The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-29

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nEW0 OuHmARY.
Gold closed 1t I5o in New York las,
night S
Parties arriving as St. Jossph from Don.
yer report 5000 tsans going WsUa q
-Detsctivs Baker, . Wellington dispatch
says, il Dangerously ILL.,
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton b shout 70
becomesLord Lytton, Of Knebvofth.
-Weslsyan University has conferred the
dsesss of Doseor Of LAss upon Profsssos
James Hadley, Of Yale College.
The population Of ST. Louis, according
to the census recently taken in that city, il
2A0,S2
The Union Convention in the Hllshpro' ,
Ohio. dis4siet, re-nominsted Hon. h. W.
CLARK for oonsssss, yesterday.
Tho Losses BY Ere in the Last sir months
are estimaaed 70 exceed $14, ,Ooo, 900, or more
than the total Of any previous year.
Reports from Kansas and Northern
Missouri, state that heavy yield Of corn may
be counted upon this season
The son OF Ristori has been named Cap
tain for his gallant conduct st the battle Of
Custozxa.
A public reception viii BE- given TO Gen.
eral Which, Tuesday evening, the slst inst, 1,
BY the citizens Of indianapolis, on behalf Of
the people Of Indiana
Mrs. Susanna Boyer, the Oldest inhabit-
ant, with single exception, Of Harrisburg,
died in that city on Friday, eyed ninety-four
years and twenty one days.
Queen Emma, of the Sandwich Islands,
recently appeared at An evening party given
b. the Emperor Napoleon. She wore arobe
of white satin, with train, and diadem of
diamonds.
A terrible tornado visited Havre de
Grace, Nd, yesterday, destroying the new
bridge Of the Philadelphia, Wilmington 4 Bal
timore railaoad. The loss is estimated about
5000, 900.
As specimen ofthe character Of the
Copper johnson Convention at Memphis
yesterday, may be quoted the expression Of
one of the indignant members, who asserted
that the word loyal VASE "stench in his nos
trils.I
Speaker Colfax will speak on the issues
ofthe dsy at the following places in Indiana
during next week: At South Bend on Weds
nesday at Crown Point on Thursday, and at
Logansport on Saturday.
"A question has arisen among the msnas
gers of the Philadelphia Convention. wheth-
er in view of the large attendance Of South
ern delegates, it will be sound policy to dis,
play the American flag over the hall where
the convention Is to meet.
"A Washington correspondent Of West
ern paper was recently severely poisoned by
the use Of the writing fluid known as French
ink. The ink penetrated scratch on the
hand, and soon after produced an extensive
swelling Of the arm and other symptoms
which big physicians st present consider dan:
Gerous.
The owners Of the omnibus lines Of Got.
tenbure, Sweden, sometime since provided
their vehicles With . water reservoir, from
which the passengers can qaench their thirst.
They have now extended their courtesy BY
providius each traveller vith ueeygspspeE.
Herr Haussner, German statisticisn,
states that the European wars from 1915 to
1864, cost the lives 1852. 900 men. Tho
vars in Europe from l7a2 to 1918, cost tha
lives of $3.50, 600 men on An average (l40,.
o0a men q year, The seven years. vaS,
175s.'es cost the lives Of s8e. 900 men.
The Janesville Gosette, of the 2sd, says
that during the thunder storm of Sunday,
which prevailed at Broadhesd, nine horses,
which were on an open prairie together, were
killed. and we're found lying in heap after
the storm w.s over. The theory is that the
animals being frightened by the glare Of the
lightning and the fevarberstions Of thunder,
huddled together, and one shaft Of lightning
killed them all.
The Emgrant Agent at Columbus, Ohio,
reports to the STATE Journal that. during the
week ending July 2lst, 800 emigrants passed
through that city for the West aud South.
Three hundred and SIXTY one proposed to
settle in Ohio, one hundred and sixty one in
Illinois. one hundred and thirteen in Nilsson
ri. one hundred and one in Indiana, forty -si1
in Kentucky, twenty Eve in Wisconsin, four
teen in Iowa. and eight in Kansas. Tho EN-
ierants we're principally Germans, with pre-
disposition for farm life.