The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-02
CITY NEWS


DR.. Colby. Dentist over Younker's,
The regular monthly melting OF
the city council is to be held this
evening.
Moonlight on Keokuk Wednesday
evening, given by ST. Mary's Young
Mems club. sss3
Moonlight on Keokuk Wednesday
eevning. Boat leaves local landing at
s O'Clock Excursion given by st.
Mary's Young Mems club.
During the absence Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Dysart from the city, DR..
Frank NJ. Fuller Will occupy their res
idence. Eighth and Grand Ave-
"A member of the Rebekahs calls
the Gate City's attention to slight
error made Saturday evening IN the
report Of the election Of officers OF the
state. the following note having been
received: Mrs. Laura L. Kent. then
of West Liberty. now Of Muscatine
served as secretary of the state as
sembly the first three years, namely
1888. 1889 and 1890 The first two
years without pay or compensation
and the third year for only SIS. Miss
rs. E. Matheney of Keokuk was elected
secretary In 1891. !"
| The weather conditions which ex-
listed last night were remarkable:
About eleven o'clock stiff breeze
sprang up from the south and almost
blew a gale. The sky became black
and the moon which was so bright dur
/ ing the first part Of the evening, be-
came obscured by the heavy clouds.
Those who we're up at that hour ex-
pected nothing short Of cyclone but
/ the clouds passed away as quickly as
| taey had come and the night was as
bright as day again with the full moon
] shining its best.
The Gate City was In hot water
Saturday evening wlen the big press,
! the finest newspaper press ever IN
Keokuk, came near being ruined.
| While the evenings edition was being
printed, one of the carrier boys acct
dentally let his paper bag fly through
the air and into the delicate mechan-
| ism Of the press with the result that
! part of it was broken as the mahcine
chewed up the cloth bag into shreds.
Through the courtesy OF the Constitu-
| ton Democrat. the city edition was
printed on the press at that office and
delivered after o'clock to the sub
subscribers. BY working all night Sat
urday night Sunday and part Of today,
the press was repaired and in running
order for this evenings issue
The big fire tournament opens in
Davenport next Wednesday morning
and the indications are that it will be
attended by thousands of people from
all over the state. Eighteen volun-
teer departments have already been
heard from in which they have prom
ised to attend and bring from Is to
$50 men with them and aside from
these ten or dozen more are expect
Cd IN, they having written to the state
secretary In regard to the matter
Those volunteer departments will
bring with them in the neighborhood
Of 1000 men aside from the visitors
that will come from the various cities
/ Bucking bronchos from Colorado
] and mustangs from Texas will be
among the excitable and energetic
participants in Buffalo BIS WILD
West and Pawnee Bill's Far East ex
hfbition when it visits here Saturday
| Cowboys and Wild west girls, possess
ed with more courage thar
discretion. will give exhibitions
Eof horse tanning which ar
sure to arouse great enthusiasm
The hazardous task of mounting ant
riding these vicious animals consti
/ tutes part of the routine Of the COW
boy in actual service, and the publ
will show clearly the dan
gers which have surrounded the pre-
lfession OF cattie-herding on tn
pTairies.
II Buffalo Bills Wild West Is !;
distinctly American as Niagara Falls
the Rocky mountains. or the bound
less plains. The organization is nov
of ponderous dimension, allied as
/ is with Pawnee Bills Far East. an
carries more people. horses and rider
than any other exhibition in the cour
try. Even the biggest Of circuses ar
dwarfed by the Wild West and Fa
East in the matter of numerics
strength, and fail to get into the sam
| class when intensity of action an
| realistic and exciting arenic display
are the test of merit And at tn
head of this vast cavalcade OF tn
J worlds horsemen rides the origin;
and only Buffalo Bill, in the saddle Z
every performance, twice daily, raj