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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-10
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No party in any State ever had . better
Chairman Of its Central Committee THIN the
Republican party Of lows had in the person
OF Hon. Peter Melendy. He has been the
incarnation Of method, energy, prompsnsss
and slespIess vigilascs. All right souled
Republicans throughout the State will unite
10 giving him honor for his conduct Of the
campaign. live knew anything Wherein he
had been remiss, We wouldn't say anything
about it. A We don't know Of any remis-
ness we nsed say nothing. And to recount
here the strong points Of his administration
is bigger job than " have any mind for
undertaking. When Ne hear Of his needing
any endorsement, ve will feel called upon to
continue this subject.
And Just such good committee man AZ
Melendy was in this State, Hon. B. s. Mer-
riam was In this District. He can't b beat.
II anybody ever know Of his forgetting any
thing, or neglecting anything in the line Of
his Official duty, that person hasn't put such
fact upon the. record. Merriam has been !
success % the member Of the Central Com
mittee for this District.
And just such capital man - MeIendy has
basa and - Merriam has been, Hon. Jno.
Van Valksnbure has bsen % Chairman Of
the County Central Committee. Mr.. Van
Valkenbnre took hold Of his place, when the
campaign opened to " Push things" in Lee
and ,hings were pushed. He organised .
thorough canvass Of the county, and he him
self, apart from o6cial duties, did the work
Of several full hands' in personal work.
To his efficient Management may largely b
attributed the gratifying reduction Of the
democratic majority from more than five
hundred majority last year, 70 about one
hundred and Fifty this year, and the election
Of Noble Warwick Recorder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-10

60 % bargain made, ssAlit. It'll b
~ witness, ard . will % 4 20 will Only
call q the clothisg establishmsas OF ike
Stern i Co. when Jon want anything in their
line. Bargains in al kinds Of gentlemen
wear ere d ways 70 be had there.
Fashionahle saifs mads 10 order after the
most approved patterns. This house is situ.
a,ed on Main street, near Second.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-10

REMOVED. Democratic friend and
ong towssmas, Hon. N. @. Hedges, Stste
Senator from this county, has gone 70 Des
Moines. He makes tAat his residence hence
iorfh, pitches his tent 10 that sectica and viii
only Come TO visit ~ occasionally hefsssss.
We are sorry Hedges has ssus. hs il
mighty adroit politician, and did heap o.
suoesesfal work for The Democrasy m this
couny-bot " sre soTy - - goos. h
couldn't have hurt 10 any more il y bod
ssaysd. We have got everybody With q
nov. w have gos our naiivs-bora citissns
end our foreign born citizess, Ne hsss so'
the Boys in Blue, 10 have got the Germana
and I good p4rt Of the Irish, and oil Amer
cans, the colored folks inclnded-we have
got about everybody. and % Hedges conldn'1
have hurt rs politically if be bad stayed
And hs IL good nsighbor, and an entsrpris
ing man-one that We are sorry to loss. ant
We commend him to the very best friendship
and welcomes Of the good people OF De-
Moines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-10

nRIBD BB8f-A. Choice Apsicls, fbr NE
y tnv ~ cox nWu,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-10
For Sale.

n Frame Dwelling House, With four rooms,
"A cellar stable cist.sn, nice Esrdsn grapes and
great variety Of fruit lot all In guod oondi
fon-on Brenhlln between lstA and 18th strrsts Title
good. Prizes t1300-hsif cash, balance time, In
quirs Of ". y TEN-D1CK,
Resi- xstate and Insurance Agent,
jul0 Cor. 4th and hAin-Sts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-10

EOR SALE.---acr acres land, described
= Fox q ntlsy's Map oi Ksokuk - Rsv Robert
Aeksrdrs Collage Gr1and,"a short distance vsst Of
Hilfoas Nursssy. Prize $500. Title good
adjoining the three story brick building occup
I'd by n. AD. r. white. Enquire Of
n. D. TEN RYCK,
sept9 Coz. 4th and Main st., k.okuk.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24
TT A r d w A R E, &C,

