The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-02-09
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CHICAGO. Feb. {.
An Oskaioosa, Iowa, special says the Iowa
Wool Growers Association will meet IN tbs
city on the 10Th inst Matters Of great in.
terest will come before the meeting, and ar
rsngemeRts viii be made for grand Sheep
Shearing Festival.
A Springfield. H., special saws James P
kimbaii, wife and two children, an account
Of whose capture by the Indians. some twen-
" wears ago. in Snake county. and their in.
termediate history, appeared ID the Elmira
Adrertiser, of January 30. passed through
this city today. en- route for Muscatine, Iowa,
to join their relatives, who had long since CIV
en- them up as dead They wsse materially
assisted by me Governor and members of
Assembly. Mrs. himball il q sister of the
celebrated Col. Kit Carson.
despatch from Lansing, Mich, says the
State Temperance Convention. which met IN
this city yesterday, had stormy time and
did not adjourn until near midnight A res.
oiution " as finally passed declaring it inex>
pedient TO form q new party on the question
of temperance as a distinction issue.
A Ior4ka, Kansas, special says a company
has been formed. with a capital of $4,000.
10 dam the Kansas river and build canal to
get water power for manufacturing purposes.
/ A San Francisco, Cal, special says the
1 bark Envoy Was wrecked on Starback Island
South Pacific. December 18th. The vessel
J was owned IN Liverpool.
4 Advices from Idaho. Of Feb ID, state that
Gen Crook had fight with the Indians and
killed forty and captured twenty>seven
Trains on the Central Pscific Railroad
now make regular time through TO Cisco.
a Des MONIES despatch says that in the
District Court to day, the States Attorney
dismissed three out of four Indictment,
against Mr.. orwig, late Private Secretary TO
\ Gov. Stone, for forgery. The remaining in
dictment for embezzelment, which has one
demurrer, was held good, and was continued
on the application Of Mr.. 0rwig until the
the pextterm Tn civil case against the
same party, owing to the length OF the testi-
mouy. the referee will not be able 10 make
his report before the spring term.
! The case of Sill rs. T. P Crosby ct al
came up before Justice DeWolf yesterday,
but on account of the absence of Mr. Roberts,
counsel for the plaintiff. it was retained until
Wednesday evening next
I, is snoEing quite hard to night.
The fearful struggle between the desperate
character and the police on Monday. and
which the Chicago papers made out to be d
such thrilling nature. seems at the --latest
Developments to have been fearful only &c
poot Blackberger, who died this morning
from the effects of the wounds received from
the valorous police. At the inquest thi.
aAsrnoon before Coroner Wagner, the jur,
returned verdict Of unjustiGabIe shooting
and the policeman, Frehner, who fred the
shot through his abdomen, was arrested ans
/ IsdEed in ISL: The other two members of ths
police engaged in the row remain at liberty
1t seems that Black berger was an undersizec
man, armed oniy with small pocket knife
instead of being the powerful rufiian hiddi .
defiance TO the officers al the point of loot
long dirk.