The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-07


course Of lectures embracing 20 much emf
nence and talent will be largely patronized.
Thus only can the Association be properly
sustained in their praiseworthy labors.
THAT EXCURSION that excursion last
Wednesday evening, Of Quincyites to this
place, report is made in the papers Of that
city thu
1.-THE proposed moonlight excursion TO
Keokuk. came off HIST night under the au-
spices of the Young Ladies' Circle, socie>
| ty connected with the Vermont street NJ. f.
Church. 1t was happy success. The party
was large and the young ladies Of the 'Cir~
Gle realized handsome sum to add to the
fund with which they intend to furnish the
new M. E. Church when built.
aAs this was announced to be moonlight
excursion we will say that it was performed
BY daylight, twilight, starlight, moonlight,
gaslight. lamplight, and almost every other
kind Of light except the light Of other days.
eve started on the elegant steamer Mollie
McPike at about l>2 o'clock last evening,
when daylight had just faded enough to show
the evening star and another bright star in
the east. About three hours after the wsn>
ing moon arose, in shape like an apple with
one side gnawed off by hungry boy. The
ride up was delightful, with pleasant company
to cheer and charm the evening hours.
There ras music. merriment and moonlight
on the waters-enough to cheer the loneliest
heart add make glad any common mortal.
And Tor the rest, the return, and the reso-
lutions adopted, are they pot written in
Quincy local chronicles ''untii this day =,
And is rot that unpoetical reierence TO the
moon, the fruit of bad metaphors
The Mission SABBATH ScHooi--That
Mission Sunday School is notoriously one
of the admirable features OF religious enter
prise in this city. There is . whole army.
metaphorically speaking, Of Juveniles that
attend there from Sabbath 10 Sabbath. A
full corps of teachers haF re done most
lpraisewolthy duty. They have long needed
q proper building the one they now occupy
beng unfit for Sabbath School uses. They
have had it in mind for some lme to prepare
better quarters for themselves. They are
going to doit-
A lot on the corner Of High and Thirteenth
streets has been purchased, and the contract
for the i'm IMMEDIATE construction of suitable
building been given out. A subscription pa
per has been circulated among quite num-
Der of our citizens, and about 81 500 sub
scribed, which sum is not adequate for the
completion of the work. lflany friend or
well wsher of the cause or School has been
overlooked by the soliciting committee, We
are authorized by them to shy tina. the list
can be seen at the Office Of Nh. John II. Day;
who will be pleased to enter their names for
such amounts ss they may feel able and will,
ling to give for this commendAble object. If
you want TO make good Investment, that
shall profit your fellows and give yourself a
quiet conscience, and mind at rest with
righteous convictions open your pocket book
and down with the greenbaeks to aid the
Mission Sabbath School.
\ DAN CoaREspoSDEycE.-Th isn't any
thing profane in that at all. But that ice
gorge in tine Des MONIES river at Croton last
winter has given rise to correspondence
that shall be thus entitled. Mr. Mckee,
President of the Athens Mill Company writes
thus to Adjutant General Baker:
ATHENS, Clark Co., Mo-, May /, 1860.
n. B. BAKsR, Adjutant General State Of Iowa,
Dies Moivs, Iowa:
SiR:-Ne would respectfully call your at.
tention 20 he condition Of the Dam at this
place which is in very damaged state,
caused by the ice gorge this spring.
Ne presume you are aware that the State
of Iowa IS under obligations to supply water
to this mill for the next thirty years There
IS water sufficient vet. but when the river gets
low there will be little or no power. We be-
Iieve the State would save much by making
arrangements at once to repair the Dam, as
it is in such CONDITION as to be damaged b,
every freshet and if it is not attended TO thi,
season, there is great danger of the entire
structure washing away.
! Please inform US at an early day what &C,
, ton may le taken, that we may know how
to "shape our ends
Very respectfully. &c.
DAVID Mckee.
President Athens Mill Co.
General Baker, not knowing what he has
; to do with he dams on the Des Moines rive
e in his line Of 'millingtary, endorses the let
ter to Gov Stone as follows:
a ADJ ,iESL's 0rrtcg, STATE oy Iowa
. CLINTON. May !, 1860.
Host rcs ittctiuit IeieFftu 10 liis TAceien
:. cy the Co crnor for information as the mum
1 Der of mill "a and the amount OF ammunition
a to be furnished to regulate This dam.
There is nothing IN the Constitution Q
laws to '.siape our ends on the dam at Gro
d ton or All ma.
Il N. B. BAKER, 4. G.
Thereupnn the Governor endorsed back I
;, the Adjutai.t General as follows:
This ma Ter is left entirely to the sound dis
y erection of The Adjntant General, and as h
n runs the Department to which this subject be
longs and can damn the institution with
>. better graee than can.
d w. NJ. STosE