The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-02-28

:
cerning Des Moines and railroad connet
= tions:
This city is about two hundred an
: fifty miles in direct line from st. Louis
+ about forty miles less than It is from Chi
+ csgo. The former city is one OF the bes
!, markets in the West, and often, as a
present, the very best, produce now CON
mandng fourteen to twenty per cen,
more there, according to the pubIshe,
} market reports of the two cities, than il
Chicago. Any movement, therefore, cal
culated to abridge the distance betwee,
us and the metropolis of the Mississipp
Valley Is of great importance to the De-
mo mes Valley
Of this character is q bill recently pass
ed by the Missouri Legislature to lit the
State lien on the North Missouri railroad
so as to allow it to borrow Sc 5000. O0l
for the purpose of extending their main
line westward to the Missouri, and OF
building branch to connect with the
Iowa system of railroads.
st. LOUIS sees, with no very pleasant
feelings, the extent to which Chicago has
already tapped the trade Of Iowa by her
lines Of road running ibto the State, and
the former city seems now determined TO
enter on vigorous contest with her rival
ior The trade of the State, large portion
| OF which naturally belongs to her This
feeling gives promise that the projected
branch line will claim the first attention
of the Company. The connection must
OF course be made with the Des Mdines
alley railroad, perhaps at O.umwa.-
That road is now only forty miles from
Dss Moines, which distance, il is expect.
ed, viii be tinished some time in the year
1866, it no, sooner The North Missouri
rosd is built to Macon, on the Ham bal
d. St. Joseph road. Thus about one half
the distance between this city and St.
Louis is now constructed, and with fair
prospect for the completion of the balance
within two years. possibly before we have
direct COMMUNICATION with Chicago. The
benef. to the Des Moioes valley 10 be de-
rived from this connection, is incach hIa-
BILE Navigation is interrupted at St.
Louis very small PORTION Of the year,
aud some seasons not at all This fact will
relieve the trade of this valley from the
extoriions practlsed on other communities
when navigation is closed, by the con pa
MES on the great through lines to the sea,
board, willie we will have at ali times in
the year. two dsiiect means Of com tnu-
uication with the great wosld, and
choice at rival markets ia " hich TO dis
pose OF the produce oi this rich coun try.
We will keep our readers posted as to the
movements toward carrying out this
grand project.
The County Judge issued fifteen nj ar
rage licenses in January; in February,
thus far, but seven. The + R'gister thinks
that the great petroleum excitement has
got the better Of the matrimonial. The
bridge across Coon river was DESTROYED
Wednesday morning. The Register avs
that Company (. l4th Iowa infantry
Numbers Ia ii fifteen pairs Of brothers. all
from Vandalia, Jasper county, aud the
vicinity thereof. The Register of Sun Jay
vas printed on paper manufactured in
Des Moines. Mr.. Strain, near Des
Moines, sold ffty acres of his oil Ia id
lately, f,r five shousand dollars.
BLOOMFIELD IrEMs-The Guard con-
tains call for railroad meeting to be
held at Bloomfield next Saturday. favor
able to the early completion Of the N d,th
Missouri railroad FROM the State line
through Bloomiell TO Ottumwa. The
Guard says Judge Trimble has received a
letter ftcm Pratt, Chief Engineer of tile
North Missoari railroal, that he has been
en;,u ted with the location OF said road
from Macon City 10 Ottumwa The edi
tor OF the Guard is '.in for it," Like the
ac i've and wide awake journalist that be
is, he keeps his public of readers posted
il all matters of general and local Interest.
La the course thereof he said the babies
Of Floris, alias Hacklebarney, in Davis
county, were wont to have dirty faces
whereatis the ire OF "a unit Sally Jonsing''
aroused against him, and from the Hoop
Pole district near Flors she walks into
uur brother most terrlffically, As follows:
Dear Sir : Seeing as you criticise
dirty faced babies and hoop pole neighbor
hoods pretty severely, don't think it
would be amiss to remind you that YOU
were dirty faced brat yourself once.
My be you think people have forgot
how you used to wade up aud down the
lille creeks and spring branches in Indi-
ana, tshiug for tad poles, and how you
used to GO round with your shirt tail full
of rocks. a-tbrowing AZ the birds, and
didn't get your face washed 1t sundo wn
neither.
Yes, and maybe you think people don |,
know that when you was sixteen years
old, you didnt know biscuit from tnr.
pip and how that you cried for knife
10 peel biscuit with, the 6rst time 5ou
ever saw one. because you thought it was
4 turnip.
Now, I'll let you know that there is
other people in this country, even ddwn