Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-05
DAVENPORT, IOWA. TUESDAY, JANUARY s. 1869.

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thrown across the Iowa at the head Of
the Trace By which . fall Of some
six feet is secured. Here maguill cient
povsr viii bs gaissd sufficient 70 drive
the machinery Of half . dessn
mills and factories :throushout the
yeaS. The success u this work oannet
fail = give Msrsoge . COED start 10 The line
ef oanuiAsteries.
The 0afeses Wssies Cempvny have
built 1fst class steam wselsn factery 10
The eastern part u the tewn. THIS ss-
tstlishment 10 substantial brick structure
costing with ito usehinsry evsr 125. 900.
We learn from ito massgsrs that il 10 de-
Ing dourishing business, and that more
orders ere received for it, cloths than can
b 6llsd.
Near the city 6ns brewery 10 also 10
suecsssful operation. This estsblishmsst
vas srrcted st cost Of some Is, 900, and
Ne are told By its owner, Ar. Penney, is
paying finely.
Nssf the depot wagon and carrisgs
msnuiasterv. owned BY J. s. Kesns 1 Go.
10 tuening out wagons, carriages, plows
ETC., 10 large numbers. The 6rm employs
about about dozen men, and are crowded
with work.
Jsssph Sehmoksy, 10 alss engaged in
the same line Of work. His wagons ere
precsuncsd 6rst class, ana are sod - fast
- they ere made.
Phillip veglsr, nanufaet ures largely.
Oos Of bic wsgoss obtained premium at
the last iOounty Fair. q connection With
bic waIoa mandatory, be also cwns
beeeksmith shop, and claims that his horse
shoes oannst b sxesllsd.
The only machine shop 10 ownsd aud
managed BY Chas. Ecxasd. NJ. EeAa-d il
6fet-slass mechanic, and bis wesh will
compare iaverably with that turned cut Of
any shop in the tewn.
Ben. Liddle easriee On one Of The largest
blaekemtthinG establishnsnts in The tewn.
SCHOOLS Axp cHuncnls.
During the past summer splssdid brick
public sehosl sdiace has besn crested. Il
IL one Of the largest and best 6sishsd IL
the otate, and cost ssms el6 900. 6ix
teachers ass smplsysd, and mere than four
hundred scholarS are 10 daily attend.
anee.
The church sdi6css, si which there ere
fsIr, Pfesbytsriss, Methodist, Christiaa
and Catholic, are hardly up to the standard,
and compliosnt neither The enterprise o.
ltberalitv Of their respective sscissies.
ospsBs AND seclsrlRs.
The Nasens, Odd Fslldws, Coed Temp.
lars, end Grand Army ef the Republic. all
have large and dsurishing societies. The
private halls ef theee orders are large
aad comfortable. There d but one public
hail (Beupris) In the town. A larger and
mere eenvsnisnt enc 70 nssdsd sadly.
ass Ave In numbsr-the Clifton, Nasssgo.
Peter, Resbuck and Lafayette. The Oiife
ten and Aarenge are the TIVE principal
houses, and are the beet .; their class. The
arst, ksptby Al Edgstt, il a. comfortable
. place % enc would care to stop 1t, and
enc Of the best On the railread. We can
recommend il 70 the travsling pnbiio gen
:r.lls: The latter, kept BY Mr.. john Gone,
10 . large sud -all managed house. and
is second to noee. what kc h... ..;S i1 or
the Clifton House will apply equally we'll 10
the Aarsngo House.
BUSINESS MEN AND noUsss.
We have neither time nsr space to men.
tisn oil the business houses Of the city,
We shall eon1as ourselves, therefore, to
these which appeared to Us to bs most
preminent.
First in the line Of dry gesds are Shsuer
man Bros. They have the largest stock,
and, uodsubtsdly, do the largest business.
Commencing few years age viii, compaf.
ativsly nothing, they nov stand At the bead
Of the busiasss houses, and deserve the
position from their uniform enterprise and
fair dealing. The amount Of thsiv yearly
sales must be enormous, - they eoutrol
great deal Of the trade Of the country for
thirty miles south end west. Their stock
10 one Of the largest We have yet seen in
the State and comprises everything to be
had Of any house in any inland town.
They are heavy dealers in wool and buy
about al that 10 shipped from this station.
With true business ssgacity they are plac.
ing their surplus capital into real estate,
and already own eoms Of the best houses
and property in The city.
1hs leading hardware dealers are Messrs.
Libby L Martin. Their stock occupies .
room seventy feet in length and crowds it
70 its u;msst capacity. II 10 certainly the
hnsst assortment W have seen wsst Of the
river towns. Their business is large and
Aourishing.
They alss deal extensively in agricultural
implements and farming tesls. Everything
that farmer ever heard Of In the way of
improvsd machinery will bs found in thsir
stock.
In drnes We have he two houses Of E.
O. Alvsrson and 8. W. Williams. Ms. Al>
verson has % cemplets stock - We have
assortment Of "csrs- alis," be keeps oil the
standard patent medicines 81 the day. His
stock Of fancy articles is particularly we'll
selected. One eide q his establishment 10
devoted ts schssl books and stationery, Of
which b has large supply.
Mr.. Williams also has IN extensive stock
comprising everything usually kept In .
2rst clsss drug estsblis.msnt. All approv-
"a medicines will 30 found upon his
ehelves. He has alec alde1 scheel beck
and statisnsfy department, and will deal
- libsral.y - asy ether hsuss.
1n groceries there several 1rst class -.
taelishmsats Amsng the feesnest Of thee
will b found eur friend 3. N. Rsdmar -
1hts genlleuAn came out Of the army In
1854 With ceuple Of hundred dollars in
bousty 0sasy aed nisus bio right aso.-
With HE nensy b started himself il the
grocery business, ssd BY % honorable sad
0pright csusss ef 6sali1g has placed hin.
eelf q The hsaA ef enc u lhe leadisg houses
sf bic town. Hs stesk b large and we'll
asserted. He ssisys large trade aud 10
rsgardsa % ene 81 Tie most ssgacioas and
pnl2nhlo anolaxa = MaronS~s W. vieh him