The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-01

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Monday.
Mr.. Allison has declined to be col
sidered . candidate for the vacant Sen,
atorship.
The Hawkeye says there were eIeve
steamers at Dubuque on Tuesday and bus
mess on the levee was quite brisk. II
They have bad food, and they has
. poet at McGregor. After the food sub
sided the poet got on the rampage an,
went of thus:
"The thawing process continued through
Sunday night, and on Monday mornin,
khe upper portion of Main street resem
pled river. About noon it con- meneee
aiDiIE. and then the water in rills enc
reams and torrents flowed, over the gar.
ems and over the road, into the windows
Pd under the doors, filling the cellars and
tering stores, covering carpets and other
lds. with the muddiest kind of mud; oh.
dot the food come down with a will.
pm every gully and every hill, putting 0
men and children and rats to rout, and
cling the Mayor and city dads ont. We
you, reader, twas glorious fun, to see
6ngwell. Newell and Richards run, and
nch and Lampson, and Burlingame,
we believe all our other Aldermen
le, with pick and shovel, and axe and
to save the town from an overflow,
breeches stripped off aud shirts un.
ID. regardless Of drowning or taking
into the water they plunged, and dug
pulled from the bitches each frozen
Of all kinds of trash with which
PISS folks will every winter our bitches
a practice that's nasty and very
ful, and which may some day lead
ults truly awful. When the bitches
cleaned of boards and the accumu.
fifth of the winter, the water very
subsided. and left yards, sidewalks,
and some peoples carpets covered
very unpleasant covering"
News Gays the freshet damaged the
d to the extent of several thousand
and it will take several days TO put
inning order.
ever is spreading at McGregor.
e Corydon Monitor notices us
Put complains of the irregularity
Gates arrival there. Don't know
happens. but hope there won't be
her trouble on that score.
;. Stone was at Pella Wednesday.
en- route for Washington.
Blade says that the College at
has been freed from debt by
ion.
Blade learns that the Des Moinee
ilroad Company has purchased
nple,e the road eight miles be-
Wilson of the Blade is blessed
-ibers have taken to sending his
Ceir correspondents instead Of
hey think the Blade better and
Jews than anything they could
mplimentary. very-and true.
;lade says By accurate compu-
discovered that there are TWO
9 thousand two hundred and
one half dogs in Pella and
exterminatiun of few thou.
,. A little girl of that place
,n and considerably hurt by
zen of the useless brutes .
kaloosa Herald says that .
living . short distance from
pks be has discovered oil in
his premises.
Ebition of the Oskaloosa High
sy and Tuesday was excel
|ely attended. So says the
Hiram Mckay of the 18th
Kingston. North Carolina
fight. was son Of L. d.
kaloosa and formerely lived
Sanford lectured at Oska.
ded house, Saturday even.
European tour.
r learns that Capt. Wood
= is at home in Fairfield.
whose card appears in the
edger, says: "Teeth ex-
great pains" Just 60
BIT Of it.
Bromley left Fairfield fol
sday. He will be gone
,says the Ledger.
iii at Keosauqua for bur
ls in the ceiling and es
lght.
: are not making very
snlisting their slaves te
BE Richmond Wing apo