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

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rain storm whish Visited them SAtGedayd /
spread over quits an sxtsat Of sountys1
Ihsy had ssotass shower asadsy nlgAt-I
gladly .sesivsd aad noss taksa rithedt
grumbling.
The same papsr says that tie general
court-martial which had bsea il session
there for some time adjournsd Sunday,
having finished it, dslibsntione. "a
From the same We learn that the lst
lows cavalry received orders upon Sunday
70 report to Little Rock, Arkansas, at
once, and we're to leave Davenport yes-
terday or to-day.
Scott county proposes to hold an old.
fashioned celebration Of the Fourth Of
July at their county agricultural fair
grounds, in which it il proposed that the
people Of the entire county shall join.
i Rev. Mr.. jackson, Of the Baptist
Church Of McGrsgor, Clayton county,
has resigned his charge and gces -
Missionary to India-starting about July
, frst.
The Iowa Tribune, the leading Ger
;. man paper Of Southeru lows, runs up the
names of Lincoln and johnson, and in
doing %. says: "The great National
Convention in the,nams Of mighty peo-
pie. expressed its decision. and to that
We submit. We can hardly behave that
the radicals and copperheads, merely to
split our party, will unite themselves in
sham fight. and like Don Quixote with
= the fan of the Windmill, fight against
. public opinion, mot even for the purpose
. Of electing their local tickets. Three
y cheers, therefore, for our present and next
l. President, Abraham Lincoln, and orr
q next Vice President, Andrew johnson. =
: The First National Bank OF Dubuque
= opened for business Monday.
The Dubuqus Herald says that in
IN the Tetesdes Aortes settlement couple
> With matrimonial intentions waited on q
= clergyman and requested him to perform
= the marriage ceremony. The bride woro
+ hoops; the clergyman didn't like hoops
y wouldn't marry her unless she would lay
aside the obnoxious article. She retired
At to . secluded spot, laid her erinoiine
20 aside, reJoined her waiiing "lovyier,' and
the twain were made one.
u We learn from the Herald that fell
g. low calling himself DR.. Parrod, has been
+ circulating among the people Of that par,
of the State after the style Of Prof Owen.
!. It laments the loss Of sundry and divers
!. articles of personal property which The
;. gentleman borrowed and strangely forgot
:. to return to the proper owners.
,e The Gazette says that Mr.. Donaldson
- who was sho, receotly while attempting
C. to arrest some horse-thieves, was living
b. 1t last accounts. The Board Of 6rpefvi
y sors has offered reward of el20 for th,
of arrest of the desperadoes, Hamilton ant
p. Story counties will probably do the same
ul The citizens of Wright are arming Ant
Organising alternatives to protect thei
by property and break up the bands of horse
I'M thieves injecting the northwestern part 0
the State.
Psn1rxsT1AsY CoxvIcrs Pat Muir
rhy, found guilty in the District Court
OF Tor attempted rape, has been sentences
MS By Judge Richman to eighteen months il
ut tho penitentiary. az1s
I'M John English, q negro, Also convicte,
!, of violence and attempted rape on.
white girl, has been sentenced in lik
- manner for ten years. Muscatine Jour
ed nal
ID, The mail carrier on the route iron
at Iowa Falls to Mason City has been arrsst
W ed on charge Of robbiug the mail.
10 The crops in Hardin county are sui
fering from the drouth.
- JUBILAnT.-The Lord has favored th
- Des Moineians with I shower. The,
!, have been waiting for it long time
" Dixon, of the Register. becomes the spokes
- man Of the whole community, and goes Of
I. thus:
! Hallelujah! Let the earth rejoice, AMI
: the inhabitants thereof! Blow 70 tn
&c xampess Let fervent gratitude hav.
.. appropriate expression /! Yesterday Of
IN ttsrnoon and old fashioned thundssstoru
such = We knew when Time Wis nurs
e log infant, moved on the Capitol With Il
70 train of artillery. We had shower larg'
70 enough to moisten the earth, and invig
q crate vegetation. Ii did NJ good. w,
d. have never felt better since the Judgments
|. Of Heaven and loyal people we're rainet
L on the Copperheads at the pulls on tn,
n Cd Tuesday Of October last.
4 "A Southern Iowa Soldiers .Fsir vii
z be held 10 Burlington on the Goth day o
!, September.
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