davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25

- - 80 - s.ia-
Asadssa. y : sIadlA1p
- n s1Ieanes1 II - u tse1es -
go ii ~ esAe1. n altssdSnes o.
Gnsdsvs -, 49, - - -
~, 81 = - 11 ss,s,
- svidsase x ~ = 1
|upo1 Misuips -, = \ 49, ~ y
six years grown fipa Thirty - - = -
present proportions, - yell - psseaaSsd :
|lot o. ~ eesnss n NH anA H. stfssts,
and erected : new Sabbath School hnildiss.
large enoash TO accommodate 500 scholars.
at total ostlsy Of uPsards Of $3,soo, cor
tributed By our citizens for that purpose.
On Friday evening Of this week Festival
viii be given to the School, the proceeds Of
which sre to be used for the benefit Of same.
Tickets Of admission rs cent?. Several com
mittees have been appointed to wait upon
our citizens with tickets for sAne, and We
hereby ask our citizens to receive said COM
mittees kindly, and purchase from them
largely, thus aiding in the great and good
work Of Sabbath School Instruction.
I ~
/ VIZ we're shown yesterday, at the Express
Office, one Of the most beautiful specimens
Of the handiwork Of Keokuk mechanic that
has perhaps ever been executed in this city.
1t was a brass cannon, not as large IS those
which Numbered along the Mississippi, and
lbellowed among the hills and mountains Of
Virginia, but only seven inches in length,
mounted on gun carriage also Of brass, the
whole weighing thirteen pounds. 1t was
gotten up at the foundry Of Sellers & Co.,
under the skillful workmanship of Mr.. Mar
tin Ribbin, an employee Of that establishment.
Every thing connected with the gun aud its
bearings are highly finished, SO that it stands
a perfect beauty, and would be magnificent
parlor ornament. TIE gun was made ex-
pressly rs present for Master Herbie Allen,
sen of .the Aldermen of the Second Ward.
1t would be pity to mar the cannon by
using il, otherwise we should like to hear i,
awake the echoes Of the "Hoop pole Ward. y
A CHOICE lot of packages of fine wines and
liquors still left at Gil, to be closed out by
the goth Of January. Call and secure one
PATENTS. Boyd 4 Co., Solicitors Of Pat.
ents, 20s Pine street, ST. Louis, Missouri, of
ficially report to the GATE CRY the follow
ing Patents granted Iowa and Missouri inven-
tors, for the week ending Dec. II, 1867:
IOWA.
J S Boicourt, Boonsboro, r. r. Weed
Cutter.
G Reneky, ana J Reiss, Cedar Falls, Wash
ing Machine.
CD Tenel and n Y Hussey. Gasconade
Chnrn.
J Donaldson, Toledo, Sulky Pillow.
MISSOURI.
, Giles Fiiley, st Louis, Stove Back Plate
I c Chambers, St Louis, Hydraulic Ele
vator.
Emily S Greffet, Admx., St Louis, Baker,
Oven.
&c Little and Jas W Bell, ST Louis, Char
coal Furnace.
CR Rand, StLoais, Heating Furnace.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25

Tax gold headed cane FOR the ''most popu-
lar man in the city y arrived yesterday per
express, and will be handed to the aforesai
parsonage on his return from My Mary
land"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25

MAGNOLIA B.rTERs.-A delightful toilet ar
site e-suoerior to Cologne aad At half the
price, det9-th-sa tu-2ww2t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25

LEcruRs.-The celebrated Josh Billings
will lecture before the keokuk Library Asso-
citation, at Gibbons Opera House, on Friday
evening the 9th INST, at :! clock. Doors
open OF % clock.
Subject MIX.
Tickets soc, TO be had at the Book stores
Jewelry stores, Lowry's News Depot and a,
the door.
By order OF Lecture Committee.
25-2t J. II. CRAIG, Chm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25
c.,..eo t.,,e s,.ck market.

