The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-24

"A dispatch from Savanna states that the
steamer San Salvador arrived 1t quarantine
Wednesday. with Eve hundred recruits for the
7th Regulars. There had been . cAsss oe
cholera among them, and three deaths during
the passage. The troops are now comforta-
hle. and the disease i subsiding. Ths stsan-
= vim b dsninsd y quarantine for fnssa
days.
"A voaan Va endsavosing Wednesday
to ret free ride on The train between Crest
line and Galioa, adl haa s6ksa ppsfio.
between the baggage and express cara While
standing there, . spark from the engine sst
ERE 70 her dress, and to save herself from
being burned to deakh she was at length OBJ
liged TO jump from the cars. She sustained
no material injury from the jump, but hsr
body was seriously burned.
Asylum were in session in Washington last
week. Gen. Banks, Of Massachusetts,, wis
elected Governor. An executive committee
was appointed and bylaws we're adopted.
The fund for the support Of the asylum il 3d.
000, 600, yielding IN annual income OF $780,
600. The managers have appropriated e4s,-
600 to organize . system of outside relief
The City Treasurer Of Lowell, Mass,
has been restrained from paying over any
of the ten thousand dollars lately appropri
ated by the City Council for the relief Of the
Portland sufferers, BY an injunction from the
Supreme Court, granted at the request of
some of the citizens. Several towns have
taken similar actions, it being understood
that the municipal authorities have no right
to make such an appropriation of funds col>
lected by taxation for other and specified
purposes
The schedule of premiums of the ST.
Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Fair, to
be held the first weak in October, has been
published The LIST Of premiums amounts
to $4,000, and embraces every department
Of agricultural and mechanical labor. Com.
petition is invited from all parts Of the
Union
The thunder storm of Wednesday was
very severe in Dayton. The chimney, sixty
seven feet in hight, of Green and King >
foundry, was provided with = rod, but the
lightning left the conductor and ran all over
the roof, and finally entered the ground be-
tween two large piles of iron in the yard.
Five were prostrated by the shock, and the
other workmen were more or less affected.
Iii ~f Al l..- g.. L..
been fled in the probate Office at Detroit,
Michigan. All the property, real and person
al, is divided equally among his surviving
children, excepting certain specified legacies
to former and late personal attendants and
confidential business agents.
The -4theaaam says that General Bene-
dek, who at fret refused to have any special
correspondent in his camp, and then pro-
posed Ar exception In favor of Mr.. W. Il.
Russell, has had to withdraw his prohibition
Mr.. Charles Boner accompanied the Austrian
army as correspondent of the Daily Nesrs.
Other names have already been given d rep
resenting the rest of the London papers.
I'm Missouri they are beginning 10 drav
the reins more tightly over oticerr in public
trusts, where the war had begot shocking
lAxity. The Mexico Ledger. says that the
Sheriff of Boone county il defs1lter to the
amount ofsome Sl3, 900, which sums securi
ties will have to pay. The Ledger adds tha,
the County Court of Audrian, in spirit of
cation have ordered the Sheriff OF tha.
county 80 make rev bond, With additional
security, aul refuse TO give him the tax book
until the order is complied With.
The ''bresd and butter party held An i'm
mense meeting q, Quincy on Thursday evening
last. II consisted of fifteen persons all Of whom
we're Copperhesds- As at Quincy, so is il
everywhere, the Republicans don't take stock
in that direction. The Whig says all the
business transacted by the meeting was to ap-
point the 9Th inst, a. day to hold District
Convention to send delegates 10 Philadelphia.
but as the Secretaries Of the meeting had no
paper on which to record their proceedings,
and as there didn't seem to be anything for
them to do, they adjourned