Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-14

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grave counsel and perfection Of their wis
dom the I'd ward tables got up an Insurance
Company. Paying out money 70 hire 70!
unteers wasn't their style -they had bet
ter. safer and cheaper thing. They
would form company, each member pay
ing in $50 or 800 stock-and this capita
they would use to buy up substitutes fol
such Of their members as might be drafted
The shareholders felt secure on this arrange.
ment, and didn't care copper whether the
9th Of September came before August was
out, or if it came at all-they had made ar.
rAngcments to meet the monster square in
the face--any day Of tho week. a
But the 9Th didn't bring any draft, nol
yet the week of which the 5th was . mem.
Der, and the members of the company
thought they would hold meeting and see
what was what. So meeting was held
Moi day night. Some declared that they had
been hoaxed-that there was to be no draft
that they could use their money better
some other way than avoiding Lincoln's
Jokes. So they appointed committee and
after thorough scrutiny Of the Chicago,
Baltimore and Cleveland Platforms and find.
ing nothing therein providing for draft in
the I'd ward they concluded to disband-to
bust up the institution, and hand over to
each shareholder the amount Of bis invest
mcnt minus his share Of expenses already
incurred. The Secretary was ordered to
draw checks on the bank where the money
Of the concern was deposited, and SO the
company dissolved each member thorough
ly convinced Of the impossibillity Of draft.
They went home Notwithstanding jokes
at the expense Of the tables Of the upper
wards who had spent their money and got
no draft either All yesterday forenoon
the Secretary was busily employed filing up
checks, and by noon the tables all had their
money and had most Of it spent. They
were sure they were all right then
But people can't be happy always that
would be too much Of good thing. lfyou
can gather any satisfaction from seeing
elongated faces and chopi;llen countcnances
you should have seen the members Of the
I'd Ward Anti Draft Mutual Protection In
surance Company, after the appearance Of
the Daily Dem 7crat last evening, containing
Gen. Fry's positive order for the Draft to
commence in Iowa on Monday next. We
might try to express in ink the effects Of
this change in the affairs of men, upon
the countenances Of our I'd Ward friends,
but its no use-we can't do justice to the
subject.
What they will do when they regain their
mental equilibrium We shall see.
EXTENSIVE SrocK.-Thc widely known
and popular dry goods house Of w. C.
Wadsw orth is altogether too small to hold
the monster stock Of dry goods that he has
purchased during his rccentivst to tho East.
ern market, but ir order to meet his ex:en
siye retail and large and rapidly increasing
wholesale trade, he was Obliged to increase
his facilities. His stock now embraces every
thing in the Dry Goods line and he can I'll
any number Of orders from country mer
chants at low fgures-lower than they can
go to New York and buy them-saying
nothing Of freight and personal expenses.-|
The country trade will find it greatly to
their interest to call at once and examine
his goods and prices.
His retail stock was never in such perfect
The ladies' are invited to call aud
inspect Cor tlemsclys.
S
New LrTnoGRAPHIc view OF DAvENpoRr.-l
Mr.. Charles Vogt,an experienced and talent
ed artist and photographer has commenced the |
abor of getting up a beautifully lithograph
ed view of this city, which he proposes to
ssue in three or four months We have
the design and can but pronounce it excel