Chicago Live stock HtnrIet.
By Telegraph CHICAGO Dec, "a
Hoes-Ret eiYed mp 10 noap 1877 Market active
stssnc Of lac; abort all oGsrings sold; mark
Closed :eady st IS IL Tor common 10 p,ime extra
ca .teRsc 1ts very light and market quiet and firm
Mt prices previous
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25

PROFESSOR CLAIR. OF Iowa College, comes
among MS man. whose heart aud life are
thoroughly enlisted in the cause of educa-
ton. His lecture, announced in our local col
umn, TO be given in the Congregational
Church on Thursday evening of this week,
will be an attempt to arouse the minds OF
the young and of all who desire tai i'm.
pro cement, in the work of self education .
Reports come to us Of the very favorable re-
caption of his efforts in other cities of the
State. 1t will be we'll for our citizens gener.
ally to give him hearing, and give their in
tiuence to the promotion of the ends he has
in view.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25
Milwaukee MARIE.

Milwaukee MarRex
By Telegraph Muw.pxrs Dec ~
Flour-Flrm; Xxx IS 90 as so; country do ,s seap 90
Xaa25ss65
Waeat-Tiim; 81 ssAek for No l.
o ts-steady-
o,rn-Firm; s4asS for new .helled
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25

A DOMESTIC scene occurred yesterday near
the Court House, which was very mp esssnt
to those who desire TO see peace and happi-
ness existing among those whom God has
united. \ carpenter and wife became In
VOWED IN war of words over some trihng
matter, which continued long enough for the
husband TO become 30 deylish as TO throw a
Ratchet al his wife. Fortunately for both
parties it failed of lis mark, and played
smash with window sash through which
1t whirled in lis course. The neighborhood
was naturally aroused by the noise; seeing
this, the unhappy couple subsidized, slinking
away fran the gaze Of the better class of ,iti-
zens who live around them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25
Foreign Markets.
view roru rarne,.

L5SroS DC - Noon
consos s2I5 so Bonds z 80 linois ceui q !.
Erie ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25


DEPioRAnLE.-That is the word. II 10
more than deplorable; it is sad, grievous.
astonishing, overwhelming. sockdolaeering
We have already referred to the fact that a
daring burglary of a mysterious character
was perpetrated the other night in the dwell.
ing OF one of our leading and hospitable
merchants. Bat here is where the deplora-
BILE, where tho sad, the astounding, the SOCK
do!agering, and the rest, here is where thew
all come in. II will be remembered that the
burglars confined their depredations to the
pantry, leaving nothing in the larder save n
raw turkey. Now what? SroyEus to death
bnt that's so much like some bachelor friends
OF ours, that we could believe they A. Il. T.
the victnals. So it is that we are advised
that suspicion strongly points toa nsst Ct
Bachelors who live not far distant, and whose
means Of obtaining alimentary sus,enance are
known to no one but themselves, as certain
ex-member can testify. The suspicion has
been strengthened by the fact that sundry
stew and frying pans have been discovered
within their den. their we'll known love of
the good things OF this life, and their remain
Ing out until q late hour on that evening lin
the hope of proving an alibi)
AS they have frequently partaken of the
hospitality of the unfortunate victim, he is
led to believe that, moved in their errinp mo-
ments by some slight feeling of gratitude,
they left the raw turkey, as a small barrier
between himself and utter starvation: he is
nevertheless justly determined that these
bachelors, il guilty, shall NEE, the full pen.
atty OF The law, and he hasn't instructed The
City Marshal to proceed to the den and make
minute search for his stolen property.
f.S.-in the den aforesaid has been dis
covered tout not by the City MarshsD A half
sack Hour, can of oysters, thalf eaten,l same
brands - stolen. The Marshal ia in search
Of the culprits. who, u is supposed, are con-
cssled BY their friends Up to the time Of
going to press no arrssss have been made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25

A CHOICE lot of packages of fine wines and
liquors still left at Gl9, to be closed out by
the 10th of January. Call and secure one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25

