The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-16

Prussia has row al her arsenhls. arms,
uniforms and equipments enough 10 com,
plately equip six hundred thousand men. in
addItiou 10 her regular army and the Land
wehs.
--Eigbty-uine Of theinmatesin the Indiana
renilsntiary have died since last August,
mss, Of them BIZ heart disease. This seems
strange but heart disease is a frequent resu.
Of disslpa'ed and suxieus hie.
Out Of thirty tboesand couples married
last year in ireland, eleven Thousand OF the
men and fifteen thousand Of tie women af,
fixed their marks Instead Of their signatures
to tbe register
The first newspaper in California was
published twenty years ago, and the Pacific
press now counts Two hundred and fourteen
papers The San Francisco papers received
100000 las' year f. advertisements.
The famous Fanny Kemlle, who has for
several mouths been on u visit 10 this country,
Will, before her return, rive series Of read
inssn Washington. Bal ,aore. PHILADELPHIA,
New Yark and Bosioa, commencing on the
frst Of March,
We have The pleasing assnrance that he
coming fight between Gobarn ard NcCoole
VIA probably eal in the death Of one or
bath. By all means let il be both, aud save
trouble.
lion. Sylvester 6 Sherman, one ofihe
Justices oil tie Supreme Court Of Rhode
Island, died en- Friday evening at Providence,
in the six'ieff year of his age lie was a
lawyer Of high reputation, and was elevated
TO the bench in So.
a cordinF 70 recent statistics there are
2.4i2 Catholic charehes in the United States,
and 54.0U Protestant. In Florida, onca en-
.tifel7 Catholic, there are now eighteen Prot
estaat churches to one Catholic.
-tieorge Alfred Townsend, writing If
trip through Pennsylvania, says: In Cat
tysharg the gEeat ba;4ie OF the war is regaris
ca as orr of far;uitpus ard furious philhn-
tirppy, hat, having observed fortdirfy years,
how the town was unable 10 grow, came MP
10 itaad kicaed it into notice"
There are now three newspapers IN the
world whose daily circulation is counted ty
the hundred thousand. First is the f1etit
JevaqI. published at one cent IN Pats
second Is The Bafig Tsitp1ppb, polished at
Two cents, in ltondoni third is the Dailp
lNeles, published at one cent, 10 New York
city.
"A young girl who attempted to cross the
Thames river a London Canada West, broke
through the ice whore the water wss about
four or FIVE feet deep, and was unable to ex-
tricate herself. She remained in this position
vita iiesd and shoulders oui Of water. ealing
for help. FOR three hours, in PLAIN view OF 4
number Of citizens and soldiers, and yet was
allowed TO perish, becoming chilled, aud dy
ing.
AN Illinois volunteer, whom Quanirell
CAPTURED and lied to tree, pouring into his
BODY theeouteniG Of eighteen maskBts, il an
applicant Cor admission to he asylum AZ Day
ion, bio. Every one If the shots told aud
he had bath thighs bfolea over the knees,
beth hip bones broken, his head pierced by
two ba'3s, ene IF which exting6ished tue
right eee, the other Lodging in his throat.
0nebslistraek under therightarm and passed
ont Under tae iefs.
Eleven years ago a physician named
Marsh was murdered near san Francisco.
whsle ca his vay 10 that city to he married
A few weeks ago q drunken Mexican con,
iessed flfal be vas one Of the assassins guilty
al tie deed fhe iHehriates Story ass con-
frned aud lis tEo confederates arrested. At
tie triai one tlyued States evidence, anoih-
err was acquitted on the ground OF extreme
youth, aad the third was sentenced to in pris-
onmeut for life.