The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-11-22

the Congressional vote in August. is 40
-. II. Sooman, Black Dem. elected TO
Convention.
IF keokuk editors claim that two thou
SAM houses have gone up there this year.
when every body knows there is MOI a town
upon the Mississippi, from Lake PENN to New
orieans, excepting ST. Louis, tina, has two
thousand houses altogether. III Iawkeye.
We deem this mode of quoting sKeokuk
papers" unfair and discourteous. The Keo.
kuk papers differ as widely in other matters
as they do IN politics, and to attribute
what one OF them says to all does Injustice
10 two out of three Of them
In the case referred to we actually ridi-
culed the boast of the Post, and vet the
Hdickeye makes US partakers Of and equally
responsibef for its folly.
The number of buildings put up here the
past season falls far short of two thou
sand, yet exceeds that of any other town on
the rlver We doubt not, Judging from general
report and our own observation.
Our population too, we would remind the
HaTkeye, as shown by the Presidential vote.
Is larger than that of Burlington. And we
have now ontstripped the old Metropolis in
population, as We had long since done in i'm
prorements and business We are satisfied
WIDOW BsRoS.-The widow Of Lord
byron has sent n contribution of G5
pounds sterling $3.50 to ala the suf
fering freemen and free women in Kan
requesting that i, should not be en-
rioyed for the purchase of arms, but .sto-
wards the relief of sufferers She saws
III Is intended as IN expression of sympa.
'hF with those who have resisted oppression
IL the hazard of life and property"
AZ lrKx 10 COMPARE BY.-A According 10
the Davenport Ga-etie there have been ten
of'eS yards IN operation in that city during
Tue present season. These yards have man
aiaeiared s,s5o,010 bricks, 7,-l5 900 Of
which have been laid this summer. We ,ra.
sumo mat Davenport has been improving this
season ms rapidly as any town above ~ ON
the river, yet in heokak there have bren
t"enty-three brick yards in active oneratinn
ana OF their products - ,0o0, 900 bricks have
laid.
W The telegraph of the 18th, at Bait.
more, said
governor Wise, Of Virginia, passed
through here to-day en- route Tor Lancaster.
"a, on anslt, II Is presumed. to james Ba
chanan.'
And these visits u Democratic disunion-
ists 10 their President elect are not withou,
paohe Importance. Let people live with their
eyes open for the next -four years. for the
Trends OF this Republic have never had that
cause for anxiety and watchfulness which they
now have.
Y The number Of persons disqualified
from rotsng by the new constitutional pro-
viss3ni IN Connecticut, which limits the right
OF suffrage to those able to read. is only
- ~ small u ratio Of popupulation I'M
Aois 10 READ could not be found outside OF
New England,
~ The celebrated firm If Fox, Hena.r
= -, ei Lonaon, have suspended payment.
PRIVATE letters from London express many
fears relative 10 the state az financial ma,
'ers IN France, where a crisis may happen a,
any moment.
iHE Ctriks on l0@..-Only two cities ia
Ills state cas-, as large vote al the late elee
Ton as keokak, VIZ Dubuque and Dayen-
port, Inc largest vote having heen east nv
uubuqne ~
lV ihe report is contrajicted tia, the
city couae'i Of Wheeling have been compelled
70 order the sprinkling carts to moisten tho
bed Oh The ONO, al that point, To keep the
dust down.
i. X. srBscRirTi,..At The late election.
Mills county voted TO subscribe $3.50 mo in
the Darlington and Missouri River Railroad.