III ~ ~ ~ w ~ ~ u O c,
The Subscriber has now on hand the largest
and best stock Of HARDWARE to be found in the
State, consisting Of
BUILDERS, HARDWARE, ALL KINDS, IRON,
STEEL AND NAILS, DOORS. SASH
AND BLINDS.
Mill, X-Cut Circular Hand and Wood Saws; Glass,
all sizes; Carriage Hardware. &c.
Customers in want of Hardware will find it for their
interest to call before purchasing.
JOSEPH CLARK,
No. J. and 3. Revere Hall.
Brattleboro, Jan. /, 1866
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24
poetrY,
From the San Francisco Times.
"Let the Union Men step to the
Front"

ny SAM BOOTH.
Advance the old flag the glorious old Gag,
Let the Union men step to the front.
The good men and true who fought the fight through
And stood enc the battles red brunt.
Every man to his post, in the great Union host
With faith no disaster can daunt.
TIL victory once more, shall crown as before.
The inyinciblc banners Of Grant
Let traitors and knaves. their lictors and slaves
The conservatives, take a back seat.
They stand in the way. to obstruct and delay
The Union restored and complete.
Who did no good deed in her utmost need,
But all through the war did not cease
To exult in her woes, and rejoice with her foes.
Can hardly be trusted in peace.
What then! shall the shrine of our goddess divine
Which the lfe-blood of heroes has guarded,
Shall the sacred fine. be despoled, and again
To the keeping of knaves be awarded?
The blood of the slain, shed on ocean and plain.
Defending her honor and fame
And thebones of our braves from dishonored graves,
Would rise up and put us to shame.
Then up with the flag. the glorious old lag,
On turret, and housetop, and wall
Inscribe on each fold, in letters of gold.
Protection and Freedom to ALI"
Four bloody campaigns have washed out tho stains
That clung to it like foul blot
We loved it Of yorc but we love it still more
That it's free from all blemish and spot.
-Four billions of treasure and blood without measure
We paid for our eountry's salvation;
We honor the dead, shall it ever be said
We dishonered the faith of the nation2
Each sacrificed life, offered up in the strife.
Immortal shall be through all time,
And the money we spent, so trustngly lent.
Shall be paid to the very last dime.
Our Moses they slew. who brought us safe through
From our Egypt of bondage and night,
And through the Red Sea, cut path for the free.
Till the fair land of hope was in sight.
But still we had reason to thank God that treason.
Joshua had left for our head
Who from bloody Shiloh dealt blow upon blow,
Till rebellion was bafied and dead.
On the great Western waters, through sieges and
slaughters'
He traversed highway of fame.
Till the nation, so sad, took heart, and was glad.
And the rebels grew pale at his name.
We rejoice in the story now part of our glory,
How he fought the good fight I" on that line:"
How he ceased press. through the dark wilder
ness,
Till victory had crowned his design.
Then Aing out the flag, the gallant old flag.
On hCusetop. and window. and WALL
And let its proud motto be. Justice. Equality.
Protection and Freedom for all
Close up the lines, advance the ensigns.
Let the Union men step to the front,
Every man to his post in the great loyal host.
For the Union with Colfax and Grant
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24
Murder of Union Men In Texas.

A special committee of the Texas Con-
stitutional Convention, have just made
an important report ON the terrorism and
murder of Union men prevailing in that
state, and is startling disclosure of MUIR
ders committed after Sheridan had
been removed from the command of that
department. 1t is very significant as to
whether Union men or rebel ruffians
should have the power in that State,
The report says:
"We have found no little difficulty in
getting gentlemen to testify before us.
Many are unwilling, and others are
afraid of assassination should they do so
and hence, very few have responded to
the summons of the committee. We do
not, therefore, offer this report as COM
plete exhibit of crime in Texas. We
feel confident that it presents very i'm
perfect view Of the actual violence and
disorder in the state"
The report continues as follows:
In our statistics we have not embrac-
ed assaults with intent to kill, rapes, rob
berries, whipping of freedmen, and other
outrages, many of which are found to be
most cruel and wanton such a summa-
ton would impose an almost endless task
We have directed our investigations to
the homicides committed during the pc,
riod of time intervening between the
close of the rebellion and the 1st of June
1868; and, from the three sources of in.
formation mentioned, we present the fol-
lowing statistics of homicides in Texas
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24

