The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-01

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n lA}AISeott cosnty Aeispltural Fancon1
4 sni Monday, u il y dsebtedly the bs11
1pu Fsiria ~ statst 4
~ Butteenusspp = Davenpstsfs -
becs6seshe Fenians there won't take politi>
l61lnck in our Moses.
An enterprising female servant girl at
NaHtpn eoaeseasAd semA s40eaA6itAsA.in
money and clothing-the property Of hsr
employers-and skedaddled Ne oshes mofA-
,ias. She M: arrested u .Noodsills $780,
on the Valley road, and sent to Jail. See
Fl. Ress. a4 les}I ]
Sport seems TO enter largely into the
makeup of our people now days. What with
the turf and contests between base ball clubs,
&C., we are reaching highly metropolitan
s.ate of civilization. The Davenport shoot
ing club visited Wheatland recently and bore
of the laurels on a shooting match there.
see Qakstte.
Five persons escaped from the Jail 1t
Keosauqua on Tuesday morning, fony were
recaptured and the fifth escaped. His name
Is Oliver Arnold alias Oliver Fife. They
converted an ordinary case knife into saw,
filed away bar of iron In the WINDOW, and
appeared on the outside Of the establishment
about ten o'clock In the morning. Chase was
made at once With the result above stated.
See Republican.
A Dayenporter who married q female
Alabamisn while serving down in thatcountry
as member of the Sixteenth Iowa, has been
brought to grief He came home from .
shooting expedition the other day and found
his wife had absconded. She continues on
that line. Well, his experience but CONFIRMS
that Of the country, that the male and fe.
male products of Dixie are not to be trusted.
Andy is sad illustration Of this See Ga
pette.
Who would have thought il? pobbs is in
fair way to be robbed Of his fairly earned iaur
rels. Bob Littler, Of the Davenport Gazette,
attended the Clinton meeting the other day.
He returned the same Littler, but not 70 bis
domestic affairs. Two infantils Littlers' ar.
rived during his absence, had made his house,
hold bigger. Eighteen pounds of Local Edi-
ORAL humanity will do. Robert, that is we'll
iope,
The Davenport Democrat publishes this
extract from highly orsi.al letter found on
he sidewalk Of that moral town: "As 10,
he 10 necs the loer it is the moar fashunable
,ou are and the les close you ware the moar !
,ou are dressed. miss Goola gave me blue I
'lk Of herr and hi cut its nee OFF an susan
immonz cut Of herr and we attrax q grea
lesl Of sttenshun to our nees prominadin the I!
streets ike 9ther ladies an holdin up our
lose. Nobody sast pothin' who dusnt hole !
up their close and the hiee you aoleg nm the |
noar you air thot Of /.
The following are the appointments In /
he Des Moines District of the Des Moines
Conference, "P. 7. Goodman, P, f.; Des
Moines, Firth Street, p. p. Ingalls, City |
Mission, s. Hanes; Wesley Chapel, Fl. 3. /
Hescock; Burns Chapel, s. f. Wells; Des
Moins. Circuit. J. Iisle; Greencastle, J. NJ. T
Dudley Moasoe, y. u. slusser; rsndais
and Rising Sun. J. G. Eekies; f'o.k Gis3 10 !
'eph Patten; Wheeling, Il. W. Thornburg, |
Palmyra, d. II. Randall; Indiauola, s. NJ
feruon Indianola Circuit, A. Bailey; Nor
walk, D. y. Clsry: Xenia, J. Levan Prin-
.pal Des Moines confarence Seminary, S.
4. Vernon
The Jasper County Free If'ess says; 'sMe
earn from Mr.. d. +. Talbot. that, on Thurs
ay last, some fend in human shape set FIRE
Q the railroad bridge half mile west of
)urant. on the NJ. 4 NJ. II. r., which, lucki>
was discovered by stationman in time to
it before it had materially injured
lie bridge, and 10 prevent serious disaster
the westward bound train, shich came up
ION AFTER, and was signsiled before Il
ached the bridge. The scoundrel had ,
hi.lled shavings and fred il 10 three differ, ;
1t places, 90 ~ to make sure work OF il, but
r some reason it had not burned enough 10 :
jure the bridge, but that it could be re. .
red in few hours to let the train pass
anglng is too good for such fieud'
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