Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-08

n, recent trip TO H. Madison on husi-
80. / oams across few Items " hich NAV
net bs embarrassing to some OF your read
cee. | noticed thst preparations were be-
! ing made for sha erection and improvement
Of seEeTal buildings. This city can boast
e having tbs largest church edifice in ihe
state; II 10 1876 feet 70 length by Sd IA
width, with very large and what will be
lofty tower. The entire building IS built
or brick, embslli-hcd With cut stone. i 10
in VI hat is called tho gsome'ric gothic
style, which is very appropriately ado ted
Ia this instance, a. i hsrinonizss nicely
with The aaiet simplicity Of the buildings
around it and the natural tcensry. was
informed that il has already cost the nice
little sum Of sixty Eve Thousand dollars, and
when whom finished will reach the sum Of
one hundred thousand. II 10 built by those
famous church builders, the Catholics.
The city can boast of another large pile
Of bu ldings, which are about to be made
stil larger. almost doubling its lodging ca
pscity. II now affords accommodations for
It's gentlemen rogues and one lady, who 10
compelled to take up her abode hero du-
ring the remainder of her life, for tile
trifinq oiisnse Of numbering her husband.
She is now 70 years Of age, and committed
the crime five years ago Gould jealousy
hare been the cause There are to be seen
SO who arc under . years Of age. The
youngest member war only II cas- OF are,
and in for rape. Fer The benefit Il the zach
elors of our city lei me ststs that within the
les. two years there have been one hundred
and twenty one bachelor conyicts within
the walls Of our reniicnt nry-l2l out Of
lyl-,he whole number of cot vic's. This
should convince the most stubborn old
bach that female society is one Of the great
est reformers.
Lest winter the Legislature appropriated
about forty thousand dol ars to be oxnend-
I'd in the extension Of tho building contain.
ing the cells. This extension is t. be III
feat in length by i5 feet wide. and 25 fee,
high, containing about 40 cells which sre
three tisrs high, built in the center of the
building, sncircled by corridor about eight
feet wide. The second third tiers are reach
ed by balconies and iron stair cases at one
end Of the building. Each cell is three fec,
vide, seven feet long, aud seven feet high,
to which access 10 had through . door way
feet wide and feet Q inches high. On
one Of its jambs hangs . very strong, heavy
door OF wrou sht iron.
tits . mystery 70 me how any one, after
seeing one Of these little cages, could evsI
take up their abode in il, or commit any
crime or misdemeanor which would compe
them to be banished from society and from
all that is good and beautiful, 10 take up ,
residence among the vile, and be surround
ed with everything that tends 10 depression
and degradation.
| | believe that all our youth should b,
SHOWN into and be made acquainted will
the looks Of our prisons, and how the con
victs are punished. The impressions tn I'D,
upon the mind Of the youth are very apt /,
stay with them through life. And ! OH
sure there Is no youth that would carr,
away from the enclosures Of a prise on a fay
orabc opinion OF it.
Within the prison walls arc 10 be found
several shops where different articles ar,
manufactured - agricultural implcmcnti
taking the lead. Cooperagc is the next larg
eat brsnch thA. the con,lcts devote Their
time to. Everything looked clean and or
derry as one could wish, and should iulg'
that ,hc discipline was of the best A few
years ago had some husiness in this ONE
WHIT auie sbu, beautiful CITY. lthad a sor
81 TIE illness or lcwHtss about ~, not il
lsui ding, bat IN tasteful }ard' aud q ounai
tarteandshg tie noncs oil IS c5uzeus. a,
] look a. thpm TO-DAY, the time appeaI,
{ re times AZ iaag rs Il rally is; and il i,
alt he tributel to the rapid growth O
the trees ana fine taste displayed in arraug
ing ZEN about tho large lots upon whie
thcy are huilt. he f.. Madison peopl,
isNe shown more taste and r hnemcnt il
thsir gardens aud grounds than i'll any 9th
or city which have had the pleasure - Wis
=, west Of the Mississippi river. We kno
more oi them by these little things thar
they can tell US, for we reach the inner life
tat which is becoming for us TO show am
talk about among ourselves but not TO tel
10 strangers for fear of being called sen,i
men,al and egotistical.
| The high slcping bluff which iuns along
BY til, side Of tho town is now showing
what the German element is about. Tn,
trim little stakes set Mt regular intervals
and IN rows, tell that there is a whey ard
and ia few more Yeas the green smooth
slope will be thing Of the past at this sea.
son OF the year, grapes and vines SUPERB d.
ing the yelvety turf, the ornamental TO bs
pushed AZ dc for thu useful and more prof
liable