Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-05

oCcED TO IRAvRL.-1 eoUo000x 81 C.
was visited BY enc Of thoss gsntssl cusooo
whs wear good clothes. spest powdered
'ecks, and live BY cheating Other men. lie
10 represented a. rather fair locking,
about five feet nine inches. wsrs dark
side whisksrs, . blue vsst, double
breasted, with three brass bottens on
each side, is Of English extracticn,
tbus no relation, ws believe, Of the Royal
Navy and his Nautio Sister, sometimes
owns . raft, at other times is. captain Of .
river boat. or owns = grocery store in
LsClsire. and is now supposed TO be in
Rock Island.
His career n this city was more brief than
brilliant. This climate didn't agree with
his temperament, and he migrated. We
hear Of him, as captain Of enc Of the river
boats. buying ssms hats fol. his wife at
millinery store on Second street, at which
place he borrowed v, and offered to pawn
. arsvolvsr as security Tho pretty little
mistress Of the shopfelt hurt that he
should offer to pawn anything. She
surely could trust Captain - for -
small . sum. He thought % toe.
Visiting aharnsss shop on Brady
sasst. hs comes away leaving the inno-
cent prorristsr poorer BY 81, and mourn
ing over the loss Of $50 sale, which, had
it been made, would have bssn Just - much
out Of his pocket.
lie mex. turns up, under the name Of
Pisres, or PIERCING. st tho Wholesale hsuss
Of H. ,. Evans, with 81 200 ehssk - the
let National Bank, and wants 70 purchase
$500 wsrth Of groceries for his grocery
store In LsClaiss. They are sslsstsd. ct one
aide. and Mr.. LsClairs Grocer turns to 80 70
gst:.his cheek sashsd. He stops. "By The
way, Nr. Evans lend me $l5 on this $50
silver mounted revolver. to pay my bill st
tho Nswcomb House." Certainly Ar. p,
here's @XX. The revolver 10 left and %
does the grocer, whs hastsns around The
corner dswn Brady street 70 the ferry. Mr..
Evans hastsns 70 the Nsweomb House,
but dosn't sss his mans name. He rushss
to the ferry and finds his man. A scene en-
sues, the eXX 10 returned, the revolver Civ.
o. up, and Mr.. P. leaves to practice his
winning ways over innocent Rock Island
ers.
A.. 4 A.. ScorrrsH RITs.-From the
Register, We learn that at meeting Of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Of Free
masonry, held At Dss Moines on Wednesday
evening . Grand Oonsistory Of said Rite
was organized for the State Of Iowa. A
constitution and ordinances was. adopted
and the following Brothers elected to fill
the following offices:
Sir Kt VIM. Lefingwell =. Of Muscatins,
Sovereign Commandsr-in Chief.
Sir Kt Pitkin G. Wright. Of Dewitt, Let
Ii Sov Commander.
Sir Kt w. +. Peck :. Of Davsnport, 9nd
1t Sow Commander.
Sir Kt II. Ii. Grif1,hs, Of Des Aeines,
Valiant Minister Of State.
Sir Kt W. p. Allen :. Of Dubuque, Grand
Chancellor.
Sir Kt Vim. B. Langridgs, Of Muscstins.
Grand Secretary.
Sir Kt u. Il. H.n.nw.y, Lansing. Grand
Treasurer.
Sir Kt Sim. D. yelling, Des Moines,
Grand Standard Bearer.
Sir Ks D. N. Richardson, Davenport,
Grand Architect and Engineer.
Sir kt Horace Tuttle, Dubuque, Grand
Captain Of the Guard.
Sir 1t II. K. Love, Ksokuk, Grand Mas
ter Of Ceremonies.
Sir Kt Theodore Schreinsr, Mt. Pleasant,
Grand Sentinel.
Sir Kt A. B. Ksndig, Davenport, Grand
Prslate.
Sir Kt $. NJ. Booth, Ksokuk, Grand Hos
pitalor Brother.
The constitution and ordinances we're or
dered to be printed, and the regular annual
meeting declared to take place on the Mon
day preceding the meeting Of the Grand
Commandsry, x. r., which will meet in
this city in October next.
The meeting was harmonious and will
largely tend to tho success and prosperity
Of this honored right in Free Masonry.
THs RAILRoAD WAa. There 10 . posi-
bility that the fight ever the A, 900 shares
Of the Chicago, Rock Island I Pacific
Railroad will net last much longer. It haa
been expensive and tirssoms TO the stock
holders whs make up the Wsll street ring.
They may safely Say that up 70 this time
the fight has cost in round numbers about
e400,00Oi Another six months tug at II
weuld not tend 10 enhance dividends, and
some stockholders there are 10 that conps-
ny who would prefer good disidsads "a
good fights and no dividsuds.
Looking st it in this light, W. H. Apple.
ton, Of Now Yesk, and several other dirsc
tors wsrs here ysstsrdsy tossss Mr.. Tsasy.
They san him. several times dsrins ths
day and had some interesting conversation
For ssms tine past Nr. Tracy has not beer
visiting Chicago ~ much ~ some Of biz
railroad friends desired. In fact he has re
Trained entirely from setting fest upon III
inois soil for months. Dsring the confer
sncs yesterday. the enemy made . propos
ten to remove ito picksts from the Illinoi'
shess, and tsndsssd Mr. Tracy ths freedom
Of the Sucker State from this time for
ward. Ansshsr meeting took place in Obi
cago to-day, and there will probably b I
cessation Of hostilitiss. end the road vii
bs built through 70 Council Bluffs.
ns. Tracy left this city this merning
and arrived In Chicago at about o'clock
in time 70 meet the sseckholdsrs
The storm has prevented 40 from receiving
expected rspssts Of the meeting.
RsfuRNBD 70 Hrs FrHsf LovB.-OuS 10
gal friend II. ". Bennett, whs fer the pas
few months hes fillsd the rsspeasibls pssi
| t;ar >e n~e1 Ud;Aap nf Aha 0AaaAiA has -