Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-30


SxAYss -McCosh L Osborne have re.
eeived large assortment Of skates, embfac.
ing oil tie late and fashionable patterns Of
The season. Those interested should call
and look them over before purchasing. II
satisfaction cannot b. had 1t their store
there is no use Of looking any further.
A NOVEL Worm READiSG.-We are un-
der ob igations to Messrs. W. C. 4 r p.
Church, publishers of The Galaxy" for an
advance copy Of that excellent novel, ,"Archie
Lowell" by Mrs. Edwards. 1t il being pub
li-hed serially in the GALAxr, but those
who wish to pcruss it in book form should
call at the p o.. News Depot Of J. J. G.
Cavendish. 1t is probably the most inter>
eating story Of the year.
PLsAsAHr.-Ws bad the pleasure Of pass-
ing IN evening verv pleasantly at the resi-
dsuee Of Ar. Joseph Shields, At the meeting
Of the Trinity Church sociaLle on wcdnes-
dsy night end would say Of use charades.
that had ~ not been informed that they
we're impromptu We should not have known
it. We hope the society will see At to favor
the public with an entertainment during the
winter. They can put Us down for one who
will not miss Of going
OLp les We are informed that f. Bau
rose, opposite French l. Davies Mill has ice
in his icehouse, three years old. in blocks
eighteen inches square. This demonstrates
the fact that ice can be kept If properly put
up. Every one who intends to lay in a sup>
ply for next summer should now be getting
ready for it. Every farmer who can conven
iently get lee should lay in supply, and
especially. those who do anything in the
dsiry line. The cost is tri1ing compared
with the benefit he derived.
THANKSGIVING DAY.-This important hol-
iday came and went without any particular
excitement. Business. as general thing,
was suspended during the most OF the dsv
Service in the various churches was tolcra,
bly, we'll attended, and subsequently the
usual Thanksgiving dinners we're d,-cussed
by all classes ald conditions of men. There
vas also the usual number Of social gather
ings among relatives, friends and neighbors,
and the day Was over. May the happy and
tho thankful hearts Of yesterday find no
cause Of sorrow or unhappiness during the
year-and ~ time Aies onward in its course,
may 10 oil abide in peace, plenty and
thankfulness
FRE.-The hardware store Of j. A. Dav :
enport, had narrow escape yesterday. The
store Was not opened for business ycster.
day, but along in the afternoon about four
o'clock, one Of the clerks thought he would
step in to write letter, when he soon dis>
covered something wrong in the atmosphere
that smellsd like burnt cotton. Upon going
up stairs he found the room full Of smoke
end iire quietly burning the shelving and =
lot oftwlne directly under closed fiue. A
few buckets Of water prevented heavy loss.
Il appears that the chimtey must have be IN
burning out, and . spark probably dropped
out Of the fiue and caught on the twine.--
This must have happened the evening pre-
vious as there was no fire in the store during
the day. The loss by fire and damage to
other goods BY water is said to be between
two hundred ard three hundred dollars,
whicl ia amply secured by insurance. 1t
was narrow escape.