOWA MORNING. MARCH a.

LA Y VENfUhl, III
BY an advertisement il will be seen
in another column. that J. c. TsDD 10 now in
receipt of his Spring sttck Of Boots and
good taste. Call in and look at this sjegan.
stock Of Ryan's best manufacture
BAILEY.-First in dry goods, first in
low prices. and first In great bargains La
dies. you are particularly informed that Ball.
ey's new ,pring goods have srrived. and that
bis styles are Of The most fashionable and de-
sirsbIe order. His figures correspond with the
times. Call and see the good things just re-
ceived at Bailsys.and vs promise you that you
will be perfectly sui.ea. and further that you
will patroni1e the same store when you
want something really nice. neat and fash
ionsble
We throw aside all politics in this matter.
and look only to the welfare Of the city Ga
zette
Why then do you go 10 30 strong for Mr..
Price, who is one Of the most fanatical men in
the Republican party? There are plenty Of
conservative men who We knou are in favor Of
lessening our taxes, and who would fill the
office with credit to the city. Mr.. Price is in ia
vor Of paying the present high rates Of in
terest and he is also in favor Of collecting
the taxes at al hazards. though by 30 doing
the poor man is obliged to sell his COW, and
le: his children stsrve. Let the Republicans
run Mr.. Price. by all means. He is vastly
popular among the bone and sinew OF our
city.
ANOTHER CIRCULAR SAW ACCIDENT.
Yesterday morning. just after the planning
mill of John l. Davies. on 4th street, had COM
tnenced operations, one of the employees, Mr.
Frank Mslo had his hand very badly injured
by circular saw. He was engaged in saving
out pckets, feeding the machine with his right
hand, which slipped from the wood and CON-
ing in contact with the saw was nearly sever.
ed The saw entered at the uoint OF his fore
finger and passing through his second finger
run up into the palm of the hand 1: is very
bad wound. and may result in the loss of the
entire right hand. Accidents Of this character
are becoming very numerous, and We should
think they would be a warning to others ed
gagged in this somewhat dangerous business.
ARRgsTED.-Mr. Edwin A. Oliver
& 81 l.1o e u.
arrested last Sunday. just as he was coming
out Of church, by Sheriff Thorington and a
posse OF si1 officers. We understand that the
charge upon which he was arrested was en-
bezz'emen: OF bis ora assets. To explain this
We must say that some time ago. Mr. Oliver
failed in Lynn, and wishing to settle up his
business as soon as he could, be made an as
signment and placed oil his property into the
not being satisfied and thinking Mr.. Oliver had
managed T. secrete large amount Of money
procured requistion and sent ou. to this
state to procure his person and take him back
By the laws of Massachusetts,, the secreting of
a mans property lie treated as a crime in
this State . man lie considered anything
but sharp if when he fails he does not manage
to secrste sung fortune. We believe Mr. Oliver
to be entirely innocent an 4 We have the means
of knouing that such is the case The course
pursued by Sheriff Thorington in arresting
Mr. Oliver in a crowd coming on: cf church,
was unwarrsnted and beneath any gentleman.
Mr. Oliver is not the man to run away from
fair and impartial examination. He courts an
inv estigaton of his acts. and we are no prophet
If he does not cause some of the sharks. who
have been pursuing him, to shake in their
boots before they are many mouths older.
BEAUTIFY Your HoMEe.-The man
who neglects to ornament and beau,ify his
home-lhe home Of his family-the place of
all others on earth most sweet commits
wrong, an outrage upon his best interests that
time will be Glow, exceedingly Glow to efface.
1t is v ell enough 10 talk about the old home
stead, early associations Of home-of the
sacredness of the srot-how in after years it
comes home to the heart, and all that. but there
are too many instances where the home Of
early childhood 10 far from being plessant-or
charming. What is there inviting or pleasing
or comfortable about . house whose exterior
s dingy and dirty-not to say guitlese Of paint
or vhitswasa or even nails enough to hold it
toge,her-wbere no green turf covers the
muddy yard-where no neat fence protects
the house from the incursions of swine, cattle
or aught else; where no 10 vely flowers bloom
IN Spring no noble shade trees rear their
stately heads and spread out their friendly
arms-sffor ding refreshing shade. and de-
fence from cold winds Of Winter-where moth
ing cave the bare walls Of . structure called |
through courtesy purely land strained at that
. dwelling house-what 10 there, We repeat,
INVITING about such plscei What though it
vas the early home-the mind can never wan
der back to it and dwell upon it's dingy, un-
seemly surroundings with that fond feelings
that epirit'oflove and admiration that it sh uld
ever hold for the place Of ones birth. We
claim tha, man who can do differently-and
there are bot few indeed who cannot, have no
right whatever TO bring up family in such q
home, TO matter how poor he may be-no
matter how email his house, how low its walls
how few his acres-he has every chance in
the world to beautify and render pleasant
what he has. He can with his own hands
keep his house looking neat and trim outside
he can get plenty Of sods whoss green surface