The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-28
IOWA ITEAs.

The Davenport Gazette says that Rev.
John 8. C. Abbott, who lectured in that city
Friday evening. goes to Cuba in December.
The CentrevilYe Citizen reports the pros
pect of an early connection BY rail Of Apra-
moose county with the rest of the World to
be promising.
An expert thief entered the house of .
Dubuque policeman. the other night. while
the latter was on duty and stole $500. So
says the Times.
-"Strikes" are not always profitable.
Thus from the Free Press it appears that on
Thursday last the hands on the hrst section
of the railroad West of Newton struck for
higher wages aud went into town for gen
eral spree, refusing to work until their wages
we're increased. The contractor engaged a
new set of hands, and refused to employ any
of the old ones. He is now working full
set of hands. while the old ones have come
70 realizing sense of their folly.
The same paper, referring to M occa-
sional grand feature of life on the prairies
says: "The editor of the Mitchell County
nress. noticing the prevalence Of the inevita
BILE prairie fires with which our western prai-
ries are annually Illuminated, regrets that our
Eastern friends could not behold tight 80
beautiful When long lines Of fire stretch
for miles in all directions. lighting the whole
canopy Of the heavens with its lurid flame,
it is indeed sight solemn and exciting,
magnificent and grand The periect enjoy
ment of it, however, is only attained when
one has by proper precaution secured his own
hay, fences, buildings &c, from oil danger
Of sudden transformation to ashes. The
usual amount OF damage is being done on
our borders. this year, by the devouring ele-
uent'
The Bloomfield Guard says: The con.
| tractors on the st. Louis & Cedar Rapids
Railroad have arrived in our midst pre-
pared to push forward the work with energy.
! The grading Machine spoken Of in our las,
| issue is on hand, and huge thing it Is. We
have no, seen it work as yet, but will ct the
| first opportunity II is our opinion, after
having seen il, that il will do all it il recon-
mended to perform. 1t is unquest,onably an
| invention Of extraordinary and almost meal
enable value to railroad men in this prairie
country. Its speed is marvellous, throwing
up, as it does IN good order, upwards of a
half mile per day. 1t will cut ditch fou,
ieet deep with perfect ease. We understand
that the machine cost the contractors 81 200.
We hope its insatiate NAV may never &c,
satisfied until it hnishes US road.
There was . shooting scrape in Cerro,
! Gordo county, recently, which resulted fatal
ly. Shepard and Dedham had been troubled
BY each others cattle during the season, and
had quarreled frequently. The Republicdn
says: ''At the time the shooting occurred,
Sheperd was loading sand on the bank Of
the creek. The boy came upon the opposite
side, and the old quarrel was resumed, dur.
ing which he called Shepsrd liar. The
latter threatened to whip him If he repeated
ii, which he did. Taking . short Whip in
his hand, Sheperd crossed the creek % him,
and was me. on the bank with the muzzle Of
his cooked gun. Selling the gun in hia hand,
Sheperd tried to turn it aside, but before he
could do SO, the boy fred, snd the charge
entered Sheperd's thigh. Remaining where
he was for some time. he was at length as
sisted to recross the creek by young man
living at Dedharn's and reaching home, DIR.
llurd, of Hampton, was called, bat last
evening, the Eth, at 4 o'clock the patien,
died from the effects of the wound"