The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-03-13
THE. GATE CITY
MONDAY. MARCH Is.
The Glenvood Opinion says:


eve we're shown 1sstsrdey By D,
Eakin. full sized lamb, everything
seemed perfect except tho formation Q
the head. which was upside down, tn
eyes and ears were on the under jaw
had no mouth-its nostrils seemed per
feet. 1t is indeed curiosity" -
The Opinion says distressing scene
occurred at Glenwood on Monday. A
Mr.. Black Of Winterses went to Patts.
mouth, Nebraska, some time ago and de.
termined to locate there. Wrote to bis
family to come to him. They prepared
to do 90. Meantime Mr.. Black was t.
ken i'll and died and his body was sent
back to Winterset. At Glenwood Mr..
Blacks family. already enroute for Platts-
mouth. were met by his corpse.
The Opinion tells . huge story about
petroleum. Says that man appeared on
horseback in that place enveloped in
flames. Went to light his pipe near the
Missouri river. The river was running
petroleum. Ignited. Tremendous con-
fagration. The Opinion has learned that
the eastern slopes Of the Rocky Noun
tains are running oceans Of petroleum.
1t may be, but wouldn't advise any
body to give up Government contract
to go prospecting.
The Davenport Democrat says there
is considerable amount Of freight await
ing shipment By packets at that place.
Five hundred rebel prisoners left
Rock Island for exchange Monday eve
ming. This makes 1900 already for
warded and some $500 still on hand
awaiting exchange. Quite . number Of
the rebs have enlisted in the frontier ser
vice, and many decline to be exchanged.
Washington county has . popula-
ton Of l5,003. Gave / 1868 votes for Mr..
Lincoln and 937 for Mcclellan. The
soldiers gave 279 for Lincoln and IA for
Little Mac. At the municipal election At
Washington las. Monday there Was but
one ticket in the field. Out of l01 votes
cast for Mayor, Ralph Dewey received 80.
So saws the Press.
The Eddyville Star ventilates what
it calls ia set of bang-dog, cut.throas,
horse-thief looking fellows, travelling
through the country, styling themselves
1. G. Detroy's, minstrels." At Eddyvills
they endeavored to entice away from
home a couple of indiscreet females, and
would have succeeded but for the discov-
cry of their plot. They left between two
days, hotel bill unpaid, and the Star vio-
timized $3.50.
The Jasper Free Press proposes to
publish personal controversies in its col
umns at patent medicine advertising
rates.
Capt. Hosea B.. Horn continues in
the sIowa Annals" his interesting
sketches of Davis county.
The "Annals" has the following on the
origin of "Hawkeye" as the ccgnomen Of
Iowa:
'One evening in the winter of 1888,
several gentlemen assembled in the room
Of Gov. Lucas at the Burlington House
in Burlington, were discussing the name
of "Bldger" as applied to the territory Of
Wisconsin, from which Iowa had been but
recently separated, when the question
was sprung what name should the Iowani
take.
We reoolect. that 10 that company
were Governor lucas. Secretary Conway.
Gen. Van Antwerp, Jesse Williams, Hon
Joseph Williams, J. G. Edwards, editor
of the Burlington Patriot, and afterwards
Familiarity known as old Hawke and the
editor of the Annals (then private secre
.z1xrg to the Governor
Some one, We do not remember whom
proposed latter various names had beer
mentioned) that of Hawkeye. when oil =
once agreed, and Edwards soon afte
changed the name Of his paper to that 0
Hawkeye and Burlington Patriot.
There is to be . convention Of th
wool growers Of Jefferson county at Fair
Geld Wednesday, 18th inst. Mr.. Over
Bromley of Jefferson county has been ap
pointed agent Of the American Emigran
Company and will shortly visit Europe
The appointment, says the Ledger, is on
at 10 be made.