The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-02-19
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. - Fred Douglas lectures in Mt. Pleasant
on the evening of the 2sh inst See the
Journal
The Mt. Pleasant Journal writes thus .
Requiesoat Scott; The Senate, the other
day, rejected host Of ANDREW johnson :
appointess TO Office, among whom ws hnd the
Assessor Of this District, o. II. P. Scott, the
man who was appointed in the place Of Mr..
Pickel, of this city. Yes, o. II. P, s.,
which means, "Ohl How Politically Soon, !"
may take up the doleful lamsntation: Dead
buried, and that, too, in soil over which
the trump of the resurrection will eragain
be sounded" Farewell, o. Il. P. S., the
profits of your Office thus far, a dime of which
you will never receive, won't giye you de-
cent burial; hence, ike another pauper, you
must sleep in the inglorious grave Of forget
fuIness, "unwept, unhonored and unsung."
A Radical will get the Office"
Mr.. Edward Russell of the Davenport
Gazette, in writing Of his trip to the St. Louis
Convention, thus introduces paragraph on
matrimonial matters:
% Our sleeping car from Davenport for
Chicago was set buzzing, just before starting
on its journey, by the entrance of blooming,
pretty and modest lady Of some twenty sum
mers, accompanied by . gentleman appa-
renty worthy and deserving such excellent
and fair companionship. A white veil cast
over the neat little bonnet Tor head dress) of
the lady told the tale. That's another, ~
whispered the conductor in our ears, :" il
seems that all our Chicago fellows are going
for your Iowa girls. Some how or other your
Iowa girls are so hearty and healthy looking,
brides being 80 pretty; and then they have
such taking ways With them; almost every
night lately they have been taking off somes
body on this route" OF course l fully Ap.
preciated this compliment to our Iowa girls !;
but lest some good danes should accuse me
OF lottiug down this incident as an incentive
to the ataking off by somebody of their
blooming daughters or wards, hasten to add
my entire diaapprobation of tina, way Of mar
rying. If Chicago or other gentlemen will
come and take away our Iowa girls, let them
at least spend their honeymoon on Iowa soil
here at the home Of their brides-snd not
hurry of in the night, rs though guilty Of
stealing our bellies from Iowa beaux. We
hope no Chicago bean will waylay MS and
pitch us into the Chicago river some dark
night, in punishment for this expression of
editorial opinion. If they should we shall
expect the "good danes" aforesaid to at
tend the funeral Of such of our remains as
the Chicago river FISH don't eat. ;"
The 0sceola Sentinel says: A very dis.
trescing accident happened to child of Mr..
Hutsinpiller, living few miles south Of this
place, on Monday last. The mota4r Of the
chlla-the latter only sometwo or three years
6ld-was washing, and had left bucket of
boiling water sitting on the door, into which
the child fell backwards. The legs, hips and
back of the child were terribly scalded, and
it lived but short time after the accident"
The Fairfield Ledger says that many hogs
are dying in that locality fsola euolera.
Scott county has its Republican club fully
organized and at work ..... There has been a
revival in the African NJ. E. Church at Da-
yanport and thirty i've members have been
added to the Church. Judge Dillon deliv-
cred an able lecture in Davenport Monday
evening upon American Municipal 1nstitu
tons -. Mrs. Montgomery was thrown
from buggy and badly hurt in recent run,
away in Davenport See Gazette.
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TEz RGisN Or TERROR nor TET ENDED
One of the teachers of the Methodist Freed
mems Aid Society, who is local preacher,
writes under date of February 9th
The prejudice against my school has been
much greater than | anticipated. From the
nature of the threats made, | have been ex
pecting them to make raid upon it every
day during the past week. But, believing
that have been Providentially called to this
good work, ! am bound to remain stmy post,
and if fall my work is done, and go home
to my reward"