The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-30
oBnBRAL ITEMS.

Pixies Opera House in New York. 10 70
be known hereafter ~ the "Grand Thsatsf"
-V9nont il i claimed, was 6rst 10 grant
woman suffrage.
Female compositors set up the Gan
Fraacisco Co1tforvtas.
Eggs ars eighty cents dossa q Salt
Lake City, and lager beer twenty-five cents .
glass.
1T il said to be quito the thing for young
men in Austria 70 wear corsets.
-Bsachef han published : three. column
lsttsr defending hil pulpit remark that ''the
name Of Judge stinks." s
In Now York it i becoming customary
for the bride to furnish the dress material
worn By the bridesmaids. >
One Of Virginia's "6rst family" ladies
has instituteda salt for Islander against fash.
ionable millnsf in Richmond.
-Velocipedes Ar 80 common in Paris, in
the evening, that tho police compel the
riders to affix lamps to them to prevent acci.
dents.
Maryland farmers are disseminating the
planting of peach trees, and are turning their
attention to strawberries and potatoes, both
of which are far more profitable.
In Petersburg, Virginia, lives negro
who has full growth of beard" on his
forehead. It grows down to within half an
inch Of his eyebrows. and he 10 compelled to
use the razor frequently in order to mako
any show Of . forehead:
"A party of wood-cheppers in the Black
Swsmp, 10 Ohio, found an old sarthen jar in
the butt Of large hickory tree. The jar
which contained English and Spanish COMES,
ranging in date from 1897 to 1902, crumbled
to pieces at the slightest touch.
"A German man Of science accounts for
the decay Of trees 10 the streets and gardens
of Berlin BY the tremulons movement Of the
soil caused by rapid locomotlon; the adhe-
renee between the roots and the earth. 90
necessary for the absorption of nourishing
jnices, il destroyed By this continual agita-
ton.
Tho presentation Of pair Of ivan min
san" or sspubic umbrellas, Is one Of the
greatest honors which can be bestowed upon
3 resident Of China. The only European
Who has ever received such distinguished
consideration is Mr.. Davidson, an English
merchant at Ningpo, who has recensly re-
tnrned to Europe.
Tho English imported wild RABBITS into
Australia, and they have now become 80
numerous that they are very serious detri-
ment to agriculture and sheep raising. Two
FEARS axo there waa hardly . rabbit to BE-
seen near Melbourne, except % : curiosity
One large farmer nov reports that he has
spent nearly G5,OO0 trying to externinste
these 'vefmin,' bat without success. They
destroy flowers, grain. And every kind Of veg
etab1e. Dead rabbits are sold. for food in
Melbourne q shout Tic apiece.
PERsONAL ITEAS.
-"Wales" neglected his wife in Paris.
-Chas. O'Conor has engaged to defend
Grant, Pollard's slayer.
Queen Isabella pays her confessor &c.
500 year-or about IL cents for each sin
abs. lied.
1T il rumored that Thurlow Weed has
sold his interest in the N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser, on account Of feeble health.
Roberts, the English billiardist, recently
made "break,' Of 104 in ono of his cele-
brated spot strokes-that il, lodging the red
ball in the top corner pocket and loosng his
own in the opposite bottom corner.
General News.
-Philadelphia is paying 70 cents pound
for butter, and in some cases IS and 80
cents.
Sir John Simeon il the only English
Catholic elected to the new Parliament by
IN English constituency.
w. w. Stery's nsw poems arc said, BY
an English critic, to very strongly resemble
the works of Mr.. Browning in their "dra-
matte character
There are 10000 blind people in Great
Britain. A large majority Of them havelost
their sight since childhood.
Daniel P1tt's speech ct the Woman
Rights Convention in Boston 10 being exten.
sively copied BY the British papers.
Mr.. Fagusni, an American artist, has
presented the town Of Rochdals, England
with portraits Of Richard Golden and John
Bright. They have been gratefully accepted,
md are to be placed in the Town hall.
philadelphia congratulates herself upon
rstaiains the lead IN the petroleum trade.
From January lat to November LIST 1868, she
exported 81, 685, 224 gallons, an increase Of
more than {, GOO, 900 over the corresponding
ten months Of 1867.
s In ono parish in England the forty cleo.
tof5 VISITED to . man with the landowner
from rhsm they rented. This case is cited
q onlt - ninstascs out Of thousands. "Call
It, ssys s British paper, "what softer name
yeu ike, thets i ss.fdom still in England"
The 6uez canal is to Be about 100 miles
ons Tn ~ = , ..,sr nov ,s:sss' 50 mile;
breadth for this distance, 100 yards, but mot
to the intended depth, 20 feet. The
last 80 miles is in every possible stage Of
p ,rses.
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