The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-17
CITY NEWS

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quincy Sunday. June 20.
Next Sunday the knights OF
Columbus vii have memorial mass
for the late Father Vaughn at st.
Francis De Sales church.
Yesterday afternoon the largest
class that ever graduated from the
University OF Iowa received diplomas.
e. w. McManus of this city received
a diploma in the law course
Three games will be played at the
athletic field Saturday afternoon in
the Commercial league. The s. Ham
i'll and irwin Phillips teams will play
at 200, the Elks and Huiskamps at
$3.50 and the Elks and High school at
500 o'clock.
The annual picnic OF the Sunday
school of the Trinity NJ. E. church was
held today at Wild Cat Springs. II
required two street cars to carry over
| the crowd this morning and the pros
| poets were for a very fine day and q
\ good time spent in the woods
Preparations had been made for a
grand good time.
Two steamboat excursions are
| scheduled to arrive in Keokuk tomor-
row. The English Lutheran church of
Fort Madison will run one on the
steamer Ottumwa Belle and the Yer
mont Street Baptist church of Quincy
will come up on the steamer w. w
Both excursions should arrive here
around the noon hour, the one from uI
stream getting here at about noon ant
the one from below, shortly after
wards.
The sodality of the Children o
Mary gave a lawn social ond the larg,
and pretty lawn of ST. yincent'l
Academy last evening which wa
largely attended by the young peopl
of st. Peters parish and a number O
others. The large lawn was lighte,
brilliantly with japanese lanterns
about a hundred of them being SUI
pended about the grounds. Refresh
ments were served during the evenin
and the affair proved big success.
The boards of registrars are i
session today and will also be in Sc,
. sion tomorrow and on June 90, DR.,
pairing for the special election of Jul
l /. bat there is very little business b.
ing done by the boards. The reg,str
ton is the same as for any city ele
| ton and the location of the boards
| each ward are as follows: First str,
engine house; Second ward, Peerle,
laundry; Third ward, Smiths hote
Fourth ward. West Keokuk fire ST
ton; Fifth ward, Bevering's Gig;
store; Sixth ward. Ewers' sigar store
/! -Nauvoo Independent: P. 4 XII
ran and party returned to the ci,
Monday afternoon from Chicago ar
Toronto. Mr.. Kieran Informed us tn,
corps of surveyors are expected
arrive tomorrow to begin a new 81,
vey of the interurban line from Ca
thage via Powellton to Nauvoo an
Niota 1t will not be long until
survey is completed. The Blake Co
tracing Company is the name of ii
new company that will have charge
the Nauvoo interurban project.
meeting of the Business Mems ASS
citation was to have been held la
night. but for some reason the NEE
ing did not take place. Probably Il
tie could have been done anyhow.
the last meeting the executive comm
tee was authorized to appoint comm
tees to solicit stock or bonds for Il
interurban, but SO far no COMMITTEE
have been appointed nor has any sto,
been solicited. Why this neglect al
Indifference on the part of the COZ
mittee? 1t was supposed that an
fort at least would be made TO
something. We have had repeat
assurances that the interurban will
built whether we give anything
not, but our Indifference may resi-
in losing us the power house. barr
3 etc. Nauvoo cannot afford to igno
A a matter of such Importance, a
- there will be show down pretty sof