The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-08-24
The Mason Testimonial.

The Scientific .Hrnerican publishes list
Of the contributors 10 the fund which it
proposed should be raised 10 present n
service Of plate, or some other suitable
testimonial to the Hon. Charles NJ ason,
Commits ioncr Of Patents, on his retire
ment from that Office. Tie subscriptions
thus published up to the second day Of
August, amount to eighty dollars. -
And yet there's room. Subscriptions By
mail should be directed TO S. T. 81 ubert
Esq, Washington City.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 22-Th9 authorities
for medical aid. They stare the fever to
be still on the increase ~.
PROVIDENCE, Aug 81 -Tev. Dr. Sears
Nas this morning unanimously elected
President OF Brown University.
Nlw ORLEANS, Aug ~ -Pcase Dem
ocraic candidate fer Governor, IS chosen
in Texas BY several thousand majo,lty -
The whole State ticket is chosen, and Mat
Ward elected to Congress from lhe East
ern district.
BALTIMORE Aug. 2i. The deaths al
Norfolk rem fever for I8 hours ending
Monday noon were % at Portsmouth
same period II
NEW IoRk, Ang. 81. The *. n. Is
made their city nominations last evening"
IN separate conventions, and afterwards
met at Palace Hall to ratiry the proceed.
irgs. The attendance was quite full. and
the meeting harmonious. The nominees
are about equllIy divided tc.wecn the
Wings and Democrats.
The Wing primary election took place
this 4, NJ There was considerable oppo-
slllon in several Wards and ia one instance
] the balio' boxes were broken up.
ST. Louis. Aug. 2l.-Thcre are ru-
mets ~ judge T. more in Kansas resisting
! the G.ner~i Government. lie says Pierce
! has no right 10 remove him, because he
cannot interfere with the Judiciary
/ One hundred persons had died OF the
cholera al Fort Riley at last dates.
Tn Territory is suffering from heavy
rains Bridges have been swept away,
md the streams arc mol fordablc.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2l-The Bucks
County Agricultural Convention com
menced to-day. Twenty thousand people
were tn the ground. The NJ chanical Hal
was crowded with specimens Of manufac
ture. Horace Greeley delivered an ad
dress on the subject of lndustri Pro
gress as ex mplifed in the London, New
/ York and Paris exhibitions
The decision Of the Supreme Court il
the pa.snore Williamson case will preb
ably be announced in few DAYS. Tn,
case WIS argued on the last day of the scs
zion at Bedford and the Judges desires
to examine the authorities quoted in tn,
argnmen, before deciding. This WAS i'm
possible at Bedford. There will be Nc
unnecessary delay in announcing the re
suit in the application.
TnK HELEN JEwErr MunDER-Exrrc
TED DEyELopMEsTs.- gentleman Of til
city has come into possession Of a manu-
script, said to be the lie of Richard +
Robinson, written by himself. in which al
The facts aud circumstances come ctct
with the memorable murder OF Heller
Jewett IN New ork, rome twenty year
ago, are set forth in light, rumor says
which will change the current conviction
OF Rooinson's guilt. Robinson, W no diet
at the ualt House. Louisville, Ky, on tn,
ON instant, had been rojourning there 70
several years under the nom de plume 0
Richard Parmely. Ii is probable tha
these revelations will be gwen to The pub
lic at an early day Baif,mors Sun.
II The receipts of the pennsyIyani,
Railroad for the month of July las
amounted 10 S307 1854. During tn
sa'ne month last year the receipts wer