The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-05-15

nCountlng Room hfst door TO the night.
Orders for oil kinds Of Job Work hllsd
with nsatnsss and dispatch.
Fsos rms GoLD AIxEs.-Ths Clsrs Hins
came in yesterday, from Des Moinss on
Wednesday, with ; large load Of passenger.
Among them vs. Mr.. Johs W. Clsghorn,
who va At Dss Moinss, Indisnols and other
places whore reliable Information could be
obtained in regard TO tho gold diggings.-
Az Rattle Snake Bead, Some Aftssa nilss be-
low Dss Moinss, he saw some fifteen or
twenty nsa digging, one Of wAon went into
Dee Aoinss Tie sans evening, sod showed
three dollars 10 dust gathered thss day
There are several places In Polk county
where nss are digging, and some very good
specimens have bssn found. AZ Indianola
and Hartford, Warren eoaasy, ~. ClssAers
saw spssinsns whish wsrs taken out Of the
ground q Soush River and Hartford. The
ls.isr vas dug BY Mr.. g. Mckay, . personal
aeqsaisssses Of Mr.. Clsshors's. Al South
River, some or > miles from Indianols,
twenty or thirty men are engaged 10 turning
the river. Some good spssiasas hass bssa
found there, and Mr.. 9. has NO doubt that
some nsa have got ont - high - I've dol
lars day, while, Of course, many got moth
ing At all. II ~ nsaf hsfs Inst Dutch
farmer found, while blowing, lump valued
At Sl7. Good spscinsas have also been
fonud st St. Charles, nine miles beyond In
dianola.
Mr.. Clsshorn also found oonArmation Of
the reports From Clark and Union counties,
10 which thsss sss prossbly 100 men q work
On the whols, Mr.. @. hes no dosbt there 10
gold out thsss,- possibly there nay b. con-
siderable, but he i not sasisasd yss that it
would pay to 30 to tho digsinss.
gTThe rivers are fsilisg. Il seems 70 be
doubtful whsthsr the boats can make smother
trip to Dss Moinss.
GoDEv's LAps's Book.-Ws are indebted
to publishers for IN adysncs COPY Of this
popular periodical for June.
Louis Dsrscroa. Wood, the Agent
for this wsll.kno~n psblisaaion, i IL the
city soliciting Subscribers. We believe It 10
ons Of the best Of the kind.
a. The river broke thsosgh u Bills Gre
vase shove Nsw Orleans and flooded the
grave yards il Inst vicinity, doing mach
damage ord sausing ssrious approximations
in regard to the sGsss On ~ health Of the
city. All efforts v stop Ne overflow had
been abandoned and The river was still rising
q ths latest advises.
eDMr. Glover, N English nsnhsf Of
Parliament, he's bssa inprisonsd for fslss
declaration conserving HE qualiAsatiens 70
cit in Parliament. OF oourss the DECLARE
ton had reference 70 legal qualifications and
falsshood il the statsmsnts nads BY honor
ables 10 panishsd By Aw.
CA sailes died recently in Iszas. nd
on bic doa&h- bed confessed that howno one
Of the crsM who nas6sFed Nh. AoDn, Of
South Cason1A, tcstY JEAN go. ~. Ais
ton wss - d4ngh1H Of AaFen Bus. She
sailed - Cha1lep e. 1e1 Yea n :
brig, - ~ - - lhe seeg motini -
mur1sss4 al ~ u - Isagsfs, ~
being he last 60 ~ walk - Dlank. The
sailor ssmsaheod ~ lock q ds1pAir, and
died in ~ lFs11ost asoay u ain1lkx.
We sead sl1Ialar stories il oaf yeaAh, ri
masg u No. havs - aaoAl - 49, r.
rsgasdt - ~ ngstsrisss - iamsssabis ~
Of Ars. Aston end her fellow passsngsss.
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