Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-12

made preparations for heavy wholessl,
trade this fall and IN so doing have undoubt
edy decided wisely. There are large,
stocks Of gools in this city a The presen
Tune, perhaps, than there ever were before
L-pec'sliy is this tho case in the dry good
line BY great enterprise and exertion oul
Leading merchants have built up wholesa',
trade OF no tria,ng dimensions, and thi,
must continue to increase Zach year. Ther,
's not particle Of reason why Davenport
should not supply ali the central interio. -
Our position for 50 doing il Incompatible
, and must sooner or later 10 unanimously
ackhowedged We have time and agai1
asserted tbst our merchants can sell Just as
cheaply here as is done At Chicago. This
WIS received by many of our country deal
ers as an amusing hcl,on, calculated TO re-
and no.e TO the benefit Of our perchaul I
than ~ their parons. Starting on the er
ron-ous snppoeition that our supplies we're
received throu IN \ number Of hands, they
yer Just y wondered how goods could bs
sold here at the same rates, ~ less, as where
tnry were purchased. As = genera ity,
davenport goods arc purchased in New
York City, by men who know their business,
and very frequently at rare bargains. They
re also purchased in large quantities,
whereby liberal discounts arc secured They
are shipped through direct, at the lowest
II. Ugh, tar Is, and are not required to pay
T. dit. 10 two or thee establishment. on the
route, before hing this city. We said
that our assertion was at first received in.
creduiou>l. by many Of our friends in the
Interior Some of the bolder Of them, or
more prudent ones, as the reader chooses,
hslDg investigated the ms,ter, were salts
lied til Il We were correct. They commenc
I'd buying herr, and have continued l. do
90. Their friends are taking their advice,
and aye 'ioiug the same. Our wholesale
trade is assuming mammoth proportions.
and each year aces j, growing larger aid
larger. We hazard very little in asserting
taat in few years our people will look
b ick upon the business Of &c with 4 smile
Oar merchants have the requisite capital
10 carry on business successfully, they have
the enterprise to keep extending it in every
possible direction, ard the result will one
day not only a,tonish them. but increase
the prosperity of Davenport to au extraordi-
many degree. Country dealers who have
not yet tested the inducements Of our city
US wholesale market, will find il to their
advantage to employ day or two in looking
abant them, before going farther. To
those who have already done 30 NO have
nothieg TO say. They have found every.
thing Just as represented, and will continue
to make Davenport the point Of purchase.
" ,nTER,.Y MEETING OF Scorr CouNrr
htpncL socitry The regular quarterly
meeting of this society was Eeld st DR.. Hes
'liice on Friday last, but owing to press
are IN our columns At the time, We were
Obnged 10 crowd ont report Of the proceed
ngs. The Committee on Domestic Ssnita>
ry Regulations. reported through DR.. Baker,
hat they had obeycd Instructions SO far a.
attending the meetings Of the City Council
vas concerned. DR.. Irwin, from Commit
&c on Tr'ch'"a, reported progress. and the
Committee was continued The Society
hen proceeded to elect DR.. French as Sec
'ctary. Drs. Maxwell, Baker, and Irwin
we're appointed committee on prevailing
diseases for September, and also wcre re :
luestcd TO review those Of August. The
members present who had seen and treated
ases Of cao'era in tbs city during the
nohlh past, were requested to report the |
ame. Dr. lies. bei". called on, stated that
lie had passed through three cholsra epidem.
cs-thcsc Of '33. 1879, and '5l-2-and !
hat during the LAST month he had again |
cen, in this city, pure, genuine, and unmis- !
akcablc cases Of cholers, both in his own |
'ractioc, and those Of others. lie concluded |
y making some interesting remarks in re.
afd TO the symptoms and proper treat
lcnt. Drs. Maxwell and Tomsun next re.
orted some very interesting cases, likewise
rm's akeab'v genuine, which occurred IN
ser practice A general discussion on
and the treatment then follow
i, proving highly interesting.
CoyraAcrs LsT.-From Telegram receiv
! by Supt. kunball. from j. +. Tracy, Pres.
len. Of the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific
ailroS we learn that the contract for grad.
'g the road from Kellogg Station, the present.
,rninns. to Des Moines, has been let to .
rm in Pennsy lvania.
The prospect Is. then. that the work ofl
>'cnains the road will Commence a. carly
J next week, and that it will be crowded
rough TO Des Moine. With the greatest
spatch possible. The money has been
rcvided. and there will be no stopping This
me. Mr.. K,mball hes gone out on the
'ad to attend to right-of-wa mstters; and
r. Vim. Van Tuyl has also. gone out to.
" to attend to the same business.
Moreover. we learn that Mr.. johnson.
hicf Engineer If the road. has been direct.
to survey and locate the route west Of
es Moines. and ct eighty miles ready for
% contract Immediately. This looks like
isiness- The company will probably not
Ike much rest until its road connects with
'e Pacific Railroad at Omaha.
BRiocs HousE AcAtN.-Tha highly pop.
ar Chicago institution is itself again, and
ore too. All summer it has seen under.
ing thorough system Of repairs. First,
wss raised several feet higher in order 70
ing it to . grade; then it was entirely
erhaulud and rcpsircd from top to bottom,
d put in the most perfect order. The old
oprietors. W. Z. Tucker L Co., who have
en- there Tor several years past and always
ven the best satisfaction to the travelling
ople Of the no. thwes.. and the pubic
ne'ally, have re leased the house far an
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