The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-10-11
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ture to aid in re building the church OF the
Good Shepherd, some weeks since destroyed
by tornado. Rev. Ralph Hoyt, the Rector,
has written letter accepting the lady's Offer
I and the lectursis soon to come of.
The double elopement that lately culmi-
mated at Cleveland, has become still more
complicated by the discovery that the elder
Lewis, who married "Mary" before the cold
man" and the officers arrived on the ground,
has another wife. He has been arrested for
bigamy, and is now 10 Jail at Euclid await
ing his trial. Poor Mary will now have an
opportunity TO "repent At leisure"
= Prof. Liebig, the celebrated chemist Of
Munich, will spend part OF the coming
in this country, and has already been secured
by several western associations for one or
more lecture.
1t is said that Strakosch is lying danger
ously i'll at New York.
Miss Annie Law, Of Tenn, has accepted
a professorship in the Masonic Females Col
lege at Lumpkin, Ga.
Louisa Lafferte, an inmate Of one Of the
converts OF Amsterdam, died recently OF
the age OF Us years. She belonged to
one Of the wealthiest families OF France,
and has passed over lo2 years in the convent
ual life.
MIR. and Mrs. Brewer, living in Wayne
county, KY, have % children. This is a
very profitable s'Brewery" for the west, and
perhaps the largest in the country.
WIN. Enderlin, employed as = porter in
the Indianapolis Post Office was caught
opening letters in an clubhouse and 10 the
cellar on Thursday. A large number Of let
tiers we're found that had been opened by him.
He was committed to Jail in default Of bail
in 81 900.
A son of Hon. A. G. Talbot, NJ. G. of
KY, has made his debut in the ring as a
clown. The family is one of the proudest
and wealthiest in Kentucky, and this csca-
pade OF the young gentleman must occasion
them indispensable modification.
The French hare successfully tried the
experiment OF slioing and drying potatoes
for future use. 1t is done By machinery.
The speed attained by the passenger
steamers ON the Erie Canal, is eight miles
per hour.
The new Steam FIGURING Mill at Waupa-
eonette, O., was blown into q mass Of ruins
by the bursting Of boiler, on Thursday
/ An old man named Crawford was killed and
four others injured.
The distance from Fort Leavenworth to
the new gold fields Peak is 1874 miles; it is
travelled in from twenty-five to thirty days
and the cost Of getting there is estimated at
about $3.50. The country and climate are
represented to be something similar to the
mountain districts Of Pennsylvania and Vir-
ginia.
There is general apprehension that a
duel will grow out OF the angry correpon-
dence between Mr.. Yanoey, OF Ala, and Mr..
Pryor, OF the Richmond South.
The London Times announces the re-
who fed to this country during the excite
ment consequent upon the attempted assas-
sination Of Napoleon.
Theodore Durkin was killed at Troy, n.
T., last Saturday. He was riding in wag-
on with friend, and in attempting TO turn
round the vehicle was precipitated down an
embankment some fifty feet in height
Mr.. Durkin and the horse were instantly
| killed.
Some idea Of the cost Of the Utah expo
dition may be gained from this fact: Corn
ut Fort Laramie, to feed the cavalry horses
costs Sc bushe.
| President Benson writes from Liberia
that the prospects Of that colony as a cotton
producing region are improving rapidly.
Ciagctt must be Sustained.
| In order to sustain Clagett, his friends are
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