The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-05
IOWA ITEMS.

| AT last accounts the 9th Cavalr!
was st Camp Gamble, st. Louis. us
to noon Of the 24th inst, there had beer
Tie applications for exemption il the %
Congressional District, Of which p2 were
exempted.-William Heuer, Of Musca.
tine county, was recently run over BY Z
sleigh, and died from the effects Of inju-
ries.--Coloael John Edwards, of the
18th Iowa Infantry, commands At Fort
Smith, Ark. His regiment is with him.
-Black Hawk county is probably out
Of the draft before this time. Waterloo
is ont and two or three other townships
in the county are furnishing men in ex-
cess Of their quota. That county cast =
home Republican majority of about $50.
Comment unnecessary.
We CLEAN the above items from the
Des Moines Register.
The Republican majority in johnson
county, including the army vote. reaches
oil the way from 228 to $40. johnson
is one of the counties which were claimed
By Byington 4 Co. before the election -
What will those gentlemen take now for
their claims! A pretty big discount,
won't they?
The Iowa City Republican says that
the whole number Of applicants to the
Board Of Enrollmen. for exemption from
the draft in this District is als, Of whom
66 were exempted. to.wis for hernia Is.
deformity IA, unsuitableness of ake 27,
physical disability 7, etc. For slienage
10 applications we're made, none Of which
we're passed upon by the Board.
Noble Perrin has returned to Clinton
county, having escaped from the clu tchss
Of the rebels after be was sentenced to be
hanged a. spy. So Gays the Clinton
Herald.
The Davenport GaIst.e contains
chapter Of outrages inflicted on the citi-
zens of tha, place by certain soldiers. We
regret to hear that men who have volun-
teered to assist in putting down tt e re-
beilion, should demean themselves by
any such acts as are reported in th } Ga
xette.
The Vinton Eagle reports thai the
men Of Irving turned out few days
since, and secured sixty loads of wood
for the families of volunteers. That's
doing good in the most practical man.
ner.
We have received the Linn Ccun.y
Patriot, late the Register. Mr.. L lucas,
the new editor, bids fair to keep thI Is pa.
per up to the standard Of its predec essor.
The only fault We see is in changing the
name. There is no sense in that.
Prof. T. s. Psrvin, of the State Uni
versity at Iowa City, has been chose Ii.
brarian Of the State Historical Societ ety.
The soldiers in the army from Henry
counted voted unanimously for the Re.
publican ticket, making the malorities
on the total vote range from 1857 to
a,s4O. This is . little ahead Of Scott
counsy-which gave a combined ma ority
of 1850.
"A subscription Was recently circula-
ted in De Witt, Clinton county, to raise
means to buy wood for soldiers wives in
that city, and the handsome amount Of
eight hundred dollars Was raised without
aoy difficulty. So says the Clinton Her
aid.
SAD OccURRENcK.-Some two months
oSo Rev. s. F. vanatta and his wife. of
Washington, in this State, were appoint
ed by the Synod of the United Presbyte-
rian Church, of which they were mem
bers, as agents to visit and aid the freed
men of the Southwestern Department.
They left their family and congregation
in Washington and started on their mis-
sion. While going down the Mississippi.
near Vicksburg, the boat they we're on
was fired into BY rebel guerrillas, and Mrs.
Vanatta vas killed instantly, and her
husband was mortally wounded.-[Keo-
sauqua R.pub.
DIABoLIsH.-A most cowardly and