The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-10-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

ou uSou hinScii WIN gun Whicl Hau
been in the house for some time. As he
was swapping it his little sister chanced
to run in front, when the gun went off
and the ball passed entirely through her
head. She died tho night following.
A young man named George Kit
tredge got his foot entangled in the hal
ter Of a frisky horse, at Antrim. n. H.,
the other day, and was dragged forty rods
over stony pasture. His body was ter
ribly mutilated, several ribs we're broken,
and he Is not expected to recover.
The shoddy mill of Joseph Storm,
at Burrillville, r. l., was destroyed by
fire on the 9th inst. Mr. Storm loses
$4,000 on stock, and has no insurance.
The building was owned by j. d W. Sla-
ter, and was not insured
General Corcoran has been on brief
furlough to New York to get married.
He returned to his command las, Thurs
day.
"A coal company has been organized
in Boston. with capital of $500. 600, to
mine coal in SchuyIkilI county, Pa. Hope
they will get ont enough to make the arti-
Gle cheaper next year.
An exchange comes to US with a
notice that "Truth" is crowded out Of
the issue. This is almost as bad ss the
upcountry editor who said: ..For the
evil effects of intoxicating drinks, see our
inside.
Secretary Stanton has dismissed all
the lady copyists in the Provost Marshal
Generals Office Luxuries can't be in
dulged in 10 war times.
The population of ireland decreased
20 per cent. between the census Of lS4l
aud that of 1851. and Ii per cent. more
between the census Of 1851 and that Of
1861.
A London printer charges the paper
with some chemical substance, and thus
dispenses with ink. Couldn't he charge
the ink with some chemical substance,
and so print without paper. especially
such miserable stuff as the paper. makers
now give u.s.
A fire at Centreville, H.. on Tues
day night, destroyed the extensive -four.
ing mill owned by Eekert Il Cox, with
The contents. The loss Is heavy; amount
of insurance, if any, not known.
Indiana is one Of the States which
the knights of The Golden Circle" un
dertoek to drag out of the Union. How
little reason there was 10 fear them, il
shown by the fact that IN every district in
which elections have beer held this year.
there have been very large Union gains
upon the vote OF last fall.
Some idea can be formed of the mag
ntnde of the work Of feeding an army.
from the fact that the eoumissary al
Fairfax Station Issued on Saturday las,
three hundred thousand rations. aud that
seveniy-fve cars with commissary sup
plies were uuladen at that station during
the same period.
Irish moss has been found growing
abundantIy on tie rocks along the beach
in Scituate, Mass, and about three ihous-
aud barrels are gathered annoaly. |, is
worth at FIRST hands from S5 to IS per
barrel.
Gen. Grant has appointed 4. military
to examine into the property
titles and loyalty OF Vicksburg citizens.
The properly Of disloyal persons viii be
Widows who have friends
in rebel armies may retain their posses
slons on taking the oath Of allegiance.
A Chippewa squaw, who was the
belle of her people a hundred ,ears ago,
still lives on the shores of Red Lake-I
She is l20 years old. She and her hus-
band were the first settlers in taat re-
gion, and she and French dealer IN furs
were the progenitors of the half breeds
there so numerous.
A son of Senator Wade was inter
cepled By squad Of Moseby's guerrillas
some days since, while bearing dispatches
to Gen. Buford, and several times fred
upon. He shot one of the party who had
summoned him to surrender, aud reached
his destination in safety.
- George Faulkner, grocer, of Cieve-
land, Ohio, had BY slow degrees accumu-
lated about $4,000 in gold and silver,
whiek he kept buried in box foot deep
in his cellar. His very anxiety about his
treasure must have betrayed him, for on
Thursday night last the cellar was en-
tered and the money all stolen.
Less surprise will be felt at he num-
Der of exemptions of drafted men from
physical disability when the fact is sta
ted that 35 per cent. of recruits to the
British army are rejected from the same
cause-and these are, of course, of men
who expect to be able to pass a surgical
examination.
Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, at
FIRST opposed to the Presidents Emanci-
patton Proclamation, now comes out in its
favor. He says that some Of the people
are sorry the President did not include
that State also. The. Proclamation has
made the negroes cur true friends, and
their friendship is much better than their
enmity. vft
"A Partisan physician. considering