The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-28
CITY NEWS.


-Ewer's Grand Leader. best &c cigar.
Seats now selling for Merry Wild
ow' at the Grand Opera house box
Office
Regular meeting of Keokuk lodge
No. Is, l. O. o. F.. Monday night at
O'Clock
The fire department made run
last evening about o'clock to the
dumping grounds at Third and Timea
street, where some rubbish had
caught fire.
w. C.. Hummer is Ill at his home,
221 South Sixth street, with hay fever,
an ailment from which he is a suffer
er each year at this time.
On account of the fact that there
will be no lights this evening, the
Water Power band will not give its
regular Saturday night concert for
the merchants on Main street.
The steamer North Star and bow
boat Harriet started early this morn
ing towing sections of big raft con-
signed to the Taber Lumber Company
from the lock through the bridge. As
it takes about an hour to take two
sections through they will probably
not complete the work until sometime
this evening.
Judge David E. Mack, OF Garth
age, last night informed The Quincy
Wing that he had not decided wheth-
er to accept the nomination for the
Fourth judicial supreme judgeship or
not. He said further that he did not
know whether he would make up his
mind today or not. He said he was
giving the matter his serious consider
alton, and when he had fully decided
On his course he would make the
statement to the Wing.
Next Thursday at the Grand
Opera house, Matinee and night,
Merry Widow" Seats now on sale at
the box office.
The Gospel Regular Army is still
holding meetings as usual Tonight
there will be dolls given to every
child that comes with their parents.
Sunday morning at IL o'clock, holli
ness meeting; 800 o'clock, meeting
in hall; 1880 open air, corner Fifth
and Main. Charlie Bailey will be here
from Burlington to help us with our
meetings over Sunday. Sunday night
Charlie Bailey will speak for us
Everybody Is invited to these meet
ings. Anyone having any donations
of any kind please send to 915 Main
street, upstairs. Major Ida Godifroid,
Lieut. Meredith in full charge.
Quincy Wing: w. L. Distin, sur
veyor general and secretary OF state
of Alaska, is in the city, the guest of
his daughter. Mrs. Lawrence EN-
mons, IT., of East Maine street. He
has just returned from the national
encampment of the Grand Army,
which was held at Salt Lake City,
| Utah, two weeks ago. The official will
remain here for the next ten days be-
fore returning to Alaska to resume
his duties there. Gen. Distin has been
in a position to observe the progress
OF Alaska ever since its remarkable
there thirteen or fourteen years ago.
He was appointed to the Office OF sur.
veyor general by the late President
Mckinley shortly after his election for
/ the first time
Matinee and night. Seats now on
sale.
Editor S. B. stonerook of the
Iowa Falls Sentinel has Just returned
from a six weeks trip to the far
northwest, including a visit to mum.
Der of Alaska points that have been
/ prominent since the gold fever took
thousands from the states to Alaska
| Among the souvenirs that Mr.. Stone
rock brought back with him is a coin
of the realm which Is current all
through Alaska, but does not bear the
imprint of the United States govern.
ment and is not recognized as having
much of an intrinsic value beyond
4 the confines of Alaska The coin is
made of native copper mined near
Seward, Alaska The coin is about
the size of half dollar and on one
side Is stamped view of Seward and
the words. Native Copper from Sc
! ward, Alaska" On the reverse side
of the coin are the words. Good for
Northern 121s cts. in Trade" The
coin passes at par at all Alaska points
and Is called "a bit"