The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-29
]. CITY NEWS.

attending house party at the home OF
Miss Ruth and Harry Citizens, on East
Vernon street. Quincy.
Fit Madison Gem City. 1t is re-
ported that DR.. T. T. Rigg of this city
received an anonymous letter last
week containing threat and giving
him until July % to leave town. The
letter was typewriter and at the end
was a black hand drawn in ink with
skull and cross bone. etc. signed, The
Black Hand, Fort Madison, Iowa.
The Hannibal Morning Journal
says: A great deal depends upon the.
next eight games that the Cannibais
have to play These games are all
against Keoknk and that club is now
leading the league The Cans should
take the series from the Indians here,
but when they meet at Keokuk It will
be a hard fight, and if things can be
evened up there We will ell be salts
fed.
Hannibal Morning Journal: Mr..
and Mrs. A. n. Gauze, proprietors OF
the Windsor cafe on South Main
street, have ordered a meal ticket to
each Hannibal player who knocks a
home run during the coming series CT
games with Keoknk. This includes
/ the four games here and the sour.
games at Keokuk as well. Each ticket
| is good for twenty-one meals and will
entitle the winner to twenty-one
meals at the cafe
FIT Madison Democrat: Ernest
/ Corsepius has received new launch
and engine from Pierce, Nye & Budd.
OF Bay City. Michigan. This boat.
i which is a % sooter. has 40 horse
| power engine and is expected to de-
velop extraordinary speed. An expert
from the Bay City factory will be
here when trial of the craft viii be
| made End If she meets the expecta-
tions of the builders and purchaser she
win be entered In the Peoria regatta
as the Mascot It is Mr. Corsepirs'
intention to have the Minnie c. II.
and Mascot both at Peoria on August
II. where he expects to make speed
record. 1t is the opirlon of seversl
local launch men that the Independ-
ence H. of St Louis and other fast
motor boats will fail TO take part in
the Peoria regatta and in that even Mr..
Corsepius will challenge the Independ-
ence II. for trial speed. The race
to be held at Fort Madison or st
Il Louis
I City Marshall Frank Clifford OF
Iowa Falls is one of the very few POI
X lice officers in Iowa who will gy on
the pension list under the new law
adopted by the last legislature pension
u ing policemen and iremen who have
served continuously for twenty two
years On the 1st of next April 3fr
Clifford will round out his twenty-sec
ond consecutive .ear of service as po
lice officer in that city. Year in and
year out, with scarcely day of fol
vacation. he has served long and faith
fully as the city's chief police officer
and his friends are naturally pleased
to know that Mr.. Chords long snf
faithful service is to be rewarded By
being one OF the first police officers ii
the state to go on the pension list II
be started under the new statute
Prior to entering the city's employe
Mr.. Clifford was in the employe Of th.
train service OF the old b., C., R. & n
road. Through eleven municipal ad
ministrations, Mr. clifford has serve
with apparent satisfaction to eacl
new mayor, and his reappointmen
II every two years has been met wit
public approval
w. " Lucas, resident of SAINT
Cruz. Cal, but formerly a farmer i
Bremen county. has written /. lette
to Doctor Chapel of the Des Nome
Il weather bureau, in which he takes e,
ceptions to the statement given out b
the weather man to the erect tia
July 4. 1909. was the coolest Indepenc
q ence day in the history of the stats
I The writer says that on July 4, 1856.
~ it was SO cold that he had to wear hi
oyercoat, gloves and snow shoes H
i says his wife and children had to b
!, wrapped in blankets and robes to PR
: tect their bodies from the icy atmos
. phere. He declares that he attende
a Sunday school picnic that day a
Spring Lake, and that about / o'c;oc
= in the afternoon snow fell as fast a
: 1t did at any time during the winte
! and before the storm was over th
:. earth was covered with good, heay
. blanket of the beautiful He declare
! that the temperature dropped as To-
. as fifty degrees, and that everyone i
: that section of the state had fire
= burning In their homes to keep warn
: Doctor Chapel has no record of tn
!. temperature on that day, so he ha
. vsitten to Wsshinfton II get 1t. H
: will not offer to contradict the write
: until he receives a reply.
:. Hannibal will have big fall fe.
: tival on the river front this yea
s This question was decided at NEE
:. ing which was held in the Commerce.
:, club rooms last night The celebrs
), ton will be In the nature of an indu.
! trial. mechanical and agricultural es
:, libit--an exposition which will Civ
a the people of that city and tae SUI,
. rounding country an idea of what Han