The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-05
CITY NEWS.
Human Hearts" tonight.


health is reported getting along nicely.
The banks of the city will close
on Friday, February IL, for Lincolns
birthday is now a legal holiday in the
state.
4 John Gallo of 1921 Exchange
street voted for Lincoln in 1854 at st.
Louis, Mo. He was chief bugler of
John~C. Freemont's bodyguard.
Ice men are sawdusting their ice
which they harvested several weeks
ago. Five men are required to throw
the sawdust on the ice, which keeps
1t through the summer months.
Il The ladies of st. Mary's church
gave very enjoyable supper last
evening in the hall on Fourteenth
street. Quite large number took
supper with the ladies and enjoyed
the hour.
The Keokuk high school basket
ball team will go to Burlington for a
game Saturday evening. The team
thus far has lost but one game and it
is expected that the victory list will
be heightened by this game. Burling-
ton has a good team, but will not COM
pare with Keokuk's fast quintet. The
regular lineup Will be presented
There is much cavtivity at the sec
ond lock at the present time, work
men being employed in fixing the
gates at that place. Everything at the
lower lock is quiet. however, and there
will be nothing doing until the open
ing of the boat season. Workmen are
completing the new government
dredge boat at the first lock
Manager Vestal Of the High school
basket ball team has received letter
from Waterloo in which the latter
management states that Keokuk is be-
ing considered as an opponent of Wa
terloo in the state championship. The
/ Waterloo team wishes to come to Keo.
kuk in the near future but demands
something besides expenses.
An amusing feature of the wres-
ting match last evening was pulled
| off when the opponents were in the
thlckest of the affair. Busch was fol-
lowing Osborn swiftly when the big
fellow broke away. Busch went after
him with sudden lunge. but instead
of grasping Osborn caught Referee
( Phillips. This mistake on the part OF
Busch caused a hearty laugh among
the few spectators.
B. c. Cook has received a photo
graph of his father, Willard L. Cook.
of Fishers Landing n Y. showing the
old gentleman who is past eighty-five
wears of age. seated at table which
he made himself when eighty-five
years of age, although possessing but
one arm. His right arm was lost in
the second battle of Bull Run on Au-
gust 30. 1862, and shows what can be
done with mechanical skill. patience
and perseverance under great physic.
al disability
The twelfth annual convention of
the Southeastern Iowa Retail Lumber
Dealers association is in session at
Oskaloosa and number of Keokuk
men are attending. C. ID. Streeter
and j. NJ. Furlong were placed on i'm
portant committees at yesterdays SEES
sion. The Hoo Hoos also had a meet
ing and Harvey Bradford of Keokuk
was one of the fourteen new members
taken in j. NJ. Furlong had charge of
the Initiation, being blessed with the
official title of Shark of the Universe
-Montrose Journal The severe
storm wrecked the tent owned and oc.
cupled by Mr.. and Mrs Edward Hanks
on the river road near Bluff Park. Mr..
Hanks had been sick and being out of
fuel the flooring of the Canvas home
was used to keep the occupants from
freezing, the canvass was torn into
rags and most of the cooking utensils
and furniture were ruined. When the
storm had ruined their property Hanks
and his wife found shelter in the Ar
mold house in "Cateragus" In the
afternoon they were taken IN one of
X. S. Latta's livery rigs to the mayors
office where they were given food and
shelter until the following day when
they were taken to the Lee County
Home at Summitville. The tent and
flooring cost about $3.50.
An interesting Sunday afternoon
meeting at the Young Mems Christian
Association Is promised on February
Z, when Brigadier Mary Stillwell, of
the Salvation Army Rescue and Stun
Department, will deliver an address
on the work being done in Chicago.
Her subject will be "Twenty-Seven
Years of Salvation Warfare and Res
cuing the Fallen In the Great Cities"
The work of the Salvation Army in
the big cities of our country is indeed
interesting and Mrs. Stillwell is GER
tainly one who has had long exper-
fence and can well tell about it. Good
musical concert will proceed the meet
ing. Mrs. G. r. JOY, contralto soloist
and DR.. John B. Marsh, cellist, will
take part. The meeting is expected to
be the largest held for some time and
there will probably be large attend
ance.