The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-09-02
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new apportionment was made at I'll,
last session, for the Legislature Of 1878
The provisions Of the act and the new ar
rangements made by it may not be general,
understood, and we. therefore give the dis
tricts MS re.arranged for the House. TIL,
Senate district remain the same:
LIST District, Allamakee, Representative
I'd, Winneshiek, l; Sd, Fayette, /; 4th, Clay
ton, 2; 9Th, Buchanan and Fayette, l; 9th
Black Hawk, /; 7th, Dubuque, 3; sth, Del
aware, l; 9th, Dubuque, Jones and Clayton
/; 10th, Benton, l. llth, Howard, Chicka.
saw and Bremen, l; 18th, Mitchell, Floyd
and Bntlsr, l; 18th, Worth, Cerro Gordo
Franklin, Wright, Hancock, Winnebngo, Kos
suth, Webster, Hamilton, Calhoun, Pocahon.
tas, Palo Alto, Sac, Buena Vista, Clay, Dixon
and Emmett, l; l4.h, Pottawattamie, Harrison,
Monona, Crawford, Woodbury., Ida, Ply
mouth, Cherokee, O'Brien, Osceola and
Buncombe, /; 18th, Guthrie, Dallas, Cass
and Adair,l 10th, Boone, Greene, Carroll
and Audubon, l; 18th, Hardin, Grundy and
Story, !; 18th, Tama and Marshall, l; 10th,
Polk, l; Goth, jasper, |; 2lst, Iowa, Pow
eshiek and Mahaska, l; 22d, Johnson, 2;
23d, Linn, 2; Gath, Jones, l.; 25th, Cedar, l;
Goth, Jackson, 2; 9th, Clinton, Q; 2sth,
Scott, 8; 2eth, Muscatine l; Both, Muscatine
and Cedar, l; 3lst, Louisa, l; 32d, Des
MoiAes, 2; sd, Des Moines and Louisa, i;
34th, Washington, i 35th, Keokuk, l; Seth,
Washington and Keokuk, i; 37th, Iowa and
Poweshiek, !; 38th, Mahsska, l; seth, Marii
on, q; 40th, Warren, I; 4lst, Madison, l;
And, Lucas, - jointly, l; AID, Fremont,
Mills aud Montgomery, l; 44th, Adams, In
ion, Page, Taylor and Ringgold, i; 45th,
Decatur, !; 4Gth, Davis, l; 47th, Wayne,
Appanoose and Davis, l; 4sth, Appanoose,
!; .49sh, Van Buren,, 2; 50th, Monroe, !;
5lst, Wapello, 2; SD, Jefferson, 2; SD,
Henry, 2; Saith, Lee, 3 55th, Lee, Henry,
and Van Buren,, l. Total, ~.
ca The Chicago Press has the following
article in regard to the great "crash," that
according to the eastern and southern pa
papers, was to knock the West whore the
long tailed comet proposed to--but didn't.
"We met an intelligent gentleman con
nected with the press Of New Orleans, day
or two since, who was making his first oil, =
seryations in the Northwest. lie comics sed
his utter astonishment at what he had seen
in this city and the surrounding country.
/" Why" said he, "my views with regard
to your resources and projects have under.
gone complete change within the last few
days. Last Spring ! joined the panic max
ers, and wrote article after article to show
that collapse in the West Was Inevitable,
rs the result Of speculation. Ehow see nv
mistake. ! see immense Resources in the
country, with wonderful growth and bust.
ness activity in your CITY, but see no spec
ulation. Your pros, perity is built in a solid
foundation, and your anticipstions for the
future are SUR to be realized"
Such Is r,e conclusion to which every un.
preJudicS. d mind must come on seeing before
MN ~ ocular proofs of what the Northwes,
10 ar d is to be. We are sometimes charged
wi.h using the language Of hyperbole wher
fpeaking Of its advantages and prospects
but they can scarcely be exaggerated, as tn,
progress Of the next ten years will abun
dainty demonstrated
We insert the following communication
with reference to the sad affair at Farming
ton, without, Of course, endorsing it for VI
have no knowledge with reference to tlI
affair, and have read none Of the account
pertaining to it. But we consider it prope
enough to let an implicated party presen
his own story.--Eps. GATE CRY.
To the PubIic...A Card.
In the Saturday Weekly Post of Angus
29.h, in an article headed "Two Murderer
ut large.-Pass ii around" find the fol
lowing statements, every one Of which
false. The three Lewis brothers havin
taken offense at Gorrell because be said b
could whip them, went, all three Of them
for the purpose, as they told him, of com
pelling him to fight. lie declined doing sc
saying that he was sick. And before the
left, one Of them, james Lewis, gave him
mortal stab with knife"
Now, Mr.. Editor, the testimony Of bette
and more honorable persons than the Edito
Of the Post, will prove that long before tn
ARRAY, Of which much has been said, Joh
Carl threatened the life Of my brother Jacob
that on the Monday evening before the af
tray, JON Carl, MT the head Of twcnty-6v
or thirty armed men and boys, surrounde.
the house in which the Lewis brothers re-
sided, and assaulted the same with grea
violence. John Carl broke down the gate
forced open the door, and with knife an
revolver in his hands, in the presence 0
twenty ladies and gentlemen, swore that
would have the hearts blood Of Jacob Levi,
II he hung for it the next moment. Ho ais
threatened to take out Reuben R:rdsall an
drown him in the river.
| On the night of the ARRAY, John Carl fol
lowed my brother from Pennington to Law
renee, saying before leaving the form,
place, in the presence of an old and respect
! ed citizen, /" that he would follow Jake an
Jim Lewis and have fight with them, il
cost him his life." lie overlook them ,
the house Of Mis-. Luther, near Lawrenc,
and himself assailcd James Lewis, con
mencing hiraself, the fatal quarrel. Aft,
abusing Ja mes Lewis nearly az hour, Ga
began upon Jacob, who came out Of Mr.
Luther's house, intending to coax James o
and terminate the difficulty. When Jaco
came out, John Carl drew his dirk knit
said that he wanted to fight, would choo,
bis own way Of lighting, and could and woul
! whip all three Of the Lewis brothers. .Jaec