The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-10-18

"a little sugar TO make il sweet,
A little lemon 10 make il sour,
A little water to make it weak,
And little brandy to give it power ~
Isems.
"A man named Oscar r. jackson has
been arrested on suspicion Of having muir
dered Fl. A Wallace, In Wright Co., Mimi, q
short time since.
eTMr. II. X. Browne, the sculptor, has
lately completed bust Of Mrs. L. II. Sig
Quincy, and 10 about to model bust of Gen.
Scott.
e. Marshal Maher, Of Dunleith, one day
last week, shot in two hours forty-thrse wild
ducks on an island in the Mississippi below
Dunlieth.
6TMemphis, Tenn, was visited with q
tended further South, to the yellow fever re-
gion, whore it Is more needed.
TCounterfeit threes on the Bank Of
Cape. Ann, Mass, are in circulation. The
vignette is . female seated and An
eagle. On the right lower corner 10 man
gathering corn. The bill 10 unlike the gen.
uine.
RTDermot Dempsey, the woalthiest man
in Macon, Ca, died few days ago, hav-
ing made his will, in which be bequeathed
81 500 to each Of his two children, and
$495 200 to the Roman Catholic Church Of
that city.
CO Among the significant signs Of the
times is the counting out of Erastus Corn.
ing At Albany, for Congress, to make room
for Mr.. Reynolds, 40 Administration man Of
unimpeachable orthodoxy. He spoke little
too freely Of Kansas last winter, and hence
his ''taking off,"
RTIt is announced that james Gordon
Bennett and family are to form part Of Mr..
Buchanan's stRepublican Court" the coming
winter. The high moral and social posi-
ton OF MIR. Bennett harmoniSes excellently
we'll with the exalted character OF tho Ad-
ministration.
CT Rev. f. r. Esbjorn, late pastor Of the
Swedish Evangelical Church, Of Princeton,
Bureau Co., hiss received the appointment Of
Professor Of Theology and Scandinavian
Languages and literature in Illinois State
University At Springfield, Iii.
GTThsre is great talk in Paris Of the
creation OK 500 Barons, who are to form the
nucleus Of new n0bissss to surround and
support the throne. The report has given
rise to another-that OF the coronation Of
the Emperor at Notre Dame, like the great
Napoleon, in the month Of January next.
gTAn OK ssof the common breed and
poor" weighing 3,600, 6 feet 2 inches in
height, and measuring twelve feet from the
horns to the tail, vas exhibited at the re-
cent Iowa State Fair, BY Mr.. N. Beck Of Win
tersett. II fAttened, Il 10 said he would
weigh 5000.
| CO. One of The on dts at Washington ID,
that "aIr. Reed, Commissioner to China, il
TO return this winter from his present mis-
sion, and that he 10 to be named Minister to
! England Judge Roosevelt, OF New York,
10 also named for the honor, whose wife is
the sister Of Lady Ouseley.
a The New York Tammany Committee
Was thrown into ereatfermsnt : few nights
since by the Introduction OF resolutions
6ercely denouncing Douglas and supporting
the Administration in it's war upon him
They were hurriedly referred to committee
before there was any chance for discussion,
and 30 an open rupture WAS averted.
| oTIs is proposed to erect colossal
| equestrian monument 10 Washington, In the
oenter Of Washington Square, Philadelphia,
at a cost Of $4,000. This monument Il tc
be made Of bronze, upon massive granite
pedestal, standing 10 miniature lake 6 feet
deep, fed by fountain jets, and surrounded
by massive iron railing
i The last Jeifersonian states that on
the I'D ult., while engaged in feeding Z
threshing machine, about seven miles east oil
the village Of Jefferson, Wis, VIM. Oolwel
was instantly killed, in consequence OF some.
thing getting entangied IN the cylinder, ani
= cross-bar Of iron about two feet Ions
striking him in his left eye, and coming ou
Of tho back OF his head, causing immsdiat.
death.
4 GA collision occurred few days sine,
on the Detroit aud Milwaukee Railway, /
short distance beyond Lowell, Mish. II ~.
pears that the night express line from De
troit Was behind time, and the mixed trair
from Grand Rapids, not knowing where t.
Il stop, the two trains came into collision
snsshing both locomotives, tho baggage cal
and two or three freight oArs. No one killer
and no one much injured except conduoto,
Rose.
ET-The Washington correspondent Of th
n. \. Tribune says:
sit turns out nov that Douglas aod Blu
chanAn concluded formal truce before tn
Little Giants departure from Washington
and that Buchanan yiolsted one Of the arti
clss Of agreement, and 20 Douglas pro
nounoed u Chicago accordingly
/ CYAN American lady in London, who 70
oently heard that great paixhsn Rev. Mr.
Sturgeon, eaye his great pOinte are tsexcAl
lent lungs and ready Wit"