The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-12

!, TvrsDAY. JULY II.


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and tried in Dsysppor on Thgpday fcr
assault S6d battery Of one ffed 6SAssl-
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Hartman's garden ana ct hn bsAAs md
cabbages. whsreupon his "dapder ris' and
his good vifs's also, and they wore
"dunder and bitten py tam, = aud mora,
too, that they wouldn't sndore it. and
they didnt-pitched into Fred and wers
hauled up therefor. &
The quarterly report Of the 6rst na-
tionsl bank Of Davenport shows The bank
to be in . good condition. The ausunt
Of capitai stock paid in is SS6. 100.
BpRNED TO DxArH-The Home Jour
nal { NJ Pleasant thus narrstes the shock
ing death of = lady living in Henry county |:
"The whole community was shocked on.
Monday Of this veek, with the report Of
the burning of Mrs.. Frazier, the j iie o.
John W. Frazier. Esq, near Salem in
this county. We hare not yet oil the.
particulars, but learn her clothes took iirs
while putting up fruit, in the san6sr
kitchen, and although she tbrs~ henelf
on the greuad snd did hss' utmost 70 Ell. !.
tinguish the names; It vas al in va Ii, !,
the wind was 20 high, and before help
could be obtained she was so shockingly
burned she survived but one day. +
Mrs Frazier was 4 sister Of Leouard
Farr. Esq, an estimable and accomplished
lady, and will leave blank in the social
circle as wen Is 10 society, difficult to eli.
Her esteemed husband has the deep sym
pathy of large circle Of friends
Lieut.. Roseman, of Mt. Pleasant, was
lately murdered by one ofhis own men.
We learn the. following from the
Davenport Gazette: sa wqg =
"The Veteran Reserve Corps did not
leave Rock Island on Wednesday night, ~
published, as isst before starting, the or
der was countermanded.
"Sixty-four rebel prisoners having IA
ken the oath Of allegiance, were cent to
Chicago as recruits for the Navy on We'd
nesday evening. s & ~
"Two hundred and thirty-6yc rebel
prisoners from Askansss, arrived ss Rock
Island on Wednesday, under detachment
of Merrill's Missouri Cavalry.
: "Col. II. G.. Bemen, 9Th Iowa Cavalry,
was hurt in the back and geasralIy injured
by railroad accident on the Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad last week."
mis.issipri ana wabash Railre.a.
The stockholders of the M. & W. r.
r. held their annual meeting at Carthage,
on the Goth uit. The following named
gentlemen we're elected Directors for
the ensuing year;
Charles L. Frost, of New York. 81,
H. Hill d E P Buell., Warsaw. tx
ii. b. Tey-Eyck, Keokuk. @
Jno. A. Cherry, Carthage.
D. Gouchenour. Ii Harpe.
/. H. Smith, Bushnell.
The new Board was organized on the
same day by the election Of Charles T..
Frost, President, Henry Hill, Vice Presi-
dent, James b. Dodge, Secretary and
Treasurer, and Z. p. Bsell, Superintend-
ent. The office of the Company was re-
moved to Warsaw.
The question 10 frequently asked as,
what is the prospect for building the
road ? We ansver that We consider lis
: construction as certain IS any other enter
prise can be in the present unsettled state
Of, the country. There is now no impedi-
ment in the way Of effecting consoIida-
ton with the road fran Peoria 10 LagAns.
port, end it 10 the interest Of eli pasties
aonoerned,. that consolidation shonld be
made at as early day 8 practicable. -
tits indispensable TO the heavy Interests
controlling the road east Of Peoria that our
road should be buih, but il cannot be ex-
pected when iron is worth $3.50 per ton,
labor % per day, aud all other things 10
proportion, that any great amoant of work
will be done. All that va can st this
time reasonably expect is the the enter
prise will be placed 90 sure basis: SO
that as seen IS the financial Affairs of the
country become settled, the work will bs
pushed forward with vigpr. = se-i
The road from Peoria 10 Canton is nov
in process of construction and will, in al
probability, soon be completed to the las'
named point.-r Warsaw New Era
The Tender OF The ,sefret4ryehlp..'
AaN Csv. Toasj DeeliR asf6h.
AS matter Of interest to the public
We give the business-iike telegrsphic cor
respondence between President LincolI
and Gov. Tod:
NIB. LISooLNs DIsPATcH.s
81 Washington, June 80, 1864.
Hon. David Tod, youngstown: ssp-isEa
I have nominated you to the Office o