erately and brought revolver and re-
turned to the playground where his enc
my was, told him that he was going to
shoot him and did SO at once inficting a
wound from which he died in very few
hours. The culprit was arrested and
brought to trial at Watertown, convicted
of murder in the second degree, and sem
fenced to confinement in the penitentiary.
The Fourth of July passed off here
with very little noise. l did not hear of
an old fashioned celebration in all the
region. They approached the nearest it
at Oswego and Waterville. At the lat
ter place the following was the pro-
gramme:
"There is to be procession and
Donnybrook fair and the people are to
enjoy a big time. At II o'clock A. M.
will come off hurdle races, sack and foot
races, wrestling match, wheel barrow race,
climbing the CREASED pole, blindfolded
ring sports, ducking for oranges and
apples, and smoking match, concmd-
ing with chase for CREASED pig"
To these were added small horse trots
for still smaller purses in the afternoon.
have observed with much interest the
workings of the different temperance or
ganizations in this part of the State.
Very different from what l supposed it
to be. | find very many wide awake
workers in this cause in New York.
Good Tcmplars are very unpopular (with
a class of course) but very strong and
numerous. Lodges spring up in almost
every town and go right onward till they
number hundreds, and they exercise here
as everywhere a very strong restraining
influence upon those who traffic in intox-
icating drinks. 1t is we'll known fact
that under the present license system in
this State that bars and decanters are
Just as common as hotels" This is the
way it is talked and the way most peo-
pie understand the matter; but it is D
great way from the fact. 1t is true that
there are very many hotels in the State
which take out license and open bar
in broad day light, but through the in
fuence of the Good Templars very many
are refused this privilege. In the small
village of Adams Centre, Jefferson coun-
ty, there are three hotels and only one
could get license. In Oswego county |
am told not a single license has been
granted during the year. The people
may if they will, in this community as
in others, restrain very nearly within
proper limits (if there are any such linn
its) the sale of spurious liquors.
Lake Erie, three hours off Cleveland,
Ohio: Our sail across these waters thus
far has been charming. The passage
through the canal has been effected in
less than half the usual time. We stop
ped at Niagara and had glorious visit.
l will write more of this in my next let
ter. Love to all the friends.
NERO.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24
ZERO.

How FRANK BLAIR SUNK THE
WRONG SHIRT.-The Blairs were raised
in Washington city, and the boys then,
as ever since, had enlarged ideas of the
consequence of the Blair family" They
were big strapping fellows, and smaller
chaps always avoided them for the wan
tonness with which they imposed on those
too weak to defend themselves. Thirty
or thirty-fve years ago the canal which
now serves Washington city as a sewer
was not the mud-hole it has become of
late years. 1t was favorite bathing
place for boys, particularly the smaller
ones, who did not venture to go to the
river. On one of these occasions, when
Frank and one or two other of the Blairs
were present, little fellow in advance
of the others picked up shirt from the
pile of clothing and began to dress. As
this boy was very little one, the oppor-
tunity to show the power of a Blair was
too good to be lost. Frank snatched the
shirt from the child and threw it over
board. The outcry at so mean an act he
answered with laughter, for his big
brothers stood by him.. The shirt not
sinking as fast as he wished, he threw
chunks of mud and stones upon it, until
the over-freighted garment went down.
Frank laughed loud and long; the little
boy cried; whereupon Frank, as pun
ishment for not accepting as an honor
the notice taken of the garment by the
Blairs, threw additional weights upon
the sunken shirt. By this time all ex-
cept the Blairs had dressed themselves,
and the piles of unclaimed clothes was
reduced to those belonging to them, and
the lad selected as victim. The Blairs
had enjoyed their pastime, dancing in
aboriginal costume, but now turned to
their own clothes. One of their shirts
was missing. The supposed victim had
found his own garment and escaped to a
safe distance. Terrible was the profan-
ity and wild the wrath when the truth
became apparent that Frank Blair had
thrown his own shirt overheard and had
sunk it irrevocably. The little boy
whose shirt he sunk in the Washington
canal is delegate to the Tammany Con-
vention, and he will at least recall the
incident we have related, and laugh at
Gen. Blair's laundering persistency in
sinking the wrong shirt.-Ct:cago Tri-
Jame.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24
5fliseeltar,a,
For the Bellows Falls Times.
Way Notes.-The. 4.

