The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-28

| IowA srsns.
| Black Hawk oouaty, through III
Beard Of Supervisors, has resPlyed to pay
= bounty of $500 to each new recruit.
Thus far IT'S persons hzve Obtained
tsxemption from military duty 10 the "a
Congressional District. citixens
Of Camanche, Clintoa eousty. have re-
solved to appropriate SlO0sto each new
rscrsis. The Gtizsas n Igons are also
making extraordinary sxessions to gil
their quota. The aassrssys of Clinton
county gave a.lsw EVENING" since, : com.
plimentary suprer to Judge Dillon
Upward of $500 worth of wood has
bean donated to the soldiers families Of
De Witt. People may call that . noble
ehsrify, 0st ~ elsose 70 cali il N act
Of public duty.-Aessrs. Lemp 4 Eclh,
business men in Mnscatine, have sub
scribed $500 to the bounty fund Of that
city. We mention this circumstance be-
cause it furnishes m excellent example.
The 'WheAtlaad Times has changed
hands and is now published BY Andrew
]. Gault. The Clinton Herald infers thai
Gault is bachelor. from the fact that he
uses the singular pronoun s'I' instead of
the editorial "we." That's safe infer.
ence. t
We CLEAN the above items from the
Des Aoines Register,
The Aarshalltown Time. says DR..
Whealan, Of Marietta, while in Chicago
lately, had $4,000 taken from his pocket.
The Sidney Union sayu sha. it will
require 81, 400 instead of $500 to repair
the Court House 10 that place which was
recently shattered by an explosion Of
powder.
The Marshall Times says that State
Center, the present terminus of the Mar
shalitown Railroad, il destined to be q
right smart place. The people Of
Marshall county are ieaving no means
uutried to save themselves from draft.
-Ths ssnsned Repablican major
isy 10 Marshall county ranges from 49l
to 900. That county is supposed to be
anti Copperhead in the most decided
manner
1T was stated not long since that
Sheriff Hamilton, of Madison county. had
t&se. s~es>A>a 80 charge Of Yeceivine Z
bribe from horse ihief to effect lhe
thief's escape. immediately the Copper.
head papers began 70 howl about anoshe,
aarbitrary arrest" All At once ths
aforesaid papers have backed down FROM
their defense of the Sheriff, ss the proof
against him Is SO positive they canno,
cover it up.- Muscatine Journal.
The Adair County Register informl
Us that while war meeting was in pro
gress in Quincy, Adams county, the stor'
or Mr.. Clark Of that place vas entered
and the money drawer robbed Of sev
4 eral dollars.-The same paper state
! that the Beard of Supervisors 70
Adair county have resolved to appro
| priatc SlO0 to each new recruit frou
that county-The majority of MI
Kilburn, Republican, candidate for Treas
urer aud Recorder Of Adair County, i
seven, John Shreeves is elected Sheri
BY eleven msjority The citizens q
Liberty township, Scott county, hav
raised purse Of $500 to distribute anon
the new recruits fscm that town
Thomas Wilson, tailor in Davenpor1
attempted to commit suicide = few day
since BY taking stryehnine. An antidot
was administered, and he recovered. Th
cause Of this attempted suicide was e1
cessive intemperance. a child Of s.
mon GuettelI Of Davenport, l6 month
old, was scalded to death few days sine,
The boiling contents Of coffee pot wsr
accidentally precipitated on the child
We glenn from the Davenport Gasette.
4 A. JoKs ON 4Hs PHEsfDEsT. .-Ths
modest sheet, the Washington Count
:. Democrat, says Of the Presidents Me.
sage that it is "a document possessed /
no merit as state paper and it ther,
fore "forsgoes its publication" Thin
J, of tha4s The President of these Unite
States is not capable of writing pap.
/ worthy of place in the columns Of Il
Washington Democrat! Wonder il Cos
!, Lane couldn't write state paper worth
!. Of admission into its columns ri Wasl
! ington Press.
Hon. W. ]. Noir, Of Eldora, is%a,
9 nounoed in the Hardin Sentinel to spea
:. at series Of war meetings in Hasdi
county. Mr.. Moir is recruiting ogc,
D | for that countv