The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-12
CITY NEWS.

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Get the best heavy pine kindling
wood from Clemenson. Bell phone
263-R.
For Sale-Two cottages. Thir-
lateenth and Orleans. Will sell at
price to net s per cent if sold within
ten days. Answer IL" care this
office.
The defendant in the new suit
filed in the district court, the title Of
which Is the Standard Fire Insurance
Co. VS.. G. B. and K. C. coal company,
today filed an answer to the petition
of the plaintiff, denying each and
every allegation in it
James Asberry, arrested last even
Ing by officers, was released this
morning and has upposadly returned
to his home in Lorraine, Ill. He left
that place few days ago with con-
siderable money in his pockets. the
money being received by him for the
sale of number of hogs. With his
jeans we'll lined Asberry left home,
going to Warsaw and then coming to-
Keokuk On the interurban car. By
the time ae reached Keokuk he was
pretty well intoxicated and it is
thought that he was to iched for about
| $50 on the levee. His sister and other
| relatives were inquiring about him
this afternoon.
Repairs are being made in the cor
oners Office at the court house. I'm
proved windows were being put in to-
day
4 homas Paul has been drawn as a
i juror for the coming session of the
i United States court at Des Moines.
Mr.. Paul has sickness in his family
! and will make on effort to be eXcus-
ed. He received the notice today.
Sam O'Connell paid $685. for ms
4 liberty, that amount being the fine i'm
! posed upon him by Judge Mcnamara
1 several months ago, for having in
his possession at the Union Hotel a
large quantity of beer and whisky on
Sunday. The fine had not been paid
and O'Connell was arrested.
Burlington Gazette: Burlington
/ mems aim of years was satisfied last
night when all records for stock runs
was broken by that railroad. During
the night 542 cars loaded with stock
were pulled into Aurora from the west
During the night the Burlington pulled
more stock into Chicago than the
Northwestern and Milwaukee roads
!. it is claimed 1t was the biggest run
of stock on one niglt in the history
; of the road, railroad officials say. Oh
i the 542 cars which were pulled into
y the local yards last night 455 went to
Chicago and eighty-seven were unload
! ed at the Montgomery sheep yards
, The run was divided equally between
: tae main line and the c. & l. branch
! es.
\ I'm tae Knox county circuit court
: at Galesburg case is being heare
/ which Is very similar to the Dunni
ligan case which is at present on tria
= in the circuit court in Adams county
In the Dunnigan case the widow
claims damages from the proprietors
{. of saloon and from the property
. owners in walich the saloon was 10
: Gated for the death of her HUSBAND
!. said to be due to intoxicants. In the
7 Galesburg case the wife asks dam
ages by reason of the fact that hel
! husband lost his position with the G
!, LIB. & @. railroad by reason OF nj:
7 Indulgence in intoxicating liquors
hreceived in saloons in Galesburg be
. fore that city became dry territory
81 Judge sWaggoner dismissed the cas-
] against several defendants on an in
|, teresting point of law. Several sa
loonists sold the former Burlington
employee but one drink. The law i
!. that in order to hold saloonist liza
! able the drink received must hav'
contributed to the inebriacy to al
! appreciable extent. Judge Waggone
( refused to hold that single drinl
! was sufficient to contribute mater
) ALLY to the inebriacy and the cas-
< against several defendants was dis
missed