The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-18
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Upwards Of $l2, 900 have bern pad V
Bsnesa cossty, since January y, tor eepAe
se1lls.
--Aeeordipe to the Ssattasl, 9ls2, 2e7 ,vsfs
esne.aed ia new baildisga and othss N
,.eye.epts in Ocsola, during the year end
ins Jsse II, 1883.
"A citisen Of Des Moines went IN swim
nise The Other dag, and fonnd On eonins
ont thas the grasahoppers had carrisd Away
his, clothing. He made bis Wy homo y :
col oosfnme.
TIE Muscasins Co~sier says that Luke
Mcclure, Of the Virginia Hotel, ON Front
street, attempted 70 Gil lamp. while bnrn.
inn. wssf, kerosene oil, when the oil ex-
ploded, breaking the lamp, setting biz clothes
on ere and burning him somewhat, but not
seriously, We believe
A gentleman named Wearau lives q :
farm within . few miles Of Council - :
that contains fifteen hundred acres, al under
and four brothers, oil Of one
family, own Eve thousand acres. four thous-
and Of which are under state Of cultivation,
and If the season is favorable, they will raise
an immense crop Of cereals, for which they
will realize large sum of money.
A man named Wray, who WAS under ar
rest At :.Oceola, and under guard at the Coch-
ran House, awaiting bail, ercaped. He Dor
.owed needle and thread, and asked per-
misaion to 60 up stairs and sew up rent IN
his trousers. The request was granted-he
went up stairs, locked the door, raised the
window, and ''slid out since which time,
the sestiael says. he has rot been heard
from.
THIS item, from Northern Iowa, We find
in the Cedar Falls Gasstts: . The North
Iowa Obs.rrer, published at Fayetts, has
come 70 point in its history when the pub
l,sbers deem i. to their best interest, fnan-
cially, to quit. Messrs. Wood / Cole were
the publishers. In his farewell TO his patrons,
Mr.. Wood exactly touches the key note when
he says that energy and perseverance Of
publishers will never keep newspaper alive
Il requires united corporation and constant
support, We regret that the want of support
has compelled them to suspend publication.
We wish them success IN more favorable
locality.
The Marshall Times says: Mrs. A.
Dromman. a blind woman near forty years oil
age, succeeded in inducing Maria Bachelor,
a little girl about twelve years old, to leave
home and to accompany her as guide
through the country beggiag. They were las
heard from at Hannibal, Missouri, and any
information that will lead 10 the reclamation
Of the litls girl by her father, c. NJ. Bache'
lor, Of this city, win be kindly received b,
him, who 10 a feeble old man, in very hum
BILE and Strengthened circumstances, ane
without means TO pursue and Ind his los'
girl.r Newspapers in Iowa and Missouri are
requested to copy this.
The Democratic party used to be IN iaso
of hard money, and opposed to "pape1
rags" Nov its chief is in favor q pspe
money, and nothing else, and insists Oh mi
vsrsal food Of irradsemable Goyernmen
shinplasters.
The change from s.naiu. drops 10 green
backs seems very radical one, and Is wild
as the poles asunder, but hay
tursed the summerMult and there the
stand, under the lead Of Pendleton. maxim
aaizzical faces at old jackson and ''Old Bal
iion.'
There is no change of position or principi
so great that Democratic politician will re
aure over tweniy-four hours to accomplish
There WAS Andy johnson, for instance.
Breckinridge Democrat in 1900 Uniol
Republican in lssi-the Moses Of tn
negroes in 1863 denouncing confscstio
and death to the secessionists in 1854, and i
1865 denouncipg the Union party whic
elected him, petting and pardoning the trait
| ors and rebels. and constituting himself thel
champion and leader.
But johnson is 70. At all singular in the a
cility Of his performances in the political rin
of ground and lofty tumbling." There Ar
thonssnis Of instances throughout the couI
try tia. entire eclipse him, and in fact b
can't begin 10 hold candle to soma Of on
felIow-tow nsmen, especially to our houore
contemporary, who has belonged to ever
party and every faction in turn that has e1
isted in this country for generation pas
Who has ip lis own person, and with the "
hemence and earrulity for which be il note
rious, advocated and asssilsd the Wing part
and the Democratic party, the Abolition part
aud Pro-Slavery principles, Know othin
ism and Feniauism. Temperance Maine La
Prohibition and Free Whisky, Secession
Union, War and Peace.
In view Of the facility Of change in III
leaders Of the Democracy, We must be prs
pared for any new line Of policy a. mt
ment' warning, and remember tbs. the f.
that tits opposed 10 or inconsistent with Il
present srowed principles or position OF u
party constitutes no objection.
An RsgIaE CosGREaATIoS PofsoxED At
Love Frasr.-The Davenport Gazette of II
10th contains communication from Maple
vile, Illinois, dated june 10th, giving an n
count Of the poisoning Of the entire conar'
6a,ion of Dunkard Church, at that place, b
eating meat prepared in copper kettle an
) allowed to remain there until the liquid b
become oxsdized. It says:
i Nearly every one in the village hada frien
OF relative in attendance, and consequen
y there was general rush for the church
question Upon entering The buiiding b