STEAMER AKRON OFF PORT oswEGo,
LAKE ONTARIO.
July 8, 1868.
FRIEND SWAIN: Your correspondent
has pulled stakes" from the north
western part of the Empire State and is
off for Niagara, Cleveland and the west
We have few things to speak of, before
we leave our readers, which came to our
notice in New York. One noticeable
thing was the hot weather. For nearly
week to the 9th inst, mercury ran as
high as 100 in the shade during the hot
test part of each day, and as is usual af-
ter such extreme hot weather tornadoes
ensued. Between eight and nine o'clock
on Thursday eve of last week, one of the
most fearful hurricanes swept across the
southeastern part of the city of Utica,
carrying devastation and ruin in its path.
So great was the power of the storm that
few buildings in its path withstood its
fury. Trees of the largest size were up
rooted; houses were unroofed and the
timbers blown to the four winds as though
they were feathers; crops of grass, corn,
wheat and rye were literally mown down
by the cutting hail. The course of the
storm was northeast and southwest and
about one mile wide. The destruction of
property began at the foot of the hills
bounding the city on the south. The
storm was the result of a clash between
an east and west gale which presented a
scene that was grand beyond description.
Clouds of inky blackness rolled noun
tain high from opposite directions and
across their SUBMITS darted the light
ming, and then followed crash after crash
of thunder which seemed to shake the
foundations of the earth. The conster-
nation of the people can better be imag-
ined than described. 1t lasted only
about fifteen minutes and all was over,
but this time was amply sufficient to des-
troy more than $4,000 worth of prop
erty. No lives were lost that we have
heard.
The crops in this part of New York
are rather late, but looking very we'll.
/ have observed with interest that the
people give much attention to the raising
of berries. Almost every farmer has a
patch of strawberries and different vari-
cites of raspberries One man where l
visited had one-fourth acre of the finest
strawberries / ever saw. He had con-
tracted them at fourteen cents per quart
and would probably sell not less than
forty bushels.
1t seems great place here to foster
crime, one of the most heart-rending OF
which took place at Watertown short
time since. A little boy not over twelve
years of age had some slight alteration
with schoolmate and then went delib-
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24
A FIRST RATE BEAR SToRY.-A

A FIRST RATE BEAR SToRY.-A
Ludington (Michigan) paper says that a
little girl named Flynn, living in the
woods about forty miles from that
place, disappeared recently for thirty-six
hours. On examination by the father
and some gentlemen, who were looking
up land in the vicinity, bear tracks were
found, and it was supposed that she had
been carried off and devoured. The
gentleman alluded to had wandered
about, andas they were passing swampy
spot where the underground was thick.
they either called the child or were talk
ing loud one of them heard the child's
voice.
He then called the child by name and
told her to come out of the bushes. She
replied that the bear would not let her.
The men then crept through the brush,
and when near the spot where the child
and bear were, they heard splash in
the water, which the child said was the
bear. On going to her they: found her
standing upon a log extending about
half way across the river. The bear had
undertaken to cross the river on the log,
and being closely pursued, left the child
and swan away. She had received some
scratches about her face, arms and legs,
and her clothes were almost torn from
her body, only the marks Of his teeth be-
ing found on her back, where 'in,taking
hold of her clothes to carry her he had
taken the flesh also. The little one says
the bear would put her down occasional
ly to rest, and would put his nose up to
her face, when she would slap him, and
then the bear would hang his head by
her side and purr and rub against her
like o cat The men asked her if she
was cold in the night, and she told them
the old bear laid down beside her and
put his earns" around her, and Rugged
her to him and kept her warm, though
she did not ike his long hair. She was
taken home to he. parents, who could
hardly express their joy at her safety.
Tho supposition is that II % . female
bear, and having lost her cubs, came
across the child and adopted it Steps
are being taken to capture the bear.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24

