The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-21
CITY NEWS.


take them to the r )ll-a-way.
Beginning this evening all of the
stores will remain open until Christ
mas.
Green Vermillion who is sick a;
his home, No. S12 Fulton street, with
pleuresy, is reported as being in a
very bad condition.
-Hoyt's "A Bunch of Keys" to-
light.
Two @. extras of freight arrived
one yesterday afternoon at 4:10 and
another last evening from the south
at 10 p. M.
The Bunch of Keys" company ar
rived from Quincy this afternoon.
The Keokuk retail stores will be
open each evening this week for the
benefit of those who cannot attend to
their shopping during the day.
Richard Ballinger, who is men
toned as the coming secretary of the
interior in President Tafts cabinet, is
a cousin of William Ballinger of this
city.
See "a Bunch of Keys" tonight.
Special sale of prices.
For the consideration of $1,550 the
Keokuk Lumber Co. has sold to Henry
E. Dunlavey, lot 1 in block 20, the
property being on the corner of Sec
ond and Carroll streets.
"A Bunch of Keys tonight. Prices
from 25 cents to Is cents.
Friends Of Mrs. Jacob Agne, who
has been i'll at her home for the past
several months at GIL Exchange street
will be pleased to learn that she is
somewhat improved.
Only three more shopping days
until Christmas. Be sure and shop
quickly. Help the clerks and help
yourself by expediting your Christ
mas investments as speedily and early
as you can.
Masonic Special meeting of
Eagle lodge No. IL, A, F. & A. M. 1880
o'clock Tuesday evening, December
90 Work on second degree. Visiting
brethren fraternally invited. BY order
of the w. M. S. H. Johnston, Secy.
Residents in the neighborhood OF
Seventh and Grand Avenue were rude.
ly awakened during the small hours
of this morning by loud cries for nelp
1t followed that a baby in one of the
families was very i'll, anc while the
mother rushed for a doctor the hus
band went out on the front porch and
called for help.
Mrs. Leonard Matless while driv
ling on Main street this morning col
lided with a coal wagon at the corner
of Sixth and Main street ano
considerable damage to hel
buggy resulted. The cross bal
on the shafts was broken and one
of the wheels badly smashed. TIL at
| fair was purely accidental. No one
was injured
Hugh l.. Cooper, who has been IL
Helena. Mont, for several days on bus
| mess connected with water powe
proposition, was in Chicago today Ell
route to New York City He conferr
| ed with Judge Logan over the long dis
itance phone and reported himself vel
/ pleased with the outlook for the keo
/ kuk enterprise. He said that develop
ments were favorable and he had mucl
work in sight on the Keokuk PROPOSE
Ition on his arrival in New York. Mr.
Cooper has be giving expert lnstruc
ttion on a proposition in e Missouri
river that was washed out las spring
The bogus five-dollar bills that re
Gently made their appearance in Chi
cago gained even wider circulation
and can be found in different parts o
the country 1t would be well to sea!
! we'll all the five-dollar williams tina
come into your possession and to know
where you get them Here is a de
scription of The counterfeit, being sen
out by the secret service bureau
'sThe bill is of the 1899 series, ant
check letter is d. Each of the coun
terfeits is numbered D 47963S72. Tn
face plate number is 1164 and the bacl
plate number is 1872. The signature o
w. t. Vernon, register of the treasury
and Charles II. Treat, register of tn
treasury of the United States, appea
on the face of the BILL
Burlington Gazette: There vii
be a special service at the Christia
church next Sunday morning for tn
whole membership of the church. TIL
object is to prepare and be in read
ness for the coming years work EN
cry member is urged to be present.
Christmas sermon and special Chris
mas music FOR the evening service
The Christmas entertainment of til
Bible school will be given Christina
night There will be ..eat for tn
school, snow house and Santa Ciau
No admission will be charged, but
silver offering will be taken. The al
nual meeting of the church will b
! held Christmas night. Robert W. Ii
ley, minister of the Christian churc
| in Keokuk. will deliver the addres
upon that occasion.
Yesterdays ST Louis Post-Di
, patch contained an extended and illu
} trated article about John l. BeggS, I'll