The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-27
CITY NEWS

St Mars Childrans Play Tues
do not miss tonight's program al
the Bon Ton.
Our underwear lines are stili IN
broken, al the Central Store.
The Roll-a-way is open after
MONS and evenings and many are re-
turning 10 the indoor pastime
Manager BOYLE, Of Waterloo, has
purchased Tnhelder Leard frszn Chat
tanooga. He win probably be used
at second base.
The famous Knox College Gee
Club viii be in Keokuk Wednesday
evening, giving program at the high
school that evening.
According to the appraiser the
Des Moines public school buildings.
not including the sites, are worth
nearly million and half
Entire change of pictures al the
Bon Ton tonight.
The improvement in the condi-
ton Of Marshal Henry hesselring is
distressingly slow. He spent rather
restless night and the swelling from
his hip and thigh has extended to his
ankle and the calf of his leg.
Christmas morning the Gospel
Regular Army giaddened the hearts of
thirty families By handing out big
full basket OF provisions. Christmas
night IL hall was nicely filed with
grown folks and children ready TO re-
ceive the toys and dolls. after a real
good service.
See the great comedy picture,
Contagious Twitchinges at the Bon
Ton theatre tonight
The Bloomington -Three-I" club
has concluded negotiations with Bur
lington whereby Pitcher Edward
Clark of Chicago is transferred option
ally to the Central Association club
/ for the coming season Clark pitch
/ ed the record breaking twenty-six in
ming game last season.
The Sunday morning crowds at
the carriers windows at the post of
fee were even greater than those on
Christmas morning, many persons
/ calling to get their mail and the car
/ riers were kept busy handing out the
| mail matter until the noon hour.
Mr.. and Mrs George West are
the proud and happy parents of a
bouncing twelve pound baby pirl, born
to them on the Christmas day. Mr..
and Mrs. West were the happy young
couple who were welded at the free
fall celebration held II Keokuk during
the street fair week of 1906.
The vesper services at the Y. w
G. A. on Sunday afternoon were fair.
~ well attended to hear the excellent
address on How to Perpetuate the
Christmas Spirit" by Rev. George c.
Williams, who talked most interesting
". Mrs. Collingwood Tucker sang a
most beautiful solo and the meeting
was both helpful and enjoyable one
The first schedule to be made has
been submitted to President NJ. e
Justice, but the league executive has
had to turn it back because of error
It is expected that other Central AS
ISOLATION schedules viii be received
before the week is over.
1t looks as IL the records are 20
ing to BE- broken during December a:
far as marriage licenses are concern
] ed. for the clerk has been busy deal
ing them out. The last couples tx
secure licenses were Frank A. Hager
and Miss Ina Florence Hamilton, O.
: New Boston. and BENJAMIN Brinke, O
Newport, and Miss Elizabeth Johnson
of Keokuk.
Ed Mason, clerk OF the United
States circuit court. who is vel
known by attorneys and few other,
in Keokuk, will establish plant II
Des Moines for the manufactur- o
I mineral paints. Mason owns a min,
near Monroe, Iowa. where he will
& secure minerals for mis- factory. II i.
understood that he Is engaged in al
{ effort to organize capitalized com
pany of $4,000
Quincy WING: According to evi
dence brought out at the inquest hell
over the remains Of George bourbon
, the man who was found in the Wabasi
yards with his head cut of THURSDAY
night, he had been run over tive
: times, once by the passenger locomo
!. tive. No. 652, as 1t backed into the
!. station to hitch onto the passenge
i train that left here that evening a
]. 800 O'Clock, and the second time b,
the passenger train.
Carl Carlson, the young fellow
1 accused Of hitting Joseph Reece.
! resident OF Memphis. with a snow bal
|. on Christmas afternoon and who late
resisted arrest at the corner of Fourth
: and Main street. vas arrafgned befor,
: Judge Mcnamara In the superior cour
Z this morning. Irwin Chambers VII,
+ was with him at the time. has heel
!: exonerated from any charge. 1t i
not known what will be done with Car
son. He is a juvenile and win like
~ have to be tried before the iuver
lie court. His age is sixteen. Reec
SAYS that Carlson hit him with tn
snow ball and also called him insult
ing and indecent names.
Lizzie Kolen, for about eightee
years an employee Of the Metropolis