The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-04

MADlsoNIAs NoTEs.-Rather notes among
the Madisonians. 1t is a good place to 60
to-is Fort Madison, so we went No uneasy
sensations about another smashup on that
Northern road, for the last was unaccounta>
BILE, and Mr.. Superintendent Seaton, and
Conductor Blackburn and Engineer Sam.
Seaton, are models of careful, skilful, and ex-
perienced railroad men. The travelling pub
lie are in safe keeping under their manage.
ment. Up where the water dashes and leaps
and forms into the waveets that make the
rapids, on this shore, are the Tents half
dozen of them, of Surveying party. Thi,
is the camp and headquarters of the party
making the preliminary survey for the im>
provements ofthe rapids. A good time they
have of it, these glorious days, with their
genial warmth and autumnal splendors. An
inviting out door life. in this its sunshiny
phase. which any Of us would court. Well,
We hope a canal and consequent good to
navigation and to manufacturing here, will
come of it.
Fort Madison looks prettily now. We
NIL ACou w iHbiufdtS Thai II ever LOOKS
otherwise, but it looks its prettiest, and tina,
different times and seasons make difference
in the beauty of Beauty, the fair young lady
who thinks of before the ball, and after the
ball knows. The founders of Fort Madison
were wise men in their day, and its attrac-
tiveness is largely due to the numerous and
various shade trees which with them we're
. planting and have now become an adoru-
ment.
The town il rejoicing in tine prospect of a
railroad; that railroad which shall be All ex.
tension of the State Line road from Farming.
ton VIA Fort Madison to Burlington. 1t will
doubtless be pretty good thing for Fsrt
Madison, when that road is built: Pas encore.
One OF the best institutions about the place,
or any place, is the extensive mill, rather
mills OF our friend Alice. He employs more
than eighty workmen,' runs numerous plain
ing, flooring, siding shingling, and lathing
mills, has yard full of lumber, and every.
thing about his premises in the most con-
summately well regulated condition. He has
done an immense work this season, turning
out two million let of lumber, two and three.
quarter millions -hingles, and nine hundred
thousand laths. Ills so speedy resumption
OF work after the destruction of his mill bv
nre lew month a-s,, is but indicative Of
mr.. Atlee's thrift aud enterprise.
vi the new Academy, of Doerr,s Hall. Of |
me National Bank # which our friend ]. n. |
'. minterbosham, is President, and Gen. Clark
"ever, Cashier, Of Webster's superb Book
snu NOTION Store, of our young friend |
svartz's Dry Good Store, and y.rious And
sonory other features and institutions of thu,
municipality, We might speak much in pr,is.
.sfeln, had We space. We hope to do i.
Messrs. hale Davis, 4 Co., one Of IN. NM.
snterprising firms in this part of ,h.-,o..:-
nent, are laying the pipes and will .oon 49,.
their manufactures in the Peni.enti.rv v.n
and constantly supplied With water from -.
river, anfmprovement long needed. Our fr;.ns
Mr. Heisy, the excellent warden, well .,s;.-
BY Deputy Reynold. is conducting the P,n;,
Tertiary administration finely.
Work is going on upon the Jail, It will
soon be in condition formidable to those 70
unhappy ~ to become inmates Of it. In the
Court House, vaults are needed for the SEE
kseping Of 90 many valuable papers and rec
prds. For kind sttpst;oss, while circalatisg
lArsasA Tat tsnpls It jassies, W ~ -