Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-18
THE CITY.

II. PoLLACx L Co.-Corssr Second and
Brady st., are positively selling out st cost
70 close business. This IL No humbug.
Miss HALsv, . Davsopsss girl. tssk The
nsst prize Tor being the bsst lsdy skater q
Rock Island % Saturday aitssnsss.
Splr. SIR, BAwx, aAwg.-why Aen's
ysu use woieotts Aanihilatos os-pist bet
ties el-and get rid Of CAtarrh lis sslc
BY al drugsists.
PatvArs Hor.-Ths yeung people sf this
city are going 10 have . private hop ct the
Opera Hsuss on Friday evening II this
week. The psrtv is 70 be select.
FARswELL LuScn Il will be pleased 70
see my old friends and customers 1t the
Morning Star this evening. A good lunch.
&c. BunKsLL.
Tns State Agricultural Society have
postponed the location Of the State Fair
for four weeks, TO give competing rsints
time to bring up their subs sriptions. They
needn't vait for Dsvsnport, - II can't cone
here withsu. paying fer che privilege.
TnE Ps,ss FIsar. Yeang Delaney. enc
Of the prineipals 10 the fight reported last
week, tells us that the Aght grew oot sf no
difficulty about wsmas, but that hs was
challenged By Howard, a,d Afterwards cot
upon By him ~ time when several othsn
Of the Howard family we're present, .vhe
would not show him fair play. Bstssss
them al be wss pretty veil pounded and
bruised. For which the Hswsrd family paid
t55 lns st the police court - Saturday.
Good enough. Fair play next tine.
A Goop PLAx.-Ws lsara that the teach
srs sf the high School propose y sdept The
plan Of givisg fsmllisr lsetusss once week
o. ssas Important educational subjects net
s.braesd in the course Of stsdy. The pss
pile viii - required 70 take netss and rs-
view, at each rseitatios, tas matter Of the
preceding lecture. The plan ~ believe .
Be highly practicable, and enc that may Be
made productive sf gssd results. 10 this
way the scholars may obtain much general
and valuable infornstien. which they would
NOT receive BY . clsss adherence . pre-
scribsd text books. Civil gsvsrnmsnt
botany. mstssrelesy and history are soms
Of the topics proposed, civil govsrnmsn.
being the one taken up a. the present
time.
A MvsrsaY.-Ths Rock Island Union 10
responsible for the following Passenger
who crossed ever 70 Davenport BY the two
o'clock o'clock bridge train, Saturday
afternoon, tell Of . small skiff. empty,
which came rushing down the rapid - the
train WAS passing over The bridge. The
open sheet Of water is gradually Narrowed
by masses cf ice, which come tsgsther just
below the second pier On the Illinois side.
Ga rsaring the bridge. the skin vas caught
for few minutes BY rejecting tsngue ei
ice. and an opp ,rtunity was offered fer
passengers on the train TO notice that there
was . great peel Of blood in the center Of
the boat. Then il VAS swept alsng by The
rapid current and dashed to pieces On the
Zoe below.
Mutual lnPnovRxsNf CLuD.-We learn
that tbs members Of the Liberal Church
congregation have oreauissd what they cal!
a"Mutual improvement Club" with regu-
lar meetings every other week. The design
is to secure a pleasant ~ we'll as profitable
source Of amuss msnt for all who may wish
to attend. The membership is composed
Of active and honorary members. Thsi'
programme as near ~ ws hsvs been able to
learn, is to engage for IN hour Or 20 In
reading or rsci,asions, the honorary members
being lockers on, while the active mem.
bsrs are partakers Of the feast. This j.
followed by social, pleasant time, when it
. expected that all will take part oil BE-
active members. Il may be uncalled fer ~
!. is unsolicited, yet w cannot refrain
from wishing this Club suseess in their very
laudabls enterprise. It 10 . source Of pref
table amusement to beth old and young,
where oil meet On terms Of sscial equality.
The success that has attended the effort.
Of the members Of this sscissy since the
organization Of their church, 10 matter ei
pie .sant CO nnent anosg the friends Of the
society. The time was when the movement
would have met With bitter opposition ffss
every Orthodox sscisty, and that time 10
not long passed either. We have closely
watched the feeling here and have yet to
hear Of single instance whore sppesitisn
has come from any hsnest. fair.misdsd
man es woman. Az . matter Of course
there has been some, but Il has cone from
the ignorant, Or from The nsrrew-mindsd
and bigotsd, aud amounts T. ~ more than
idle wind. With such state Of a6sise the
members Of the Libssal Church oay well be
proud sf their sffsses.
PsenIA D r. I. B. R.-The n. I. Arevs
ssesupts to slur the Davenport director d
this read. bsesuss he vent bew 70 the enc
maa power under which Rock Island nsv
essans and the manu- factories Of this vhsls
section languish. Il also thiaks sus
attssks upon the uanassusst u The rcd
hsvs net benefited the Moline route. VI
fancy siekly smile upon the phis sf the
writer 40 be peuned those words. How
about the little game Of srevding Cabls'a
route through at their meeting the oths'
day! Didn't work, did Il!
Speaking Of Ne committee appointed q
that ms,ting the AsDss says:
That committee viii probably act with I
view Of securing read - Pesfie- The