Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-03-03

gn.ch discDvere + are gtserally vtrY II -
They are located bjov Cottonwood. in
iielgate Valley, ahoG Last Cnares. la *
foot. the Mellow stsae, and sun Il s4-s. -
We are a!in high<.nrits, and expect to Go
We. as soon as tse v aLher permits
An EXTENSIVE LAwrlL-Ihe h9tsss e
the Second Morigaygaends SUI by 5tv
Mississippi MissOfrfRailroayCoaoans,
have commenced prj feding- 4 the Unitsa
States Circuit Cours.sF forecf fsare, ,tbroHh
their attorneys hell Nss4s. Puia,S (
Rogers. The an "a: Of tess@enls WAS
elC0, ,o00, bu; lnasai ich as no interest has
been paid there n, th& claim amounts to a
million dollars OF moAe Underlying this
mortgage are several sothers which were
given upon different sections of the Road,
bat not upon the entire eoncern. Tis ac-
ton Of the second mortgages was prnbabi
induced By the late mova made to sell ~,
the NJ. & n. to the Chcsko & Rock Island
Company, in which arrangement the parties
nos entering suit failed I'd see proper re
gard FOR their interest exhibited BY the con
.racting parties. liza cash will probably
come up for hearihg at ii Nay term at Des
NJ ines, vhenft is prsEbls tha; either
temp rary Of permayht Rsr reiver viii oeap
p i''sd to wind svfhs Old n & NJ oo''.
This case is one of huge ptoportions-en.
br'cing virious and conf fc,ing Interests
where an iRlDcnse aInoyh, Of capital will
be sensibly Effected oef way or the other
Jupos DlLox,f Lg.1rF Al 1Hls~o
GolLrss.-The seventh lecture of the
csu-se at Grisw I'D CJlege va delivered
last evening BY JS1z6 Dillonl HIS theme
was ".he Mississippi River,t and it was
handled with a fulncss and accuracy Of
historic knowledge. with brkad,h of vigor
cf thought. a statesman like. appreciation
and grace ef,rhsi oriiA that made it pecali
.rIy in,,ststinx and fussrrf f.ive. Some
years ag( Nsxsari , ljI;ure {, D4venport
on the same sutjec, y Horaq Gll.s--, aud
~e deliberately as1ht ,hat~<6dge Dillon's
effor. last mig 2k&s~hos.ly superior to it,
both as regards its literary merit and the
weight and utility of It's ha,ter. This is
not written as a e0mp'm'd'' but as . sim
pie isct.
We were glad to fla; ihe large audi
ence room was well lFc.l That those pres /
ent we're thorouSfy pleased AID profi;ed /
their signi6cap<appreciation clearly testb
Tus Cholera. Clean you alleys. FOR the /
cholera is coming. There can be no further
doub: but that this pes,ilence will visit this
none tooesTly to begin with such precauiion
countsy 4nring th present season, and i, IS
ary acts ~ III tend to purify ,hea;mosphers
for cholera goes hand in hand with filth
Every alley should be scrsped Of the cfTtn-
sive accumalstions = The .1inter, and then
we'll coverd With liiks ndly miasm
from these piles Of r,tting qua still poison
the atmosphere the whole suuAer through,
unless removed. As expsrisncsthe world
over proves that about nine -tenths of man
y ind had rather risk the effects OF these
nosegays upon their own and their neigh
boIs health than invest cent for their re-
mosal. thorough. reliable officer should be
appointed 10 see that the law is enforced in
this regard.
A CAll.-Rev. Aoratio N. Powers, Of
Davenport has be II called to tho roc,orsh;n
Of st. PauPs cha eh inthis city. A grace
iul and elegAnv ser9onizer. an able and
forcible speak1 aida faithful and scli-de
nyiog pastoE Mr.. Powers has endeared
himself s9!6ugh 7ns trying y.ars, to the
people okhls Ghas 1ro1venport, and they
will be very relucYnt to part ~ith him. But
We hope he will 4onclua to come to this
growing capital where be will he valus
Be ns.:...s accession Z its abilty.-Dss xe;ne.
paoesrss or THE 6frrAp6Qk wrLL.-
The veil hss been sPnx xle4eet dp to this
lime. T slimsstonk strata proved to be
about 50 fee. thick. below which the drill
passed into yfsD black slate stone.
rhs heaviest ~ = now in use. and the
voek peegses6lae sGnirably. :.