The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-31
GUY NEWS

odd Fellows of Hamilton excur-
sion to Burlington. Aug. 5, SOC and CSC
Regular meeting of Keokuk lodge
No. Is. I. o. Q. F., Monday night at
o'clock. Work in the first degree.
Everyone who heard the music
enjoyed It. Go down to the river to.
night and see the performance in the
prettlest floating theater you ever saw.
No real estate man sells all the
property listed with him in the short
time given him. but Mr.. Ackles, the
real estate man. sells very large per
cent OF the property listed with him.
Mrs Elizabeth Roe, colored, filed
an information against Charles Alex
ander in the superior court TODAY
charging him with disturbing the
peace and threatening to assault her.
Alexander is resident Of "sleepy
hollow" small village just across the
Tenth street bridge and has been
known as the disturbing element OF
On next Wednesday. August 4.
the members Of THE Young Mems club
q 81. Mays church win give their
annual moonlight as has been pre-
vlously announced. and many should
take advantageaof; this river trim.
which will be given on the steamer
keokuk and will ieaye the local land.
ing at s o'clock.
The Warsaw Ps.lletin speaks in
the Ioiiowing terms of the Keokuk
Canning company management: For
nustiing grit commend us to the
managers Of alse Keokuk canning
company. Early in the season they
had their large tract o. low land at
the mouth of the Des Moines oppo-
site Warsaw. planted to tomatoes
Then came tn flood and swept away
the crop. Not discouraged. they set
out another lotsof tomato plants and
they met the same fate as the first
painting. Now they have the ground
planted to cucumbers for pickles.
Quincy Herald: Clarence L.
Phelps returned last evening from
his long tramp in Iowa and along the
Rock river valley in Illinois. He is
now with his wife at the home of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George c.
Marcaland, 1922 North Ninth street.
Mr.. Phelps decided he needed exercise
of the strenuous sort during his va
action and went on tramp from keo-
kuk to Clinton, Davenport. Rock
Island, Sterling and Monmouth. and
other cities along that route. For the
last two weeks he has been on con.
finuous tramp. He comes back tired
and tanned but feeling better for his
exercise. He and Mrs. Phelps will re-
main here about a week befor return
ing to Ishpeming, Mich, where Mr..
Phelps is principal of the high school.
"A Springfield dispatch says: B. r.
stephens of this city, former general
traffic manager OF the Illinois Trac.
ton system, who severyed his con-
nection with that road July Il was
yesterday appointed president and
general manager of the Peoria and
Galesburg Railway company and will
assume his new duties within few
days. The new electric line of which
Mr.. Stevens has been chosen chief
executive. will run directly from Pc.
oria to Galesburg and branch line
will be built between Canton and
Harrington at once. The line will
follow the Iowa Central road from
Peoria to Pennington and from there
will branch off north directly to Ma
quon. From Maquon the line vii
follow the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy road 70 Knoxville and will
proceed east to Galesburg and thence
directly into Galesburg. This line
will be fifty miles in length. The
branch line from Pennington to Can
branch line from Pennington to Can
ton, ten miles in length. will run par
al'el with the Chicago. Burlington ant
| Quincy road, The line will eventual
| ly extend west and south and probabl,
ncrth. When extended beyond Gales
burg 1t viii doubtless connect with
the Iowa lines. and 1t IS the intention
to build a line directly south from
Galesburg to st Louis as soon as
possible.