Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-12

this city On the lfsA last, at the head.
Qasrters Of the cenpsny. s
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The Joussal 10 of The spisisn that The
Mosestine. Upton 1 Anamo,a Railroad 10
sore 10 ss seoplsssd. We hope %.
Tss aosedosnt 70 the charter oe he
Resk kford. Rock Island 1 St. Louis r r.
has beea sueadsd 10 - to allow tewnships
to vsts . tax in aid Of the road.
RossRr KsAcss has IN immense stock
Of ready m,ds Clothing nov on hand
which will be offered to the trade At very
low figures. Everybody interested in the
cheap purchase Of wearing apparel is in
vited 10 ccms and examine the goods.
The trade will find no better place in the
city TO buy good stock for small amount
Of money.
TIE Hsxr LEcruas.-Aftsr long cores
psndsnce. tbs Library Association have
secured the services Of Mssss Colt Tyler,
enc Of the mont popular lecturers Of the
day, 70 deliver the next lecture Of the
coarse. Il will BE- a The Opera House on
Tuesday evening Of merit week March l6th)
We are net Informed of The subject. II
will be announced in due time.
RsAsoxABLs SrArsnsn1.--It 10 . rscog
aised fact. known to oil that Il 10 economy
to buy the best In almost every depart
ment Of the necessaries OF life. 1t becomes
apparent I. all. Who ore in tho habit OF
purchssing their groceries at the well
known store Of Parks 4 Hesmsr, correr Of
Fourth and Brady streets. The very best
Of every thing is always found here. For
choice groceries they have the best stock
| in the city.
AAaIc.-A large audience were present
last night at Metropolitan Hall. As before
shs iilsssons, vsntriloquism, Ao.. received
the hearty spplauss Of the audience. In
the distribution Of prsssnts. . gentleman
from East Davenport drew large pa, .o-
ssfa. which was the priseipsl prize. To-
eisht chips tea Get, ~ pieces will be
given away 10 some one. The presents
distributed lsst night gave universal satis>
faction. Ifyeu want % laugh - night. 60
aud hear Prof. MARITIME on veutrilc quism.
ExrsnraisIxo.-Th people cf Muscatine
county ere going 10 have . CouAty Fai,
next fall. They have fxed the time for
holding It on the 7th, s.h, aud 9th Of Sep
tember next.
No cash premiums are TO be offered. ex.
cspta citizenA' purse of 500 for the best
horse, and three promiums-twooft25 each
and one Of el0-for velocipsds riding; this
70 bs paid also BY contributions from ci,i
zsns. All the other premiums are 10 be in
diplomss Or favorable mention. 6uel Fss-
ter has been appointed COMMITTEE on velo-
cipedss.
AvnRaloUs DIsAPPRAaAncE-AW WoHAN
Nlssixc Sizes TussDAY.-Moat Of our West
Davenport readers will recolIect . woman
named Mrs. Yagsr. who usually gees about
The city With two baskets containing articles
Of food, which shs peddlss from house 70
hOuss, or 10 customers where she may
chancs to 6nd them. She lives 10 the vici.
nlty OF Warren Street near Second. Last
Tuesday afternoon. about 6ve o'clock. she
was seen to 60 on to the ferry bost,-snes
which time nothing has been seen or heard
Of her. One Of her baskets Was afterwards
found on the boat. which gave rise to the
suspicion that she might have fallen sG
into the river. Her friends have been
making diligsnt inquiry for the rast two
days, but without learning anything sa.is-
factory. There were reports in the lower
part Of the city yesterday that her body had
been found in the river. bat on inquiry We
learn that such reports arc without foundas
tion. Sho may have landed on the other
side Of the river without being noticed par
ticularly, and by accident left her basket.
She was woman about forty .fve years Of
age, dark compile xion, and Of German nativ-
ity. Any information that will lead to the
discovery OF her Whereabouts, will be thank
fully received by her husband in this city.
TnB East DAvaNPoaf RoAD CAsR.-
Since the appearance Of the notice In last
evenings DEMocsAr, in reference to the lo-
cation Of the river road from the Arsenal
Brewery to the city limits. We have consult
ed several Of our leading citizens, and ind
there 10 strong feeling in favor ofrs.open
lug the road where 1t Was originally located
along the bank Of the river. There seems
to Be- snly emo opinion about the matter, and
that 10. thst the Ssprrvisers should insis,
on such location; that they should defer d.
action until such time a. they can lay the
matter before the City Council. which will
probably BE sufficient to secure favorable
ac.ien on the part Of that body. We fur
thee lesrn that whom Mr. Watkins sold the
Arsenal Brewery property, hs reserved the
land betwsss the building and the river for
street purposes, and that il wss 90 placed
On record with the deed. Thus that part
Of the expense Of re-epsning the read 10
savsd; cad, further. be = ready to contrib
ute reasonable amount towards the addi-
sional sxpsose. The city cannot afford to
nsglsct tiis matter. The people Of Moline
are vide awake % their interests, and when
their ferry is put into operation they ex
pect to get large share Of the trade Of
Pleasant Valley, L. Clairs, Princstea, But
Ter. snd . part Of Lissoln tswnships. They
will give mere fss their produesiens, and
sell them goods cheaper, besi lee giving
them free ferryase to induce them to 60
there for Their csol. Heur and goods. By
fencing in the city - is done BY keeping
this road closed, We very materially aid
them agaiast our own istsrssss. At least.
10 lose I'll the retail trade Of Gilbert
Tswn, Pleasant Valley aad Ls Clsirs,
Whsrsas with the read opcsed end the
street cars running - their ferry, we shall
secure u ell. That Il 70 dssisosd to run
the street cars to connect With this ferry,
there is the best possible evidence. A sob
scription paper 10 already in circulation