The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-20


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MONDAY MORNING, DEC. 20.
DIssHfcf OOunr.-.-It may interest Some Of
oar rsansrs 70 know that the next term Of
Me Distsist 0suft i 80 iay viii commence
February I'll.
Eaaoa.-lA - astisls eonosrning the nsas-
ursmsnt Of wood, In our Thursdays paper
In the 6rst illustration whish wss given, The
load 1sassrsd By The Inspector for ~ fsss
measured but u fest instead Of 81 fest ~
printed.
ExrHSss FAvoas.-Ws are indebted to the
United States Express Company for Oalifor-
MD papers Of shs 18th Of Novsnbsr, received
BY The overland msil.
4 lev years ago We should have opened our
eyes right wids to 49, California papers just
one month old in Ksokuk, bat Ne are getting
used to strange things nov, under tho fast
movements d the Express lines.
NEw Ta1AIs.--Ws learn that The Hupssms
Court Of the STATE has rsmandsd FOR new
trials the ssvseAl satss or he Stats, against
Moran, Parkhurst, and Rsddout and Nash.
1t also ovssrulss the dscisioa Of tho District
Court In the case Of Carroll against Red
dington.
TThs Journal says the Gate tries to
produce the inprsssion thai the President 10
about to interfere 10 behalf Of the abducted
Jewish child.
We never tried to produce the impression
that President Bnchsnan xss about to do any
thing half - humane and generous q 10 10
tsffsre ID behalf Of Injured insossnes, the
rights Of conscience or the liberty Of the per-
son. Oh, no! be never inssrfsrss except 10
reward the guilty, cypress Ne dsisnsslsss,
and run dovn The fleeing boudsnaa.
BioAHY AND LARcEsY.--A German BY the
naas Of 0oslisb wss brought before the Re-
sordsr, ons day lest wssk, ON the charge Of
bigamy, aad The pvossosting witness in The
ease was the son Of the accused. Eubss-
qusntly, and bsfoss ths szaniastion Of the
CASE, the senior Goslisb preferred charge
OF lasessy agaiAsE to 500, before Jsstise
Davis, ths s1Aainstion Of which va pro.
grsssing q our last advioss. IN the mean
tins, proossdiags before the Recorder, On
the bigamy eass, are ssspsndsd sill the laros-
~ sass 10 dispossd Of.
Ravm rAvons---Ws shoald sooner 1--we
asksovisdgs1 ous oblieaslos - ouf old fel-
lew-sitisss, Capt. Jsha A. 0faAan, u We
ssssasr Asnt Lsssy, for lass 81. Leais pa
psrs. While doing % nov, ~ sss rsnind-
a u : rsssst iseidsaA, vhisA sssns 70 mil
tate agaisss The provsrb thss sshonsssy Is the
best policy" and shows thAl the dissiagash-
"a honesty which sharssssfissd our old
frisad esd - atesads1 sttA entire sssessa
in politics, proved 10y luxurious . his IN.
tsrssss In stsamboastng. s
The story goes, thas on occasion Of biz
ara trip - CspsAis Of he Asnt Lsssy, TN
boat having laid u our levse al day hAd At
tsssssd ssowd Of pssssngsrs 70 50 down
in he ssssiao- sJsss = ~ niek 4 aine,
when tAsy wsss 81 1Sstsaisg FOR the last bell
aad ssp>ssl6 70 h ~ in . jiGys Ospt. Gre
ham stspt into the esbin IN the midst oi
the crowd. asA rsnAfksd With prosd sasis.
facsion--"0 Gentlemen, you can Aavs I'M
sisbts ~ - shall nss lsass tal nasn-
ing" To HE utter smase.snt, this candid
and hsssss speech cleared shs cabin in {
"twipkling," I'll the passssgsrs having
ssiasd their saspss sasks and rsshsd sshor,
70 wait for tbs norning packet for s.. Louss
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l'6& care.
The Ladies Of he Public School Bsosvo
lent Sooisty fsearn thsir thanks 70 Mis'
Hewlett Tor donation % ten dollars.
ME-. HARRISON, Press.
s. A. W1rIxnYaa, 6se'y. SO
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PUBLlC LECrU1Es.
The second Of rsgulax course u psbiic Leo
lures foe shs Water IL lssS-s, 'uAdss ths d,rss
tioa Of the Ksokuk Literary Institute. viii b Do
livered On Monday evening, DEE. seth, com