CosT OF LIQUOR IN AMERICA.-The
Nation, published in Boston, dissects two
thousand millions of dollars expended in
America for intoxicating spirits. 8then
goes ON to show what can be done with
this money if used in the right direction.
Take account of the following, for you
may have occasion sometime to use it
Take this vast amount to pieces. 1t
would purchase navy of one hundred
Monitors, and two thousand war-vessels,
throughly equipped, the proudest arman-
ent that ever rode upon the seas. 1t
would build national capital for every
state in the union worth fifty millions
each. 1t would rear one hundred thou
sand houses of worship, at an expense
of twenty thousand dollars each. It
would pay the expenses of all the relig.
ious, charitable, and benevolent societies
in our land, including the ministry, BIZ
BILE, tract, missionary societies, ect., for
the next fifty years, since all of these do
not cost now forty millions of dollars an
nually."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24

making a grand total 939 homicides
committed in Texas since the conclusion
of the war-June, 1865, to June l, 1868,
including few cases casually reported
in the present month. This gives an av-
erage of 313 per year. Of these 939
homicides, there were
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24

One OF the Dest attempts OF mr.. Una
se's attitude toward the democratic par.
ty, about which there is some uncertain
ty, is furnished by Nasby in his last let
ter to the Toledo Blade. At an inter.
view between these two representative
democrats, after disposing Of negro SUI.
frage, finance, and other troublesome
questions as "ded ishoos," to quote the
language of the chief justice, Mr.. Nasby
goes ON to say:-
We converst some time upon other top
les, and must say that ! wuz charmed
with the strate-forerd honesty Nv his re-
plies. He assured me that he wuz o
democrat and alluz had been. He had
ben estranged from the party on some
minor questions which had ben happily
settled, and upon lookin the subjick all
over he coodent find one single difference
atween EN-. All the questions wich divi-
ded en- wuz ded ishoos, and he Good now
shake hands corelly with EN-. He wuz
not partizan, in proof Nv wich he cited
me to his roolins on the impeachment tri-
al.
While he he'd alluz ben democrat
and cherished the principles Nv the par
ty as the especial apple NV his eye, he
he'd not, it is troo, alluz acted with it.
His first vote was agin jackson; his sec
ond and third for Harrison. He organ
lied the liberty party movement, and vo-
ted in 1S48 agin Cass. He also wuz
elected to the SENT by the free soilers,
and opposed Douglass Kansas Nebras-
ka skeem, and in 1855 wuz elected gov
ernor of Ohio by the party wich hez alluz
been opposed to the democrisy. He con-
fessed that he originated greenbax, was
sashnul bank and tariff man, and he op-
posed the fugitive slave law and secess-
ion, but what of these? They were mere
pints Of polisy in their day, and are now,
to say the least, ded ishoosi Wat we
want is livin ishoos, with the presidency
in rite hands that the post offices may al
50 be properly filed. This, he thot, wuz
now the CRATE question afore the Ameri-
ken people.
He inquired very afecksnately after
the health NV my wife and children, and
also ez to the crop prospeck in Kentucky,
and intimated that if elected he should
hold it to be his bounden dooty to seleck
for the various subordenit posishens in
the government, men tried and troo. He
,bleeved pertickerly that the salaries of
the post masters in the smaller places
wuz rediculously small, and he should
to-wunst recommen them to be increased.
I parted with him entirely satisfied
with his democrisy. On my return l
narrated the conversashun to the demo-
crisy NV the Corners, who agreed with
me that it was entirely satisfactory. Jo
Bigler tho remarked that eff democrisy
shood marry ablishnism on the Fourth
NV Jooly and give birth to such . mon-
strosity as Chase, that it woold be trooly
found to be ded ishoo, but we never pay
any attenshen to him. So pleased werc
the citizens NV the Corners at the thot
that all the questions which had been
trublin un um SO long were dead, that
they to-wunst hung three niggers to the
trees, run off two northerners, and met
and resolved that they never would pay
cent of debt injured in attempt to
subjugate em. We are solid for Chase
at the Corners.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24

STEAMER AKRON OFF PORT oswEGo,
LAKE ONTARIO.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-24

"I SAY, Bill; Jim's got scragsed for
stealing horse" "Sarve him right;
why didn't be buy one, and not pay fosit,
like any other gentleman p