Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-24


oil poison in the blood, and performs arsd.
ical cure. Read tss .imonials elsewhere.
c. GssvAss BRowx, at the Hswksye
Store, has reduced the price Of Teas twenty
cents per pound, and al other goods pro-
portionatsly. Goods delivered free % Satur-
days.
STILL LivISo.-Ars. Burger, the wife Of
the saloon keeper in Rock Island, who was
shot BY her husband few weeks -. still
lives. and hopes are entertained Of her re-
covsry Her condition is still very critical.
Tnx receipts aud shipmsnts per rail for
the week ending Saturday, January l7th,
are 20 follows
Shipments-Baslsy, IL 900 bushels -
wheat, II, 500; -four. 200 barrels; drssssd
hogs, ?s, 900 ibs.; hogs. 700 head; corn
meal. 10000 fbbs.; mdse., 75 tons lumber,
1875 m.
Receipts ts-Coal, $40 tons; barley, 400
bushels; mdss., 295 tons. F
Axoyuop STsacn kouOvUo. - As will b
ssss BY our Dispatches slsDwhsre ~ lan.
ous Stewart divorce case at Chicago. hss
been terminated unia, orsbly to the plaintiff.
Tho press, NO hope, viii now tesm With
something more beneficial 10 the public mind
than tho late disgusting details with which
il has been served.
lloRss RAILRoAD. = Our neighbors over
The river expect to obtsin . charter for .
horse railroad bstw cen Rock Island aud No
line. 1t is . capital idea. Nothing could
40 soon unite those two cities - IN improves
ment Of this kind. Inside Of twenty years
after the opening Of such line, the entire
distance between the two points will be
built up with business places and dwellings.
RsvivAL-A very encouraging revival ID
now progressing at tho Methodist Church
in this city, Thanks 70 the efforts Of Rev.
A. B. Kendig. Meetings are held nightly.
These were at first commenced in the lee
ture room, but the attendance increased so
rapidly that the upper hall has now been
brought into requisition, and is nightly
crow uded. The converts are numerous. and
still the good work goes on. general inv
vitation is extended TO the public to attend
A SrRsAK ~ LucK-Captain Alex. La>
mont, Of Rock Island, had one certificate in
the Crosby scheme, No. 24l, which is re.
ported to have drawn prize No. 24l, q paint
ing, entitled Taking it Easy" tits re
ported to be valued At $500.
Persons who travel on Captain Lamont's 8
steamboat, next season, will probably have
an opportunity to see the picture, while they
are "taking it easy" 50 thinks the Rock
island Union
FExlAN MEnriSa TO NIGur - Senators
Morrison and Scanlon, Of Chicago, will this
evening address n;l the friends Of Irish free
dom and independence, at LsClaire Hall,
the meeting to open at II o'clock. A gen-
eral and cordial invitation is extended to
the public The aims OF the Brotherhood
will be freely discussed, and their friends
Of every nationality will be cordially vel
coined. Seats reserved for the ladies. Doors
open at o'clock.
SournERs LIrE.-From our friend and
former fellow>citizsn, DR.. MeCarn, Of Msm>
phis, We receive half yearly statement Of
the Southern Life Insurance Company, Of
which he 10 the President. The Compasy
mnksa healthy showing-its accumula-
tons during the past six months amounting
to $G3,5o0. Good enough. Mr.. George
r. West has retired from the concern.
HAHrER's MAeAzlxE. - The February
number has the usual interesting and valu>
able reading matter. The illustrated srti>
cles arc Wild Bill, About Fishes, Calcutta,
the City Of Palaces, Part II Of Aunt NATL.
ds, A Talk about Talking, knickerboeksr's 8
Visit, virginians in Texas, Struggles for
Life, Old Mrs. Hunter. etc, all from the best
writer's Call at ths News Depot
OAkDALE.-At meeting Of the Oakdalc
Cemetery Board yesterday afternoon Il vas
decided to have an Usage Orange Hedge
planted about the Cemetery ~ soon a. prac.
ticable. TIE present fence is becoming old
and would soon have to be replaced. A
good hedge will not not only be enduring
and therefore economical. but it will keep
out s.ragglsrs who are now in the habit Of
going in and perpetrating mischief.
The officers for the present year are B.
b Woodward, President, lsssel Hall, Sec>
re,ary, and II. II. Smith, Treasurer.
Accrpsxr.-Ycsterday afternoon, while
Henry Glasspc!, aged ten years, Was coast.
ing down Rock Island street, the rope at.
tached to his sled swept uader one Of the
runners, by which means he was thrown 10
the ground, his chin striking = sharp rock.
A cash Was cut to the bone. from which
the blood flowed freely. He was taken to
the residence Of HE father, Mr.. B. s. Glas>
pell, on rlfth near Rock Island street, after
which Dr. Baker VA cLlsd. His wound is
an ugly one, but will not provo dangerous.
A HEALrn IrEM On Rock laland street.
between Third and Fourth, is . suall wood
en- foot bridge Rsposing beneath this small
wooden foot bridge, 10 ali the calmness and
serenity Of death, is large dead deg. In
the vicinity surrounding tho small wooden
ioot-br,dge. and big dead dog. are quito =
number Of citizens who are opposed to this
military style Of sspulchre. aud want the
canine removed. The Health Officer is i'm
vited to call around with long pole, and
do his duty, without Ainching.
Go puox HoNE ron Nsws.--Ths Davcn>
port Gezefte sayo:
s'No whisky OF other ardent spirits can
b purchased IN Iowa City. The citizens
having determined 10 enforce the Prohibit
osy Liquor Law, the saloon keepers at once
resolved 70 abandon Aw breaking and have
for weeao past confined their sales to
beer and homemade wine. Those sa-
loon keepsfs dessrvs especial honor - mod
els Of heir craft .
We wonder where the Gazette got its in>
formation. There ore three sentences in
the above and not . particle q truth in