The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
|[VS FROM ALL
! OVER The STATE
-. Has Struck Iowa Falls and
:. citizens Will be Struck
For Charity Funds
december 10.
,nrpowDER IN HIS PIPE

in His Pipe For Joke ana
His Eyes Were Bad
" Burned.
-. residence of John hampton,
s.,as north of Mason City, was de-
a waved by fire. Fire caught from an
.y iue. The loss is estimat-
d at $4,000
r,o Rev Mr.. Bishop, the new
,.,hodist minister in Iowa Falls,
sss - Albion, on Dec. 20, to deliver
= dedicatory sermon of the formal
,sdication of the new Methodist
sa,ch at that place. The new struc-
va has tust been completed and cost
E0OO
Elmo Friend, young son of J. A.
raend a barber at washington, had
4. eve injured by being struck with
,binney club. The young man was
,,sen to Iowa City, where he had the
i. removed. The other eye was al.
,,sted but will probably be saved.
Henry walker, an aged farmer liv-
h, near River Junction, who has es-
sned death many times, was almost
lmzen and drowned by falling into
hitch partly filed with water. The
IN broke the ice, and the old man
ruly crawled to safety after a hard
battle
orwig & Lane, attorneys of Des
Noipes. for George w. Krammer of
Nevada have just sent him word that
h has been granted a formal allow
snce by the United States patent Of
tre of his application for patent on
toley catching, returning and sig
lallng device.
Ala meeting of the Dubuque school
board at which teachers were pres
ent II was decided not to close the
public schools. Although smallpox
Is prevalent about the city it was de
eared not a single case had been re
ported from among the students.
Over 100 cases are being cared for at
pest houses.
Tag day" has struck Iowa Falls
and the popular method of raising
funds for some laudable object will
Ne adopted on Dec. 10, when the tag
Eill be in marked evidence. The
6bieet Of the undertaking will be tt
Eise funds to pay off the old debt in
turred by a former administration a
RE hospital.
Officers arrived at Davenport from
Lincoln, Nebraska, and returned ther'
With Frank Fukaye, one of half doz
On japanese arrested there. Fukay'
pas wanted in Lincoln for an alleged
fraudulent restaurant deal and othe
itged speculations. His wife refused
loreturn with him and was put in tn
touse of detention.
s. E. Campbell who completes hi
'eFm of office as superintendent @
lne public schools of Franklin cour
on January 1st has accepted tn
@ihelpalship of the schools of Lat
aer' Iowa, and has already entere
oa his duties in the new position. H
fakes up the work at once on accoun
q the resignation of the former pri,
cpal.
Some of his friends put gunpoyde
y Ills pipe to frighten him and whe
raul thompson of Mt. Pleasant wer
Y hsht his pipe for a congenial smok
y sustained serious injuries to h
YES when the gunpowder explode,
ps lace was burned painfully. Fl
sil not lose his eyesight, but the a
Sadlng physician states his injurie
He a close call to blindness.
'flhnell is to get another large /
'as'ry when the G.. G. Janney CO:
eans' now of Ottumwa. manufacture
I buggy supplies, removes to TIL
nace, which will henceforth be i
use oil operations. The Janney col
saly has a paid up capital of $3.50
s s4u employs forty workmen, and it
nvVsDle that some dozen of famili
WI remove with the company.
= A. Liebert, Black Hawk coun
amer had his home destroyed
ale Tor the second time within tv
s u The family was moving
"eh an oyer-heated furnace burn
= " The ground. Mr.. Liebert W
H., 'ue unconscious for several hou
!. 'ni'ailng smoke and flame, and W
!. ssoued with difficulty. His conditi
Is critical.
ma narrow escape from cremati
A.. ,M obstruction of his residence W
W we'iehced by Daniel Hormer ne
.An s springs, whose little year {
~ was badly burned about the ia