The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-06-09

nent adds to the population thrifty, useful
and permanent class Of citizens, opens wider
market for homo products, and largely in
creases the aggregate amount of fixed capt.
tel.
The city is indebted to the enterprise Of
Aessrs. kilbourne Davis for the construe-
ton Of very substantial three story Stone
bailding, 90 BY IS fest, on 18th street, be-
tween Main and johnson streets. II 10 fitted
up for Furniture Factory. Tho motive
power i steam engine made BY +. wicker
shsm 4 Son, and |. one Of Tia lssst pisces
81 workmanship ever turned oct wsss Of ~
Mississippi. The Factory il furnished with
the highly finished and excellent machinery
Of Fay 1 Co., Of Cincinnati, and has been
put up under tho superintendsnse Of Ar. W.
4. Plsttsnburgh, and Geo. Holabird, both
very competent and ingenious master work
men. Mr.. Plattsnburgh is the Supsrintcn-
dent OF the Institution, and his superior skill
i attsssed BY the fact that thus fer eli the
ms1hinery pa. mp, however complicated, has
gone Oh finely ct the first pop.
The 6rst floor Of the building il occupied
by . number Of rip and cross-cut saws for
fns and coarse work, morticine machine,
planer, and quite number Of lathes, Ill
which make the chips and saw dust AZ in the
most scientific manner. On the second door
are scroll and tenon saws, boring and other
machines. The third floor 10 inteaded for .
anishing room. All the arrsngements thus
FAR arc complete, and ii is intended to make
it No. establishment.
About twenty men are employed now, but
1t least sixty viii be employed when il gets
under full Roadway. Orders have already
besn received for all the work they can do,
aad they are turning oas bsdsteads 1t
. rapid rate. For the present, sedan fur
niture alone will DO made, such q bedstesds,
lounges, tables, safes, &c. Bat when the
demand shall justify it, the finest kind Of
furniture will be manufactured. The sue
cess Of the establishment. we think is guaran-
tied BY the close figuring Of the proprietors.
SO large m investment Of capital would not
have been made, unless the figures had shown
profit on the right side. Their market viii
certainly be unlimited, and il they can, -
they believe they can, supply The market at
Cincinnati and St. Louis prices with freight
added, their success 10 certain. So mote it
be.
BLACK REPUBLICAN, CONGRESSIONAL Cos
vESTiox.-We understand that the black re-
pulican convention u Ottumws, on the 5th
inst, nominated Col. Curtis for Congress.
The Col. has GOT 20 be . politician very fast
SINCE the April election. Then he was .
"no party" man.-(Times.
False - malicious! The Col. explicitly
stated TO the public meetings which be ad-
dressed that be was firm Republican, but
would not accept the nomination. Of Mayor
- party nomination. Nor did he.
Ar LoGGEaHEADs.--The two Locofoco or
gsns in this city Disagree slightly with ref
ersncs TO the proceedings Of the late caucus
to appoint delegates to the County Nomins-
tisg Convention. Fight dog, fight boar
When there are 50 many demagosass haai-
ms Office, We cannot expect they viii tenant
one house peaceably.
DxArH OF Hon. john NJ. NlLEs.-Hon. J.
i. Niles formerly Senator in Congress
1rom Connecticut, aud Post Mastor Gsasral
'asdsr President Van Buren,, died It Hart
FORD on Saturday last, in the sixty-ninth
year Of his age. He had been i'll for several
months.
q Atchison made several speeches to
tho Ral6ans who were marshsled - . posse
under United States authority to attack
Lawrence, and made this remark to travel
u whom he fell In with eve sre doing
these things under the forms OF Law, but
there il id little Law about it, A
shameless but truthful confession.
6EDUcr.os.-Mr. Cyrus H.. vacnlsvs was
drought before Justice Lsas, Of Abba, ! few
Aays sinos, on the charge 81 sedacing Miss
AAl,.si;s Reading IL sAs yss5 1851. Es gave
bsil IN tho sum Of $1,000 for his appsarsnse
= the District Court. The Press Of that
plses thinks the parties may compromise
~ case By marriags.
q Il has been pithily and truly said,
that i Gen. Washington were alivs, and
wsre to express, in Kansas, the sentimsnts
sontalned in his will, no would DO liable %
imprisonment for two years. Il there no
significance in such fact2 Can people re-
dect upon such things and feel indiAsrentp
DRowErD.-Mr. G. w. Tnsl, u Brighton.
Washington County, was drowned In the
Skunk river few days ago.