The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-17

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The cultivated lands Of Australia Are 10.
crsasine ropidly with he encoungemens Of
the steam slow. Vast reservoirs are oOnS
built for irrigation.
"A New, England paper 1ys: To
schools, nsvspspers ssd the liberal sse Sfl
soap" S 60
On the 1osh AIN. e., 900 wess Forwarded
fran london 10 Gid Gsfsbsidi's movesnent in
Italy. Other laeas sums have rbeen sent at
various times. go /
Marcus Morton. was elected Governor Of
Mas achusetfs, IN 1859, byA ml5Usity Of one
ina sote Of 1o2, 066, after being acsudidsss
for sixteen consecutive Sears.
! The new Legislature in Maine b declared
20 be opposed to the extreme pfoAibit0ry law
legislation, aud cure to greatly modify the
present laws.
Som body Who hasthe figures, says that
more cotton has been destroyed by FIRE and
other casualties within the lAss twenty two
years, than it would takssto pay the national
debt. 4
in New Orleans, according TO the news
papers of that city, there have been no less
than 40, 600 persons who have had the yellow
fever during the present season. The New
Orleans Tirs<s attributes the vide spread 81
the disease 10 the neglect Of the authorities
to keep the city in good sanitary condition.
The dividends of tho sold Mutual" in.
surance company Of Springfield have lately
ranged from 50 to 93 per cent on expiring
policies, 80 that it has cost almost nothing to
reinsare.
There is 4 well laid out, and until this
summer unknown city, With municipal gov
/ eminent, formed of runaway elsves, among
the mountains Of Brazil. They got women
BY ra,dibg upon the settlements.
"A Jockey ia Toronto bought horse for
/ Sl7s, and few days afterwards made = hand
| some profit by selling him at the Rochester
fair for 81, LOO. But the new purchaser found
he could trot in 2;37, and sold him the next
day for $4,000.
IA man at Lee, Massachusetts, ate forty
four eisms the other day while another was
| opening six. He is rvlative Of the .Grsat
| American Pie Bitter who can bite through
sixteen baker . turn overs 1t once. :.
There is q gentleman 10 Troy, well to-
do merch ant, aged sixty-fve years, who has
q mania for life insurance. He has thus far
secured policies on his life b. the amount of
$4,000. IlD has IT ION the brAin.'
This bcdy Of : young nan named Levi
Cole was found hanging to the limb Of a tree
near Mason. Mich. the other day. 1t had
been suspended there for nine days. Z he
deceased had tied the rope TO limb, and
fallen fifteen feet, and the neck was CON:
pletely broken.
/ The Paris Exposition, trom April LIT to
i 8sptsslber liish, received 81. SOC. 0o0 - fees
! from visitors for admission tickets. 1t lie
stated that $500, 600 more will be required 10
cover the expenses, and that this will be COLI
lected before the Exposition elosesst the end
of fhis month. Is sfF 81 sf
Il -1AUpi,eda Staies soldier. recentlystfied
i and convicted of uselessness in the army. has
been sentenced to forfeit his pay and to be
/ drummed out of service, with the rlacard
| sWo<tAlsss' ren his ba Ok. n Sach treatment Of
ltcfvilians, not OF the rank and Gle, would
create marked vacancies in political circles.
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Some wag in England h,t off the salvage
mania there, few years ago, BY issuing q
/ prospectus for joint stock company TO drain
the Red Sea, to recover the valuabes the
EeyptiaDs lost when Phsroah and his host
were overwhelmed by the waters in their pnr-
suit Of the children OF Israel.