The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-16
CITY NEWS.

Smoke Moeller's Silver Ash cigar
w. C. Virgin is laid up at home
with an attack of the lumbago.
The st. Peters bowling club and
Seal Skins will clash this evening at
the Drexel alleys.
It L. Robinson who left home on
Sunday afternoon returned to the city
yesterday in company with his father.
He had been IN Kahoka with rela-
tives.
Mrs. M. Corsea dancing school
opens Feb 18th. D.l ling every
Thursday evening, to V o'clock,
Hawkes. hall, gentlemen 35c, ladies
Toe. Music furnished by Mrs. Marder.
Yesterday afternoon in the SUI
perior court, Newt Quinn was dis
charged after his hearing charged
| with stealing coal from the uptown
switch, being found not guilty of the
accusation against him.
Seven sleepers were given accom-
mediation last night at the police sta
ton. Jailer Ferguson mad them clean
all of the snow off of Lucas avenue
this morning before breakfast and
then fed them and turned them out
! into the cold world.
| &C. Becker remembers that
forty-four years ago today the Missis-
i sippi river froze over In a single
night and people were able to skate
upon the surface. This is probably
| the only time that this great body of
water Is credited with such record
and it is certainly one well worth re-
/ membering.
| The weather flags are on strike,
| the pulleys having been frozen up by
the sleet of Saturday evening and the
same old flags have been flying ever
/ since The flags for today should De
4 for fair and warmer weather, but the
old ones could not be changed until
/ the sun got in its work today and
melted the frozen pulleys.
There seems to be law in Yer
mont requiring a certificate of al!
weddings to be sent TO the home of
the parties. County Clerk Lotion re-
ceived one of these this morning, an
nouncing the wedding on December
I % at Rutland, VT. of Charles Field
\ Sawyer, of No. 319 Franklin street,
Kcokuk. and Miss Zilpha May Lamb,
of Rutland, who We're married by Rev.
Smith of the NJ. F. church. Che
groom's age is given as % years and
his fathers name is Merritt A. Saw
yer.
Burlington Gazette: The Rock
Island trains from the north were four
hours late in arriving this morning on
account of snow. While Burlington
gets snow once in while, the train
men say that we do not know what
snow really is compared with Albert
Lee and Minneapolis. At Albert Lea
in the center of the town, postal
clerk says, there is drift over eight
; feet ceep. The merchants have cut
. paths through these drifts to their
stores and the patrons pass through
. banks of snow to get to the establish
ments.
-Keokuk skiff owners will read the
. following experience of two Hannl
bal young men with interest: EN-
barking in ? skiff Abe Beard and Due
. Roland tried to run to the Illinois
!: shore, where they intended putting GU
net for mess Or fish. The river
!. was full of floating ice, but skilled IL
!. the use of the oar the two men steer
ed the craft half way across the rive
before miniature iceberg hit thf
boat and turned II turtle, precipitatinf
the occupants into the frigid water
The fact that both We're good swim
err and clung to the overturned boat
was the only thing that saved the in
cident from being a tragedy. AS i
was they buffeted with tie ice TO
several minutes and finally made
] landing near the mouth of Bear Greek