The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-05-25

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IS the local trade. Mr.-HURD II Secretary Of
he company and has his head quarters onthe
Levee. Mr.. RoDrFER, the President of the
company is thoroughly energetic md enter
prisine. He iavites us to an exploration of
he mines some of these days and We shall
gather our hat and rush shortly.
The +Keoknk Coal Association, whose
office is near the landings and
where our driving friend LEE SPRINGER
IS always on hand running the ma
chine in his indefatigable style, has . first rate
yard and Are doing . fine business. Their
mines ara at Pennington and Alpine, where
they keep busfly at work full force Of laboff
ers. Their coal is Of very superior quality. |
Mr.. Lows is the Agent Of the company.
Here we remarks En- parenthesis, that this
company complain that under existing ar
they are almost debarred of OPP
portunities to supply the river trade. We
that they have already submitted |
the matter to the attention of the Council and |
asked for change.
Mr. Roberts has also an office and coal |
yard adjoining the offices and yards mentioned
above.
The coal trade of the city and Valley now
important, win greatly increase in the future.
One source Of this increase should be the es.
tablishment Of manufactures here. We are
confident that these will come in due time.
Let all our citizens, SO far as practicable seek
to bring about this result, and patronize lib
orally the manufactures we now have SO that
more may be started.
The Gold Watch Subject.
KEoKuK, May "a, 1866.
Editors Of the Gate City.
GENTS notice in your issue of this
morning you have copied from the Chicago
Tri6unen the absurd statement that no gold
watches we're taxed in the State Of Iowa in
1865. would not have taken office Of the
article but for the fact that twas made ba-
sis, by gentleman in the Office of the Dem
ing House, on which to found animA dversions
rejecting on the probity of the Re venue Off
GERS of this District.
For the information of the public and for
the special delectation of the gentleman in
question. would state that three hundred
and forty-six gold watches were returned in
this division, comprising only the three south
ern townships, the taxes on which were duly
paid and duly accounted for to tie Depart
p,ent. Respectfully.
W. C. STRIPE, Asst Assn.
If Mr. Stripe will take the trouble to refer
again TO the GATE CRY of yesterday morning,
| he will discover that the article was taken
from the New York Journal Of Commerce.
which paper claims that it got its information
from the books of Internal Revenue office at
Washington. We did not then, nor do we
now, desire to publish anything calculated to
reflect upon the integrity of the Assessors
and Collectors in this district, or even in To-
wa, as far as our acquaintance extends.
| PERsoSAI.-Onr highly esteemed towns
man Mr.. A. J. WILKINSON was formerly q
resident Of Troy. New York. The Times of
that city thus speaks Of him in a recent Is
sue.
| "Andrew j. Wilkinson, formerly resident
and merchant of Troy-brother of j. B. VIII
kinson, of this city-is one of the most prom.
lnent citizens of keokuk, Iowa, where he has
resided the past ten years. Mr.. W. was the
leading spirit in organizing the Library Asso-
citation of that Young and flourishlng city Of
the West, and is President of the institution
which is modelled for most part after our
Young Mems Association. We have, in q re-
cent number of the keokuk Daily Gate City.
Mr.. Wilkinson's third annual repCrt-a con-
else and weilwritten statement of the affairs
of the Association, which has been since its
organization under his charge as It's President.
The value of its books and other property is
stated to lie ,0o0-a good start, surely, for
three years. Many of the leading papers OF
the country are taken. including the Troy
Daily Times. Mr.. Wilkinson, in his new
field, and with ample means and ready bust
ness talent at his command. exhibits the fam
lily characteristic of zeal in his undertakings
and the perseverance and thorough good
sense that know no such word as fail. He
has the best wishes ofhosts of Trojan friends. =
4 LITTLE SroRY.-And being little story
it must have iecus-a place where occurring.
This, in the present case, was the magnificent
steamer HAWK EYE, Of the Northern Line:
and SO wishing to be accurate in description
as becometh the faithful chronicler, wevis-
tied this packet when lying at our wharf yes
terday morning; met its popular master Capt.
j. c. WoRDEy, whole souled, genial and emf
nently fit for his position; met the accom-
plished and gentlemanly clerk Mr.. NJ. B.
PIERCE; INDUCED in choice cigar from the
well appointed and supplied department,
over which Mr.. TON. MARTIN presides grace
fully made the tour Of the boat from the clean,
neat and we'll kept culinary apartments to
the elegant parlors. Everything is in admir-
able, condition. The rooms are large and
cosy, and those family rooms, the largest on
any boat in the trade, nre just the thing for
parties excursioning to st. Paul OF down the
river.
There's the locus We meet our irrepres.
sble friend Mr.. C. w. BoARDMAN, the favor.
tie and efficient travelling agent for the At
lantic and Mississippi Steamship Line, and
also for the Hannibal and St. Ju Railroad;
he is our hero. Now, Charlie was long here
as general agent of the Toledo w. i W. Rail-
road, and is as we'll known as he is highly
esteemed. We knew that he is a prince Of
good fellows and q first rate business man,
but he has other fortes, it appeareth, that we
knew not Of. JEFF. MONTGOMERY, Of the La
Crosse Democrat, who recently came up the
river with him, on the Hawk-Eye, telleth oul
little story thus. When we become Presi.
dent OF University we shall early make