The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-08

county ID Wall Lntos IL % eltoo1o
north pert 81 township s6, rsses =. -
soash part II township 81, Fsn1s -
srsatsas lsaeth isabeat fvs nilos. - ~
s1Dnf1B9UUm >
bsausifsl - = slaes ssess. viii a'es
9rayelly Us1sG Asaks nessheast ed Of
he svUsguuuluugvsses1usoessys9vss
hank. srs1sals ,slapiee 80 ~ ,wsass. and
sonsindss around On o. north side TT aboas
fourth Of ! mile. The vail then COZ
nsAcss, rs anks bespme sasep, asd Avss>
ass from lhrse . six feet = Asisht The
lake Pets widsr, md - il widsas 10 wails
are heavier, and At its greatest width the
walls are heaviest, containing great bould-
er.. About one and fourth miies from the
east end of the lake, up TO the north end Of
The bank, there u levss fson two 10 Eve
feet in hight across low piecs Of sroasd,
very much The levees on the Lew
q Nississ,ppi river, viii the sxcspaioa thai
next to ~ vaasr y s(oss. The lsvss grad-
ually ascsnds to tAst0p. dirt hsing thsoss
on Tho ssose. sd psrlon csn rias aspaa1
on the TOP Of il safely. Farther vess alosg
The shore there = . sisAgh ossk 80 Asa1rsd
yards in width, and the leyee here is aboas
f;vn fee. in hight. The lakaA shert diasspce
west Of this b~gsns to grow ssrrsw, NJ
walls cease 70 b % shist y y cossain such
srss. stones, and - you approach the west
end stone are not 10 frequently seen IL ihs
banks. At The wess end Of tho lake sloush
comes in from the Boyer. me lake then
makes quite circle around to the ssaih. ann
forms most beautiful peninsula Of near 200
acres Of high, rolling, excellent prairie land,
sad approaches 90 near the main waters Of
the lake rs TO Rave room barely vide esoagh
for wagon to pass. A settler has put a pair
Of bars across the isthmus, and in this man
ner has obtained pasture Of 200 acres So
cursly fenced I'll around The wall common
ces on the esst side oftbe Boyer slough, and
continues around the aoath side Of the lake
70 the northeast corner, and levses are
thrown up at ali the low places. The
isvss il 20 complies that . person can
walk slsoss entirely sroasd the late
% il. A. ssvasl Dlsses o. tes 1suth s;ts,
Oh high srosaA, sasaskeseis srs thrown
up, - though they ~ers intsDded to form
brsaa sosks. They nsaas splendid plaess
for psrsos to walk - from bshind unseen
TO shoot ducks and gseas on the lake.
don't know whether thsy we're built for thaa
parposs or not, bat think the design va
splendid, and II 10 ins fpn to lay behind
them and shoot aq1aae birds - hey swiu
in the lake or light in it. The isvse in many
places is built of stone, gravel and dirt, oil
combined-in places Of stone covered over
from the north or south aide with dirt, the
real rich black soil. Il is in fact . curiosify,
and the more you look at il the more you
wonder who did il. How came those great
large stone. OF two or more tonsin weight in
the banks, and in many places lying spon
top Of the smaller stone? Who nsds such
perfect ard complete ieyees all around the
lake 10 low plAces2 The walls resemble
very much the cobble stone fences seer
around farms in Psnnsylvsnia, Western Nss
York, Michigan and Indiana. It is splsn
did place for fishing, and abounds in the vel
6sest quality Of fish, in great abundsnee.
In high time the waters Of the LAKE rp1 -
both Ways, ons channel into the boyod, she
other into North Coon. One outlet 10 -ths
esst and the other 10 the west. The neares,
timber to the lskes is seven miles di4tAnt
The country .round the lake can't be bsa
any where; the land is number one. Som,
thirteen families have settled sround it thi,
season.
Fort Dodge has theatrical troupe.
The rails are being laid on the lows
Falls Railroad.
The For, Dodge North Hest is might,
good Bawkeye paper.
The Illinoi. Central r r. has accepted tb,
road from Waverly to Charles City. Iowa.
distance of twenty-eight miles, and train
are running regularly.
--Frank Cooney. nsiling clerk Of the Du
boqne Times, has swindled his employers on
Of $500
The Golfer dam On ihs urpsr Rapids I'm
pfovements, is seven-tigh,s Of mile long
A corrssposdsss Ut The Fort Dods
North West ventures on this prophecy
IN withsta .ding : residence Of over four
teen wears in lows-iu which time hav,
seen the northwsstsrn portion of the Stat
turned from Buffalo and Ell pasture, a.,
Indian hunting ground. to,ts present state Q
cul,lvatien-my tramp this fail has made mi
better content than ever, with the location
selected for my home nearly fifteen year
ago. And | now take occasion 10 repeat [
prophecy have often made heretofors-a IN,
upon which am willing that my reputa,io,
~ prophet should s,andsor fAii--that who
ever lives to see the year lSss will see North
western lows the richest and moot desirabl,
part Of he State. Her prairies are undenia
bly, richer, and havs less waste land, thar
any other portion OF this or any other Stat,
in the Union. Why, just take Clay, Baep.
Vista, and y Brisn counties, and - litAle =
they are heard Of to-day, they ere three o
the richest counties in Iowa, and the iutur,
will AeuAosstfaae shat ihsy .possess Krestsl
capacity for grain and mock raising than an,
other equal afea in ~ West. When III,
great ne.worh &c nailssads nov in con,eln
plation shall b eeapsessd-strstchina, .,
they will, from Dubuqss. AcGresos, aud ST.
Paul on ths Misaissippi. - Siesx City on the
Missouri And from keokuk slone the De,
Mcines to jvDcfien with the 81. Paul and
Sioux City +. \. bear the 6sass line-lo.
gether with olhsf Hsss Of srailway-to-day
unthousht Of Int fosvhich th1ss, whsn con.
structed, viii produce 10 aecsssity- and
then, when iumbee can b furnished 70 these
new, and coApsratisely snsseslsd counties
with as much facility ~ L caa slone the Hines
of road already bnilt, Improvements will
spring forward with sn elasticity which will
astonith even the most sargsiue believer in
the future destiny of North western Iowa.
VIM. Hackney, of Henry county. husked
one hundred and twsnty-nine bushels Of corn
between O. clock I m. and sua-sst, one day