The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-03

evening, as was expected. 1t will nov
open on Saturday evening next, with
full cast.
Mr.. Bradley, the gentlemanly manager
has been at great deal of pains in pro
curing first class company, and we hav,
no doubt but they will be well received
by the play -goers of our city.
CHANGE OF TrME.-The Keokuk. Mt
Pleasant and Muscatine Railroad have
changed their time tables. Persons .r
riving on this road connect with the
eastern and western trains. See adyer
tisement for tine of arrivals and depart
ures.
@- The Soldiers Aid Society will
meet this afternoon at two O'Clock 4,
McCune's Hall. A full attendance is de.
sired. Ladies will please bring sewing
implements, as there will be work to do
n4- There is great deal of com plant
among the merchants in our city on 90.
count Of no efforts being made to cut o
channel through the ice on the opposite
side Of the river, thus making a passage
across for the ferry boats, which both lie
up high and dry on either shore, nc
efforts having been made to run them
since Saturday last.
MoRETHIEvISe.-On Tuesday evening
the residence Of Major Floyd, on Second
street, was entered and two overcoats and
a ladies' cloak we're taken from the hall
The amount taken was worth about sixty
dollars- Ii seems that there is a gang oi
thieves about who are in great need ol
clothing at present.
"SLIGHILY INEBRIATEp."-Yes esterday
man who had imbibed rather freely,
became somewhat boisterous at the cor
ner of Main and Second streets, and was
led off TO the calaboose.
SM- Found, on Sunday night, on Main
street, poeketbook containing some
money and other articles, which the owner
can get by calling at Heule d Blom' Is
Soap Factory, proving property and pay
ing for this notice.
r+ Interesting army correspondence
will be found ON the inside of to-day's
issue, besides other miscellaneous reading
matter.
~ Thcre has been a decline in the
price of wood during the past two days
The weather has been such that our peo-
pie think that perhaps they have been
mistaken 10 regard to winters being SO
near. Yesterday was beautiful day and
almost as mild as September, and every
one had made up their minds that winter
had about "played out"
nA- Since the close of navigation on
the upper Mississippi our Musca.iue.
Davenport and Dubuque papers do no,
arrive until several days after they are
published. The same complaint is alec
made there about our mails. We would
like to know the reason of this. ancl WHY
they frequently fail altogether.
Bay- If a person would form some, idel
of the amount Of business done in Keokuk
he can crafty his curiosity By looking
over the registers at our hotels, some o
which average nearly fifty per day, ant
has frequently exceeded one hundred
This is very good thermometer from
which to form an opinion of place.
EE The public are much indebted t.
the energy and public spirit of our frient
VIM. Wins. for bringing our eastern mai
yesterday and the day before, across tn,
| river at peril to himself. Without hi
efforts the mail would not have bee
received for distribution before the ofic
closed, as it has to go to Warsaw an
come up on the last trip of the Eagle
which is not made now until after dark.
s9r The Copperhead pres. was felici
tating itself on the idea that the Governo
of Maryland would ref use to grant certl6
Gates of election to the Union Congress
men recently elected in that State. Blu
alas for their treasonab ole hopes, Governo
Bradford has already issued the cer,i6
Gates, and thus squelched the chances 70
| muss.
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION commit
tee appointed to canvass the city to rails
subscriptions for the purpose of establish
ing Library Association, having sue
| ceadpd in raisipp SI Q61 do barahr Ill