The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-29
low a lrEms.

The following patents were issned from
the United States Patent Office for the week
ending Nov. Is, 1866, to Iowa inventors. Al
reported by G. l. Chaplin, patent solicitor,
Chicago, H.:
Churn-W. N. Cook, Lyons.
Valve for steam engines--J. L. Dickinson,
Dubuque.
Bee-hive-Gullhire, Clifton.
yehicle-U. Jones, Dubuque.
ee-hive-E. Kretchmen, Pleasant Grove.
Drill-M. Nottingham.
Wrench-W. NJ. Owen, Holmes.
Composition for roofing-J. P. Thompson,
Kirksvale.
The citizens Of Livingston. Grdndy aad
Mercer counties, Missouri, have voted in f.
vor Of levying q tax Of sou, coo in saeh
county in aid Of the construction Of the Chill
ico.he and Fort Dss Moines railroad. Chill
cothe is the county seat Of Living ston coun.
", Missouri, aud is-on the line Of the Han
nibal and St. Joseph railroad.
The following are the names Of lows
postmasters recently appointed: IN. B. Sis
bee, Dayton Centre. vice S. S. Potter; G,
A. Zion, Pleasant Grove, vice J. 8. Tucker,
resigned; Eli Aiken, Bethel, vice Ira Bug
bank, resigned c. F. Butler, Clifton, vice
George Hayward, resigned; +. Baker, Eve
land, vice II. J. Knowles. resigned, ]. A.
Welsh. Attica, vice W. Thomas, resigned;
J. Galbreth, White Cloud, vice j. WILDER,
resigned.
The Young Mems Christian Associatiou
At Dubuque gave . supper last Sa,utda,
evening from which $500 were realized % 90
of the poor of the city. The Association hla
only been in existence three months, and ha,
already accomplished much rood.
Horace Greeley will lecture at Daven
port on December s,h; at Cedar Rapids or
the 18th, Dec. 1866, and at Mount Vernon OF
,he l2th; and Ought to lecture in keokuk OF
or about the 10th.
A letter from q Davenport citizen, trav'
cling in the Northern part OF the State, writ
ten from Floyd county, says: This section o
the country begins seriously to feel the los
. Of the oet aud corn crops. The scarcity il
both these important grains will be very great
The wheat crop Was also light and Of poo
quality, 20 that a very considerable falling q
of general business, in this part Of the State
may be expected before next harv tst-"
The Anamosa Eureka comes to US en-
larged to an eish; column sheet We ar,
glad to see this evidence Of its prosperity
We notice that the Republican press Of low
is in remarkably healthy conditiSn general
~, while on the other hand the Cppperjohn-
son concerns are 10 s;ckly condition.
About lao, coo bushels of wheat wer,
shipped from Marshaltown during Septem-
Der and October.
The Fairfield Ledger says that twenty
Eve hundred turkeys are on the farm of Mr.
Dubois, near that city, awaiting shipmen
South. The average price paid for them wal
s. each.
The Marshalltown Times chronicles the
sickness of 81 ohnny Green, the Musqusks
Chief, known to everybody in the valley o.
the Iowa, and who resides short distance
from Marshslltown. Johnny il ofr<he opin.
ion that his stay on thus side Of the sshAppy
hurting ground will be very limited.
We were mistaken in saying last weeI
that The trial Of the boys arrested for tarrins
and feathenng DR.. Robinson would come of
last Friday. 1t comes of next TUESDAY 49,.
One of the Ninrods of Pella killed eleven
Wild gees one day last week. -. The man,
friends of John b. Hamilton, Esq., will be
grieved to learn OF the death Of Mrs Hamil
ton, which occurred last month while on q
visit at the residence Of !. c. Curtis, Esq., ID
California. She died very suddenly. 90. Las
Saturday evening abou, dusk, sons slipper,
6agered gentry took two pair Of blankets and
some fur goods that we're hung out II Evans
Is sign. They we're valued At $4,000.
They also stole a boil. Of goods from Mr.. Nun
thigh, and some from Bousquet, Bros. Brink.
hof They took several bundles from far
mers wagons standing in The street. So fai
the rascals have escaped detection. The
shove items We take from the Peiia Btade
The Methodist hare removed the cen
tsal portion Of the end salt oftLsir church, %
- % throw the second story OF the addition
into the main audience room. The ceiling
and tower will be supported BY solid arch =
feet inches in diameter, Is inches deep and
70 isehes vide. Tbs sweepa Of the arch il
IS feet. See Ottumws Courier
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