The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-06-23
iowa ITEMS.

State5in our town. Masculine young In
mortals in other places have 'shabits of
abstraction" as we'll as our own. The
Hawk Eye says ten year old boy was
arrested there Saturday for extracting
pocket-book, containing six dollars, from
the pocket Of man who fell asleep on the
corner Of one Of the streets. The money
was returned, but the boy twas sent up,
for ten days. When he ''comes down"
again probably he won't take advantage
of mans drowsiness any more.
The Muscatins journal contains an
account of very severe storm of rain and
hail which visited that place and vicinity
upon Sunday morning. The lightning
was incessant; the thunder sublimeIy aw-
full; the rain came down in torrents, and
what didn't come down in that way froze
itself into huge Jumps of Toe, and followed
rs hail. 1t iained big rain, and hailed
big hail. Four and 20-lOO inches Of
water fell. Streets were submerged, GEL
lars filed with water, bridges swept
away, and considerable damage done to
property generally. Il was second edi-
ton of deluge on smallss .e.le. Eve
rything and everybody was very dry up
there, but they would have preferred TAX
ing the rain in broken doses.
The Muscatine Journal says the river
is lower at that point than it was ever
known to be at this season of the year
Hastings is the head Of navigation for
the Northern Line packets. A formida-
bic sand bar between that point and St.
Paul permits only the smaller boats to
pass. .
Wheat was selling for 81 Is per
bushel at Muscatine Saturday. So says
the Journal.
The Muscatine journal estimates
the loss from the storm of Saturday at
$4,000.
The Northern Iowa Sanitary Fair
at Dubuque opened yesterday. 1t bids
fair to be an immense success.
Seventeen births are recorded ia
Benton township, Fremont county, and
nary girl. So says the Ausoatine jour-
nal. And 'twerp't much Of . season for
boys in Benton township, either, We
reckon.
The Journal says that correspond
ert Of the Nevada Egis, assures the pub.
lie that he has hem which lays two eggs
each day and nutmeg on Sunday. THAI
ems ha 'oss She might go ~ . day"
delegate to a wooden nutmeg convention.
The LIST Iowa cavalry are rapidly
coming into Davenpors and bringing their
horses with them. They will probably
BE- ready to leave in about ten days, and
are to report to Gen. Davidson At Little
Rock. So says the Gazette.
The Davenport Gazette says over 500
Iowa veteran infantry (10th Iowa volun-
teers,) arrived by rail on ss.nrday nigh.
from the front. They we're 20 BE- paid Of,
Monday. Nearly all have re-ealis.ed and
have come home on their thirty dAys'
furlough.
The Gazette says that some hal
dozen pick pockets and thieves arrived in
Davenport Friday night and commenced
opentieus lat ososv sssvssai psrsies have
been sufferers thereby, but the police have
their eyes upon the light-6ngered gentry
and will gobbls. then up il. they DON,
make themselves scAros.s 50 .ss'ssss
The Clinton County Journal states
asthorisasively that Hon. REDEEM Noble
will not be a candidate for the souina.
iio. iOr Ne sppssps! Jd1eshR before
tho Union State Convention. ss.s
Two thousand aoilars have been II.
propriated o. the Board Of Supervisors d
Clayton county, 70 purchase ! farm l for
the support Of the county, POOR. : J.
The VistoaaEseiss proposes J.nea
en- ca'pin, Esq, Of Vin.oa.. ,hs ,efisisps
oierk q the Dstsies conrt, - ! qaddi-
GATE Tor the nomination Of Register Of
2fafa II ana nne.exFass