Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-04-21

OF our readers ~ directed 70 the a0veftlSe
ment Of our fellow citizen, DR.. C.. Tegcler
who has lately established two stores in thil
city, in which he will keep the best articles
the market affords.
IMPORTANT 1rEx.-Thc rush which at-
tracted 80 much attention this morning, was
occasioned by the arrival Of fresh lot ol
the latest styles Of hats and caps 1t Far.
rand's. Everybody goes there TO get the
right kind Of head gear.
UGnlEThe Rock Islanders have most
nauseous prospect before them this season.
All the draining from the prison barracks -
the offal and garbage produced by the seven
thousand persons At Camp jeff. Davis goes
directly into the slough and is swept down
in front Of the city Of Rock Island, impreg.
mating the water which her citizens use and
breeding disease and contagion generally. =
We are astonished that the citizens Of that
place do not take some measures to provide
themselves with . more pure article. The
travelling public should avoid such place
and como to Davenport where they can find
first class accommodations and pure water.
GRAND AUCTION SALE OF DRY GooDs.-
Our lady readers will be. delighted to hear
that an opportunity will be offered them in
few days to obtain all styles of dry goods
q low figure. A large and splendid as
sortment Of dress goods, prints, brown and
blcached cotton, linen, table cloths, hand
kerchiefs, and in fact everything in the line,
is now being opened at No. 90 West Second
street, Fejervary's Block, and win be sold
~ auction, commencing on Monday morning
next, and continue each day until the whole
shock is disposed q. The goods will be
ready for examination ON Saturday. Every
preparation will be made for the comfort of
the ladies who will attend the sales. Gen
tlemen viii also find q large stock of broad
cloths, doeskins, cassimeres, and furnishing
goods to select from. Call and examine the
goods on Saturday.
LAYING THE CoRNER-SToNE OF THE Rock
ISLAND ARsENAL-Thc formal commence
ment of the erection of the walls Of the
Rock Island Arsenal was made this fore
noon at about II O'Clock, in the laying Of
the corner stone. Though the ground was
flrst broke for the erection of this building
last fall, nothing has been or could be done
until the present time, excepting to make
the preliminary arrangements, which in fact
involve shout as much time and nearly as
much labor as the erection of the building
after the work was ready to progress
Shops had to be built and vast quantity
Of wood work prepared. Excavations for
the foundation and basement had to be
made into several feet Of rock machinery
Of various kinds had to be prepared and put
into operation, in order to have the work
move forward prosperously-all consuming
much time and labor. In prosecuting the
work Major Kingsbury, the highly compc-
tent officer in charge, has made the best use
Of the time that circumstances would admit
Of. sta is'e sNas
But, now, the preliminaTies having been
nearly completed and considerable quaint
ity Of material delivered by the contractors,
the wook Of erecting the walls has been
formally entered upon. At
The ceremonies AttendiAgsthe commence
ment were simple and practical. Major
Kingsbury selected . massive. oblong block