The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
CuIcAGo. An,

CHICAGO. Aug. %.
Frank Sherman, ex, Mayor of Chicago, lie
in Washington log rolling for the postmaster
ship.
Preparations are making for the commence.
ment Of work on the Iowa and Minnesota
railroad, on the, section between Des Moines
and lndianola.
for conference of military commanders
at Washington. and that Gen. Thomas will
probably be called there before assuming
command Of the Fifth district.
Lots are advertised for sale in Lincoln, the
new Capitol of Nebraska.
Resan, Postmaster General under the reb-
ell Government. writes that he has been par
doned by the President, and is going to de-
| vote himself to reconstruction.
| There is considerable talk in Washington
about the expected supercedure of Gen. Pope
BY Gen. Hancock.
| The river mail service between New Or
| leans and Vicksburg is to be relet, the present
contractor having failed to perform his du
| ties.
Secretary Browning is expected to be able
TO resume the duties of his Office this week.
SHARoy, Wis, August %.
l. About ) o clock last evening, as the pas
senger train on the Northwestern railroad,
going south, was running at the usual speed,
a mile or two below this place, the engineer
discovered team crossing the track short
distance ahead The breaks we're imme>
diately wh,stled down, but before the train
! could be stopped the locomotive struck the
wagon, throwing it down an embankment
and killing the owner almost instantly. Nc
blame is attached to the engineer. The un.
fortunate mans name was not ascertained.
4 OMAHA, Aug. %.
4 A boiler in the steam mill Of Hogeboon 8
Roderson Of plattsford, in Sarpy county
exploded with terrific force on Monda.
: evening, killing two men and wounding th'
third. The boiler was thrown a distance o
thirty rods, across creek, cutting complete
= ly through a tree two feet in diameter an,
tearing up the ground where it struck.
|, LANSING, Mich, Aug. %.
The new Constitution which was hnall
adopted as whole by the Convention yes
!. terday, was signed this morning, and afte
the customary resolutions Of thanksthe Con
!. ventiou then adjourned sine die at 10 o cloc
!. this morning.
y CAIRo, Aug. %.
The trains on the Mobile & Ohio Railroa
have been stopped BY the employers wh
|. demand the pay being due them from N
" company. The strike is not general, how
ever. jackson, Tennessee, is the point {
!, trouble. Three locomotive engines wef
sent from here last night to bring the trair
through.
q. The cholera has been raging in Gallati
county in this State. Out of some go cast
20 have proved fstal.
's. ST.. LOUIS, Aug %.
Western dispatches say that the milital
authorities are arming the citizens at TO
y. Sedgwick for tho proteotionof that Post.
nj The cholera is raging among the Sem
= mole Indians. About twenty new Gases oec
daily.
The cholera is reported to BE- raging in
=. malignant form in and around Shawneetow
Illinois. Thirty cases and twenty deaf
have already occurred. The people are ae
tn. ing in great CONSERVATION.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. %.
ExPresident Buchanan is lying seriously
- in this city, having been brought from CO
j. ! May on Tuesday. Fears are entertained |
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