The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-02-23

--Caliioruia pays her Judges larssr s.,s- /
~ than is paid BY any other State ~ sne
Onions 5000. Next comes l.ouse,.n1,
5000: Massachusetts, 81 900; NJ. 1o.A
and Georgia each, So. 500: nd 70 seosn. -
Illinois, 81, 200, and Delaware, tne ie"s'''
$1,000.
The v;fa Of James AcGrew, q lewis
town. Fulton coanty, Illinois, on nasofaay
Ont her throat from exsb ear, OF, account Of
,hs intimacy Of her husband Nib Aacther
voman who lived 10 the family A. aN &C.
Counts Mrs. McGrew was still alise. bnt with
Gin. prospscas Of hss sssssssy.
"A ,aentleman 10 Hartford, Connecticut,
lste1S boaeht crow, and had it cooked as an
experiment; he invited two of his fEieads 70
dine With him, snd they pronounced i the
best partridge they had ever eaten. ne =
elased athaging discovered new game sifa i
and offers fifty cents piece for crows. ri
"A Russian LADY, Nine. Souslof, has OBJ
/ iained diploma as Doctor % Meaieihe ~
1.-THE University Of ZURICH.
h -Aasria il prepa,ing her budget She IS
going 10 spend 80 O0o, 900 forms on fortiiica-
lions and 6reect-.oading rifles
Is pr. Ball, IA full-blooded aegro,'' spoke
| 10 crowded mas,ing Of Democrass in Lebas
non, Ill, one day last week. lie edits
Democratic paper.
A Young LADY was told by married lady
that she had better precipitate herself Oh the
Niagara Falls into The basin beneath than
marry The young lady replied; would
if thought could findA husband at the bot
TOM
After a recent radieafmeeting in Andrew,
~ n<1ft ha
| Treasurer vas broken into and robbed Ut q
ANAL amount of nancy. The safe contained
$50. 600 il, ereenbaeks, which the rogues did
no, disturb, but took Eve gold pets instead,
from which it is inferred by the local papers
that the robbery was committed y some hard
money copperhrads.
The Parkersburg Nv. Va North AMER.
! ican thus express, itself in regard to the
next Presidency - We are daily asked who
of our prominent men We shall support for
mex, President We frankly answer that
| question by asking another. What do yon
| think are the prospects of the wheat CROP
The White Fawn is having sooth.
| ing effect upon Southern fre-eating political
! editors Ia Georgia they are playiully bads-
! ering each other upon going to witness the
/ performance in company with number Of
| the members of The New York Manhattan
Club, when green room scene Of quite
| sparkling character occurred, according 10
these Georgia revelations.
The Republican State Convention Of Ma
| ryland meets 10 Baltimore, March 9th. The
| baltimore imerican, Radical, objects TO the
wording Of the call. eoneeising it to cover
design to send delegates to the Chicago Con-
ventIon who will be inimieal to Gen. Grand.
The Springfield hepabtican--prett good
authority on variety OF topics. asserts that The
politics! gamblers at Washington are already
| putting pecuniary estimates on their opinions
as to thenext Democratic candidate Tor Pre-
sldent, aud, strange asst may seefh, Andrew
/ johnson sells highest 10 the pool bnd George
/ IL. peudseton Lowest. General Hancock il
between the Two, and johnson 8 supporters
are mostly among the Westerners, who offer
4 odds of i've to one that he is nominated A
few bets are still made that Chief Justice
| Chase will get the Republican nomination
away from General Grant, which Ism halt as
likely as that President johnson viii be nom
mated and defeated.
/ The Buffalo CbnpSer, Democratic, objects
! to Alabams beirg ''ausiled IN the Union in
the summary manner proposed hy Senator
| Sherman.
| A paper out West refuses 10 believe tina,
! General Grant is a candidate fcF the Presi-
dency because nobody has begun abusing his
/ wife.
After Fred Douglass lecture at Ann
/ Arbor, Michigan, short time ago, q son Of q
United States Senator attending college there,
stepping upon The platform, advanced ia
/ Douglas. extending his hand and remarked
/ INV name is am the son of United
\ States Senator. z 'sAse yoa,' said Fred
! with much dignity: have reason TO believe
that am To.
i The 81. Louis City Council propose te
/ donate ten mile sgaare section of land be-
i low that city 70. the future location of the
federal capital That will be handy place
of refuge Tor the people of s.. Louis afte
their city is wiped out by the devouring cur
rents Of the Missouri and Mississippi.