/
| Let us now 60 TO Burrows Hall. Wbew I
how it is crowded. If you are at all acquaint-
ed with keokuk and her people yen would
| recognize Immediately on entering that the
/ throag before YOU is the Unitarian Society
with its Sabbath School. The programme of
| the evening consists of songs, addresses, re-
citations, dialogues, charades, Christmas
scenes, the whole crowned by the children 8
| pride-a well filled Christmas tree. This
| constituted the entertainment in the upper
hall. In the hall in the story below long
table was spread, and after the good time
above was over, the school repaired TO the
supper room, and there enjoyed themselves
as only children can. We have not time.
owing to the late hour at which we write, TO
give this school the proper notice which its
varied programme deserved, but we must
not pass by the "Christmas scene /, so
beautifully rendered by Mr.. Leighton,
Mrs. Hiatt, Mrs. Pittman aud others,
nor the 'Fairy's Address By Mary Ogden.
The former conveyed to the mind a volume
OF charity, while the latter was SO well spok
that We feel impellsd to compliment Miss
| Mary. During The exercises Miss Clara Avery
was presented by the congregation with a
| very valuable set ofjewelry, as re recognition
of her constant services, and her Sabbath
| school class also presented her with q token
Of their esteem and friendship. The pastor,
Mr.. Efinger, was ARRESTED by Mr.. Leigh
ton and presented with large and magaiii,
| cant photograph album.
And thus Christmas Eve was passed by the
the above named Sabbath Schools OF the city.
Success attend them until they assemble for
the celebration Of the Christmas Eve Of 'ss.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20
THE BOSSILR DAENIR
66aSA
7 f. K NJ g:

The Bossier Banner will be Issued
every Saturday morning. Subscription,
per anuum, Five dollars-ln advance.
Three dollars for six months. Two
dollars for three months.
Advertisements inserted at 81 so per
square, of ten lines or less first inser-
ton; rs cents for each subsequent in
sertion. Liberal terms offered to yearly
advertisers.
Professional and business cards Of
one square, inserted at SIS per annum;
$40 for six months; 81 for three months.
Publishing announcements of candi-
dates for office, Sl5--to be paid invari-
ably in advance.
Obituary notices, when exceeding a
square. will be charged as advertise
ments.
W All articles published for the
benefit of parties or individuals, at
their own solicitation, will be charged
for as advertisements.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20
BELLEVUE, LA,
saturday,'#;;;:;'H;'''!April 20, 1867.

- On the fourth page of to-
days issue, will be fond Senator
Geo. Williamson's letter, on affairs
of State and the state of affairs,
in response to call made on him
by some of the most prominent
citizens Of Shreveport. The letter
is an able and manly one, and re-
fleets credit upon its author, who
is a cogent reasoner and a per
spicuous writer.
In Seneca's tragedy of Medea,
the Thracian princess says to
Creon, ''if you judge without hear
ing both sides, even although you
decide justly, still you are unjust"
However politically differing with
Senator Williamson, We have the
greatest respect for bis ability and
political sagacity. And we are salts
fed that the sentiments contained
in his letter, meets with the hearty
appreciation Of the majority of the
people of IOuisiana-taking the
voice of her press and of her lead
ing men as a criterion. Yet, as
We scan the political horizon, we
fail todiscern the promised light"
in the dim distance, that is to
dawn upon our benighted land,
when we are drought from dark
ness to light" by this hocus-pocus
ruse de gueFTe-the military bill
the great panacea that is to unite
and heal the broken and bloody
ligaments Of this disjointed Union
which sooner or later, must die at
last, with a political n0strum in its
mouth, administered by coffee
house quacks and political noun
tebanks-Midas-eared, blind and
sordid, without discrimination OF
right and wrong.
The concluding remarks of Sen
ator Williamson's letter, in regard
to the development of the resources
of our country, are indeed appro
pos, sensible, practical and prac
ticable. By all means let our far
merS raise sufficient food for the
country, and let it be known that
we have rich lands, uncultivateG
for the want of labor, which car
be had ON reasonable terms, anC
an abundance of the substantialS
of life; then we may expect an in
dustrous class of immigrants tx
come and settle among us, thereby
adding to the wealth and popula
ton of the country. The expert
enee of the world is that honest
industrious people always seel
homes where the necessaries o
life are abundant and cheap, ant
where good lands can be bough
at reasonable rates. We have al
the elements to induce immigrant
to come amongst us, and it lies il
our power and is dependent upol
our action, whether we get then
or not.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20

