The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-16
IOWA ITEMS.

Two horsethieves we're arrested near
Muscatine on Friday. See the Journal.
The Democrat gives an account of four
cases of cholera in Davenport which resulted
fatally.
A reported fatal case Of cholera on the
steamer Reserve, at Muscatine, on Sunday.
was cholera morbus. So the Journal affrms.
There was quite a blow at Muscatine on
Saturday night. Several fences and the ga
bic ends of one dwelling house went down.
So says the Journal.
On Saturday afternoon an adventurous
thief attempted to rob the safe in the estab
lshment Of White L Converse. at Muscatine.
He didn't &c, anything; was discovered and
skedaddled before he could be arrested See
the Journal
Mrs. Zintner, wife of John Zintner, on
Thursday last requested neighbor to let her
ride on his wagon to town. The request was
granted, aud near Aling Williams lumber
yard, some part or the harness gave way.
The gentleman was unable to hold or madage
the horses; the lady was dashed out-her
dress becoming entangled with the wheel, she
was dashed around with considerable force
several times, the wheel passing over the
right limb. fearing loose some of the muscles
from the thigh bone and otherwise mutilAting
the limb badly, both above and below the
knee joint. See Davenport Democrat.
The Cedar Falls Gazette says, Sour
farmers along the Cedar Valley have been
very busy for two or three weeks harvesting
their wheat; and never did the yield appear
larger, or the quality better. Corn y now
looking finely, since the heats Of July. Ii
nothing unforeseen transpires, this region
will roll out one of the noblest crops that has
ever been seen. All our rich prairies are
now fairly grooming with their yellow burden.
o, We hungry Of the nations, come hither and
feed Cedar Falls rejoices in the possession
OF an extensive starch mandatory.
-Dubuque is putting on metropolitan ain
as We infer from the following, which s3psAr,
as heading to one local article = nss1ay'i
paper:
Carnival of Crime-Robben, Burglars
and Counterfeiters in our mi1st-Rhombesg'
Saloon Robbed OF y8e0-LnxAef's Saloon
Robbed OF 976-Michel's Shes Store Robbed
Of ss0-Gisso's Grocery Robbed Of SIS
Peabody's Store Broken into Counterfeite
Arres,ed-A Woman Whipper sent to jail
Latest Bnrglay-Gaines House Entered
Chloroform and Revolversl'
We noticed some time ago that com
pany Of negroes from St Louis had passed N
the river to Dubuque to take the place ct III
striking hands of the Northwestern Pscke
Company. The result wss slight civil war
The Times says "Some time since there VA
strike among steamboat hands. The n. w
e. Packet Co. brought up cargo II dsriie,
to take the place of the strikers, much in
censing the latter. Sunday aftersoou, II
Key City came down and stopped at Dunleith
Some of the strikers struck up quarrel will
the workmen on board, throwing brick-bat
and stone bats, seriously in.uring two or thre,
of the colored crew. Captain Lapghton drev
arevolyer and fred couple Of shots, uhicI
persuaded the crowd to cease their hostiI
demonstrations. The shots unluckily hur
nobody, probably from beiss fred htsle to
high. Aim high il good piece Of advie
for an ambitious young man, but when il re
fers 70 crowd Of negro-stoning riotsu ~ u
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