Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-25
DAVENPORT, IOWA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1867
EstAnorvHyr OF SarrLns' wooLgS Mills.

EsrAnss1Rxr OF SarrLns' WooLgS Mills.
- ihc rapidly increasing demand for
Sh clds' superior woclen goods has con
WINGED the energetic proprie.or Of these
miils that he caanot 10 lastics 20 himself
or his customers upon two thousand yards
per week, hence he has determined 10 go
straight to work, and so .ar increass his
factory room and machinery as TO enable
him to come nearer up TO the popular de-
mand.
Therefore he has commenced the work OF
excavatiog preparatory TO extending his
building westward fifty fees more. making .
total frontage Of 100 feet. This addition vi
be four stories high-thc fourth story an
,le,snt Mansasd French roof. Tho roof Of
the present factory will also b. raised and
finished in the sane style-the whole TO b.
made fire proof by the use of galvanized
iron cornice work and roofing. The lower
story. or basement OF the addition, will be
used for finishing room. the second for
the main Office Of he Wholesale department,
ware rooms for manufactured goods, and a
part Of it for machinery. The third floor
and as ne rly fire proof as practicable. Tie
fourth story will be used or various pur-
poses. Should the weather continue favor
able the wallis will be nearly finished this
fall. This addition will enable Mr.. Shields
to introduce two full set.s Of machinery, and
enable him TO run about twenty four looms.
The expense Of this addition with the nee
essary machinery will not b. far from
twenty thousand dollars. But the invest
mcnt is no experiment. Turning out the
class Of goods that Mr.. Shields does, he
can just as well dispose Of thirty Six hun
dred yards of cloth per week Is two thoa
sand. Enterprise like that which has char
ac.erized the management Of that concern
for three years past cannot fai, to be sue
cessful Davenport may well be proud Ct
so prominent q manufactery.
BURGLARS Sold During last night the
ligh, fingered, dark lantern gentry, burgla
riously entered the boarding house Of Dr..
Richardson on Fourth street, but were poor
ly paid for their trouble. They succeeded
in forcing an entrance into the back parlor,
the door Of which was fonnd open this
morning; and, after visiting one or two IN
occupied rooms, found their way into the
sleeping room of Mr.. Bisaell aud Mr.. Miller
who arc boarding there. They examined
Mr. D.sell's wardrobe and missed every
thing of value, taking only new pocket
| book containing thee postage stamps
| and one dollar bill on an Eastern State
bank, leaving his watch. which Was within
convenient r, ach. Mr. Bissc.l will give Mr..
| Burglar one dollar !or the bill, as il is q
s9urenr of soldier friend but the stamp.
he has no use 70. at present; and, IS he has
,lvc him the price Of il. 25 per cent of. -
| As nothing else is missed it is conclu ied
| that there is at last one sneak thief in the
city. pretty badly sold by his last nights
operations.
Since writing the above we learn tha,
! Orio Richardson has missed his pocket
book containing between nine and ten dol
lars, and that traces have been foutd ia
most all parts Of the house where they had
searched the pantaloons Of other boardess
leaving them scattered around the room
Some Of the boariers heard the noise made
by the opening o: doors, etc, but did no'
go to see what was up. A little trouble ir
investigating such things might result ir
bringing some Of these scainps 10 Justice
Capture or kill is gooi thing for them.
As soon as the slightest clue can be Oh
tanned TO any Of them or their places of re
sort discovered, the Police will 90 for il OF
for them, and make them or tho, who har
Dor them feel the virtue Of the law