The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-08-14

SPRISorIRLD, ILL.,, Aug. ~, 'oI.
EDS. GATE CRY IL arrived here safe and
sound this evening, having left Keokuk in
tho afternoon Of Wednesday last, which b
III miles. THERE'S considerable excitement
manifested at present by the citizens Of
Beardstown with regard to lady and two
or three Of her children q do not remember
which, being killed by the husband and faith
er Of the murdered, aud his brother, on board
fiatboat at the lower end Of town. No one
knows the otives which actuated them to
this bloody affair. The murder was commit
ted in the evening, and the brothers were
missing next morning, when they immedi-
ately started in pursuit Of them, but without
success for several days, when the Sheriff
received = Geographic dispatch from near
St. Louis stating that one msn had been ia
ken who was supposed to be the husband and
father OF the murdered. know not the re.
suit. The lady was heard in the evening to
scream "murder murder! 20 and one child
was heard to say cob father, don't kill me,
don't kill me! ~ but the citizens not realizing
their true situation, paid little or no atten-
to it until morning, when the dead bodies
were found in the river; the woman with n
fat-ron tied to her neck, and one boy with
his legs, head and shoulders considerably
smashed by the foul demons.
The crops look excellent. Farmers say
they are going to make themselves rich in q
few years if they can continue to raise such
crops. The meadows, however, we're not as
as good as formerly, but the wheat and oats
are excellent. Farmers say "never better.'
The wheat and ont harvest this year has
come upon the farmers at exactly the same
time, which hurries them good deal. 1t is
presumed that there will BIO more corn raised
in Illinois this season, by far, than any pre-
yious year, as the fall wheat nearly all failed,
and spring wheat being rather new to the
farmers, they have planted the most Of their
wheat ground in corn. They have been
belssed with more rnin than we have, hence
their crops look better generally. Some
have put the price on grain already. Wheat
(spring) so cents, corn . cents, oats Ii to
% cents, and hay Is, 90 or 5000 per ton.
Jacksonville il beautiful place, and is
now exciting AS much interest as any other
town in the State. 1t has advantages, how
ever, which no other town in the State has
or can have. The Institutions for the Blind
and for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Insane
Hospital, nre all situated here. The Deaf
and Dumb Institution is situated about three
fourths Of mile west Of town; the Blind
about the same distance east, and the Insane
Hospital about a mile south. These build
ings are all nearly new, and present grand
appearance. The citizens Of the place are
generally thorough going, enterprising set
Of people. Bat bark What's thatp Is
the building falling down? Has an omni-
bus team run off? Or have the cars run off
the track2 Or what in the world is the nat
ter2 There, it has stopped, and men and
boys are running sspost haste' towards
door with the letters "dining room" above
it. Oh! | understood it now. 1t was a
"gong" announcing that supper Was ready;
but as always like to demonstrate such
matters before placing too much confidence
in the report, Pll just step in and see. SO
good bye, G.