The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-02
NEWS sUnMARY.

Tho California Btato FAIR, 1t bacranneu
10, clossd on Friday. All departments OF
agriculture, home industry, snd exhibition Of
stock, were probably not exceeded by any
Fair in the Union.
-Four men Mailing from New York we're
arrested IN PhilAdelphis. on Saturday,
charged with procuring fraudulent naturali-
za,ion papers, and held for trial.
"A diplomatic conference is soon to be
held in Switzerland, to consider the best
means for the care Of the wounded in battle,
both ON shore andsat sea. fmid folks sec
another apeck Of war.
The impression Of those who have re-
Gently visited Utah is, that the Mormons will
soon break up, and that Brigham Young,
who is worth some millions Of dollars, will
70 to some other cline, where he can enjoy
his wealth and the society Of his hvorits
wives.
The second span Of the Dubuque bridge
is up. Tin expected the structure will be
completed ready for use in December.
The Oregon State Fair was held last
week at Salem. There rs . 6ne exhibition
Of stock. The Fair was greater success
than at any previous period.
General Hubbard has Withdrawn from
the Republican candidatnre for Congress in
Minnesota in favor Of Hon. 19natius Don.
nelly.
A gold mine is said 10 have been dis
covered at the foot Of Lookout Mountain.
Thirteen and half miles Of Nicholson
pavement have been put down in Memphis.
Five hundred shoemakers marched in
procession in New York, on Monday, in
honor of St. Crispin.
The receipts Of cotton 1t New Orleans
from the LIST to the 21st Of September were
1869 balss.
Gold advanced to 149 Immediately afte,
the nomisation Of Seymour and Blair, Blu,
now, in view Of the hopslessuess Of thei,
election, it hes ALLEN to lao.
The Iriah Of New York city, and Of the
State too, are down on Hoffman, the Demo
cratic eaadidsts for Coroner. HoffmaA, q
Mayor Of the city, gave the cold shoulder to
tho Fenisn movement.
No man WAS allowed TO raise his voice
against the rebellion in Vie South for some
months before il broke oot in open waf. And
now, after the sacrifice Of half million Of
lives in the war to crush out the rebellion,
and subdue the traitors, the Copperhead par
ty unto with the Rebels, and insist on driv-
ing every Union man ont of the South, stig-
matizing them as carpet-baggers and incen-
diaries.
The Philadelphia Press says that even
bets on Connecticut and California for Grant
are offered and refused.
General Schouler, the particular enc.
my Of General Butler, is an aapirant for IN
Independent Republican nomination for
Congress, in Buffers (the Fifth Massaehs-
sssts) district.
Ono of the New York papers thus del
icasely assaibsA 70 shl pss1oaAlmsrits Of
the New York Copperhsad candidate for
GovsEsoFs "Nr. John 7. Hoffman Aas, viii
some sArssdnsas and at considsrablspfoft,
succeeded y Winning the rspsssk;ss Of bsi.e
the most honest man Who ever enjoyed spe-
ciAl popularity among thieves
The Boston Pilot, the influential organ
OF Irish Catholicism in New England, nails
to the counter as base and untrue the Dem
ocratic SANDER that Schuyler Colfax was for
merly q Know-Nothing.
The Democratic leaders of the North are
very much iDcensed that the son Of Stephen
A. Douglas should refuse to bow in humble
reverence to the Democratic traitor olisarehs
Of tho South, who made war upon his father
and upon his country also.