Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-10

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SUBSTITUTE. During the temporary al
senee Of Judge Ri,llnan, of the Dstfic
Court, the bench is Soccupcl in bccomin:
manner by John y. Rogers, Esq
AiTEaArIoNs. The Weber Brother
have commenced the labor OF oyerhauin.
the old Presbyterian Church property ans
rcmoddelng it into an extensive carriag,
nanufactory.
|
SHor.lNG.-Wh Whlslor's store is crowded
every day with cage, purchasers. His new
and elegant styles Of dress goois are all the
| rage among the ladies' Of this city. They
are very cheap.
ArcuoS SAIE-Will be sold at public
auction, on Thursday next, at corner Of
| l2th and Brady streets, three dwelling
house,, ali in good repair and ready fol oc-
cuparcy. Possession. given Immediately.
For further particulars inquire Of r. Cur
ran, Marble Hail Saloon. dts
Gryrs Will Gnl every desirable style Of
spring and summer clothing mater;al at
Sam PcrIy's. lie turns out the best iits
and sells lowcr than any other iesler in the
city. He delics competition in ready made
clothing, furnishing good, trunks, etc. Store
opposite Che post oiice
TnANks. The Secretary OF the United
States Christian Commission will please ac
cept our thanks for copy Of the second
annual report Of that organization. setting
forth its lahers III the eastern and western
armies, with accompanying documents,
sketches, incidents. etc. making an inter
esting work of about nine hundred pages.
ERRoR.-Wc met Yesterday in town Capt
D. s. Lee, Of Go. +, 9TH Iowa infantry In
the Adjutant General Report Of 1868, he is
put down as resigned This resigned"
is merely printers mistake There is no
such record in the Adjutant Generals Office
Capt Lee has been in constant service. still
~ III tit stlNitt anu lllt-il> 10 IciiiIli
there until the end.
MI>sTRlIsy.-Th celebrated lro,.pe of
minstreli, under the mana cement OF q Neil.
4 Gardner. viii open AT the German Thea
tire, on Thursday evening next. and con
tinuc to perform for three nights This S
said TO be a rousng troupe. X is highly
spoken of by the press. and undoubtedly
will give satisfaction. and more too Wat
for the Mins'r rels.
CoNrRAcrs FOR SrrplEs-lhc contract
for furnishing grocerie, for the hundred
days men was awarded by Col. Glier his
af crnoon to Ncssrs Alyord q Van patter.
The contract for meat viii prohall, e
awarded to McsS.s Kelly & Washb,r1,
they bel < the only dos 10 be deci,-
to-morow mo ming
No po.ais for furnishing soft bread
were recorded
Tnr !ireororAMl-s.-B & Co. : ei-
gantic circns. including the Iippopota,nrs
or the Behcmo.h Of Holy Writ--:s now
on It's way up the ryer. anl VII be in Dav-
export in few weeks Ii will be remem-
bcrcd that this Genizen oI the Ni.a attracted
great attention when here last season, and
undoubtedly will dlaH crowds OF people
again. He is much improved in size and
education since thea.
ESll>r1IrSrs.-Moret than one hundred
men have already been enlisted in this city
and county for the one hundred days ser
vice. In ease the proposed bounty is offer
ed by the county the probability is that not
less than three full companies will be filled
up at once. Without snch bounty the
recruiting business il Scott county is a dead
letter, and many who have arca,.v signed
the enlistment papers will not go into the
field. There is 10 mistake about il.
HElp TO Higgins and Wallace,
who were arrested yesterday. for robbing
James Cartwright, were held to bail in the
sum Of $500 each for appearance at court
They furnished the securities or the spot.
and thus obtained their liberty.
The defendants appeared before Squire
Wheeler this morning per adjournment,
and as no one appeared against them they
wished to have their securities returncd.-
The Squire was not in the humor to sec it
in that light, but took the liberty to increase
their bal! to one thousand dollars, to await
the development of plans now maturing
!" ther fiey were able to procure that
amount of bail is not known at this writ
ing. 4
LEcTURE.-We understand that the Hon.
warren Chase has been engaged to deliver
. course oficur or fivc lectures in this city.
on Inc Great Transition of the 18th
century, IN regard to both religion and poll
tlcs, his first lecture will be in LcClairc
Hall On Saturday evening, the 144h, inst
Supjec'-'ne great rebellion and the pres
ent war. Mr.. Chase shows the natural and I,
pnilosopncal causes Of this strife Of ideas
and traces them far deeper than either par.lI
y OF mere political ambition. Mr.. Chase
coPss universally spoken Of is = deeeep
th'nher, slogica feasoner, and n elooSeat
'ilseh~. 60 aud hear bin. h.ii', ', - =
I ssssn es. .zssa ssisss - .sIsesse s~hs