The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-02-16

oEN1RAx NEWS ITEMS.
when Eugenie skatss, two gsntle-
men take hold Of the ends of . ssven.foot
pole, and Eugene takes hold of the
centre.
The value Of the FAX growth in Ire-
land last year was upwards of forty mil
lions dollars.
There is . temperance revival among
the officers in General Gillmore's depart
msnt and many whisky bottles have besn
broken.
-Gsneral Viele, of the army, has just
been awarded $50 in q New York
court, for being the originator Of the plan
Tor the New York Central Park.
During the recent cold weather at
Paris there was grand rat hunt in the
sewers, and forty dogs in for,y-fve hours
dispatched Ill, 900 rats.
Between San Francisco and New
York the rates OF fare by the mail line are:
Best saloon and state-rooms, Sl62; ed
cabin $82; steerage $50. On the oppo-
sition line sl65, $50 and $50 respec-
lively.
1t is said that the Greek.6re has
failed in consequence Of the shells not be-
ing properly fused If there is any
defect in the fuses, why are they not re-
fused !?
The treasury of Marion county, Ohio,
was recently robbed of some $4,000, by
villains who called on the treasurer in the
evening under the pretense of paying
taxes. They Knocked down the treasurer,
Mr.. Woody, grabbed the money, locked
him inside, and made their escape. A
reward of $500 is offered for their appre-
hension.
"A man and his wife, employed in the
Treasury Department at Washington,
have been dismissed for reasonable COR
respondence with rebels. The woman
wrote to her secesh friends, 'sone woman
can accomplish more with officials here
than fifty men can do "'Tis true tits
pity tits. and pity it's It's true"
AN INGEHIus CLERICAL H1Nr.-A
clergyman having preached during Lent,
in small town in which he had not once
been invited 10 dinner, said, in sermon
exhortiDg his parishioners against being
seduced by the prevailing views of the
age 81 have preached against every vice
but luxurious living, having had no op-
portunity Of observing to what extent it is
carried in this town."
The Beaver Dam Wis. Citizen says
1.-TWO girls and one boy have died out of
MIR. T. Sutherland's family in Burnett,
from eryesipelas, caused by bad vaccine
And another child and himself and wife
are very sick with the same disease, and
are not expected to live. One of the
children was buried last Thursday, one
Sunday, Ole on Tuesday of this week
all of them dying inside of week"
Brigham Young, it appears, is a more
powerful ruler in his way than the King
OF Ashantee. He can have as many wives
as be wants, while, according to an Eng
lish tourist. His Asbantic Majesty, poor
fellow, is absolutely limited ia 3, 1888. We
are hot Informed as to the accommoda-
ton Of HIS Highness' harem, but we
should thin that that number would be
as many as a shanty could accommodate.
food news for men of bibulous ten.
denotes: A London company have just
bought a patent from an enterprising
Frenchman for manufacturing whisky
and brandy from coal gas, which, like al
eohol, consists of carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen.
A fellow at a donation party in
Poughkeepsie recently, astored away"
the following items at the supper table
large biscuits, cups coffee, 40 pieces
cake, 10 pieces cheese, pickles, 3 cups
tea. When the plate was passed for con-
tributions he placed thereon five cents
The ST. Louis Republican gives an
account OF wonderful and beautiful cav
ern called Fishers Cave, on the south
west branch of the Pacific Railroad. The
stalactltes, stalagmites, and incrustations
with still longer names are said to be more
wonderful and beautiful than those in the
Mammoth Cave. We trust is not such
cavern as people ia this city went up to
the Common to see one April morning.
Another suit in the Court of Admit
rally, says London paper, has been be-
gun against the Great Eastern. Captain
Patton, the commander, has caused the
vessel to be arrested for the sum of &c 600
There are now two arrests in force against
the great ship, one at the suit of the ov-
ners Of the late ship Jane for &c 900, and
the other by Captain Patton for $4,000.
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.-A man callino
himself James Harrington, was found AZ
the bottom of well, nearly 80 feet deep,
IA g. L. ~.