Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-02
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amcss Eureka, published up in Jones esun-
~ in speaking Of the effort now being made
to construct . railroad from this city
through that county and beyond to St.
Paul, and Of che sdert bsios made = com
plsts the Aississippi, ripseo ( Ananosa
red from Nussatins sorthvard. says:
I'VE are asss disposed fss work than
blowiAg, and are esly waiting fer the tias
70 aet. Let the railroad reach Whsatlsnd
o. Tsren.o-ths latter place being situstsd
on the Wapsie, few miles below Oxferd
Miis--and Davenport will fnd our people
fully awake to its importance. The same
may BE- said in reference to the Museatins
and Anamcsa road. The gre ter part Of
this latter road is graded, but for sone rsa-
son hangs frs. Up the river between Ana
mosa and Independence and further north,
men new are sDiy waiting for one Or both Of
these roads below to 60 into operation or
give . sure. tangible prospect Of compile.
tion, and the five per cent. tsx will be vet.
ed. The one thing needed is actsn At the
Mississippi end Of the roads, thus giving On
entrance to the constructien trains, and a.
sursncs Of On outlet - the great river. The
disposition to build an interior railroad
which begins nowhere and leads 70 no
whore, 10 not strong, and in this fact our
friends on the Mississippi will sss Why ws
are not moving. We watch closely and
anxiously every indication from the diree.
tion Of Clinton, Davenport and Auseatins,
and are abundantly able and more than viii
ling to do cur part"
Then why not act il you are able; Why
not work inssssd Of blowing the time has
already arrived! The Mississippi end oi
the Davenport I st. Paul Road have acted
given an indication Of what We can dc
BY voting $200, ,oo0, right here in Davenport
Township. Do our northern friends for q
msmsnt think that the people at The
Mississippi end are going to build road
from the river 10 Whsatland, Tersnts, u
any other point for the purpose Of waking
them up to the importance Of having com
municatien with the outer world. II they
are waiting for any such thing, No pity thsi'
insxpsrienes. No ons asks them to builG
IAN interior railroad which begins ne
whore and lsads 70 nowhere" Neither meek
they expect the people here to build road
that "lsads 10 nowhere II they can fine
any people. or any Railroad company wh'
arslbuilding railroads On such tsros, just I,
zee the .'psopls movs," let them visit thil
place and start few lines Of read, and v,
| w;il .ho. Sk..n .~-. >s 1ha k;~~>a& 4 - 4
Of moving. What ws Do ask, and wha
President Hslmes wasts,i for our northern
nsighbors to do what the"N Mississippi end
Davenport Township-has done, vote thei
five per cent.-tsks their chances with VI
work, do something, spend lees time il
watching ''clessly every indication frsm th'
direction .: Clinton, Davenport and Musca
tine :" and President Holmes will build th,
read. They ask for . sign" but no fur
thsr sign shall Be given them from th'
mississippi end" until they esms up I,
the scratch. Now, 80 tell this 70 th,
watchers on the hills Of Jones county, 20,
men who are more disposed for work thar
for blowing"
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RIVER NEWS.
The steamer Henderson has hauled Of
for the season. and gone on the ways st l.,
Claire.
The Herald says boats running in the
vicinity Of Dubuque have about al laid W
for the season, with full channel and bus
mess entirely played out.
The Diamond Joe Line has established 4
boat yard on quite IN extensive scale, or
Little Rock Island, opposite Clinton. Ths
little steamer Ida Fulton and several bargsi
have gone into winter quarters there, and
more are expected.
The Enterprise is laid up in the slough
At Dubuque.
The Addis Johnston, the last boat Of ths
White Collar Line to leave for dswn th,
river this season. departed yesterday. Shs
goes 10 st. Louis to take ssns Of the sh1csrl
Of the line toa general meeting Of stock
holders, 10 be held there next week. From
St. Louis she will 60 to Pittsburg to b
ready to come back in the spring with q
big load, on the frst opening Of ravigs
| tien.
The Northern Line hsids the field alsas
and will keep the New Bostsn running
between this point and Fort Madison un,i
the ice positively forbids.
Al Dubuque the ice remained in the riv.
er in 1867 until April eth. The Gates fol
thirty years before that were % fellows =
In 1888 the river opened On the Gath O.
Of March; 1e43. April Sth; 1S47, March
10th; 1856, March 29;h 1857, March 25th
1860. March 25th.
keoP Warn onA Save your Life.
Within thirty days from to-day there will
Be many deaths which might be preveu,ed
BY warmer clothing. Many fatal case Of
dyssntery 10 caused By the want Of voclsr
undsrshirt, o. Of On extra blanket ct night.
The sudden changss Of temperature which
occur at this season Of the yeas ore very
trying - the constitution. People with
weak lunes quickly feel Tie effect Of then.
Frsqusntly the thsrmeDstsr fslls many
degsess within few heurs. Net only the
feeble. but robust and strsng psssons SUITES
from ssch great variations Of temperature.
When the weather grows cold rapidly, the
pores Of the skin are suddenly clessd, and
the results frequently 10 bad cold. which
may hold on oil winter, and terminate 10
consumption or . fatal attack Of dys.n.
tsry, o. that dreadful disease, the typhoid
fever.
II the day seems ever 80 warm aud bright,
it 10 much safer to wear plscty Of under,
clothing at this season. In the evening,
tho dew falls. and it grows chilly very sud
denly. At al times, even when il feels the
warmsst, one experiences the difference