The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-01-25
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A new al al''-'Ret' '-presides for the
nonce over the Registers city columns. The
series OF religious meetings now going on in
the vasiou. churches at Des Moines are pro-
ductive IF much good. See Register.
Council Bluffs is rejoicing over the com
pletion Of the railroad 70 that point.
The Sioux City Journal Gays "Furs of
all kinds are unusually plenty this winter, aud
as result are commanding smaller price
in market than a, any time before for mum
Der Of years. We learn that the Indians
have teen unusually successful in their trap
ping expeditions, and have large quantities on
hand. which, owing TO the low prices at the
East, RAIDERS are somewhs, afraid Of purcha>
sing.
-rme R.gist.r publishes letter from j.
NJ. Dixon. ia which he says: II am more
horefi'l MIN reference TO my eyes than WAS
a week aye ! have strong assurance that
the lei ~ viii be saved but the other one
i in 1gtical condition suffer constantly
from ,.,,in IA that eye DIR. Taliaferro is san.
guine 'hs, he viii bring me through all right
aud a. h. is heynud question one of the most
erninsi' ncnlisrs in the United States, ought
TO rely implicitly on his statement"
Mrs. >~i,aer attempted to kill herself at
Des MONIES few weeks ago and failed. Ia
ken to Vt. Pleasant. she made another at
tempt aud IS said to have succeeded. See
Register.
Clara Barton spoke at Muscatine last
Saturday night. The journal speaks highly
of her lecture. 1t says ~ We said at fret
We had heard Anna Dickinson, and We could
hear no other woman after her; but from the
time Miss Barton began to speak until she
closed we sat motionless, almost breathless.
fearing 10 lose single word. II was noble,
US the simple story of her labors and her
tolls, not because she had thus labored and
| toiled, but because to us belonged the story
of the.suferings and terrors which our brave
soldiers had endured, and of the angels
which God sometimes sent to comfort them
As speaker. Miss Barton is pleasant, sim.
pie, and touching, making you weep much
oftener than she makes you laugh. At times
eloquent. almost inspired, she carries you
with her, shows you the dreadful battle Geld,
where she, often the only woman, ia . very
angel OF mercy and delieverance.'
The Knoxville Republican, says: ssOn
Monday of last week, the widow Buchanan,
living three and half miles south Of Knox.
vile, dislocated her right shoulder BY falling
on the ice
The Jefferson E,u comes 70 our sane
tum for the frst time. Il i live and we'll
appearing paper.
The Mt. Pleasant Free ness says: "Our
citizens we're aroused from their slumbsrs
early Monday morning by the CRY Of fire,
which, upon discovery, proved TO be the resi-
denee Of Thomas Richards, Esq, on Monroe
street, west ofshe public square. Tho Ere
osisiaassd through defect in the ius, and
first issued from the upper part Of IL build
ing, quickly communicating 70 the sides Of
the house, and spread rapidly 70 the ground
On either side. The building is in total ruins,
bat xaa insured for 81, 900 in the Home Com.
pany Of New York, which vas pxoasbk No
tAirda Of il sslss. Mr. Richards loss fas.i~
tars 70 tas amount Of about $500, whieA -
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