The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-10
CITY NEWS.
-P. wolfe, horseshoeing. is s. 10th

| p. Wolfe, horseshoeing, 16 s. 10th.
ALI sunbonnets go at choice for
| 10c each. Central Store.
| -keokuk has but one postponed
game at home thus far during the
season. It will be played with OF
tumwa tomorrow afternoon.
Iajor Montgomery Meigs made
trip down the river as far as Hannibal
yesterday on the David Upton. He
reports that the river bed Is fat but
that the channel seems to be in good
shape.
The birds which line themselves
up on the wires OF the lock telephone
system are playing havoc with them.
These birds belong to the swallow
family and when wire gets full of
them there is a weight represented
which is sufficient to pull it down.
| "A large plate glass window in the
barber shop of B. A. Anderson on
North Seventh street was broken this
morning by painters stage which
swung in against the window, send
ing pieces of broken glass flying
through the shop. The shop was
empty at the time and no one was
hurt.
Attend the excursion to Hannibal
Wednesday, August Is, given by the
Warsaw Odd Fellows. Boat leaves
Keokuk at o'clock. Every one is
going. The steamer j. S., the most
palatial boat on the river, has been
engaged for the occasion and music
and dancing will be enjoyed during
the day and evening.
1 -On account of an accident to the
valves on the new engine at the cleo
trio plant yesterday afternoon, the
street cars and street lights were
abandoned last night. The last car
over from Illinois arrived here at
about 500 o'clock and many people
who wished to go over the river or
who were there and wished to come
home, were put to considerable incon-
venience by the stopping of the cars.
Everything was all right today.
-Harrp o. Worley of San Diego,
son of Mrs. NJ. A. Worley of Los
Angeles, formerly of Keokuk, met with
a serious accident at the Spreckels
wharf, when be had his right leg SO
badly crushed that 1t was necessary to
amputate the leg above the knee.
Every effort was made to save the
limb, but blood poisoning set in and
the operation was necessary to save
Mr.. Worley's life. He is receiving the
best OF care. getting along nicely and
will probably leave the hospital In a
few weeks.
While going to Chicago the other
day Mayor Of lost pocket book con-
tanning some Grads, also his city war
rant for $50 for his last months sal
airy. He stopped payment on the
check and never expected to hear
from the missing book again, but it
contained his Elk membership card
and for that reason he got back the
lost property. Yesterday he received
letter from the secretary of the Elks
lodge at st. Paul in which that mem
ting It from some lumber jacks who
had found It In the car. He had heard
that book belonging to some Elk
had been found and went out and ran
1t down, securing the book. Mr.. Off
wrote him that the book belonged to
him and to send 1t down.
Quincy Journal: A. ]. Clark took
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Ohnemus, Mr.. and
Mrs. Matt Ohnemus, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Puster, of st. Louis, on his
fine launch, Ella NJ, to Keokuk, Sat
urday They left Quincy at $3.50 a.
m, and made stops at Canton and
Warsaw, arriving at Keokuk about
p. m. The Ohnemuses visited friends
and the whole party took in the Buff
falo Bill show, which showed there
three miles out from Keokuk. The
party returned home Sunday about 8
p. m, after delightful trip. They
got stuck on sandbar, just above
the Quincy bridge, near the dixie, but
were soon helped off by other launch
es. Mr.. Clark's launch carried three
feet of water and the river Is very
low. Matt said he believed he was
tie fault of getting stuck on the
sandbar, for he is so thin.