Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-04

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TRE amount Of lumber sold or boug b
for consumption in Rock Island and Molin
in 1868, was, according to the Union, 20.
b6o. 600 feet, o,7oO. 900 singles, ard 9.4Oo,
900 lath.
with all the routes, timetables, and dis
tancs cards-all up 10 tms-now ready
for the public, and should be ia III,
hands OF every traveller. Call for It .,
the news dspots.
Ne Hsspitals, in Europe Or America
have - many patients ~ Dr.. Wolcott, 17C
chatham square, N. Y, where all can tes,
tree OF cost. Wolcott's Annihilator, fol
CatArrh, or wolcett's Pain Paint for the
immediate removal Of all pain. and certain
cure Of diseases. Buy mono unless 10 white
wrappers.
RssIDENcB TRANsrRR.-Ths sIsgant brick
residence and spacious grounds, southwes,
corner Of Farnam and Eighth streets, be-
lsnging to P. Oliphant. Esq, has bssn pur-
chased BY Nathaniel Van Tuyl, the aue-
tiesssr. for $4,000; and 10 probably the
cheapest property at that price, that has
been sold in Davenport for soms time.
RAiLnoAD MssryHo.-Ths people Of No
line have . meeting this evening for the
purpose Of discussing the matter Of giving
aid to the Western Union Railroad and the
Sterling Railroad, to enable them 10 come,
sid Moline, 70 Rock Island. The people sl
Rock Island would like to hold . similsr
meeting, II they dared but they are 90
completely under p. l.. Cables thumb that
they dare not wink until they see which
way h, locks.
CaRIsrIAH =. Koca, has just returned
from New York, where he has completed
Oil arrangements for securing . patent on
bis machine for raising water. He informs
Us that patent will be issued in the course
Of = month in Pittsburgh, and will be here
vnd running in afew weeks. The machine
will draw water almost any depth, accord
ing to the power used. and throw it high
enough to extinguisa any frs, and supply
houses. &c., with water.
TnE people Of Rock Island want their
Legislature to pass . Law preventing the
collection Of railroad subscriptions that are
voted conditionallv. and the conditions not
lived up to by tho company. We would
like to see the company that could collect
such a subscription if the people didn't want
to pay 1t. Hewsver, get your Legislative
enactment, and il will prevent the P. 1 n.
|. Il. X. 90. from putting their thumb on
your breathing apparatus and demanding
the t5o, 900 voted TO their stock:
"WlRRr rKIsp."-"korkuses' are handy
-sone men believe in them because they are
handy-and as general thing they arc
productive Of good, but who ever heard ei
= private 'korkus" Of school teachers .,
an lnstituts-a "korkus" Of city teachers
at a County Institute. Such an one wal
held yesterday At the Institute and for feaI
our friends from the country might be sus-
picious Of that "korkus" ws will say that
they were not plotting treason, nor canvass
in - for th> ,,urpnsa f cvn 9, ;n~ uv IN =,
Gus measure to vote in tho Institute, but
simply for advising the city teachers Il
attend Mr.. Jervis' lecture. "Werry kind
indeed" How grateful the city teacher
must be for such advics-to bs permitted
to 80. But then there WAS nothing wronl
in that; Of course net. The City Supsrin
tendsnl said he had heard that On effor
had been made TO keep teachers from 60
ing--strange, isn't,-and he would advis
them to 90. "Werry kind in him.'
Now 10 the point, who advis ed them no
to go, Mr.. Kissell, learning Of such 81
effort being made, had the teachers Gale
Together for tho purpose Of eondemn ming tn
effort made to keep them from going. A
s ate Superintendent. and censsqusntl.
entitled to DO heard At an inatituts Of hi
own calling, he 10 effect, told the city Eu
psrintendent. the effort to prevent an al
tendance at the lecture, must Be stopped
denied ito author-taksn back-and %
County Tsachers, at your requsst, We hav
told you the purpsss Of the "Korkus," an
IL reflects hsner upon The State Supsrir
ssudent for bic prompt unprsjudiced sctiss
The lecture ssos attended, and - whole
was geod ere.
! LRcruns LAST EvsNIxs.-Ths lecture b
Mr. L. |. Jarvis. .. Metropolitan Hall. las
evening. was . decidedly 6ns effort. Th
subject selected vas "Ths. Tsaeher and th
| scholar" II vaa handled in an interostiu