The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-10-14

HOR AlDLR NUN DEN.

We have Just learned the particulars Of
brutal murder that was perpetrated in Pow
eshiek county, on Thursday the 18th Of last
month. On the evening previous, four per-
sons came to Grinncll and remained all night.
There were an old man and his son, and a
Young man and his sister. The young man
and his sister, were well dressed and said
they were on their way to Iowa City. They
also stated that the old man and his son had
fallen in company with them and requested
the privilege uf riding in the wagon, Us they
were tired Of travelling on horseback. They
left Grnnell on Thursday morning, and in the
evening the old man and son arrived at their
camping ground near Monizuma, having
travelled only l6 miles. They had come on
road not usually travelled, and through por-
ton of the country very sparsely settled
They had four horses just as on tho day pre-.
vious. They purchased grain of the farmers
and left very early next morning, at which
time there were no suspicious OF foul play.
On Sunday last, the body Of young NO.
man Internationally found concealed under
shock of CORN and search being made, the
BODY OF man was also found next morning,
concealed in the same way. Both bodies
had been shot in several places and were con-
siderably deosysd. The ashes Of the camp
Gre were then examined, and metallic hooks
and eyes were found in them. The clothing
had probably been burned. The old man
| and his son had no doubt committed the
deed. The names and residence Of the per-
sons are entirely unknown, and it 10 feared
that the murdersrs are BY this time entirely
out OF the reach Of the officers. II is sup
| posed that the murder was perpesrated in
the day time on the prairie, aud that the
| bodies were concealed in the wagon until
night when they were hid in the fodder
The murdered persons we're probable the
possessors Of the team and money, for which
they we're killed. Il Oskaloosa Herald.
! DEsoixE RIVER MPnovEMKSr.-We are
/ grati6ed 2 to inform the public that the
Lock and Dam at this place are Cas- the law
ycrs say in staiu quo. The energetic !
won't say what for their perseverance, and
energy. A friend visited the work few
DAYS since, and the following 10 the result oil
his observations. An extraordinary force Of
rwo MEN were busily engaged, With q CROW
bar, prying ut mammoth rock; but b,
would not be positiye that the rock moved
while he watched it. Two boys ssstrappine
| in their teens" mixing mortar. AT the low
er end Of the Lock WAS another man, occu.
patton not precisely known, but the sappo.
Sition is. that he was clearing the tadpole,
out Of small pond Of water, in which i.
located an ingeniously constructed pump
The object was TO prevent the tAdpoles from
"choking' or gorging in the pump, ane
thereby delay the speedy Improvement o
navigation to Fort Des Moines, the capita
Of the great state Of Iowa.
This - the entire VISIBLE force, but ",
learn that an or team and driver were ab
sent.
We shalt from time to time report pro.
Ercss, and kssp our readers posted in thi,
matter. 1t 10 an improvement in which
they are at least to . small degree interest
cd
u p. S. Since writing the above report twe
srishmen have "g0ne to that bourne from
whence no traveller Ger retnrns.r We cas
not tell whether this catastrophe will caus,
an entire suspension Of operations or not
Zine alone can determine.
GO There was frost 4. New Orleans OF
the let inst