The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-07

morning are still living.
THERE will be an interesting discussion, con.
corning fruit growing before the Horticultu-
raj Society at its meeting Monday night
CONCERT To-sIGHT.-1he concert by Prof |
Kilbournes class will be repeated tonight, |
for the benefit ofMessrs Pingree and Stafford, |
who lost almost all their property by the fire
Saturday night. We will not affront the
humanity and benevolent spirit of our citizens
by urging reasons for their attendance. They |
will deem the call irresistible, and will doubt |
less crowd the Atheneum to its utmost |
capacity.
We learned yesterday that Pennington and |
Keosauqua are sufferers by the food, but not
so severely as Croton. Part of the pork |
house of Smith & Schram at Pennington, was
washed away, sndits contents scattered about
promiscuously. AT Keosauqua it is said the |
water rose as high as the counters in some of
the stores on Front street. We do not know |
how much of truth there is in the reports
In our telegraphic dispatches of yesterday
we noticed that the gas monopolists in Wash
ngton City presented a bill of six hundred
dollars for gas used in the post office building
in February. The joke seems to be on the
Gas Company, as the building except the
city post office, is closed at o clock each |
evening. The Postmaster General has or.
dered coal oil lamps to be substituted instead |
of gas
0UR friend J. NJ. Asher, who was several |
years ago in the banking house of George c. !
Anderson ( Co, and subsequently clerking
in Billings "Nimble Six2ence" store, called |
10 sec us yesterday. He has, during the last |
five years, been sojourning in Washington !
Territory and California; searching after |
riches. He is now in Government employ in !
San Francisco. His honesty will always Sc
cure to him the friendship of the community |
in which he may live.
Nh. KrFrs HuBRARD, who is Superintend |
ent Of the Orphans Home at Davenport, in I
forms the Gazette that six Of the children /
fave died Of the measles since the middle of I
January. In all there have been $50 cases of
measles. bat il is now hoped that the worst is
over The citizens of Davenport nobly came
10 the rescue and did all in their power to
smeliorate the condition of the sick orphans, /
and the physician, Dr. James Irwin, labored
necessarily day and night to arrest the pro,
gress oithe disease.
NALrABlE FARM Eos SALE At BARGA1x.-i
chnnee 70 purchase four hundred and
eighty acres OF good land IN Lee county, only
fifteen miles distant from this city, can be
heard q fy addressing the proprietors of This
paper.
The question of stock raising is now one Of
importance. yielding as it has been doing for
several years, handsome profits on capital in
vested when properly managed. 1t seems to
us that this farm, situated as il is, convenient
to railroad and river outlet, could be made
one of the best stock farms in the county.
In point of location we certainly know of no
more desirable land in this vicinity.
Land in the immediate vicinity of Keokuk
is held at from $50 to SIS per acre, and
chances TO purchase, even at these figures,
are scarce.
RIVER NEws.-There was large amount
ofice in the river yesterday. That handsome
bird of passage, Capt. Bishops Grey Eagle
finely fitted up for the trade reported at our
levee. Monday St. Louis Democrat saws:
The river was rising considerably from Sat
nrday at noon until last evening There is Is
feet to Cairo, feet to Keokuk, feet in the
illinois to Peoria, and feet in the Missouri.
The Upper Mississippi is believed to be omen
to heokuk, and the Illinois to Pekin. Ton.
mage has thinned out again at our wharf. but
Will recuperate during the week Business
70 river points generally is good and improv- |
ing The weather is very pleasant /
WE call attention to the report of the com.
mittee who investigated and sought to aseer-
tam the cause of the explosion in the Valley
companys machine shops Monday morning. /
The company have manifested commenda-
BILE spirit in their action in reference to this
accident, and it was at their instance that an
investigation was made. The members of
the committee are practical and sagacious
business men and not afraid to utter their
convictions
We had anticipated the result of the noui.
ry Tor there is no company in the country
more uniformly judicious and cautions
than the Valley company, a fact proved nv
the small number of accidents that have hon.
pened it.
The Coke ERT.-Just imagine tina, we have
said all manner of things in praise of tho
concert We have the disposition. but not
time or space to- say them. Glees. choruses
duets, solos all we're admirable The entire
class did well, and Miss Miller, Mrs. Sample,
Miss Kate Perry. aud Miss Creel, sang splen /
didly, and elected much applause. Professor
hiloourne has we'll established his excellence
in bis profession
vi the various pieces rendered. Of their
respective merit, of the praise worthiness os
teacher and pupils of the graceful manner
IN which our worthy friend w, master Of
ceremonies. acquitted himself, of the indie {
"s'aap'e exertions Of our friends II. and F, I
20 keep that pana in position. and much else
worthy OF nose we must perforce be silent |
Ane coheers will be repeated again this
evening for the benefit of Messrs p;nore.
and Stafford, who we're largely suffsrers hv ,ha
tire Saturday night.
Let MI our citizens attend a, tho A,hono
this evening. -A'''"eun
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