SCRAPS FROM PRENTICE-The
Radicals regard the South as the
''prOmised land" Wade, Sumner,
and Thad. Stevens have promised
it to them.
IT'S pity that Sumner, Wilson,,
and Thad. Stevens won't poison
themselves to death by biting
their own tongues.
If a horse has the bolts, let him
thank his stars that it isn't John
Minor.
Thad. Stevens threatens to de-
molish Andy Johnson. A gnat
once tried to eat an elephant.
IT'S a strong recommendation
OF a measure to our Congress that
it is unconstitutional.
We have seen a photograph of
old Ben Wadein Harper's Weekly.
We can now believe all that we
have read of him. His face is so
hard that a blacksmith might
hammer out a horse shoe upon it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20

IL The South Western men
lions the death of Mr.. Thomas C.
Beason, DIETER known to the citi-
zens of Bossier by the sob,aqaet
of 'sBlackhawk'D who died at
Shreveport, on the 14th inst. He
was, as the editor truthfully says,
"a hard working, honest man, and
commanded the respect of a large
number OF acquaintances."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20

% The Texas Observer, pub
lished at Rusk, in noting the
fact that a monument is to be
erected in Washington City to the
memory of President Lincon, says:
Ellis monument is already
built; a dismembered Union, a
wanton civil war, foolishly begun
on his part and prosecuted with a
shameless disregard of all the
principles of justice and human
ity.'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20

u All those who want brandy,
wine or whisky punches" hot or
cold, apply at Dowling's "Bank.'
t Houston Telegraph.
There is a man who disturbs
our exchanges and carries off val
liable papers and magazines who
wants his head punched" badly.
Shall we send him along?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20
Died:
= On the 23rd ult, in this parish, Of ON
sumption, MARY VIRGINIA WRIeRr, ass1
% years.
RECONsTRUCTIoN.-If.a ftarh,

REcoNsTRUcTIoN.-If, afterhe
slowing suffrage by compulsion,oa
the nagro, we are further to admit
him to the jury-box and rendsr
him eligible to Office, it is .very
evident to us that our people win
prefer remaining under military
rule to all eternity, to acceptnp
any such Constitution. It is bad
enough to bestow the right of suf.
frage on a emi-civilized race who
in their best estate, seldom attain
the average capacity of white boys
fifteen years old; and it need not
be expected that we shall, by our
own action, admit them to respon.
sible posts-certainly not, while
at the North they cannot even
vote without a property or ednca.
rtional qualification. Why should
all these radical experiments be
tried first on US? Do these 20.
litical quacks take their own phys.
ie? Why not experiment with
negro voters and office-holders on
a small scale among themselves,
and see how they like it, We
were never famous for possessing
more patience and good temper,
or less pride of race, than the rest
of mankind Southern Cultiya.
tor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20

THE FLooD.-Coming from
New Orleans we noticed many sad
effects of the high waters. On
the bosom Of the enraged tide
tloated the wrecks of happy homes,
and at every turn the eye met
some object to remind the behold
er how much destruction was
spread about. At different points
we seen women and children sit
ting at the upper windows of their
residences watching the madden.
ing waters rush by a few feet be.
low them, bearing upon their sur.
face some relative or friend sitting
on a cotton bale with death star.
ing them in the face as wave after
wave surged over their frail bark.
Il Pine Bluff Vindicator.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20

