The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-10-13
THE GATE CITY.
KEOK U'K 81 :
TUESDAY, Ocr01ER Is.



by the Supreme Court Of Rhode Islane
on Fridsy. Twelve lvivsa -verssdivotcst
from their husbands, and ten t'other way
~ Edward Everett will deliver the ad'
dress dedicatory Of the cemetery At Get.
tysburg, to take place some day during
! the present month.
= There vas an explosion on the Up.
per Mississippi OF the steamer Key City
on Monday, below Winona.s A deck
hsnd was killed and several other persons
injured
At the late election in Colorado Ter.
ritory, the Union tickets we're printed on
greenbacks, in compliment to Secretary
Chase's institution of that name.
Tom Hyer, the renowned pugiliss, is
poor and broken down 10 health, and his
friends gave him benefit st one Of the
New York theatres recently.
Don't carry matches in your pocket.
A man in New York was burned to death
because he did so last week. ~
-Fair-haired women are growing
scarce in England, because the men are
al chasing dark haired women. Do the
former never say dyef =
The Russian naval officers accept
with pleasure the kind Invitations Of the
Bostonians to visit their city, and will
CONFORM in about , fortnight, anless or
dered else where.
Eighty cases Of shells, filed With
Greek FIRE, have been sent to Gen. Gil
more Al Charleston. Prentice apprehends
that. before they are exhausted. Charles
ton herself will be shell.
The rebel papers try to be funny
oyer the coalition of Alexander II, of
Russia, and Abraham |, of the United
States but it is grim business being fun
nyover anything down South.
1t 10 now expected that the first
batch of the circulating notes for the
National Banks will be ready by the 10Th
Of November. Preparations for the
printing Of the interest bearing legal
tender notes are In q considerably less
forward condition.
The distillery of Lawrence, Mallory
b Co., at Elgin, in this State, was de-
stroyed by fire last week. The Gazette
says three or four hundred barrels of alco-
hol we're consumed. The tosalloss is over
Sic, 000--no insurance. ks#
The Sandwich Islanders are wont TO
amuse themselves with riding upon the
backs Of sharks. The sharks occasionally
turn and bite of an arm or leg from
their riders, but such risks only add to
the excitement.
Gen. Totten, Chief Of the Bureau of
United States Engineers, has been for
several days inspecting the harbor de-
fenses of Boston, and consulting with the
city and State authorities in reference to
plans for their improvement.
All the hotels and private boarding
houses 10 Boston are Overlooking. And
there are more applications for board aud
lodging than can be met.
Brig. Gen. T w. Sherman, severely
wounded at Port Hudson, is 80 as to be
out" in Newport, and has bectm quite
used to his crutches.
The Forrest divorce case is up again
on an ac.ion by Mrs. Forrest to recover
on bond for $50, 900, given to secure
alimony, costs, do. The bondsmen are
Charles G. Ravens and JOS. H, Goodwin.
The jury gave Mrs. F. verdict of
&45,ao9 5s.-[N. Y. Tribune. Oct. Z.
"A club boat has just been built
which is so nicely balanced that the row.
ers are obliged to be particular in part
ing their hair down the middle to keep
their balance.
The average incomes of eighteen
millions of the British people are less thai
one-third what it costs them to maintain
a convicted felon. and the felon is better
fed, clothed and housed than tt.a millions
of the honest laboring population.
The greater part of the failsres in the
examinations for the Naval Academy at
Newport are made in spelling. Candi-
dates who pass . fine examination in
mathematics, geography. grammar, and
even in Latin and Greek. frequently are
rejected for bad spelling.