The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-03
CITY NEWS.


Seats on sale tomo row.
j. J. Crimmins, Jr., manager of
the semi-professional baseball team
lately organized, has already arranged
games for the early season. He has
Booked two with keokuk and has the
promise of several games from Man
ager Hougl of the Hannibal team AS
yet this intedepndent team has given
itself no name.
Miss Petticoats' at the Grand to-
night.
The Nauyoo papers SPEAK of one
of the citizens of mat town crossing
the river at that place to Montrose
during the blizzard on last Friday to
get the mail. This trip is bad enough
in Just common ordinary little wind
on account of the waves, but in a
gale like it was blowing on Friday the
voyage seems to be most hazardous
trip.
Some people do net believe that
there is a ground hog. but the follow
ing from Hannibal paper proves it:
Willie Neviss and James Horton, two
south side boys are sure that the
ground hog saw his shadow, for re-
posing in their collections of this
worlds riches now rests ground hog,
a real ground hog. The boys are
sure that the ground hog saw his shad-
ow as he was just surveying his oblong
likeness on the ground when the
urchins bounced upon him and killed
him with rocks. The animal was
found down in Cave hollow.
Miss Petticoats'' at the Grand to-
might.
The Drake board Of control of ata-
letics has voted to have Drake with
draw from the Iowa conference. This
action was taken with the view that it
is impossible to serve well two mas
tiers. Drake has for the past year be
/! longed to both the Missouri Valley
/ and to the Iowa conferences. Because
of that fact some slight difficulties
have arisen, therefore, Drake decided
/ to cut away from the Iowa conference
/ The action is in no way inimical tc
|
withdrew from the Iowa conference
some time ago and it is probable that
| Ames will do SO in the near future
! Iowa university will not withdraw
j from the Big Eight according to 9
dispatch from there.
Hannibal Post: At 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon J-hn Bell. Bert
Wiseman, Leon Fitzgerald and Johr
Corners, charged with burglarizins
the postoffice at Ilasco, We're arraignet
before United States Commissions
George c. Moore, at his residence or
North Sixth street. Mr.. Moore was
unable to Withstand the strain of be
ing removed to his office in the fed
eral building. The men pleaded no
guilty and their preliminary was Sc
for February II. The bonds of Wise
man. Fitzgerald and Corners were
/ fixed at $4,000, while Bells bond was
fixed at $1,000 in default Of which
they were remanded to the custody o
Deputy United States Marshal JOSEPH
O'Hern. Bell was placed in the cit,
Jail and the others were taken 4
Palmyra.
Fort Madison Gem City: At 81
this afternoon an accident occurred a
the Vine street crossing of the Bur
lington railroad. E. C. Knuff of Mot;
was driving his team of horses at
tached to wagon over the RAILROAD
81 h
the engine of freight train No. Is
south bound The train was pulling
down for water when the accident oo
Cured The wagon and horses wer
dragged some distance and Knuff wa
thrown out escaping with slight inju
iries. The horses were considerable
hurt and the front part of the wago
badly damaged. 1t was fortunate tina
. the accident did not prove to be NOR
serious. Mr. Knuff was on his way t
get a load of coal at the Weber Goa
, yard when he was hit by the engine
: A Washington dispatch says: Wasf
ington friends lave received announce
) ment of the marriage of Mrs. Alic
Belknap Henry. daughter of the lat
: VIM. w Belknap of Keoku1. Iowa, TO
: merly secretary of war, to DR.. Abral
Van Katthoven of Philadelphia. Tn
/. marriage took place at San Francisct
!. Mrs. Kaathoven obtained d.vorc
from her first husband w. b. Arkli
Henry in Sioux Falls last Novembe
At that time DR.. K aathoven and
prominent Philadelphia lawyer wei
mentioned, but Mrs. Henry declare
that she would not marry either
them. Shortly after Mrs. Henry e