The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-07
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~ he OQQ FeltOWS iOQge room Is
t. be refrescoed and new carpet put
down this winter. greatly improving
the appearance of the room.
No night session was held at the
! District court but one is promised for
this evening unless the Daily,Jones
case can be rushed forward little
faster
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The Thursday Evening Art club
will meet at s o'clock this evening al
the Unitarian church parlors. The
subject OF the evening is Eighteenth
Century French Landscape.
The change announced in the
southbound Kline train as made last
evening was an error from the rail.
road Office and the train still leaves
at 8 o'clock instead of at $50. The
travelling public will take notice.
This morning IN his Office Justice
Burrows performed the marriage cere-
mony uniting Stephen Rigg and Pear
Howard. both OF Mount s,erl-,g III.
They will reside upon a farm near thar
place and have departed for their new
me.
keosauqua Democrat: Mrs. C. p.
Whitnev was called to keokuk We'd
nesday on account of the serious i'll
ness OF Mr. II. o. Whitney. a prom
inent citizen of that place. who was
stricken with apoplexy. Mr.. whitnev
mas rallied somewhat but his condition
IS still very serious. Mr.. and Mrs
Whitney visited here just before
Christmas.
The great American lobster is still
threatened with extinction unless
more discretion is applied to his de
struction for food. But the cheering
news comes from the bureau OF com
merce and labor that the oyster is
safe, and indeed is likely to become
cheaper. and more plentiful in the
near future. There was a time when
the oyster was menaced with earIya
extinction He was being eaten too
fast Then the fish commission busted
Itself and made careful studies of his
habitats- habits. mode OF life. prefer
ence in diet, etc. The result is that
immense areas o sea-foor. which new
ct before bore an oyster. have been
stocked and made 10 bear enormous
Yields, up to 500 and 1000 bushels
per acre in the second year OF the
cultivation The waters of the gulf
are especially adapted to this culture,
while along the Atlantic coast are
other great areas quite as available
The experiences and information gain
ed by the fish commission in its oyster
experiment IS at the service Of peo-
pie who want 10 set out oyster farms
on the ocean bottom There's big
money in II, according to the exper-
fence and belief of the fish commits
sfoner.
For Madison Democrat: The
case of H. A. Paddleford W. the City
OF Fort Madison. which was tried at
keokuk in December. and in which 2
verdict was rendered against the city,
was under discussion at the regular
nesting CT the CITY council held last
Monday evening The matter was given
detailed consideration BY the council
and as q result It vas decided bg
unanimous vote TO appeal the case to
the supreme court of Iowa. The vote
STOOD nile ayes and one absent AS a
result Of the action of the council the
litigation in this matter will continue
for about two years, as no decision
upon the part Of the supreme court
can be looked for in much less than
that time The final disposition OF the
case now rests with the supreme
court, which viii either affirm or re-
verse the decision OF the district court
The ice harvest started at Fort
Madison yesterday. newspaper of
that place saying Manager Ernest
Corsepius Of the Fort Madison Ice Co
began today blowing the field Of ice
that he win cut 10 fill the companys
ice houses. The ice IS now seven
inches thick and If the weather con
tinues cold the ice harvest viii begin
Friday. This viii mean the employ
ment Of q large number Of men who
gill receive good wages for this kind
Of YORK
The following dispatch from New
York City regarding the elevation OF
W C. Brown to the presidency of the
New York Central lines will be Of in
terest 70 his many friends In this
city and the west ". Brown
Wednesday was elected president Of
the New York Central and Hudson
River Railway company. succeeding
W. II Newman Mr. Brown was for
merry senior vice president Of the
Nsw York Central Mr. brown will
assume the presidency on February I
next II vas announced that 3fr. New
man. the retiring president Will re-
main on the toard Of directors. The
rev president vas born in Herkiner
county, New York IN 1853 He began
his railroad career - wood chopper
Or tn1 sTff~rs f1k:.o md ~ PAIL engine