Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-13
SUPREME CoURT.
ARGUMENT Term, 1860.

ARGUMENT Term, 1S00
HON. RALPH p. LOWE, Chief Justice.
HoN. JomN f. DILLON,
0so.ss q. wa,sns.
q. = Rsss1lly Aleosnsy 0easnl
Tncs. !. Wran0W, Reporter.
LEW KINsRy, Clerk.
s OcroBKn, 1e, 1854.
2455-McCaynor ~. Mowett, Des Moine1
coehty. Reversed.
2435-Burns, e. a.. ~. Keas, Il. a., Dubueue
county. Reversed.
SAss1Ss.arry -. Starry, d. a.. Jones county.
s''lMps,syhi'l A1.ncyd ''. Clarke johnson county.
s'@s1.Hssr.ys''l berry; -. Clarke, johnson county.
Richard Wilbes. Eeq.. Of Waukos. and g.
BtshOps ESQ, OF Waterloo, admitted - at.
tosneys.
Coon soR MoLiHs.-Mr. Q. 3. Root, eur
popular directory man." furnishes ~ with
. few figures in regard to the little city a
Moline, which speaks we'll ise its thrift end
enterprise. His canvass Of The city he's bsen
csndscted in the mesa thsresgh and practic-
sb.e manner Taking HE figures in eon>
parison With those Of the old directory, ws
- thst since Il w. issued ths pepulatios
shsss - increase Of ITO pr cent. The old
directory containing 4si nanes, and the
sew one, TO be issusd BY NJ. Root will con-
tain 1910 names. Multiply this last num-
ber by four and BY hve, and taking half
their sum, and We have iair estimate a
the entire population .6l5-s pretty god
show ios Moline. Give %. free bridge
seross the river and the three eisies, Davcn-
port, Rock Island and Moline, will soon
compare favorably with. any others in the
Northwest
RAPIDS SukvsY.- Col. Haines has organ
lied two parties for the survey Of the npids
one headed by Civil Eueiness Clark, Of
this city, and the other BY Civil Eaginses
Stoddard, Of Rock Island. They esmusncs
work Immediately. We trust their labors
will sesnlt in something satislastosy. II
these rapids are ever to bs improved Il is
high tine shat II vas being done. The in.
mense river cowmeree Of the great North
west has suffered long snosgh from this do.
feet in the Mississippi River.
IT.
Nsw SfoRE I'VE learn that there 10 70
he . new Dry Goods Store opened In ths
Metropolitan block in few days. The pr.
ties ere now in the city reesiving goods,
and will soon bs ready to receive calls.--
They are in want Of two good salssusn. one
Of whom must understand the German lan-
gaags and b. well acquainted with the trade
Tns ELzvAroR.-The new elevator being
constructed BY Chambers. At Muscatine 10
approaching completion. Its capacity 10
800, 900 bushels, says the Journal.
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TmM MSipE.-1ows 10 fortunate in being on
the West side Of the Mississippi. Every
town on the rver attssts this fact. Dunleith
10 at best mere side show to Dubuque,
and o. We foat down We FIND the same thing
The machinery set in motion by the Burts
Of Dunleith excels anything Of the kind in
Dubuque, but here the Dunle,thean boast
must end. Lower down We find Fulton ~
saying to compete with the rival towns Of
Lyons and Clinton, twin sisters Of one State.
Either one Of them does three times the bus
mess Of Fulton. We admit thst the latter
he's better hotel than either Of them. the
Robinson but hardly more 20 than Lyons
Female house also that the Westssn Union
College is = noble institution Of learning,
One 10 for soldiers and one 10 for
ladies. and which is deserving Of most credit
our gallantry 10 unable to decide. Rock
leland is the only remaining town Of any
considerable size on the Illinois sido until
yOu go below the Iowa State line. That 10
. good stirring town Of much worth and gen.
sral wealth, but it % dull and feeble in con.
parison with Davenport. Hurrah for our
side-of the river.-Dabuque Times.