Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-05

ington with his family. We thus lsss one
Of our most worthy citizens and able scisn'
tfie men.
Too BAD.-Tne GlsetH complains be-
cause We didat put the italics in the right
place, in the Post Office article publishsd
yesterday. We feel bad about it, sery
and don't see how w could make such q
mistake whom il showed up the Gasetts q
completely TO the contempt Of oil ito
friends.
| Co-PARTNsasniP.-T B. Merrill. The
s@sient agent Of the Charter Oak Life In.
sarancs Company. has associated With him
in business A. l. Smith, Esq, we'll known
citizen Of this county. 1sisa star esm oany
and Msssrs. Merrill , Smith are men ol
enterprise and always to be relied upon
Once over Davenport National Bank.
Tss Wilteniaus had two tickets in the
Geld in their recent charter election
politics ignorsd-bser or no bser-ths ques.
tien. They ven. in and "fout,' and It was
decided that such - wanted to drink beer
should drink beer. and those Who oisavs t.
water should have all they can hold
That's all right.
RsstsraY soa rHR Cry ELkcrIoS-As
our city election taxes place this year on
the Sd Of April, il will be necessary for the
City Clerk to prepare from the poll books
Of the last city election, . register Of the
| elections, ~ provided in section Of the
Registry aIw, and post up . copy Of the
same in each ward - soon % TO. morrow,
ttbe stb,) and then furnish the original to
the Board Of Registry. This Board consists
ofths Mayor. Assessors, Clerk and Marshal,
who meet one week previous to the day Of
election, to attend to al corrections. We
presume ali this will bs attended to - the
law requires.
No STEAMBOAT WAN AsrsR ALL.-Ths
rival packet companies have come to the
conelnsisn that it dent pay to 6ght each
other. and so have been holding . private
meeting at the Sherman House, Chicago,
during the past two days TO fix up matters
. little. They took ample time to discuss
the subject and finally concluded to divide
the business Of the river between then,
and to charge the same tsii6s herssfter
The Northern Line will take The tariffs ol
the North western Company from Dubuque
to st. Paul, and the latter company will
adopt the formers rates from Dubuque to
ST. Louis. Thus TIE matter rests for the
| present.
Cons 90 GsIss.-A private telegram from
Chicass states that J. w. Collins, the biga
mist, IN account Of whose doings We pub
lished on Wednesday, has been arrested
From the Journal ws learn that he didn't
succeed in running away with any womsg
from Muscatine.
The Rock Island Arg,s says:
"Ths young lady he married in Rosl
Island succeeded some time ago in obtain
ing divorce, and has since married, aud j.
nov living happily with . man Of mor,
brains and principles. When Collins val
arrested here, his wife had the satisfaction
Of securing . quantity Of his cerrespondence
which showed him 10 be one Of the grand
est scoundrel in existence
McxrGoMsnsy's PArsNf FeRK.-Of late
ysars there has been No more useful invsn'
ton offered to the trade than the one abov,
named. The advantage OF this over th'
srdinafr fork arc that ia eass tine break
snethsr can Be rep.sced Instantly ata tri
Aing cost asd without loss oftims. Shsult
the handle break, the tines can b refitte'
10 another handle In . fsw minutes. Th'
process Of manufacturing gives . nor
uuifsrm texture Of steel then csa b pre-
Aueed BY any ether method. The weigh
10 no more than the common fork. Th'
tinss are VAR antsd not = work lose, 81
IL 10 claimed to bs the strongest best ant
cheapest fork ever offered 10 the public
Ssed for . circular and price list.
l ~A~
DsssIcATsp oDSsn-Amsng the man
inventions which have been brought /
bsar on the preservation Of meats 90,
fru,ts, ncns ere % succsssful - dessics
tisn. The latest article which has bss
dessicatsd 10 cedHsh. Il j. new articl
and hss many obvious Advantage over On
6.h prepared as it has been hsrstofsrs
requires 10 bsiling for one thing. and there
fore the consumer has none Of the unpleal
ant sder Of cooking ish about the house
Il is already prepared for mixing With veg
tables. 1t 10 quickly prepared for th
table, and can b frsshensd in sas nsinst.
It will keep any length Of time-and 10 th
cheapest form ia which fish can be preeul
cd for domestic use. See card 10 anothe
column.
The Lansing CkroNicls records sin
eulae eass Of monomania "A clsrgyoas
Rev. Mr.. Bsyntoa, Vas called upon t. Nil
is.sr TO the spiritual wants Of the Oengrs
gationalis.s in the quiet village sf Wauke'
pretended thst he was about to cone int
: possession sf.an immense fortune st u
east, oourssd very beautiful and intsllisss
, yousg lAdy; solicited subseri ptions 70 u
amount Of several thousand dollars tswar
the erection Of . asw church Aoally &
married started On . wedding teus, afs'
borrowing three hundrsd dsllars from II
. members Of the congregation stopped I
. Prairie do Chem; teok charge Of anoths
u church. and finally returned te wsukoI
where he acknowledged that his wealth "
oil imasiaary, and that be was not, In fac
Il worth cent in the world. In some e,
!. this clergyman would have been coneidsrl
!. . scheming, wicked impos,er. but 10 th
- more advanced period Of public ssntimsn