The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
CITY NEWS.

Watch for the mysterious Girl in
Red tomorrow
See the twenty good looking girls
With the Black Crook Buflesquers,
Be sure and get next Saturdays
issue of Tie Gate City. 1t will contain
the opening chapters of the serial
story. The ReGfelds.'
Coal dealers report fair business
for this time year and the fuel
men are not experiencing any falling
of in their line of business.
At 9:55 is morning the ice in the
river started to move slowly out.
This continued for about FIVE minutes
I when it came to a stop again and is
now stationary
The fair and colder weather flags
were hung out this fine spring morn
ing, giving hopes for the ice men
that the weather will make change
and continue the ice harvest for a few
more days
The Q ice houses have been fill
ed and the pure ice which Is packed
away in saw dust in the houses along
the line will be il the water coolers
of the ccaches curing the coming
summer season.
Elijah W. House of No. 1920 Reid
street voted for Lincoln in the fall of
1864. in Georgia, while with Sherman
on the march to the sea. 1t was his
first vote, James Kerr voted for
Lincoln in 1864 at Kingston, Georgia.
The little city of Nauvoo, twelve
miles up the river. is rejoicing over
its arc lights which have been placed
on various street corners and are
lighted each dark evening This
shows progress and the city is a
thriving one.
The following from The Des
Moines Regi-ter and Leader is of in
terest 10 local sportsmen: Senator
Allen of Van Buren, county is the
father of bill introduced yesterday
morning, which provides that until
Jan. 1. 1914, it shall be unlawful in
Iowa to shoot quail. The senator
states that his bill S introduced in the
interest of sport and because of the
danger of the extinction of the quail
in Iowa unless some such measure
is adopted
-Keosauqua Democrat: 1t seems
like old times to have Judge Trimble
trying cases in co,-ft here again. as he
is this week. Judge Trimble has been
TRY ing cases in the courts of this coun-
try for more than 90 years and 45
years ago he was the Judge of this
district. and az a time when there was
onl., one Judge in the district. instead
of four as at present He is still Wig
erous and the keenest and most uni
formly successful lawyer in this part
of the state
AT St Francis church in Quincy
this morning occurred marriage of
pie. when "Philadelphi. Tommy
Ryan. pugiIist and teacher of scien-
tifc boxing and physical culture, was
united in marriage to Miss Hattie Rot
ter of that city The pair have been
sparring for several years and the
match this morning decided in vic
tory for the well known fighter. For
several years he was located at the
Natatorium in Quincy and many of the
athletic teams of Keo,.u- going to
Quincy made that place their head
quarters He is making his home in
Des Noines at the present time
A special from New London.
Iowa, says: Leonard Portlock was
very seriously injured Wednesday af-
ternoon while engaging in Snowballing.
Some boy on the oppoe e side threw
a piece of brick which struck the Port
lock boy at the side Of the head and
caused an ugly wound The boy as
taken to DR.. Cook office and it was
decided to send TO Ottunwa for ply
sicians. who came dcvn on No. 4. The
boy is unconscious 81 times and it is
feared that piece of the brain is
gone. He is in very serious condi-
ton. It is not known al the time
which one OF the boys throw the
brick.
A rat OF purple is now quartered
al the Bronx Zoo in New York. 1t
was presented TO r. l.. Ditmars, cura-
tor Of reptiles, by a japanese. Con-
corning his rather weird new pet, here
tofore believed to have been confined
to story books or the imagination,
DR.. Ditmars said: This purple raj
was brought to me by Japanese who
said ne believed it was the only pur.
pie rat in the world. He told me he
had been cross-breeding white, pink,
black. yellow and gray rats in an ef-
fort 10 get the tortoise-shell effect
This purple rat was the only distinc'
result thus far obtained. It is not
dyed. viii answer for that It's red
dish purple color is natural and as II
appears full grown, suppose it vii
retain that color"
Football al the University of Iowa
made 81 1891 this past fall, according
10 a report Of the Iowa board of con.
troll Of athletics just issued. The
total receipts from genes was 81
537.0l, but guarantees to visiting
teamS. transportation and ofhcials