The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
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ron sale Thursday p. M, Sept. 8.
The Jacksonville team loft this
morning for Jacksonville whore they
are scheduled to play series of
three games with Hannibal.
-Rt. Rev. Bishop Carroll, OF
Helena, Mont. will remain in keo.
kuk for few days to assist in set,
ting up business matters Of the late
Father O'Reilly.
Masonic Special meeting OF Eagle
lodge, No. IL, A. F. & A. M. 8 o'clock.
Thursday evening. September 8, 1909.
Work on LIST degree. Visiting breth-
rem fraternally invited. BY order OF
the w. M. S. H. Johnston, Secretary.
Mrs. Nellie Myrick Of Montrose,
Ia, and wife OF DR.. E. G. Myrick has
been adjudged insane by the Lee
county insanity commission. The pa
tient was thirty-three years OF age and
was taken to the Mt. Pleasant hosplt-
al several days ago.
FIT. Madison Gem City: F. @ OF
iowa was in Keokuk Monday after
| noon meeting with committee hav-
| ing in charge the arranging OF the
program for the District Baptist Asso-
citation meeting to be held in keokuk
September 21-2S inclusive.
Prof. e. F. Schall, city superin-
| tendent Of schools at West Liberty for
the past eight years, president OF the
Muscatine County Teachers associa-
ton and formerly the principal OF the
High school at Muscatine, has resign
ed his position at West Liberty to &C.
cept the city superintendency Of
schools at Fort Madison, Iowa, at an
increased salary.
"A Carthage dispatch says: As the
result OF a midnight visit to the home
| OF lady residing on the outskirts OF
! this place, two we'll known young
| men OF this city were taken before
Justice Wetzel, and at night ses-
sion OF court were allowed to plead
! guilty to the charges and were &C
! cordingly fined $40 and costs each.
/ amounting in all to $32.40, which the
young men, whose names could not be
learned, paid. The two young men,
who, 1t is stated, belong to good fami.
lies, filled up on booze and started out
to "see the town" They called upon
q vo,,pe u,idory aud bor cic%or x,ho W
side in the outskirts OF the town,
where their conduct was such as to
cause warrants to be sworn out for
their arrests.
| "A Mt. Pleasant paper says: That
the new law passed by the recent leg
islature to give Lee county a judge
from outside the district one term
each year is to have an effect on past
arrangements in the Twelfth judicial
district, has already been demonstrat.
ed Over a week ago Judge w. s.
Withrow, of this city, was ordered to
Keokuk to open court in place OF
Judge Henry Bank, the latter taking
Judge Withrow's term at WapeIlo
Judge Wfthrow is due back to Mt
Pleasant to open the term September
81, but the work in Keokuk will prob.
ably hold him until October 9. Ac
cordingiy an arrangement must soon
be made to provide for the local term
and Judge Bank may be sent here
from Wapello
| John Finnessey, commonly known
as Jack by his many Keokuk friends
has been appointed deputy marshal
OF West Quincy. and he is no poor
sleuth at that Those who have been
SO fortunate as to observe the sol
diery bearing of West Quincy's pre-
server of the peace regard him as
the find" in that neck OF the woods
Finnessey is night train dispatcher
at West Quincy and has been since
leaving Hannibal Now that he has
been appointed to the honored posi-
ton he can be seen each night strap
d ping his As Colt gun about his waist
with steel handouts prominently
showing from his coat pocket and
throwing a dazzling light from his
dark lantern, starts down the rail
road track in the search OF hobo
disturbers. And would you believe
they take to the tall alphal.a, fearing
lest he should start gentle pastimt
of some kind mixed in with a little
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