The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-05-17

Krorrv.--fn Iowa Is it is in 1858, pre-
pared By Mr.. Cary is . lengthy notice Of Les |
county and Of Keokuk prepared BY one Of
our own citizens. II il too long fcr one read |
;ue IN Our restricted spsce, sna sous sise it
in installmenta, With thus mneh for the in
troductory:
Keokuk is located at the mouth Of the Des
Moines river which here forms the boundary
line between Iowa and Missouri, and 212
miles above 81. Louis. The city i. there,
fore, the southernmost point in the STATE, anu
heing located at the junction OF the Des
Mo;nes and Mississippi rivers, and at the ter
,,;nna nc the Des Moinea Valley Railroad, is
verv nroperIy the connecting link between
INV. and the South. and forms the natural
gateway through which the products Of the
rich valley shall pass on their way to a south
ern market.
We present, below. brief extract from an
article written by citizen Of the place, on
the condition and prospects Of this city:
"a few years since it met with fearful
financial revulsion, that for time DESTROYED
credit, checked trade, and overthrow its man.
ufactures- disheartened its business men
greatly reduced It's population, and threw
pail OF torpor and gloom over denizen and
town Thousands who had rushed in and
4 aided to raise the surging waves OF specula-
| ton. we're as suddenly washed away by the
| how, No other western city experienced go
d;sastrously. in all it's interests, this ert tide
in the affairs of men, Wehave survived the
wide spread tornado, though bruised and
manned in every limb With our once tair
! municipal name cast out as EVIL from Dan
to Beersheba For the last three years Ne
oknk has beeu her former self; only with an
increased aud more healthy action IN all the
). arteries of commerce, veins Of trade, ana
! muscles Of labor. In commercial impof'
! lance, 10 manufacturing interests-in the e1
| tent and amount of trade--in wealth ana sao-
, stan,iai prosperity, keokus Is Fap'a!y az
yancing. n ;,
Her citizens own and control her Rail-
roads. and are extending them. They have
Banks. National and private, with large capt
tai: ana they own and control them. They
own steamboats, and steam ferries, which are
: RIM for the benefi. of her trade, and TO &C
| commodate her commerce. They have manu-
> fscturinV establishments, incorporated and
private, Of various k:nns, whose product.
ind market in far of States South AMI
3 West. Her wholesale trade numbers over
/ f,rty different houses ready at all times e
, snnply the demands of consumers from am
quarter with Groceries, Dry Goods, Clothing
III ard9 Stoves Boots ana ohneSi l&thlhef
Drugs. Chemicals, Books. Paper, Cooperage
Crockery, Glass Ware, Bopnets, Millinery
Tobacco, Cigars. Candies, Wines, l.iqnors
Vinegar, Beer, Flour, Lime, Coal, Furniture
Notions, Hats, Caps, FEra. Oils, Pants, Eass
House Furnishing Goods, Sewing Machines
Fancy Goods, Pianos. Musical instruments
Pictures, Seeds, Fruits. Oysters, Jewelry
/ Silver ware, Building Materials and Build
/ inqs, Looms, Sugar Mills Gyms, Steam, In
yines, Boilers, Railroad Cars, Locomotives
iron, Brass. Copper and Tinware, Machinery
Soap, Candles, Lard Oil, Crackers, spinning
2 Wheels, Wagons, Carriages. Piogs, Window
Shades. Monuments, Marble Work, Hslr
Upholstery, Brushes, Mill Goods, Sash
Blinds Ice, Collins.
Our city debt, the great incubus that hai
? kept down the value oil! real estate al hall thf
prices II rates in several of the interior oitie,
, Of Iowa and on the Mississippi river, is nov
reduced more than two thirds its origna
amount; and The arrangement nov So sue
cessfjiy being carried out by the agent Of tbs
! ci,y, j. F. Franklin Esq viii make the
. prompt and honorable payment OF its semi
annual interest both easy and certain. Oul
citizens COW feel thai they can no more be
tainted, and strangers frightened away
: with this old hngbear Of ''City Debt. W.
aparehend that very few cities on and nea
the Mississippi river have greater Aggregate
oftaxable personal property.