BOY WANTED to learn the Photographic business, at Morse’s Gallery.
TO BEE KEEPERS. – We are requested to state than an Apiarian Convention will be held at Tipton, Cedar Co., on the 10th prox. at 9 o’clock A. M.
CHOICE STRAWBERRY PLANTS. – We refer to the advertisement of Mr. W. H. Holmes in to-day’s paper. The plants are the best varieties in market.
VICTORINE LOST. – On Wednesday evening, on Rock Island street, between Fourth and Sixth streets. The finder will confer a favor by leaving it at this office.
R. KRAUSE, at No. 36 West Second street, has now a nice stock of ready made clothing for spring wear, all of his own manufacture, which he will sell cheap.
THE TELEGRAPH was down again yesterday between Ottawa and Chicago. We perceive that Chicago is not much better off than we, for dispatches. The lines east of that city have also worked very poorly for some days, and news from the seaboard published by the papers of Chicago has been very meager.
SNOW. – Denizens of this region were much surprised on awakening yesterday morning to find about two inches of snow on the ground and everything outdoor presenting the appearance of midwinter. Under the warm rays of the sun, however, it nearly all disappeared before night. May we not say that this is the last snow of the season?
THE FEDERAL TAX. – The first installment of the tax due from our citizens toward liquidating the interest on the war debt, which is now called for, is two mills, or the same amount as the State tax. Those who have paid their taxes, by examining their receipts, can tell exactly how much is now required of them. The whole amount thus received from our State will be $354,901.93.
BAD ROADS AND MAILS. – The roads are just now in an awful condition to travel. The stage that started for DeWitt yesterday morning, returned after reaching Duck Creek, the driver declaring he could not proceed further, as the roads were worse than the day before, when the mud and water were leg deep to his horses. The carrier of the mail to LeClaire went up on horseback, while the one for Buffalo refused to go at all. A few days of sunshine will make the roads passable.
THE RIVER was clear of ice at Burlington on Thursday evening, and was thought to be open as far up as Oquawka at that time. The steamboats Hannibal and Die Vernon arrived at Keokuk on Sunday last, the ice having gone out that day. We cannot find that there has been any movement of the ice at this point at all; it was reported to have started above the bridge, but we think incorrectly, as the meteorological authorities on that structure have seen nothing of the kind. We are now having our semi-annual trouble about crossing, but it cannot last much longer.
COLLISION. The freight train coming to Rock Island, and that going east from Peoria collided not far from Ottawa on the R. I. R. R. night before last. No lives were lost, but the road was blocked up, so that the express trains could not pass. They consequently exchanged passengers and mails, and each returned, the cars not reaching here till yesterday afternoon, several hours behind time.
DIED.
Of Consumption, on the 21st inst, at 6 ½ o’clock A. M. at residence of Dr. J. McCortney, SAMUEL A. GREEN, aged 24 years.
The funeral will leave the residence of Dr. MCortney on Harrison street, Sunday, at 2 o’clock P. M., for Ste. Marguerite’s church, where services will be performed.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, March 22, 1862, p. 1
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