The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-20

principal II : funeral.
-Thsrs was shower 1t Davenport last
Monday evening.
The thrsshing machines manufactured at
Davenport are in greater demand among the
farmers than Eastern machines. So say the
Davenport papers.
Wheat and barley are coming into Da
venport immensely. The wheat is good, but
the barley can't be complimented.
Davenport has . society for the proven
ton Of cruelty to animals.
| The Davenport and Rock Island 'tOld
Settlers" annual meeting Is on the End of
September.
The light fingered gentry are driving .
lively trade at Davenport.
The Mississippi Valley Telegraph Com
pany have completed their line from Mime
apolis to Davenport. They are coming on
down the river.
"A Davenport burglar, trying to escape
in skiff down the river, was shot and killed.
-Isett, Kerr L Co., Brokers and Bankers
in New York have failed. Mr. Isets was for
. long time resident Of Muscatine
Mr.. G. l.. Ingersoll, OF De Soto, Wis
consin, is contractor of the Mississippi Val
Icy Telegraph from Minnesota to Keokuk.
Scott county has failed in the apple crop,
almost failed in the peach crop, but has done
. big thing in grapes.
| The Davenport Gazette tells of good
looking stranger, sailing under The name OF
Francis NJ. Miller, marrying the daughter OF
. respectable farmer At Hickory Grove, in
that county, on short acquaintance: He
stayed with her six weeks, and then deserted
her. 1t has since been discovered that he
has several such wives throughout the West
lfdaughters and parents win quit being fools,
scamps like this chap will soon be left with
ont occupation.
| The Burtis House, At Davenport, is to
be reconstructed.
There was rain storm at Burlington
last Monday evening.
Mr.. Frank Smith, Of Burlington, lost his
teeth BY the kick of vicious horse the other
| day.
There il . mile of the B. C. R. / NJ.
Railroedto b bnilt inside the city limits Of
Burlington, and P. Ryan of that place has
the contract for the earth and stone work.
There was . special election at Burling-
ton Monday. The proposition was to settle
the city debt. Five-sixths Of the voters of
the city stayed away. The vote stood for
settlement 1885, against, 1873.
Some scoundrel entered the orchard
Of Mr.. Alex. Fulton, snsar Fairfield,
last Friday night and dsstroyedthe entire or
chard-one hundred 6ne bearing apple trees
&C. A. L. Rozelle, Of Butler county, has
been nominated BY the Democracy for Con-
gress in the Sixth District. There are thirty
seven counties in the Sixth, and only. seven
Of them were appreciated in the CONVENTION
that nominated Rozelle.
Tho old Franklin House at Pella has
been torn down.
Hon. B. G. Bowen, Of Pella hiss gone
visiting to Bloomington, Ill.
The Marion County Republican Conven-
ton 10 to. be held ct Knoxville, Monday,
Aug. 81st.
1T is proposed to have . reunion Of the
boys Of the SD regiment at Oskaloosa, on
the 4th Of October.
Peter Melsndy 10 in Des Moines.
An incendiary destroyed BY ERE tho sta
bic and grain stacks Of Mr.. Jacob Bonia, OF
Wayne county, last Saturday night.
Thomas Wsrdall, writing from North
ern Iowa 70 the Iowa Homestead, says:
:" Our harvest 10 progressing finely. We are
rather short Of hands, but . few more days
will enable farmers in Mitchell county to
finish up reaping and binding, and be max
ing grand show in the backyard. Grain Of
oil kinda is very eood-plump and bright.
No rust, smut Or disease, the straw rather |
long for thrsshers, but farmers and no fault
with it. Tho yield will be large, excepting
barley, which wss injured BY dry weather in
early spring. Corn promises we'll for large
crop, aud i quits vail advanced for the sea-
son. Potatoes are suffering for rain, and
VIII. = lsass, b faAh@ per. Hay il full
sverige is4uaatity, but not q wen secured
- it was - ysaf; one or two rain storms
injured timothy badly, bss fortunately little
Wild hsy vas cut befors Esrvest was hurried
upon No y The very hot wssther 70 have had
for month past. On the whole our farmers
are in exdellsnt spirits, and working with q
will TO Offset the Lack Of help % common
whore lamb is 70 cheap, and . laboring man
can bug himself home With the saving Of
few pears bf toll. Hurrah for the Westl
young msl Of the East this il the place for
you."
MN FIGS, for ssls cheap, q /,
- sgsn qo1 : nvrEs.