Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-06
RIVER NEWS.

The extreme cold weather has filed the
river with ice - that the ferry boat has re-
tired 70 winter quarters once more.
Reports are rather diieouragipg frem the
lever river. fer the early opesing sf na,i-
gstios. A Adispstsh to Mr. r. n. Prsttyosa,
agent Of the Northern Line, st this city.
says the steamer Tassay 10 laid up ss
Grand Tower. 100 niles below 81. Lsuis,
on account Of the ice Il 10 running hsavi.
y ss Cslsobss. Ky.. some 20 nilss below
Cairo, With the prospects Of esnsinUsnse
Of the same fer some days to come.
The Geo. 8. Weeks. that wss sxpsstsd
here week sgs. cane up - fas nuscatiss
and then returned 10 st. Louis.
The Peter Balen waited st Auscatine
about ten days. but finding that she could
come no further, loaded and left for St.
Louis. She poets to start up the Nilsson
ri for the mountains next month.
The Mollie MePiks vas advertised to
leave St. Louis for this point last Monday.
With the river nearly closed and the ther-
momster several degrees below zero, her
arrival 10 considered doubtful.
A dispatch from Capt. 4. Q. Ross,
Washington, D. c.. Was read on Change
At Cincinnsti on Monday, announcing the
passage Of bill reluiring bridges across
Western rivers 70 be Of 400 feet span.
The steamer Savanna VAS to leave Pitts.
bureh for these waters March 1st. Moth.
ing has yet been heard Of her. but % Il
will take ten days to bring her here the ice
may run out before the time 10 up. She
win hardly come unless il does.
The new and splendid steamer Mime
opolis, which will create sensation With
out doubt, has orders to leave Pittsburgh
on the tenth Of April, but should the
weather become warm, TO start ten days
ssrliss than that date. She 10 the eoun-
tsrpart Of the Dubuque. and thoroughly and
elegantly equipped throughout.
The steamer Ksithsburg lies uess Meat.
ssss, ssd 10 undergoing rspsirs. Last fell
she broke one .of her isylindsrs. A rev
one hes been manufactured and now lice il
st. Louis. Il was 70 have been ssnt up
before this time on the Nsv Boston.
Captain Bufcrd. who has just returned
from St. Louis, says that business will
open with down stream frsights at about
twenty cents. and upstream ct twenty Eve.
The boats are oil ready. with enc exception.
and just - quick Ias the ice admits, W
may lock out for the shrill echoes Of their
whistles.
The N. o. Ballstin Of the 5tt., tsys;
Those interested II the success Of the
bulk grainlsnd bsrgs movement South will
be pleased to lesrn that che Mississippi
Valley Transportation Company's steamer
Shark, due this morning. has in TOW ssveo
bargss, containing &c. .097 packages, 4o,907
bushels bulk corn, and 33,O75 bushels bulk
wheat = in all over 5000 tons, whick makes
up tho heaviest shipment ever 6oatsd on
the Mississippi river.
OasAn ExslsrrioH. Tho organ built BY
Steer L Turner, for lst Congregational
church in Hartford, Was exhibited at the
spacious factory where il was made on
Wednesday, Dec. l6. BY T. J. Guy, Of
Trey. N. Y. There was . large number
Of persons present, who were delighted
With the tones Of this instrument. The
Republican, in neticing the exhibition, re-
marks q fellsws :-"Mr. Guy 10 we'll
known % the finest organist aud the lead
ing music master Of Troy, and On this 90.
easion did himself much credit. His sclsc-
tions included the overture 10 the Poet
and Peasant, fugus from Handsrs judas
bits frem Ba.tists, variations
on popular airs, &c, and we're oil employed
expertly to show the capabilities OF the
srgsn. After . thorough examination both
in general and in detail, he expressed him.
SELF highly plssssd with it. The cost Of
the instrument 10 $3, 500. Althoughit has
bot 80 stops, its volume 10 three times that
Of any organ in Springfield Of the same
registered dimensions The full organ
effect 10 very brilliant, and would make
telling comp panymsnt for . chorus Of
hundred voices. Among the finest single
stops in the clarinet, which Of course be-
ing reedy, are remarkably round and pure.
At the same time the diapassns are bright
and clear the msoda exceedingly sweet,
and the gambia and salicional good imits-
tion Of string tone. The case OF the instru'
ment 10 black walnut. but large part Of
the front is taken up with pipes. 'illumin~
Ated,' as 10 the fashion new days. The
swell box is in full view. and there % no
woodwork or anything else to veil the tone,
or prevent the organ from speaking ns
best. Mr.. George Kingslsy, Of Nortbamp-
ton, Was expected to be present at the
opening, but wss unavoidably prevented
from doing 20, much 10 the disap ppo,ntmsnt
Of many who hoped to hear him.-lSpriog-
6eld Republican.
Tns LuxsEs IxrsRssr. Tho r. I. Union
has reports from the pinesiss that ere Of ~
encouraging character. Heavy falls Of snow
have afforded excellent facilities for log
ging, and An immense number Of logs have