Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-01-04
DAVENPORT, IOWA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 1855. 4.

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posssssor of "Wsbsta's Unabridgsd" shout
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oamed Arn, end our eonvictions then were
thAt TIE Diotionary business had reached
that point Of perfection which was susoepti-
bic Of no. inprovsnsnt during the present
century, ct least. But in that It seems ws
were much mistaken. Since that time the
Nsssrs Merriam have introduced valuable
Improvements in the way Of comprehensive
illustrations, but these were not intseupsss-
- thfoagh II wsgk, which vas slisht
objection to ths book - whole. But now
comes bsSore the public, the unabridged,
cazsfally revised and illustrated throughout
with extensive additions Of words, an "Ex-
planatory and Pronouncing Vocabulary Of
the names Of Noted Fictitious Persons,
Places, etc." Also Of Geographical Names":
A Vocabulary Of Common English Chris.
tian names; Quotations, Words, Phrases,
Proverbs, and Colloquial Expressions" from
Ancient and Modern languages, together
with many other highly important matters
mover before given in any Dictionary. The
New Unabridged Dictionary comprises
1910 pages, being about 500 more than were
embraced in the Original Unabridged" Of
the year 1852. It is better and more CON-
pletc work in all respects. and cannot fail to
be extensively patronized the world over Is
the standard pronouncing Dictionary Of the
English language. A copy Of it should be
at once provided for every common school
in the land, and Academic and Collegiate
students should use no other. We recon-
mend our book dealers to add the new work
to their stock ct once, as 30 complete work
cannot fail to come into universal demand.
INDIANA PArRoNIzrna DAvExPoRr.-That
Indiana merchants should come to Daven.
port to purchase goods ct wholesale would
seem like reversing the order Of things
little, but it is nevertheless fact, for with
the past few days Aessrs. s. p. Bryant &
Co., exclusively wholesale dealers in boots
and shoes in this city, have filled the. fourth
order for goods from merchants in Indiana.
This speaks well for the good name of this
concern. We are pleased to notice that
they are fast coming into possession Of
large trade at this point. Their goods are
of = superior quality Ill the way through,
and merchants ordering Of them are sure to
get just the goods they desire, and probably
better goods than they expected. Iowa
merchants would do foolish thing to 90
fsrthef East, when they can ~ ths bsst
quality Of goods IS cheap as they can be
obtained elsewhere. Let this house b
handsomely patronized.
THs DRArr.-Operations at the Office Of
Provost Marshal Hall go to show pretty
plainly that the day Of the draft for our
quota of three hundred thousand more is
fast approaching. His entire clerical force
is very busy in perfecting papers sad get
ting the machinery ready. DR.. Barrows
holds daily sessions for the examination Of
those who consider themselves liable to be
discharged from the rolls on account of bod
lily infirmitics. Let the tables in the Sec
ond District make haste to clear the track