The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-09
VOL. 13.
Iowa Items.

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Miss Susan Denim is playing at the theater
in Davenport.
A revival is in progress at Division Street
NJ. E. Church, in Burlington About fifty
have professed conversion and united with
the church. So says the Hack Eye.
II. E. Bartlett, formerly of Burlington and
now commanding the I. S. Monitor, Oneota,
| is to be tried at Cairo soon for murder He
SAYS he committed the deed in self defense
and hopes clearly to prove it. We CLEAN
from the Hark-Eye.
All of Camp Mcclellan at Davenport, save
part called Camp Kearney, has been sold
Orders, says the Gazette, will probably soon
be received for the sale of Camp Kearney
as the Indian prisoners confined there are to
be released the first Of next month and sent
up the Missouri river to Grow Creek, between
Fort Pierce and Fort Randall.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil thinks that
country papers are taken because people talk
about home and want home news. Sensible.
| A great railroad case will come before
the May term of the United States Circuit
| Court at Des Mones. 1t is brought by the
| holders of the second mortgage bonds Of the
| Mississippi i Missouri Railroad Company.
| The amount is more than million of dollars,
and various and conflicting interests are IN
/ yolved.
The Bloomfield Guard learns that two
men and their families were drowned a few
days ago near the month of the Des Mones
river 1t appears that the ice gorged and
forced the water over the bottom, carrying
the house in which they we're living along
with the current.
Iii reported that Mr. Bruguie, who
resides on the Iowa side of the Sioux river,
had fifty oxen frozen to death in the neighbor-
hood of Fort Sully. during the cold weather
two or three weeks since. They were hauling
down some 1900 buffalo robes, and rs a conse
quence. the wagons containing them had to
be left upon the road,
Walter Haddock, of Hardin county, was
a member of Company &C, 9th Iowa In
fautry. Lost his right arm in Shermsn's
march down 10 the Sea. Was amputated close
10 the shoulder Yet he uses his remaining
arm better than most men do both. He will
cut and cord two and half cords of down
timber per day, and wagers that he can split
one hundred and fifty rails per day.
The Wapello Republican of Yesterday
saws The Iowa river has been ndulging in
n high for the past week The water has
spread out into the low places in the bottoms,
but yesterday was falling slightly. The ice IL
the river at this place moved on Friday last,
bat soon blocked up. leaving it in such con
dition, taken with the high water, as to totally
suspend crossing for the present.
The Dubuque Times of the End gives an ac-
count of the imprisonment of two mer, named
Jas. Peacock and John Kelley, in the bowels
Of the earth for twenty four hours. They
went 10 work as usual, last Wednesday
morning, in one of the mines near that city,
and in the evening at quitting time, in endeav-
oriug TO return to the upper regions, found the
passage way filed with water, shutting them
in completely, A shaft was being sunk into
the cave where they had been at work, and a
small drill hole about two inches in diameter
had been bored down through 80 feet Of solid
rock. By using this as speaking trumpet
they managed to convey 10 those al work
above the intelligence of their imprisonment
Every effort was at once made for their relief
and afler bailinz out the water. 10y means of
barrels, till daylight next morning, it was suf
icently drawn off to permit the men to es
cape through the passage way by wading up
to their necks in the water.
The Davenport Democrat contains an in
teresting report Of a recent visit to the " oil
dggings > at Buffalo, about eight miles below
that city 1t says operations have already
commenced, a company with capital of
S500,00 being organized They have leased
about 1900 acres Of land il Rock Island Co,
Illinois, and Scott county. Iowa, selected with
a view to the development of coal. OIL or sa-
al ~ p,Jort;o hot
gion. Oil men say that the surface indica-
tons" are excellent, and it will soon be dem
onstrated whether oil exists in ''payin guam
titles, as the company has contracted for the
sinking of two wells, 900 feet deep each, in /
different localities,