The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-05
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The Calais lMe.) Advertiser, of Thursday,
SAYS:
A report has been in circulation in this city
for some days past, that those boys who had
broken into Mr. Todd's store in Miitown,
St. Stephens, about = fortnight ago, and sto-
len some articles Of clothing thercfrom, and
had been detected, tried, convicted and SEN
fenced to 81. Andrews jail for the crime, du-
ring the cold night Of Tuesday or Wednesday
one OF them had frozen TO death 10 his cell.
Two of the boys were OF the name OF Dean,
one Of whom il was that died. We have mot
heard the name Of the other. IL is said the
boys cried murder, and did all in their power
to make the ailor hear and liberate Thorn,
and let them 20 where there was IRE, but
he could not be made to hear, or, IL he heard,
did not heed them. 1t 10 awful that hu-
man being should be allowed TO perish in
such manner.
r.. Ct 6slrfTs Or TUX TAKrn.zaA 1 SflG city pf
4 Modena, in Italy, and about four miles
around il, wherever the earth is dug, when
the workmen arrive at = distance Of 63 feet
they come to a bed Of chalk, which they
bore with an augur, FIVE feet deep. They
then withdraw from the pit before the augul
is removed, and, upon its extraction, tn,
water bursts up through the aperture with
great violence, aud quickly fills this newl,
made we'll, which continues full, and is al
fccted neither by rains nor droughts. Blu
what is most remarkable in this operation 10
the layers Of the earth as we descend. A
the depth Of fourteen feet are found th,
. ruins Of an ancient city, paved streets
houses, floors, and different pieces Of mosai,
work. Under this il found soft ooxy earth
made up Of vegetables, and at 26 feet deep
large trees entire, sush rs walnut trees, will
: the wanuts still sticking TO the stem, an,
> the leaves ind branches 10 a perfect state o
preservation. AT Is feet deep, . soft chal
is found, mixed with vast quantity o
shells, and this bed 10 eleven feet thick
Under this, vegetables are found again.
!, Lucky SnoT. KILLING GRIZZLY B9A
AND FINDING A FoRrusE.--The Union Demo
crat (Sonora) of I'D October tells the FOL
lowing story:
John Minear, q former resident OF Sonors
Q but now sojourning in the mountains, on
!. day last week shot a grxxly--The secon
: one, by the way, he had killed during ii
week--which rolled down the mountain som
distance, lodging against \ ledge OF quar-,
. rock. While engaged in skinning tho ANNA
has attention wAs attracted to some broke
p.aces .. rock containing gold cc Firth;
I examination along the ledge BIZ knocking Q
: the moss, be Was made aware lhst be hs
: found a lead OF astonishing richness, While
. he ut once took possession or. Some spec
. mems from the claim VIC have seen--take
!. from the surface, and gold is visible in pr,
: fusion. THIS 10 in the neighborhood Of Il
Bannister claim, and on the famous "B,
chanan' lead.
ca DR.. Livingston, who writes from Il
: Rambesi, Africa, Sept. l4th, speaks Of tn
. river as nasigable for small draught steam
N ers for ten months in the year, II not col
d staniiy. lie also mentions fact Of gre
importance to the future Of African con
merce, that there il ian immense coal ficId
u ut Tcte, on the Zambesi, where many or Ii
), seams crop out, and remarks that with co.
and the best iron ore 10 abundance, sure
% Africa will not always be the troddan nstio