The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-15
CITY NEWS.

1880
Train number from the South
was about thirty minutes late this
morning owing to trouble experienced
in getting out of st. Louis this morn
ing. 1t seems that the water is not
all down there yet.
The captain OF the w. W wishes
to state that the reason for his landing
the boat so far down the river Mon
day was on account of the sand
barges and boats interfering at the
regular landing place.
Burlington Gazette: Ira Rhys,
the violinist, who Is now filling an en-
gagement on the steamer Columbia,
was In Keokuk yesterday visiting
acquaintances. Mr.. Rigs was located
In Keokuk a number OF years ago.
A couple who were out sitting on
the blum near the foot Of Palean street
did the Jack and Jill stunt last night
1t seems that they wandered too near
the edge OF the blum in .heir attempt
to get better view Of some star, prob
ably, and went down over the preci-
pice together with lightning speed, on
~ stopping when they reached the bot
tom.
Beautifully Illustrated booklets
can be secured by calling Of the Wa
| bash ticket Office, corner Third and
Johnson streets. These booklets con-
tain descriptive half tones OF the fine
| Niagara fails trip which II being put
on each year by the Wabash railroad.
Time tables, rates, etc, will also be
4 given out for the asking.
Two wagon loads Of fine looking
ripe water melons made all who saw
4 them on Main street this morning,
turn with hungry eyes to the fruit
loaded In the wagons. Home grown
i melons have not yet made their ap-
pearance on the market but the time
il not far off when this species Of fruit
can be enjoyed, by picking them from
home vines.
Keosauqua Republican: Miss Ry
u land, daughter Of w. B. Ryland ol
Bonaparte, has brought suit in the Lee
county court for $4,000 damages
against a restaurant keeper in Keo
, kuk. AS we learn 1t, Miss Ryland was
working in the restaurant, when {
quarrel arose between her and the
proprietor in which she claims ths
). proprietor struck her, for which She
asks damages in amount named.
-E. H Rockwell. who last week solf
, his newspaper at Pennington receiy
ing cash for same. was ordered to ap
pear at Keosauqua and answer to tn
whereabouts OF his money snrr,f
Jamison served the order, which wa.
issued by Judge Eichbeiberger a
Bloomfield. The order was procured
by some of his creditors. 1t is sal,
, on good authority that the records a
Keosauqua disclose judgments AM
. liens against Rockwell for over Sic
! 900. Mrs Rockwell was included Ii
the order servide
Isaac Brandt is compiling repor
OF the deaths OF all the old settlers O
Iowa AT the request Of number 0
I the different old settlers societies
The report will cover all of the death
during the last ten years and will in
! cluda persons who have lived In low
! forty vears or more. Mr.. Brandt
, attempting to make the report an o,
! fetal one. and has announced that
4 Will take him until August II to con
: piete 1t. He Is one Of the Oldest SCI
tiers Of Iowa and is intimately az
q quainted with practically every othe
il early settler.
I The season OF berries Is abou
q over and that before the berry lover
/. are half way satisfied The constaf
Z wet weather and then the heat ar
: responsible and there IS every ind
4 cation to believe that by the end {
! the next week the berries will hay
!, passed away and only the mennor
will remain Those In a position
4 know state that the market yie;d wi
fall considerably shorter this yef
than other years and that the love-
of the sweet may as well make U
their minds to take few extra sho
N cakes this week and next and then tt
s. dream will be over The prices fa,
or been varying during the past few day
n considerably so, proving that the en-
is not far off. The market repor
or show the home grown cabbage aga
W on the market and the other sma
stuff Of the garden yield plentiful.