Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-10

anticipstiose. Its line Of trade now sx-
tends over . broad area Of territory in
either direction. and 10 constantly reaching
out and spreading farther and farther svssy
month. Country merchants are constantly
finding out tha. it is TO their interest Il
purchase in this market. Beidefbecke
Miller purchase very extensively Of every
thing in the line, and are able n sell d
Chicago prices, and every attention is giver
10 secure perfect satisfaction among eusto
mers So constant has been their increas,
in business that they are inpelled to pro.
vide more room, and next year will oc
eupy the entire three stores and base
neut Of the one hundred and fifty
foot building which they occupy. This tell
the story Of their enterprise, and activit,
in trade. They started in Davenport witt
only few hundred dollars. They laborsd
hard-mst with misfortune, bat determined
upon SUCCESS, ovcrcams oil obstacles. and
nov rank with the foremost Of Iowa msr
chants, in means to carry on their busi-
ness. ability to increase ito velume, and
hold fast to the friends they draw about
them. Such 10 the statement, in brief, ol
this popular house. Our people have . JUS
pride in iss prosperity, and merchants
throughous the country coming here Il
deal with Charles Bsidsrbscks and Franz
Miller will find then Thorough bust
| gentlemen, and ready to extend the most
liberal commercial fsvors.
GRAIx SurrPrxo-TRE OBxo xious OaDRl
RssciSpRD.-In IN article yesterday eve
ming We stated that ia response to earnest
solicitations Of committee Of grain deslers
| Asst. Supt. Kimball went into sslsgrsphis
consultation With the home Office in Chica
80, but ws did net learn the result before
going to press. The result was, however
~ hoped for-a rstraction Of the obnexioui
order requiring all shippers Of grain to lead
their cars through the Davsnpest elevator,
or not st oil and the announcement Il
shippers that cars would b placed at their
disposal This 10 oil that was asked, and
With this ws trust the trouble 10 ct aa end,
and that our prosperous grain traffic will
move forward without further hindrsncs.
Concerning elevators 10 the abstract, we
believe in them believe they are better
for the grain interests. better for the trans
porting lines. What Davenport wants,
however, in that way, 10 not . Railroad
elevator, nor river elevator. but both in
one and when the great iron bridge shall
span the Mississippi as this point, right
alongside off on this bank of the river,
We expect to see . two hundred thousand
dollar elevator erected its communication
being with the cars on the one hand, and
the grain basges on the other 90 that
when II is for the interest Of dealers to ship
to St. Louis they can do 90 Or, - the
market shifts, they can from the same bin,
lead . train for Chicago. Such an i'm.
provsment would BE- up with the timss-
placing the advantage where it bslongs-in
the hands Of the grain interests. There 10
money in Davenport 20 make that improve
msnt when the proper time comes.
uIGnLY IMPORTANT DscisoN.-In De-
cember, 1865, the cid Post Office Block,
Nos. 10, AZ and "A Brady street, now known
~ Viele's Block, was burned down. II
was insured In the Underwriters Agency
to the extent of about $4,000, the pay
ment Of which was refused upon the
ground that window shade factory had
been admitted BY the owner into the fourth
story-thsreby Increasing the risk. and %
alleged, without consent Of the company
Suit was brought the next spring
in tho District Court, and the case
was twice hotly contested therein.
AT the last November term . decision wss
rendered in that court for the plaintiff. An
appeal vas taken TO the Supreme Court,
and this morning the opinion Of that tribun.
al WAS delivered BY Judge Beck, affirming
the decision Of the lower court. Putnam
4 Rogers for plaintiff; Dawson True
and James T. Lane fog defendant
Ibis isa very important decision. particu-
larly as regards the binding effect Of the
acts Of agents upon the companies they
represent. 1t appeared 10 the trial that Nr.
vsrdsr. ths agent, while hs had never given
any WritteS consent to.ths location Of the
shade factory in the building, ls bad givsa
his rerbal consent, and this the court held to
b binding upon the company. Il has prob
ably been enc Of tie most hotly ssntested
cases ever tried 10 this place No quarter
was asked or granted ON either side, and
beyond doubt, the viesors are somewha,
elatsd with their success
PaocsspInos or rus GsANp Lopas o.
IowA.-ws are under many obligations -