The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-12

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The Bloomfield Gsd-d saya. the. lrish
ksse Aos,nsocsd putting ~ their shntias on
the Wyacondale, where they will remain
through the winter, and work on the heavy.
cuts and ellis in that vicinity. .,-v
-rns ci,i1enu-of Mount Pleasant xrsss.
ting in. earnsst on the subject Of railroadS.
The project Of uniting lows City ssith Zee
kuk BY = railroad running through Washing
ton and Mount Pleasant Is being agitated y
present, and the Josssl cslls ~ The psopls
Of Henry county 70 do ths;r part u De naa-
ter and thus secure tho location Of The rosd
through hosas Pisesant ss
The Guthrie Ledger says Mrs. Rachael
Byers, nov living in Beaver township in thae
county, II the oldsss ysunAa il IeSS, being
one hundred snd Avs years old o. the AIS
day Of October last. She il native Of No.
ryland, is in excellent health, and frequently
walks mile vithou. apparent fatigue.
The Merchant Union Express has -
abolished an ol6cs at Clinton.
The two passenger conduotors On The
Dubuque and Sioux railroad have bssn ~!
moved for reasons satisfactory 70 the COM
pauy.
The Hamilton Hesmas has changed
hands. ]. D. Hunter, Of lo~a Rslls, has
bought il. Hs vas editor Of the Hardin
County Sessisel q one time, and durint the
lass session Of the Lesislssars v.S clerk Of
The Swamp Land Investigating Commistes.
We remember Mr.. Hunter vol, and wish
him abundant success in his new }nssspnss.
He will make good paper il the people up
thars will give him proper encouragement
Mr.. Josiah Crossan, one Of he oldest
settlers of Southern Iowa, . resident Of Ed
dyville, died 1t the Avenue Hbass, De
Moines, on Sunday morning. He vas on
his way to Indianola on . visit, and vas b.
ken i'll upon tbs vsy Mr.. c. helped n rear
the frs. building ever erected in Eddyville,
and vas IN energetic and public spirited DIT.
zen. &
Mr.. +. II. Bolton, citizen Of Daven>
port, and hitherto respectable insurance
agent, has been arrested on the charge oil
acting - agent Of the "Hawkeye Insurance
Co., Of Oskaloosa, when hs vAa not, and
pscketing the money. The hearing Of the
case is postponed till the Goth inst TO obtain
the evidence of the former Secretary Of that
Company, - to whether the accused ever
had any right 70 act IS its agent.
We are happy to announce that the Cor
ydon Coal Company hare entered into con-
tract With ]. Lancaster TO boss FOR ceai sAfee
qusrten Of . mile south Of town. He will
commence operations Immediately. We un-
derstsnd that he h TO bore tvo hundred fess,
for two hundred dollars; that if he should
strike coal 1t depth short Of two hundred
feet, be il 10 receive pay At above rates. We
will look With great interest to the result Of
their iabors, Is there 10 no estimating the ID
vantage that would sccrue to our town and
county if they succeed in finding good vcin
Of coal We wish them success. Put il
through; there ID no such word - sssil."--
Corydon Monitor.
Mih Garrison, prisoner in Jail,
in Alton, attempted to escape. By re-
volving round and round he tink ed the chan
BY which he was fastened TO the foor, and
With hinge and billet Of wood broke link.
He then attempted to crawl through hole
in the door, abou. SKIP inches. using the
store fos . foot parchAse 70 rod himself
through. The stove vent orsr, lssying Milf.
ID limbo, lodged upon bis hips, funsbis to
move forwsrds or backward II this pre-
dicament his bowels commenced swelling y
shd the horrors Of death from disssss nos1
laid down ID the books-jaif>hois dansula-
tion Of the aomach--sonfrputad liz existed
Imagination, and he beloved Justify for hello
His cries awakened the jailor, Who relieved
and secured him. We clip from the Alton
Rereiiie.
Week before last ; leather Trunk vaafor-
vsrded to lsdependsscs, directed 4 - Ne
sisnal Hotel It vss tatSnfl4S ia bhced
IN tie hall. Enaay nsrnins ssbs identical
ssuak ~ found in tbs. -hsash hy NJ. Lasher
and dausAlss, vAo SsSsis SsAscA a. kind
Hsss. Tbs frank bad bsep broken opsn and
riHed Of portion Of lis conssessi Il was
afterwards claimed By = shs.ger Who arrived
on the cars. md Sho stated that hs had fer |
vards1shs 6unk ID salvaaess He nNe Iis1
name - Eli Pearson, which correspondent
viah tie nams found upon che discharge pa-
pers in the trunk. He ssid tia trunk. con-
tAia.d no money, but . qaAssig Of eloshilg,
which had been mostly appropriated 81 The
robbers. Il i sappos.d that the trtnk vaa
taken out 81 the hotel hall BY parties VIA
thought it contained something morn valua-
be than cio.bing.; No clue to the rsscais
has beer discovsred. See Dubuqus Nmes..
The total cost OF the right Of way for The
c. X. l. I T. 4. B., through Jasper county,
will be Sc, s42 Is. The Newton Ihss Rea
states:
This i aiapIy the eostsf right Of u.v.
nst intending expenses Of co1uioieosrn,,
}ivesy, piesing, lawyers f1es, -. uhicIl
will probably swell the smount 70 suins ~ q
600
The whole Of To above cost will be met
BY the citiscus bys voluntary assessment Of
two per cent on tie vaiuation Of the taxable
property Of the granters, Who pledge he
risht Of way 20 the company. sSucA publis.