The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-25

Gold closed a 1884 in New York ysstsr.

There are some 10000 Chinese at wor
osthe Pacific Railroad.
St. Paurs Episcopal church, New Alba
ny, is hsving new organ.
A double -barreled needle-guu has bee
inyentedin Dresden. f
The Minnesota Valley Railroad has be
opened to Belle Plain-6tay miles from s,
Paul.
z -AnEnglish ciergyman recently prsache.
sermoI, in which be said that the newspa
per was psu Of ifssearnests f;cslsprs.
The Ut horse story %SaGlxs u nom
veritable New Jersey paper. The horse
said to btwenty hands high, and his averds
pois is recorded At 1868 pounds.
-Nastille papers eontinne 70 speak Of II
remarkale exodus of emigrants from Ten
nessee tot'exas and Arkansas.
Nearly IL the Governors Of the States hay,
now concured With the President in recon
Needing - obsetvasce Of IL 29th inseaa
asa day ofthank.giving snd prayer.
The Noble Gazette, edited and ownet
by Raphael Sammes, after career Of SON.
three months, CEASED to exist on the l5ti
inst. II failed hrwant Of patronage.
The Republicans of Boston have nomi
mated Otis Norcross for Mayor Of that city
DR.. N. B. Shurtli1 is the Democratic nom
inee.
The New York Canal Commissioners an
nounce that the canals will be closed on th,
9th of December, except the Champlain ca
nal. which will be closed on December 5th.
The new opera house in New Albany. Ind
the finest building of the kind in the state
will be opened on the 2sth, BY the compah,
of the late Louisville theatre. The building
will seat $500, and cost over 100000.
The bank of Isaac Rector at Bedford
Ind, has been smashed up. 1t had a capi
tai Of 100000 and many depositers. III
suspension has caused intense excitement a
Bedford, as very many Of the citizens arr
losers ~ IL. ~
Robert Ou1d, formerly rebel Commission
er of Exchange, accompanied BY niece oi
Davis. arrived at Fortress Monroe yesterday
morning on visit to the prisoner and fami
ly also three Methodist ministers from Rich.
mond, who had interviews with Mr.. Davis.
The great fair in New Orleans is pro-
crossing favorsbly, though the inventors' ma
chinery has been backward in being brough.
forward. There are machine entries from
Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, interior of Lou
isians, and even more distant sections.
"A locomotive passed over the new rail-
road bridge across the Susquehanna at Havre
de Grace. Yesterday morning. The road will
be formally opened for travel on Monday,
lessening the time between Baltimore and
Philadelphia thirty minutes.
The Associated Reformed Church at
Memphis, Tenn, has united with the South.
ern Presbyterian Church. Rev Stuart Rob-
inson made furious, slanderous attack upon
the Northern Rresbyterians, in the address
on Theological Education.
lit s the general opinion of the leading
Democrats In the State Of Indisna, that the
recen, transfer of the indianapolis Herald 10
the yallandigham pilgrim, Develin. will only
prolong its life few months. Develin has
neither the brains, business Judgment, or
cash, t, keep the paper alive very long.
The Cincinnati express train, bound east,
met with an accident about $50 Friday morn.
ing. four miles east of Lyons, n. Y, caused
BY broken rail, which threw off six of the
seven passenger cars. and overturned some Of
tLem. No one was seriously injured, Twelve
or fifteen passengers were injured, the con.
ductor the most Of any.
In ballotine for two United States Sens.
tors, in the Legislature of Arkansas, 1t Little
Rock yesterday, tie votes we're divided
among ten candida,ss-the highest lacking
nineteen votes Of an election. It is impossi.
Bile to indicate who will Be elected. There
IS little interest feit in the result, either By
can iidates or their friends.
Yesterday was tho 26th anniversary o!
the commencement of the service Of the Ri.
Rev. Peter Paul LsFevre, ~ Catholic Bishop
of the detroit, Mich, diocese. 1t was eele-
brated by silver jubilee, consisting Of ap
propriate obse-vances in the cathedral, and
4 presentations to the Bishop. The ceremo-
nies we're of an imposing character. The
presents amounted to nearly 1900 in value.
According to the Registrar Generals re-
turn, 1895 persoas perlshed Of choleraicd dis,
order in England and Wales during the three
months ending the soth of September. We
/ had ample warning, the Londoa Dolly Nsrs
says. of the impending visitation, but we wait
cd when the necessity for immediate action
was pressing, aud the sacrifice Of 70, 600 lives
/ In population of 2o,000, 900 is the penalty
/ vs have to pay for the Infringement Of the
/ laws Of life. The DaHy Ners invokes ths
/ ed Of every intelligent person in the effort Il
improve the present mode OF living Of ths
\ poor ii England, which, with its bad watei
4 and drainage, its budding human beinest To-
/ eesher like swine, but without the fresh eli
/ which srine can breathe, 10 the true cause ol
/ cholersic disorder.
H --sidnsy Tompkina, . wealthy farmer o.
/ Saltwater, Washington county, New York
me. with his death Saturday morning, in Z
very singuiar manner. On visiting his cattle
yard, he dsccveredth that one of his cows ~
in great distress in consequence Of the lodg-
mens Of potato ia the throes. Mr. Tomp
kins undertook TO relieve the animal, sns
! for this purpose thrus, his arm partially dow
the mouth and thFess, Whils sssnding ore
| the head Of the animal, the cor In lie aeon,
| pressed its head downward, and suddenly 81
| evating it again, caught Mr.. 7. upon its horns
throwing him several feet into the air. Il
his descent he struck upon the palings OF
fence, one Of the pickets Of which entered hi
neck. severing one Of the arteries from whicl
be bled to death, in fey moueats.
4 JusrIcE-The Tennessee House of Req
reseata,ises has extended the benefit u u
bounty bill to the relatives Of The black sol
dien - we'll - the white. Last spring nj