The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-06
CITY NEWS

Show starts at seven fifteen at
Dodge's tonight.
Mrs. Stiles is i'll at her home, No.
CUB South Second street
See the excellent motion pictures
ana illustrated songs at Dodges
| tonight
/ Trinity NJ. E. church, February 10.
Lecture. Through Palestine on Horse
back by Rev. J. w. Potter.
Jacob Forney of Hamilton was ser
lously injured this week by an acct.
dental fall. He is 80 years of age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Saugier, Sr.
OF Hamilton celebrated their goli an
wedding LIST Tuesday with family
reunion.
The city jail was empty this morn
ing. Three sleepers were given ac-
commodation over night but after they
mad been let out, the Jail was empty.
Painters are now at work at tic
county court house, touching up the
walls and ceilings. Some new paper
is also to be prt on and the building
Will blossom out like a rose in a few
! days.
Will Haggott, con of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. d. Mcdowell, of COS South Second
street, is dangerously i'll at his home
with tonsilitis. The young man has
been i'll for the past week and it is
hoped that he will recover soon.
H. H. Hough an wife arrived in
the city yesterday noon. called here
by the illness of Daddy Hough. The
conductor is getting along nicely and
this morning was much improved,
| though unable to leave his bed.
A bunch Of would be singers are
making nuisances out of themselves
to neighbors in the locality of Second
and Exchan-e S ects each evening
about II O'Clock when the persons who
live in that neighborhood are trying
to enjoy few hours of rest.
One of the ladies with the Human
Hearts company, Miss Mary Thomp-
son, left her purse at the hotel, con-
tanning fifty dollars and powder
rag. The hotel clerk made a nice
/ package out of the large pocket book
and sent them to the owner this af-
| ternoon.
Quite large party of horsemen
were in the city yesterday having
! come from immediate Missouri points
to attend the horse sale across the
river Fletcher Brothers of Carthage
were in the city: Kildew Brothers of
Revere and DR.. Clristy of Revere, all
horse buyers were in the city.
The investigation of the fire pres
sure at the Matthias home fire this
week is not over and a meeting OF
! the water works committee of the city
Il council is to be held this evening al
1880 o'clock. At this meeting the wa
ter works will have number of wit
lnesses present to give their testimony
regarding the pressure.
The Keokuk Club handicap
straight pool tournament has sifted
down to few PLAYERS who will contest
for the trophy. The winner of the M.
F. Baker-H NJ. Buchanan match will
play e. R. Cochrane and DIR. Holmes
will play the winner of the F. IA
George-John E. Craig match. The
finals will then be played. E. R
Cochrane is picked as the winner OF
the tournament.
III. D. Everingham began sui
against the c., B. & Q. to recover
$4,000 because yardmaster hit hin
while in the line of duty The cas-,
went to trial last Monday at For
Madison. and ended this morning will
verdict for the company. 1t was ;
bitterly fought case. Hamilton
Johnson We're for the plaintiff. Georg
3. Stewart and Palmer Trimble for tn
company.
The Keokuk High school baske
: ball team left this morning for Oh
tumwa where it will meet the fas
. Ottumwa High school team this ever
ing. Ottumwa is the only high schoc
:. team, or in fact, the only team tina
a ~
), the local boys will make a strong e
: fort to win back their lost laurel!
The Keokuk lineup will be: G. Kins
l. center; Kiedaisch and Weismann, fo
,. wards; Parson and Duncan, guards
-Today's Des Moines Register an
z Leader contains thumbnail sketc
e of DR.. G. Walter Barr OF this city.
i also contains quite an extended art
d Gle concerning the writings and wor
d of this local genius and speaks of h
great achievement; namely: His r
o port of the Sunday revival meeting
# at Burlington, his talk to a jury c
l. ptomaines for two hours as witne.
5 for the defense at a trial in Mer
i, phis. No., which secured verdict
= acquital story which was :. req
istic study of suicide and detailed IL
& emotions of man about to kill hir
d self.
it -Keokuk launch owners will be
. terested in the following item take
: from Waterways Journal: All We
: sells of fifteen gross tons or less pr
PEELED in whole or in part by gas, gas
lene, petroleum. naphtha, fluid or ele
IL tricity. and carrying passengers f
= hire, shall carry one life-preserver
u the sort prescribed by the regulation
Y of the board of supervising inspector
= for every passenger carried. The pc
~ ~ atty for failure to comply with this /
~ quirement is the fine of $500 prescri
a ed by Section 1900, Revised Statute
Section of S. S26G will retain this la
II in force. TAe department sugges
Of that section 3 be stricken from the bi
N and that section 4. 5 and be numbt
IT ed 3, 4 and 5, respectively.