The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-19
CITY NEWS.

See the late motion pictures at
Dodge's theatre tonight.
| The Great Sylvia and company at
the Grand tomorrow night.
The Redfields, BY Lillian w. Hale,
in next Saturdays Gate City. Be sure
and read It.
Attend the Unity Circle dancing
party at Hawkes. hall February 10
Agnes orchestra.
Thursday evening at the Young
Mems Christian Association there will
be a meeting of the membership com.
mittee
Are you all ready for the big mas.
querade Thursday night at the Roll-a-
way. The one thing you cannot af-
ford to miss.
If price and quality counts for any.
thing every man. woman and child
will take advantage of the Bode-
Larson annual shoe sale this week.
AT the Drexel alleys Wednesday
evening the Drexel and St. Peters
bowling teams will meet. Both have a
like percentage and the winning team
will go to fourth place
Ward Ferguson of Rolfe, grand
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias
of the state, arrived il the city this
afternoon from Burlington and will
visit Morning Star lodge this evening.
There were the usual number of
coasters on the hills of Keokuk last
evening and Eleventh and High streets
were crowded with people enjoying
this sport A number of sleighing
parties We're also given.
Last Friday evening surprise
party was given in honor of Howard
Montague at his home No. 923 High
street. The guests enjoyed music and
games and at late aour refreshments
were served, the guests departing after
having had splendid time.
-Coasting was frerzied yesterday
afternoon and evening on South Elev-
enth street, the hill being crowded
with young folks who were having a
great time. A dozen or more big bob
sleds were in the running and the
sport was exhilirating and thrilling.
This morning officer Holiday
went down on Fourth street and ar
and charge of stan ting rough house
with the other occupants of little
frame house near the Scott factory
Arnold was in Jail just few days age
on similar charge, but was dis
charged after his trial.
In the case of J. n. Jones VS.. 10
seph Knight in the District court, A
L. Parsons has been appointed re
ceiver to take charge of the stock anG
crops on the farm and sell them, re-
tanning the proceeds until the case has
been settled. Walter Steinmezt, Ralph
Cassell and George Seabold are mads
appraisers of the perishable articles
which are to be sold.
Two runaway boys were picked vi
by the police last evening. One was
A. C. Hall, aged twenty years. OF Mex
leo, Mo-, and the other was Lewis Bar
ton, aged seventeen from Dubuque
The Dubuque boy says that he hat
been working in the shoe factory al
Mexico and came to Keokuk with Hal
to secure work here. He claimed t.
have been away from home for {
year The two boys are to be shipped
| back home.
At the Drexel alleys this evening
tie Grand Leaders and Seal Skin, the
new team, will clash. Both teams are
anxious for a victory and a good con
| test is expected. The Grand Lead
ers are making a great bid for the
/ championship and during the last
month have appeared even STRONGER
! than the keokuk Club team. The
/ Seal Skin manager has signed Pat
rick Welsh. whose average of $50 fol
/ four games last evening, will place hin
/ in the lineup tonight. The Grand
/ Leaders will be strengthened by
! Baur, formerly of the st. Mary's bn
! it is not yet known whom he will sup