The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-06
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cents per week.
Read Mr.. Hughes announcement
on eighth page of this paper.
-Furs at wholesale prices. Buy a
fur now and save money. at the Cen
trail store
In the superior court this after
noon demurrer was filed in the case
of Kate Nyland VS.. Iowa Telephone Co.
"A former graduate and valedictor-
ian Of the Keokuk high school. Miss
Eva T. Williams, is principal at Hol-
stein, Iowa.
Mrs. w. H. Jones' OF No. 1928
Concert street. received word today
that her brother in Minneapolis, Min
nesota, had died. She leaves this
evening at 1925 for that city.
-Informations We're filed in the
superior court this morning against
Clarence Carpenter for carrying CON
cealed weapons and against Albert
Jones for pedd.ing without license.
-Shawls, fascinators, outing gowns
and skirts at big reductions at Central
store.
In the superior court this after
noon VIM. Johnson was given five
days in Jail for being drunk. Clar-
ence Carpenter was fined $50 for car
rying concealed weapons and took a
fifteen days Jail sentence instead Of
paying the fine.
"A number of cases of water pipes
bursting in residences and running all
over the rooms We're repo ted at this
Office today. These little breaks in
the pipes cause no end of trouble until
the flow Of water is shut off and the
pipes repaired by plumber
The Tithers League will meet af-
ter the regular week of prayer services
in the United Presbyterian church to-
morrow evening. Business of import
ance will be brought up for considera-
ton at the meeting and all members
are requested to be present.
The cold weather has not put a
damper on hotel business and the
large hotels of the city were taxed to
their capacity last night and the
night before. Parties of Chicago and
ST. Louis statesmen are in the city
in large numbers and t. drummers
are doing a good business.
Mrs. Nellie Rice filed an informa-
ton in the superior court yesterday
against her husband James M. Rice,
charging him with desertion. He was
arrested, but this morning the couple
made up their differences and at her
request the information was dismissed
and the costs paid. The couple are
strangers in the city.
A man started across the Keokuk
and Hamilton bridge this morning at
SIS to drive over in Illinois twenty
five miles east to his home. He intend
ed to make the drive in about five
hours without stop reaching his des-
tination at about one o'clock. A drive
like that on a day like this would
seem rather cold to some but the fell
low did not seem to mind it much.
Don't forget Centrals pig clearing
sale next neck and save money.
This afternoon Judge Bank APP
pointed Sabret T. Marshall as one of
the commissioners of the insane to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
natino of Theodore A. Craig, the new
county attorney, the term to be two
years from January s, 1908 Dr.. H. A.
Kinnaman was re-appointed for two
years from January T. 1909. The clerk
of the district court Ed. S. Lotion, is
the third member of the commission.
Quite an important decision was
handed down this afternoon by Judge
Bank in the District court, in the case
of Collins VS.. the City of Keokuk. The
court granted an injunction against
the issuance of the paving certificates
on the brick paving of the alley be
tween Third, Fourth, Concert and High
streets. The courts reason for issu
ing the injunction was on the grounds
that the assessment by the city for the
work was void because the original
contract between the city and Rees &
Simons had been lost and q new con-
tract was entered into which it was
claimed was less favorable to the prop
erty owners than the first contract.
There was no intentional fraud In the
matter, but it was an error in law. The
case has been in the court long time.
the property owners refusing to pay
for the paving until decision had