The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-14
The Indians Return their Captives.
LATE NEWS BY CABLE,
A Battle between the Turks ard
Cretan.---Tfmiatt Victorious.
GOLD ~ IA.
FROM NEW lORk.

NV YoRK, Aug. Is.
Report. Of crops by telegraph, from al
parts of+she ccshlry are, on rue xhole, quite
!, cheering. The wheat crop Is larger than
! last year. On wheat in Ohio, Virginia.
Kansas, Colorado. Montana, Iowa, Wiscon-
rin, Minnesota, New York. Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts. Connect.
icut and New Hampshire, the quality is re-
Rarded NJ excellent In Georgia, South Car
olina, Alabap,a and 1eras, thereports ere no,
70 good theSield beng ngfndefnite. In LOUIS
iana, Arkansas, Mississippi Maryland, South
western aud Central Tennessee, North Caro-
lima, Delaware and Vermont, the crop has
been an average one. The corn crop is very
large and the quality remarkably good. The
yield this year is fully one-thild more than
last year. 15Ys is especially SO in the South
cru States. In Kentucky, Tennessee. West
Virginia, Indians, Missouri, kansas, OHIO.
Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota New
York, New jersey and Illinois, the yield Is
large; while in Louisiana, Mississippi. Geor-
gia, Florida, South Carolina AID other South
ern States, ii will not be more than average
The rains injured the crops il New lnrk
psnnsyl lsania, Delaware, Mary land aud
Maine. Ihe Barley crep will be an average
one. Hay more than average crop will be
diana, Ohio, New Jersey, DeIs ware and
Maryland, the yield is Very large aud ID ex-
cellent condition. Sugar promises well but
very little was planted. Fruits are almost a
total failure, especially ii. the Middle States
The peach crop viii DO, be one>half What ii
Was last year In the extreme Southern
States the peach cropiooks better. In New
York apples look better than anywhere else
The potatoe crop il generally large and good
Heavy mildews and lice have killed the hors
in Pennsylvania.
Gen. Anderson, Of Haber6eld. n. Y, was
drowned st Atlantic City yesterday while
bathing, at the came place where two little
girls wers drowned some weeks ago.
An immense mass meeting OF workinemen
WAS he'd at Cooper Institute last night, III
supper, os the Brickiayers strike. Over
twenty trade associa'ions participated. ".
i Iessnn Pres;dan. &c the Mes--lnameH' :
Union, was chosen Chairman Addresses
were made by Msssrs. Erais, Heady For
tune, and others. = II The speaa IS advocated
the eight hour Iawi and favored the co-opes
ratiye eystem
A large meeting was organized outside he
building, which was addtessed by several
speakers. The proceedings were character
zed Iy great earnestness aud enthusiasm.
The Yacht race between the sehooners
MattiA w d Martha, of twenty miles, for 81,
oo0 wss won yesterday by the Matte.
Wn.. Weoley shot II. Fleming. near Long
Branch, on Monday, and then partially cut
his own throat Repenling Of the latter pro-
ceesiirg, be returned to the house wh.re he
had con miited the murder, and wss arrested
Weoiey had been abusing Fleming wife,
with whom he had been on intimate terms,
when Fleming exporiulated with hlm. whore
upon W6oley shot him.
DR.. Battle shot man named Simmons Al
Cozzens Hotel. West Point, on Sunday.
An unknown man yesterday, while firing
revolver into some hogs on Stanton street,
hit little girl, named Mary Iiernev
n. E. Lnddington, nerchant Of Chicago.
arrived here last night IA charge Of deec-
tive, on charge Of defrandng a firm OF this
city out # $4,000. He attempted to escape
on the route