The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1869-01-30

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Boston, Mass, very mild and pheasant,
having very pleasant SEASON nov; 1919 s:.sl
moro, warm and pleesaat; CAieago: onsO'
Il Crosse, Wis, has been sno~ine ~ oay'
about foot Of snow on the groonu; %.
.f;s,,oon. 4 still snosing and growing
cnider: Davenport, has been showing oil the
sftsrnoon and d growing colder; Burlington,
rain;ns bat heavy wind blowing from the
north: Hasnibal, No., trying 70 rain and
erovfsg eolder--has been mining, but
changing.
Tbs Keosauqua Repablican says that Fe-
ter ahafer, citizen Of Lick Creek Township,
residing near Kilbourne, VA killed near the
Summit, on Wednesday afternoon. de Vas
crossing one Of the trestles, 1t the time, ana
| was caught BY passing train and crushed %
death. These treaties are 10 narrow that It
| is impossible for person TO stand upon them
While ! train is crossing. When met by the
cars. be Who is 90 unfortunate - to be caught
in such Z situation must be possessed OF sui
Gciept presence Of mind to climb over the
sides and hang on until the passage il cleared
or meet The fate Of the subject Of this Sad
accident. Its supposed that Mr.. SKATER
vas 80 badly frightened when be discovered
the danger he was in that his presence OF
mind forsook him, when he met With sud
ded and violent death.
Tnx Bloomfield Republican rays: "The
construction party on the St. Loais 4 Cedar
Rapids Railroad can be seen q work from the
TOP OF Phoenix block, making rapid strides
for Bloomfield. Fifteen days, at f.rthsst,
and We will witness the arrival Of the 6rst
train into our city. Hurrahl By the way,
Mr.. Perry, Of Abba, on behalf of the Iowa
Central Railroad Company. proposes to
crush things, and . hearing Of compliments
is to be had before the proper court 1t Des
Moines this. week. Mr.. Perry wants authors
| ity for serving m injunction 70 prevent the
running Of trains across the Iowa Central, IN
embryo concern Of which he is attorney, We
believe. Our road crosses the Iowa Central
somewhere near the State line, just after
emerging from Missouri. If we are not
mistaken, Mr.. Perry, in . letter published
soms weeks since in the Oskaloon and Al
biz papers, censuring Peter Melendy for
negligence while President Of the Iowa Con-
Itral, said Mr.. Melendy had allowed the
time TO 70 BY when IN injunction could be
served to prevent the crossing Of his road BY
the st. l.. h C. R. r. IT such are the facts
Why NEEDLE with impossibilities Accord
| ing to Mr.. Perry an injunction could not now
be of any benefit to his company, yet An
effort is to be made for its grant. Judge
Trimble, President Of the St. L. l. G. R.
r., left here on Tuesday last for Des
Moines to help Mr.. Perry in his Herculsan
task. In the mean time the tracklayers on
our road pursue the even tenor Of their way
at the rate of from half to three-quarters
of mile day"
| Mr.. EDITOR The low flung and heartless
attack made BY the Usage" Of the Daily Con-
stitution upon the female clerks Of the Treas
ury Department was one Of the most unpro.
voked and causeless ''ainss' svsr panned BY
an editor. and am glad that you allowed it
partment 1t Washington, there are about hall
dozen ladies employed whose homes arc in
Keokak. When the loud alarm of var
sounded through the land, the fathers, hus-
bands and brothers Of these ladies left for
the fields Of strife in Iowa regiments, bearing
the muskets OF the United States, to save
the Union and maintain the honor Of its flag
Amid tho roar and carnage Of the strife they
fell victims to the spirit Of treason, but mar
tyrs 10 the cause of right. They we're poor
men, and left those depending upon them in
straiehtened circum stances. The Govern
ment, in it's goodness, selected few of such
unfortunates from the country, and gave
them employment in the Treasury Depart
ment and in the other departments Of Gov
eminent At Washington. There they have
been making an honest living, some Of them
thus supporting and educating orphan chill
dren, bereft of = fathers guardianship and
care by the kulletsot treason. ShaMei shame!
shame ~ upon the Democratic Editor who
would thus attempt to spit into the faces Of
Republican Congressman, over the shoulders
of these devoted women, whom the vicisi>
tudes Of war cave compelled to seek support
for themselves and children BY serving the
Government in the capacity Of clerks 1t
Washington.
Shamefully rotten With vieness must be the
heart Of thas politician Who would thus seek
to blacken the character ofpoor, but virtuous
females, with the faint hope of thereby max.
ing . little political capital. A blush Of in
dignation will mantle the cheeks Of the Keo-
kuk ladies at Washington when they read
that Infamous paragraph. Shave upon it,
author
THE SrArE FAIR.-We had expected to see
our good natured cotemporary-the Regis
ter, say, about three very ubilating an
| nounesmsnta aancarnine the State Fair
That one OF these would be that Des Moines,
Fast and West, had grown unanimous in the
matter of getting the Fair. Secondly, that
the good people Of Des N oines had speedily
raised ever so many thousand dollars to that
end; and thirdly, that the City Council OF
that borough had voted anything under ten
thousand dollars to make sure shot Of the
game.
Instead Of these, however, he has the fol-
lowing amiable paragraph:
The suburbs Of Ksokuk are badly spotted with
wolves. Out about six miles from the city
whore Sam Clark proposes to hold the State Fair
they arc annoying the farmers badly. The pa
pers announce that this won't make any difference