The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

Graham Hospital Guild will meet
tomorrow afternoon at the nurses
home at $50.
-woodme and Ro. al Neighbor
dance Monday evening. Rights OF adj
mission reserved.
To-day was poor opening To- the
athletic field and the field will not be
used with the present condition of the
ground
When keokuk awoke this morning
there was a gentle spring shower in
progress which kept up during the
morning.
A marriage license was issued Sat
urday evening to Halsey W Cox aged
10 years and Lilac Carr aged IS
years, both OF keokuk. Both parties
being under age. they had the CO sent
of their parents.
This may be your last chance 10
get a brand new guaranteed standard
make piano at your own price, bids
are not coming in very fast, so your
bid may be the successful one. Shae.-
fer & Saunders. COZ Main.
Thomas Gallagher assumed the po-
sition of night yardmaster OF the c.
B. & @. yards last night, having been
recommended to the Hannibal off.
Gals for the position by General Yard
master, Harry l. Roberts. John Rogan
has been promoted to the position OF
engine foreman.
The c. B. & @. railroad station
heretofore known as Patterson has
been changed to the name OF Spring
Valley station a number of names OF
small stations between Burlington and
st Louis on the K. line have recently
been changed. accordingly with the
post offices.
The st. Peters parochial school
has been given vacation this week
the first time such a vacation has
been granted for number of years
The teachers are in need OF rest and
it was thought this would be a good
time. as preparations will soon be
made for graduation and the closing
entertainments
The Lee county board of supervis
ors went to Burlington Friday to meet
with the Des Moines county board fol
the purpose of devising ways ant
means OF assisting in the operation o.
ferry across Skunk river at Patter
son in Green Bay bottoms. The re
suit of the joint meeting was that ths
Lee county board appropriated s12i
and the Des Moines county board s24t
toward this purpose.
One OF the best Sunday Afternoon
meetings of the year was held yester
day afternoon at the Young Men
! Christian Association ana was yer,
| largely attended The music was y,
far the best in some time, the larg
ST. Johns Episcopal choir under tn
able direction of Mrs. Bence renderin
!; three very beautiful anthems. TIL
work of the many voices was fine an
greatly appreciated by the audienc
OF men. The speaker of the afternoo
was Rev. Nelson Hall of the Pre-!
byterian church of Hamilton VIII
spoke on the Resurrection of tn
Soul" His address was a very int
esting one and was one OF the be:
heard for some time
Moses Fraser, a colored citize
of Chicago who died last week, We
. brought to this city and funeral sc
: vices held Sunday afternoon at tt
3 home of Edward D. Robertson II
: street at O'Clock. The services We
l. conducted by Rev. Searcy assisted |
Rev. Samuels and the following we
4 the pallbearers: Abe Thomas. Jol
n Payne, Charles Wilson, Mark Johnso
l. R. Sheldon and Sam Johnson. tt
> body was Inferred in Oakland sem
r terry. 1t will be remembered that MI
It Fraser died in Chicago less than
s month ago and the funeral was held
this city.