The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-13
IOWA ITEMS.

Senator Kirkwocd speaks at Des Moines
next Tuesday afternoon.
They are giving considerable attention
to hap culture in Jones county. About htty
acres are devoted to i. near Monticello.
The Catholic Bishop WINS robbed By some
goddess chap of horse, doube.set Of har-
ness and three coats on Saturday night last
Hes the Times.
The Methodist Church at Ottumwa has
been reconstructed, and is nov as good as
new. See Courier.
The Republicans Of Dallas county, are
confident of wipipg out the combined Cops
perhend and Bread aud Butternut Brigade at
the comming election, by an unprecedentediy
majority.
One Frenchman up in Dallas county,
named Ferrod, tried 10 shoot dog the
other day and shot neighbor ofhis named
Felless. We haynt learned whether he was
satisfied with the substitute.
The barn ofMr. Wright, living on Honey
Creek. PostavstaInie County, was struck by
lightning recently. The barr was burned.
together with 100 bushels OF old wheat, 100
bushels of corn, all the new wheat, all his
harness. plows. wagons, &c., and three work
horses were killed. See Hestern Star.
The Messsp Woodbury., of Marshall
town. have just completed building for
Wooden Factory The Times says it's Cue Of
the finest in the State. The machinery is
fast arriving, and being put in place. -.....A
gentleman from the Fest is reported to have
purchased grounds near the depot ba Which
to erect g building for the manufacture Of
carriages. wagon. ssl asricaltarai imple-
ments.
The address of Attorney General Bis
sell, al the Court House. on Wednesday
evening" last, YES nn able and eloquent one.
The audience was large, aud Mr. 81 sell
spoke OF the various political topics OF the
day. in SO straightforward and candid man~
ner that ii could not fail TO carry conviction
to all his hearers IL was hanpy effort and
we hope to hear more OF the same stripe be
fore The campaign is oyer-H inheshiek
ReJfster.
The Des Moiues Register SAYS that Hon.
J. ". Catieli arrived ut his home Sunday
u,oiaiag from Cedar Falls where he has been
to look after ts.s .e>eIests 81 the Orphans
Home The Board Of Trustees toel iaere on
the 9Th inst, and chose the following officers
and teachers to manage the Institution: Sa-
| oh,, kto.s 0asrnu Mrs.
John Abbott: Principal Teacher, Miss Higby
OF AIamakee Assistant Teachers, Mr.. VAN
| Orion and Miss Warren; Nurse, Mrs. yhn
osto. Miss Warren has been connected
| newly appointed, and a.i, VIZ understand,
except Miss Highly, are from Blackhawk Go
Mr. Cattel says that the Republicans of the
North are saugaine. and expect to carry the
State by 10000 majority.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars. the
| session Of which recently closed at Newton,
| elected the following officers for this year
| Grand .hoeths Chief Templar, H..
n Hawkins, Of Fnyette euaul.j Wor-
| thy Counselor. T.. Il. Shanklnnd, of
Dubuque; Vice Templar. Mrs. Hemingway,
| Of Des Moines; Secretary and Treasurer. J.
Norv God Clark, Iowa City; delegates to the
RICH, Worthy Grand Lodge Of America, J.
! O. De,wiler ". S. Peterson c. g. Burdel.
Mrs L, W Porter Alt-snates. DR.. T. B.
Hill, Dubuque, ..ss. II. L. Peterson. Dies
| MONIES. G. L. Frost, of Ciea4 Like. snd Mrs.
| p,,,,.b,,., &c J,,s Na;..ae. Grad WI =,
Marshal, ]. K. Hall OF Newton.
The Dubuque Tia4s saws: '0n Saturday
last number Of gentlemen returned from a
| tour iato the Interior Of Northern lows,
where they have been examining into the
peat-heds. which have long been shfesdly
suspected by some TO form the subsol OF a
men OF experience. who know what peat is
when they see it, and what il is worth when
they find t. We saw yesterday one small
block of compressed pent brought bv a mem
Der Of this committee OF exainiua.ion. on his
return; it was from Hardin county, near El>
dora, aud is certainly a handsome specimen
He reports one bod. II fifteen hundred acres
twelve feet thick, where this specimen was
obtained
.'lt IS not easy to imagine the immense
revolution this discovery will make III refers
ence to fuel. Her oil springs scarcely
worth more TO Pennsylvania than our peat
deposits are to Iowa. The complaint that
orr State lacks fuel dwinlies into insignia
cameo. We have fuel enough for the nation
1t is as common as mnd. 1t will cost the ex.
pense of making it into bricks.