- The editor of Newbern,
n. c., paper found in his postoffice
box a large mud-turtle among his
exchanges Boston Post.
A "craw-fsh" would better suit
some of our Louisiana exchanges,
as indicative Of their highly "de-
lectable" consistency-that "pre-
cious jewell
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20
C. Within the last year, twelve

u Within the lastyear, twelve
of the wealthiest and most beau
tiful young ladies in Nashville,
Tenn, have been married to Fed,
eral officers, says the Boston Post
''Wealthiest and most beautiful
may be true; but ''most sensible
and ''respectable' Important quail
ifications) are not mentioned by
the editor,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20

LENT.-This quadragesimal fast
began on Ash-Wednesday, 10Th of
March,) and closes with Easter
Sunday, (to-morrow,) April 21st.
During this period the Episcopal
Church avoids all pleasures and
abstains from eating luxuries.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20

~ The military law should be
written upon parchment of tiger.
SKINS Prentice.
Wouldn't that of the skunk
be more appropos, Mr.. Prentice 7
1t certainly "stinks" in the nostrils
of decency.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20

~ A Missouri editor says that
the Radicals in Congress will soon
enact a law requiring mems
clothes to be made without peck
ets-there will be no use for them.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20


the AIleghanies, the need of a po-
litical separation between their
States and the States of New Eng
land, viii become so palpable that
nothing but a party spirit rising
to the point of infatuation will
prevent it from being universally
recognized. When that time shall
arrive, the right Of the West to
sever the irksome relation, and
dissolve the Improbable partner
ship, will become selfevident.
The idea that the people of the
great, the imperial West, are, or
can be, bound to a political condi-
ton that is adverse to their inter
ests, or CALLING to their pride, or
obstructive to their progress, is
so preposterous that no argument
will be needed for it's refutati0n.
There is no political fool so ut
terly forlorn and abandoned to his
faulty; there is no political para
site so emasculate and decrepid;
there is no political dreamer so
blind and impracticable, in these
regions, as to believe that the
millions who iuhabit our vast
plains and smiling valleys are
bound by any other law than
their own sovereign will, in respect
to their municipal polity or their
federal relations. The doctrine
that communities may be c0erced
to abide in political partnerships
which they hate, is a doctrine
that, in its application to our
selves, we supremacy scorn and
repudiate. 1t is the doctrine Of
knayes and fools and towards and
sycophants, not of man; and be-
cause, in our barbarism and our
passion, we administer it to others
at vast expense, is no evidence
that we accept it.
The need of such a separation
exists at present. The West is
now suffering under the domi-
nancy Of New England ideas,
made practical in the Government
through the disproportionate
power of New England under the
Constitution. The state of the
case is this: New England has
more power in the Government
than she is entitled to; which
power she uses to further inter
ests of hers which adverse to the
interests Of the West. This dis,
proportion, which, to her is OF
incalculable pecuniary value, is
secured to her by the Constitution:
secured beyond any amendment
of the Constitution contrary to
her consent of the States. Con.
stitutionally, therefore, there is in
the rest of the Union, no remedy
for the evil; and, consequently
the only relief must come through
an amicable or an unamicablt
separation; and this separation
must take place whenever the
| West arrives at a complete un
derstanding of it's own interests
and comes back to the true doc
trine that it is interest, and inter
est alone, by which the value o
all political arrangements is de
termined.
| Had the Union continued as i
was, it is probable that, amid al
the fluctuations of parties, thu
West and the South togethe
would have so far imposed whole
: some restraints upon New Eng
land as to have rendered her so
ciety in the Union tolerable, il
spite of her disproportionate pow
er. The effect of her extravagan
representation in the Senat
would have been neutralized b,
the equal representation of othe
sections in the House, and n
laws could have been passed tina
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20

u The Shreveport South Yves
tern, of Wednesday, says: 'The
river opposite this point, after fall
ing nearly y feet since the last
rise came to a stand on Monday
and since rose five or six inches
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-04-20

L. A German Count is under
arrest in Louisville, KY, for mar
rying three women there, two in
Baltimore, and an entire brigade
of ladies in New York. The pa
pers say he had "wiEe on the
BRAIN