Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-10-28

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sfrsst on Monday evening. The wssk %
| ths new o0ss vill not be entirely completed
4 that time. but sufficiently y admit Of
dsiag busissse.
PsnsoHAL.-ws vsss Glad T. meet our
Old friend Caps. Dwight. yesterday. He has
recently arrived IN this region from Texas,
where hs hes bsen luxuriating in the Quar-.
tsrmasters Department With thermosnetos
at Ito in the shade during the lest summer
season. The Captain i shout - retire p.
sition and enter oncs more upsn the duties
Of civil life.
PosE PAcEMo.- loving to the high prices
Of hoss, pork packers appear to Be dihlisnt
about commencing business this seassn.-
Hegs ne now bringing from % to a. per
hundred more than will warrant packing on
vsrv large scale. Drovsrs are offering 10
contract for the sale Of hsgs in Cincinnati
for 90. 70 gross for the month Of December,
and for 4ll for the last half Of November.
Pork packing viii probably commence in
Chicago 10 about week.
PROSECUTIONS have cOmmeuced against
the Liquor Dealers at Muscatine. - fore
shad0wed in recent article in this paper.
The Journal says that at q recent sitting Of
the Jury on case OF liquor selling, nine
men voted for convicting the parties, and
three against The three who voted against
spelled the word guilty, gilty, while the
other nine spelled it right. Comments he
ing unnecessary in view of that showing,
the journal makes none.
TrnArnsCALAOn account Of the bed
weather, last night, the officers Of the ferry
6oat declined to run their steamer, and con.
sequently NJ. Wyatt gave no entertainment
at Rock Island - was intended. To night,
Casnis Aiken receives benefit ct the Me-
tro politan. On Monday evening the meri-
t,rioas star actress Mss Oecile Rush, will
maxs her appearance for the Rrst time before
the dramatic patrons Of Davenport. Nj. Page
has accepted an Offer from the manager Of
the Leavsnworth Theatre. Kansas, and will
s'on take his Departure:
ThE SAVINGS BAxk.-This institution
aourishes and increases in popularity every
day. lts deposits amount to abou one hun
dred and ten thousand dollars, nearly all Of
Viii ch is advantageouslv loaned. Our peo-
pie Of small means and the mechanics and
laboring classes generally GRID it . most
beneficial arrangement. We venture moth
ing in asserting that through the instru-
men tality Of this institution not less than
twe'sty five thousand dollars will be saved
BY the mechanics and laboring classes in
Davenport this year. It is oil in small sums
and had there been no savings bank would
have been spent for nobody knows what
These small deposi :ors take great pride in
their g wings. 1t 10 new era to many Of
them. Let them who have not commenced
the saving system do 90 now.
TsLL WnY.-It has been authoritatively
announce in the negro suffrage organ that
necessary preparations have bsen mads to
receive wish h speeches and music the colored
regiment about to arrive. II has also been
known for several days that the gallant 9Th
Iowa O. valry was about To arrive here to
b must sred out, but - Jet not word hes
been said about welcoming back those war
SCARED eterans that have been spilhng their
blood on the frontier. How 10 thisi Has
the love for the niggsr become 90 intense
that there is no corner left in the hearts Of
stay at home "patriots" for welcome to white
troopsr How do the veterans Of the noble
Sixth appreciate the Abolition style. Let
US see.
Scost county, Iowa raises |. .0C0, 90 bush
sls Of onions this vear.-CAicsee T;mss.
It's difficult to tell how many bushels
the above figures represent: nrohablv one