The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS,
LAneay1lIn. Wiz. Sent. %

JAHnsvILLs, Wis, Sept. %.
An ineendiAry Gro yesterday, originating
in the extensive furniture establishment ol
Britton 4 Harrison, resulted in the total de-
struction Of four stores and the partial de.
strnctiou of ffth The loss win amount to
about 32b. 600, distributed q follows: Brit
ton 4 Harrison, building and stock, $l4 600,
insurance 5000; Harry Scarcli6, building,
$1,000, insurance $500; Rollins 3 Foote,
cloths and clothing, $3.50, fully insured;
Hyzer l. Bennett, stoves, &C., $500, in>
sured $1,000; Eldridss Z Wheeler, building
and grocery, 5000, i1snrsd $4,000.
ParL4DElfs1A, Sept. %.
The National Committee Of Soldiers and
Sailors have received letters from Generals
Pops, Howard, Seigel, Sherman and others,
which will be read to the Convention On the
lst proximo.
BETHLEuEN, Pa, Sept. %.
Henry Daes, brakeman, was killed, and
several persons Of this place were injured to.
day by passenger car being upset on the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
PrrrsBUse, Ps., Sept. 78.
An immense Democratic mass meeting was
held opposite tho st. Charles hotel this eve
Ling The street was literally blockaded for .
.quare With the crowd, listening 70 Frank
Blair, who addressed the meeting. 0srmsn
speakers also addressed the meeting. The
Post building were brilliantly Illuminated.
There WAS great enthusiasm, FIRE works, Ac.
MADISON, Wis, Sept. 2e.
The prospect for the State Fair, which
opens here tomorrow, 10 encouraging. The
weather has cleared of finely 90 - to en-
courage the attendance of exhibitors and
visitors. The accommodation for stock, ma
chinery, and all articles on exhibition, are
much superior to any former year. and .
large attendance and 6ns show is confidently
expected. Entries can be made until Tues
day night. The formal opening will be on
Wednesday.
A dispatch to the Governor announces the
death, At Helena, Montana, Of Lieutenant
Colonel 8. W. Beale, once Lieutenant Gov
ernor OF this State, and who served in the
18th Wisconsin regiment. He was shot by >
fellow named Penney.
horrible murder is reported in Richland
county. Mrs. Anna Wallace was attacked,
in the absence of her husband, by ruffians,
aud after struggle her head was cut off with
an axe. Her body was fouaa The next day
featiully muulated.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. 28.
Returns from all the cities and towns in
the State, nearly all official, furnished By ths
Secraey of State, exhibit the following re-
sult: Chamberlain 1927, Pillsbury Is, ,45b.
Tho aggregate vote is l8l ,082. Chamberlain I
majority is 20,l
LEAvEswoRTH, Kansas, Sept %.
The Kansas State Fair will commence here
tomorrow, and it is expected that it will be
the best exhibition OF the kind ever held in
the State.
SALEM, Mass, Sept. %.
General Butler made speech to the Re.
publican Convention to day, accepting the
nomination for Congress. He referred to
those who had opposed his nomination,
CHASING them with Lee, Beauregard, For
rest aud Booth. and charging them with rails
ing $40 600 TO defeat his nomination, which
be considered equivalent to election. In re-
sponse to the alleged rumors that Grant does
not favor his (ButIere) election, said be was
too much friend Of Grant, and offered to
resign the nomination if letter can be pro
duced from Grant or Colfax desirisg the Re.
pubiicsns of ths District not to vote for him.