The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-03-19

SATURDAY, MARCH 10.
IOWA ITBMS.
The Office Of the Provost Marshal in
the 4th District has been removed from
iowa City to Grinpsll.
N. A. Henderson, Of Monroe town.
sip. Mahaska county, he's fve sons in
the army. So says the Osksloosa Hstald-
There is project on foot for the
establishment of College It Narshall.
town, under the auspices Of the Christian
Church. ~
-McComb. the murderer, has been
taken to Ottumwa to await his trial. He
has as fair chance to swing as anybody
need waht.
The Junior Editor of the Ceda,
Falls Gazette is twenty four years Of age
and has seen but six birthdays. He va,
born on the last day Of February. in Lear
year.
The Sioux City Register states tina,
one of the soldiers stationed at Fl. Ran.
DALI was recently shot and killed BY an
Indian. The name of the soldier i moi
given.
We learn from the Knoxville Journal
that 20 pounds Of gun.powder we're re.
Gently found in some corn shocks on q
farm seven miles south of Knoxville. A
Jopperhead arsenal in corn Geld
Jas. Dorsey, an Iriehman, Fifty years
Of age, resident of DEBORAH, Winnie
sbeik county. committed suicide by hang
Ing, two or three weeks since. The De
corah Republic says the cause Of the rash
act is a matter only Of conjecture.
The municipal election in Iowa CITY
on Monday, resulted in The Triumph Of
the entire Union ticket, except for Mayo,
and two Aldermen. For Mayor, George
Fracker received 355 votes, and g. w
McCleary $40; McCIeary's majority Is
This is IN encouraging result, considering
that the city has heretofore gone largely
Democratic. Tslbott's rep majority
over Mitchell Dem. for City Marshal
is 81.
DEATH OF VALUABLE Maze A.
DuBuaUE.-Mr. A. w. Richmond's cele.
brsted mare, Lady Flora. while hilehsd
to a fence, few days since, was fright
ened by dog and broke loose, carrying
with her the stake to which her bslter
WAS attached. In running she broke one
OF her hind legs against the stake, which
Obliged her owner to kill her She had
made 2:47 on the turf, and was valued a.
$1,000. So says the Dubuque Times.
The Muscatine Courier complains
that large number of the citizens oil
Muscatine who had all along been voting
agains the Republicans, turned about a,
the last election, and voted against the
Democratic ticket. Shouldn't wonder
Such things are becoming very common
Loyal men, whatever their former opposi
ton to Republicans may have been. are
moving out from the Copperhead party.
and are encamping on higher ground -
Their beads are level
FATAL ACCIDENT "A boy named Vim,
Mcguire. son of John Mcguire, the blind
man. was accidentally shot dead on Sat
urday morning by the discharge of gun
in the handsof another boy named Meyers.
These boys, 10 company with others, had
gone out to Duck Creek to shoot ducks
aad geese. and there the accident occurred.
The ball passed directly through little
Maeuire's body, crashing through the
spine and coming out in front just below
the waistband. The body was taken to
the house of his parents, whose grief Il
the appearance OF the corpse was intense
Dav Gazette.
The following brief and pithy ad !.
dress was made by Adjutant General
Baker to the soldiers on Wednesday last
In Capitol Square, at Des Moines:
81 viii not make a speech, for know
that the officers and soldiers have az mucb
work to do to-day as they can attend to-
have talked to officers aud men and can.
not inform them much on any point, and
| well know they do not wish to be de-
tain,d by long speeches will, therefore.
consolidate my sentiments by the express
sion Of sentiment: The Iowa 4th In
fantry-gallant, brave and faithful,-they
have written with the point of the hsyonet
some of the proudcst pages Of the history
OF the Union, and of the proud State Of
Iowa.
nose Growing out OF the Mouth
oil Corpse.
The Trumpet, published at Elizabeth
town in this county. relees the following
story az a"singular phen6menon." 1t is
certainly ver5 singular, if true, whereof
We beg leave respectfully to record our
gentle suspicion: