The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-08-01
IOWA ITEMS.

| The Met hodists are going to bnild new
| cn1rch at Bedford.
-Cnpt. Grace. the Fen an organizer, is
now in Northern Iowa actively At work
A Christian church is to be built at
| Bedford Fay Tor county, Of concrete brick.
A pie mic, Tor the benefit of Fenian sol
diers, is announced at Ottumwa for the 6rst
Of August.
The German Turner's Of Des Moines are
gong To have grand annivei sary celebration
about The 10Th Of August.
MIR +. Baker has resigned the Secreta-
ryship If The Iowa Central road, and George
Ripple, Of Oskaloosa, is to be appointed in
his stead.
| e ward Muliigan, arrested for forgery in
Council Bluffs and taken to the Fremont
county Jail has been let out on writ oil
habeax corpus.
A fresh importation Of hay rake swind-
| lers is announced. They travel in fine bugs
gies talk fairly, aud are altogether very ac-
compl,shed scoundres. Let the people be
On tut iF RnHru
The Winterset Nadisonian returns thanks
for mess OF roasting ears raised IN Madison
county this season. and laid upon that edit
or 8 table by the producer, whose name is
Paxs,n.
A young man, sixteen or seventeen
years old, named Jacoby, stole horse near
| Qa1 Al
day last week He was pursued and captured
near Alton, and committed to Jail The
News believes that county to be infested with
gang Of horse thieves, having their head
quarters at Omaha.
! "a distillery at Iittlefort, Clayton county,
belonging to Hasler 4 Frank, was seized,
three or four days since. by Deputy Collector
Grant and is now IN his possession. The
, distill ~ stopped running some time since,
or at least pretended To; but its owners
have, is said, confrved to manufacture
high vines on the sly during the past few
weeks.
"A eisn by the name Of VIM. Warner was
shot il Ttnneshiex few nights ago by the
police He was je~king around the city at "a
late hen,, he police were Swallowing him,
and Win, he discovered they were after him,
he tu,' upon them with knife, and re-
ceived !, chunk of cold lead in the breast,
which bids fair to kill him.
/ Mrs. Pricke,t, Of Taylor county. who
lost h,.r husband in the war, took her four
childr en- 10 the Orphans Home. While there
three Of them died with measles, OF the time
there Was so much sickness al the Home, and
the ladies Of the city turned out to help the
matrou and her assistants. Her children
were al OF very weak constitutions. Their
death has SO affected her Rat she went
crazy, and has been sent 10 Ne insane asy.
lum.
The argus states that 6rm at Burling>
ton received l2o barrels Of high wines day
before yesterday, on which was tax of
inyoic, ~as about 81 600.
a Il BERGMAN, Geo B. Corkhill, Nath
an Ht,.. j. b. Coale and 4 Nancise have
incorrora ed 1.-The Plantation Spinner MAJ
nfactu.ine Co., at Mt. Pleasant. Capitol
stock LOO, 900.
A Dubuque merchant has been called
upon To settle damages done 10 a valu Bile
dress, torn by nail in one Of his goods
boxes, placed ON the ou,ersedge of the pave>
ment So says the Times.
Mr. Z, Wander Linden had one OF his
legs taken of by y renping machine one day
last week near Peiia. He was ,emiving OBJ
struc,'pns before the reaper when the horses
started suddenly and caught him.
a mass meeting was held ut Des Mci., :
"Wednesday. 10 aid In constructing railroad
TO connect with the Northwestern r,al E
City Council was requested TO subscribe
$50,0oa
| Il, is very doubtful if any indictments
will be returned by the grand jury of Polk
county against Orwig. Governor Stone has
depart ed, and is reported of for Colorado.
"A manufacturing company composed
maialy Of Notwegians, has been organized
in DEBORAH, and the capital stock already
subscribed, amounts TO about $4,000 The
plans Of the company contemplate the i'm
mediate erection of . woclen will.
i Arransements ere being made for !
meeting Of settlers on and owners Of Des
Moines riverlands, to be held about August
2sth, at Swede Point, 70 adops nsesurss -
protect their interests II win dosbsis1s b !
hlgs nssiag of those intnssisd.
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