The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
CITY NEWS

Don't forget the big minstrel at s.
Mary's hail tonight.
! There will be no issue OF The Cat
I City on next Thursday evening
Thanksgiving day.
The greatest concert of the season
at the First Congregational church a
o'clock tomorrow evening.
One of the greatest organs in the
state will be opened tomorrow even
ing at the First Congregations
church
John Winter Thompson will be tbs
organist at the Fist Congregations
church tomorrow evening. Eight
o'clock.
Eight o'clock Tuesday evening
Don't forget the date and the time
First Congregational church. John
Winter Thompson and the new organ
The steamer Gallardo arrived from
the south yesterday afternoon and
after laying in the locks over night
left for the north this morning to lay
up for the winter
Two hours classical music at the
First Congregational church tomorrow
evening. The vocal numbers are OF
the highest order. and the whole con
cert will be musical event
Word has been received in this city
from John Howe stating that he is
doing fine In the nited States navy
and likes the ocean He was one OF
the recruits 10 went to Norfolk early
last spring.
Yesterday being fine day especial
ly SO in the morning number OF no
tel guests remained in the city and
the registries showed larger entry
for Sunday yesterday than they have
since the SUI mer months.
A marriage license was issued Sat
urday afternoon late to j. N. Means,
aged 90 years, and Florence E. j.
Clark, aged 10 years. The consent o.
the boys father, j. S. Means, was Sc
cured to the wedding, he being under
age.
The Warsaw ferry boat Meaker
came up stream at 1870 yesterday at
tsnoon with the Taber Lumber COM
pmys boom which will lay in the
canal during the winter. The boat
returned down stream shortly after
3 o'clock.
A force OF carpenters were engaged
in making shed today to cover the
coal bins at the city scales and also
70 serve as protection for the driv-
ers in bad weather. The shed will
cover the scales and will be II feet
high and % feet long ard 20 feet
wdie.
Nauvoo Independent The Nauvoo
Mormons will play the Keokuk Yves,
Side football team on the home gric-
iron next Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The band which gives a bali
in the evening will play for the foot
ball boys in the afternoon
Smoke Moeller's Silver Ash cigars.
Another paper has been filed in the
superior court in the case of B. A
Dolan vs.. Palmer Trimble The plain
tiff denies each and every allegation
in the answer filed last week, except
ing that plaintiff and defendant were
partners in the purchase of the land
sold.
Centerville Citizen: D. E. Crowley,
a former Keokuk & Western roadmas-
ter, now superintendent of construc-
ton on the Panama canal, was in
the city yesterday looking UP old &C,
quaintances. Mr.. Crowley has been
at his old home in Promise
City. He is now located at Empire.
Canal Zone
Charles F. Weismann, executor of
the estate of the late J. c. Hubinger
is making arrangements to redeem
the property sold for taxes in 1904
consisting of the real estate out by
the park and other property. the to-
tai amount being necessary to redeem
the property sold for city taxes, being
about $4,000.
The Hannibal Courier-Posts con
tains the following Of the little steam
er Iris which struck snag at the foot
Of Beebee Island; While returning
from Quincy, the steamer Iris, which
has been employed in towing barges
Of wood for C. Kriegbaum from Bay
Island TO Quincy, struck a snag at
the foot Of Beebee island. point
sight miles north OF Hannibal, at 4:30
O'Clock yesterday and sank. The wa
ter in the river where the boat went
down IS only four feet deep. All mem
DerS Of the crew escaped. The steam
er is the property Of Adams Bros. of
Quincy, and used principally in towing
barges Captain Frank Adams was
notified Of the accident and came to
Hannibal last night He left for the