The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-15
CITY NEWS.

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-Maskuerade ball 5oth Iowa Band.
Woodman hall, Monday. Feb. =.
For fine pianos at factory prices
consult the W. w. Kimball Co. in with
Duncan Schell, 3o7 Main street
The residents in the neighborhood
of Twelfth and Morgan streets, heard
a shot fired last evening at about 9
o'clock.
Mrs. NJ. corse- dancing school
opens Feb 18th. Dal-ing every
Thursday evening, to u o'clock.
Hawkes. hall, gentlemen 35c, ladies
loo. Music furnished by Mrs. Marder.
A window was blown out of the
library early Sunday morning by the
strong wind and glass was scattered all
over the floor and in the street be-
low when the window pane was blown
out
james Hogan has returned to his
position as wsitchman in the Rock Is
land yards after weeks absence. His
wife. who has been i'll. is now able to
be up and around again which will be
good news to the many friends of the
estimable old couple.
Rev A. D. Hastings of Oskaloosa,
superintendent of tae Southeastern
Iowa Finding Home of Des Monies
will be in the city tomorrow for the
purpose of finding out if there are any
/ children here which can be secured
/ for adoption. He will make a tour
of the city with the superintendent OF
4 the poor.
A force Of wiremen were busy on
the bridge this morning trying to
bring little order out of the tangle
and confusion of wires. The interur
ban has stopped running on account
of the crippled condition of the wires
and Illinois people were walking across
the bridge this morning although the
wind was blowing a gale out on the
bridge.
i The sleet storm of Sunday morn
ing played havoc with the telephone
poles along the plank road of the Mis-
i sissippi Valley system. A large mum
\ her of poles were snapped off and fell
to the ground, by the weight OF the
4 ice on the wires. Ten poles went over
from Nineteenth street to Hubenthais
residence and several more beyonf
j there were down. lying in the farn
yards along the road.
{ Max WEIGH. who Greats great ex
1 citement every once in while, was
arrested Sunday evening at O'CLOCK
bv officer Dedman who fired shot II
/ the air with his revolver in order t.
I bring him to time. He was charged
with being drunk and disorderly ane
T threatening to kill his younger brother
with butcher knife After he was
1 locked up in the cooler at police sta
ton, he tried to burn the jail down
setting fire to the cooler
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the An
Gent Order OF Hibernians has giver
fifty copies of "a NJ. Nolan's History
of Ireland" the history authorized AMI
indorsed by the national convention il
! INDIANAPOLIS, to st. Peters Catholi'
2 school 10 be used as text books, II
: the study of which Division |, A. O. H.
has given two medals to be given L
: the pupils having the highest standing
+ at the end Of the year. The pupil
!. of the eighth grade of st. Peter
. school will receive diplomas for thei
!. work in Irish history. The local com
I mittee on Irish history is composed o
! DR. w P Sherlock, Joseph Welsh an
I James Fallon. who Will work in con
). junction with Rev. P. y. McDermott
!. state chairman of Irish literature
T "A supply of 9opound rails viii b
;: sent to Burlington in a few days an
{ will be laid on the main line Of tn
- Burlington going west, as an exper
- ment This road is constantly exper
u menting with different rails. endeavo
! ing to find out what will give the bes
service for the longest time. Last yea
i the company experimental with 10
r pound rails, tut they were found Ia
soft. The traffic beat down the rail
= the metal being battered and worl
!. Some OF the 100-pound rails whic
= were laid six months ago are in wort
. shape than the 75-pound rails lai
eight years ago The 75-pound raj
ha have been the most satisfactory tn,
m far and railroad men are of the oni
d. ion that this weight will soon he ador
ed p ~t~-dard