Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-13
DAVENPORT, IOWA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 13. 1868.


Daveapors.
Under this caption, Thompson, 81 she
Wilton CArssiels. gsts o6 The So'lswise 10
estious ssmarks, which ~ commend 70 the
careful attention Of our ysuag people:
W have licked ovss the city of leny ~
pirstieus and gigantic aehievsment:, sse
iound il to b tie great Fen Ted q tevA
a. JsAssssphat q IL West. 0souooos q
nssieoal enesrpsiss 81 Wsgesa sgee -
eushinely write aets pGstie1Iaeiy q nv
featuses that vill aix ~ inee toa1aeIs
ahape. rather than ef theee With Whish the
peeplc Of this section sss already fauilias.
Davenpsrt looks slick. staschy aad clean -
The principle streets, svsa these muddy
t;m.s II coulds't very veil look otherwise
with the washing il gsts- The cuildinss
ere Ill painted and whitswoensd, business
places rag out gorgeous, and The prsprlessrs
are all politensse and aHaeilisys good ma
tursd and psrtly. having The appsaranss.
corporally, Of aspiring 70 sn aldssmaocy...
The ladies are similar 70 the houses. and
every one you meet 10 better looking than
The other. All Of 'sm pretty, spicy, and
aerseably dsvilish. which makes il very
desirable location for IN anti-mateimsn:al
society. for the mutual pretsesisa Of young
men Of limited means. BY frequent bat
raising and aristocratisally intended obsis-
ancs 10 the numerous cfinslinsd divinitise
wbo:csntrsl their afFestiens, the young mes
have acquired supple and Sistiasss ap-
pesssnes. aad 70 Wild in th<ir efforts - -.
tsrtsin their heart busters vilA fe0aoo ond
elsousnt passages from Tsnuysen. They
eli cultivsts pessfy and smsllsfs, bootjaek
tenn eats and contemplate marriage q sigh-
teen, clerk 10 dry gssds Stores fse . pretty
healthy salary and bslsag 70 The Assds's-
eohn.
Il rains in Davenport every i've hours
aaA spills down the next two Ses feustsee
wseks at ! stretsh, then the vind shills aad
they have little rain Tor change. Al The
north side Of the city abruptly risss chain
Of prominent dsclivitiss. and the ameunt el
water that psurs dswn through The city
ffem theee ieimuoooe. The saseets ore slt-
@ filled completely the side walks overflow
Cd. cellars fillsd, and thisgs msvsabls 1sat
mejsstically into the Mississippi. By con-
steat paastics The citizens have eequlred the
habit Of transferring ths0sslvse - esos-
thing thst won't 6ost With ss0ezkAble ~
pidlty. They commence cliobisg for the
second story Of brown stone front with
the first sprinkle. In conssquset Of thee
Heods, incidents occasienally eeeus that aSs
luxuriously romantic. A yeung lady. in
crossing one Of the principal etrssls, sncoun-
tered frsshst and wss under fall hssdway
fer New Orleans without baggage q tickets
whom she was 6shed cut three blocks bslew
| in most dsplorabls state ei s6sminats d.
mesilisation. With heroic iertitsds Tie
efatsiul and ees6ding little ssiltss tusnsd
her dove like orbs upen the sublime eouuse-
nance ef The James Augustus who bed done
the fishing, and % the tears filled her levsly
| luminarieo and ran in little rivulets On 20
ruined 6nsry, she tsld him 70 take her, she
was his'n. and softly her sylph-liks form
swoonsd on his vest pattern. b 90 hoo.
Everybody vent int chroaie state ofrhap-
sodies and enthusiastically wanted to help
wiring her out. Such occurrences are not
frequent however, and young men living In
the country shouldn't make general rush
for Davenport expecting - find youag ladies
Heating around very thick, for you eaa
sotch 'sm quicker and in bstesr trim on
dry land. Incidents that border On he
issssdibls are spoken Of - having ss-
eurrsd, sad read nshy, ono Of which 10
thus: A dSsyma was ons day seen cling
ing 70 back street fence With one hand snd
with the other to . pair Of leather lines
which were fastened to something beneath
the chaos Of mud. A p,sssr By, inquising
what va up. wss informed y Jshu that
he had team under there somewhere and
was waitisg for them 70 wash out, and hs
looked anxiously toward the hills iof the
never falling whsvsvith that was expected
to do the washing.
While their calamitiss sfs few and cone
singly, prsisswerthy objects are upsn every
side. Immense mschiss shops, fsundfies
and mauufactoriss Of oil kinds, driven By
the most powerful machinery. are in all
parts Of the city. These are not only Of
benefit to the place in which they are loca-
ted but to the whole State, and are what
Iowa needs to fully develop the inexhausta-
bic resources of tho great west. Daven-
port is point Of which manufacturers and
men with money 10 invest prophesy .
growth that will eventually make Il the
commercial centre Of the broad pvairiss b.
yond the Mississippi. Money with alavish
hand 10 expended upon her public and prI-
| vats Improvements, and the Influx Of wealth
and labor, and the unparalleled activity in
oil branshss Of trade, and the rapidity with
which new Improvements are going on in
dicats that the prediction 10 NO idle Or
unmsaning boast, but that the geographi-
cal situation is naturally oil that 10 wanted,
and that it has been we'll studied. The
Gazette and DsnecRAf are The leading ex-
pouants Of the opposite party priusiplss.-
We are going to Davenport again soon, and
will pick up few more items, il The citi-
xsns don't sse this and take . notien to
mob 10.