The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-03-26

| Goid Eaton by Turkeys IN Ark nsAs.
We find the following in letter ffon
correspondent OF the Cincinnati Commrcial.
who writes from Wesley, Arkansas:
About two weeks ago tho wife Of Mr.. CAL
vim Evans, living in Madison county, Ark,
killed : tal10 turkey OF The yellow stock, and
on dressing the giSxard f0hnd q lump OF yell
low gravel which attracted her attention.
On examining it she could not determine
what it was, therefore che concluded to keep
it and show ii to her husband. She did so,
and it proved IA much a curiosity to him "a
it had to her. They preserved it and showed
it to their neighbors, who generally gave their
notion Of it a. being gold or something Of,
metallic nature.
Mr.. Evans therefore determined 10 carryit
to Fayetteville and have il tested, which he
did, and the lump proved 10 bs worth thirty
cents pure gold. IL Was shout two-thirds
pure metal. The general opinion 10 that
there is gold in Arkansas, especially since
they find out that the turkeys are eating it.
1t has been the belief Of everybody that Ar
kansas contains mineral wealth. The above
account is one that can be relied on, for Mr..
Evans is o man OF strict truth, and he is Q
"preacher" of the Hard Shell Baptist demon
ination. j. s. DRAKE.
1t is said that since this discovery, Madi-
son county is in high state Of excitement,
and that all of MIR. Evans neighbors are kill
ing their turkeys and prospecting" for gold
in their gizzards.
SHOCKING MrsrAKE.-The town OF Horizon,
Wisconsin, is in q state of excitement-a
Sickles case having almost taken place there.
1t appears that one OF the citizens gentle
man in high social position fell in love with
his neighbours wife, and made an arrange
ment to meet her in her own room ct 10
O'Clock in the morning. To avoid scandal,
he mounted an clubhouse, climbed upon the
roof Of the back building, raised the chamber
window, stepped 10, and beheld the lady's
husband in bed-he being sick had not gone
out. The discovery was not pleasantto 9TH
er of the parties, the more especially % the
ten O'Clock man coald give no good reason
for entering mans house by the window,
and his position in society forbid the idea
that his object was plumber.
SUI LovRNoooD and THE Loconorlyx.-The
first locomotive Sut ever saw was standing
with steam up, and nearly ready to 70, max
ing no noise save suppressed humming
from the safety valves. Sut had, in his
skeery cautious way, clambered to the top OF
the tender to find out sswhat sort Of beAstes'
it was, whom the engineer slyly gave the
whistle lever long pull-shay-y-y! Sut lit
twenty feet distant on pile OF cord. wood,
and after running until be got straighten-
ed up, be turned round his eyes, and said
"What in the duce did you do tn it, mis-
ter ?''
Just at this moment negro came trundl-
ing q truck, with . cooking stove, q joint OF
pipe on the fue hole, and pots and pans
hanging all around. Sut took look at the
stove and then at the locomotive; light
broke out over his perplexity, and he shout.
cd to the engineer
"Oh, yes, | understand it all now; the
darned brute was just nickerin' for her
colt -
PoLYGAAY IN UrAH.-A Salt Lake CORES
pendent Of the Chicago Press and Tribune,
who has been getteng up the statistics Of
Utah Territory, writes Sthat three hundred
and eighty-seven mon in this Territory live
each with seven women and upwards, (thir-
teen of the three hundred and eighty. seven
having each over nineteen women who bear
children by them,) seven hundred and thirty
men have each i've women who live with
them and bear children by them; eleven
hundred men each live with four women and
upwards; and, from the last estimate have
been able to make, fourteen hundred men
each live with more than one woman. Seven
men have mother and daughter for wives
one man living within q thousand yards Of
the flag staff ct Camp Floyd, ono the mother
of the other, and both win, with good luck.
in few weeks, be delivered Of children by
him.
PIERCE BurLER.-A Philadelphia CORES
pendent Of the National Era writes to that
paper that Mr.. Pierce Butler, . report Of
| the sale OF whose slaves was recently pnb-