The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-02-07
IOwAI TENS.

AT the municipal election held in Bur-
ington, the other day, Mayor Corse was re.
elected by 495 majority. The vote was light,
as but little interest was felt in the matter,
Is we learn from the Hank Eve.
The Knoxville Republican reports that
gentleman was followed by two suspicious
characters on horseback, ana finally shot at
them while they we're ambushing him. That
subsequently one suspicious character was
seen on horseback, leading another horse;
and that it was afterwards ascertained tina,
horses were stolen, &C., &c.
The Dubuque Herald has the following !:
"Patrick Morgan has been removed from the
Office Of United States Inspector for Jaeger 5
distillery, and W. Johnson, formerly keeper
Of the poor.house, appointed in his place
The latter has acted with the Republicans,
and is War Democrat. Mr. Morgan has
had the matter of resisning the Office under
consideration for some time, as il was un.
profitable, all the dstilieries having shu,
down. but now they have all started up, and
his successor walks into an Office worth s.
per day
The Anamosa Eureka contains the partc
nlars Of nea. little game played in .ha,
place the other day. ''Quite iutter Of ex
eitement was created yesterday by the an.
nouncement that an attachment in favor Of
certain New York parties had been j.sued
against the stock Of goods belonging TO Mr..
c. Hubbard. The Sheriff found the door.
closed, and Of course couldn't serve il.
Meanwhile the proprietor and Mr.. Darius
Fisher we're inside, quietly taking an invoice
OF the stock, the latter having purchased be-
fore any legal action had been taken in the
premises
We received copy Of the Pc, ia nh
to-day from the office of publication The
paper bears date September ii, 1895. and
contains the names Of the nominees of ,ave..,
Copper-Johuson Conventions, who waro
burned, politically, SO deep at the autumn,
election, that their ghosts will never nrey;s,,
the pale glimpses ofthe moon"
John Fore, formerly a cit;ze, of ~.
town, poisoned himself at Des Mones =, ~
afternoon Of the 18th ina., from the effects q,
which he died soon after. Mr.. Fore -.
never married and was about forty wear. ],
age. he has r. I'D in this COUNTY G., :
years. and mar his friend. ,es;d.
some time ago b, .ited his rel.,;va. = n
MONIES While b. las there he tried on ,we
other occasions = aad his ex,s,sno. IT. ~
hrst ame he tried % hang himself md 49,
second time be .oak laudanum. r. -.
and last time he tack strychnine. Hs ~
chased some prunes and the strycbn;n. !.
grocery, and proceeding along he placed i,
poison IN one OF ee prunes, and sv.llova,
1t de then wen nome, uudres,sd -,
and went to bed lie died shortly af,sr u,
remains we're bros sht here on Tu..a.. -
iof in'erment' and yesterday afternoon /.
three o clock he was buried. So go. ),
Fairfield Ledger. " says u
They are boring for Goa, ann
Taylor county. i is confidently esn.o,.
that the vein will be reached At . 49,, .
one hundred feet. ep'n
The Bedford South Wsa, in ,u..li,, ,
political afsin and Offices in ,b., -.
AyE II. I, Smith has resigned Il. r,.:.;.
= Asssssos Of Internal Revenn. e. y
District, bat - the asuosphere abo,, n.
scsd = not kerriaised to any sre.. .r,en
ana 70 good and efficient successor CON,
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