The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
CITY NEWS.

Go with the Eastern Star of Ham
ilton to Quincy, June 16.
Miss Lena U. Haskin's friends
will find her at her new residence,
No. 11S Blondeau.
Helen Hubert, daughter Of w. J..
Hubert, is seriously Ill with scarlet
fever at tho family residence. 1917
Blondeau street.
DR.. 3. O. Sisson OF Denver, Colo,
formerly OF this city has been ap-
pointed attending eye surgeon to the
National Jewish hospital for consump-
tives at Denver.
The first game OF the double head
er tomorrow between Keokuk and
Hannibal will start at 2.15 p. M, and
the second game will begin after an
intermission of ten minutes following
the close OF the first encounter.
The price Of tickets for the Uni
tartan excursion to Quincy on Monday,
will be so cents for adults and 25
cents for children from 6 to IL years.
Rights Of admission are reserved.
The excursion to Quincy Monday
on the steamer ]. S., given by the Uni
tartan ladies, is bound to be success.
All Of your friends are going and you
should not stay at home and be lone.
some.
A new launch, SPRAY H." the
property of liner Carlson and Clyde
Thorington will be launched this at.
ternoon. The motor boat is fine one
and is the result OF many evenings
Of good hard work in building the
craft.
Fort Madison Democrat. Horace
Ropes, the engineer representing the
financiers Of the Keokuk water power,
and his force wer in the city for a
short time ThurLlay afternoon, re.
turning to Montrose on the evening
train. They made some measurements
at the Santa Fe bridge and other
points.
The annual excursion given by
the ladies of the Benevolent Union,
is to be given on June "a. It will be
an all day outing to Quincy and re.
turn, the steamer w. w. being used,
inere will be music and dancing and
lunch Will be served on board. The
price of tickets has been placed at ga
cents for adults and Is cents for chill
dren under 10 years Of age.
Quincy Whig: Ida Trafter. the
woman who was recently arrested fol
the theft Of diamond from the home
OF Mrs. Emma Thompson, near Tenth
and Maine streets, was taken into the
county court yesterday Afternoon
where she was allowed to plead guilty
to the charge of petit larceny. She
was fined $50 and costs and was sent
enced to the county Jail for five days
Pennington News: Claude A
Payne and Miss Hattie .Matheney O
Keokuk, drove to Pennington Monda,
and visited with the latter's mother
Mrs. VIM. Bunyan, at the Blue Jack
ct mine. Wednesday afternoon the,
came to town and visiting the Baptis
parsonage and producing Lee count,
license, asked Rev. J. G. Shipp to per
form a marriage ceremony. The pas
tor advised them that the licens,
could not be used in this county. TIL,
young man after the supper hou
/ approached Mayor Kelley and explain
ed the difficulties which confronted
him and his bride to be. Mayor Kel
ley accompanied young Payne to tn,
Baptist parsonage and it was soon al
ranged that the minister, witnesses
and bridal couple should drive to
mile east Of town. G. S. Ross drov,
the party out to the Ross farm. wher,
Rev. Ship spoke the words which
bound the young people in the bond
of holy wedlock. Young Payne hal
been led to believe in Keokuk tina
the Lee county license could be use,
at Pennington and was surprised t,
learn that he would have to return
to the county where the license wa
issued.