The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01
CITY NEWS.

Inc city council is to meet this t
evening in r,gular monthly session.
The month of February started off
good at the police station with the
only lock ups being cou lie of sleep
ers.
F w Moore and A. E. Moore
have been appointed administrators
of the estate of the late Emily e. |
Moore.
If the ground hog had only mixed
his dates and come out this morning.
everything would have been lovely,
for the sky was cloudy this morning
early
The blizzard and colo snap caus-
ed the plumbers to get busy again,
after short rest, many pipes freez-
ing and bursting on Saturday and
Sunday.
This is the first day ef February,
the month of but IS days and contain
ing two holidays, .incoln's birthday
On the 18th. and Washingtons birth
day on the 22nd
TIE ice men of the city ave laid
no plans for second ice harvest and
will not come to decision until to-
morrow, when they will see what the
ground hog does.
The fire department was called
out Sunday morning at 80 o'clock to
the home of George Heinz where
, flue was burning out. still alarm
from the same place was sent in an
Ia A,,o tn,
started to burn.
Jack Osborn is expected to arrive
in the city this evening from Chicago
for his match with Carl Busch, the Ger
man champion. When he arrives here
he will doubtlessly b In excellent
condition for the go an. will give
| his opponent fast time.
Miss Mary Collins made an inter
esting talk to the pupils of the Congre-
gational Sunday School on Sunday
morning, telling of her experiences N
the west among the Indians for over
thirty years and encouraging mission
work among the members of the
school.
The Gate City carrier boys we're
guests of Manager Hughes of the
| Grand, Saturday evening and witness
ed Yon Yonson. The boys were given
the first row of seats down stairs and
all of them greatly enjoyed the show
and were warm in their praise for Mr..
Hughes.
Tomorrow evening at the Grand
opera house, Keokuk followers of the
wrestling game will have an oppor.un
ity of seeing Carl Busch, the big Ger
man, in action against Jack Osborn OF
Chicago. The match is expected to
be one of the best ever pulled off in
the city and considerable enthusiasm
has been shown by mat followers
The funeral of the late VIM
Garthoff was held Sunday Afternoon
from the family home, No. 1924 PARK
street and attended by many friends
of the family. The service was con
Quoted by Rev. Nuesch and the pal
bearers were Samuel Wakefield
Harvey Justice, James Wilson, Charles
Hubenthal, Fred w. Klingbiel and ]
Fred Kiedaisch.
On February 10th there will be {
big minstrel given in Canton by the
young men of Christian U. of tina
place. Paul Bear, the ii known
young Keokuk man, and Gernie Dan
ford, we'll known in the minstrel men
will be the leading men of the min
strel. Bear being interlocutor ant
Danford promoter. There will b.
twenty-one men in the circle includ
ing the end men and all toget.cr thu
boys are looking for big success
which 1t should turn out to be wit
Keokuk talent in il and directing thu
whole affair.
All trains were on time in ant
out of the city this morning and cched
, ule time is being made again by tn
different roads. Trains running be
; tween Minneapolis and Burlington ar
up to the minute and No. II arrive'
on time this morning at $40. No.
. | arrived from the south at 1885, bein
On time. On Saturday this train wa
, three hours late. On account of tn
blizzard and bad condition of track
: below here. No. arrived here yes
+ terday afternoon at $40 instead G
, 1:25 on account of having to wait TO
the Rock Island at Burlington.
, Following is the railroad situatio
as it was on Saturday as given in
, Des Moines paper: Trains and stree
! car service stopped. Practically a
/ street cars ordered into barns. Sno'
/. plows attempting to clear track:
Interurbans behind many hours. Bul
+ lington and ST. Paul and Des Nome
\ abandon their passer ger service. Roc
Q Island trains running, but greatly d.
g layed. All wires down on Great Yves
q ern. Minneapolis and st. Louis t.ai
; north stuck in the snow at Ogde1
\ Two trains stalled here. Local on N
4 &, st. l.. stuck" at Minden. A
freight service abandoned.