The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-17
CITY NEWS.


Attend st. Mary's Washington par
ty Thursday evening. Cards and lunch.
Friday evening at the Roll-a-way
will be the big night with the roller
skaters Of the city.
Friday evening will be an enjoy
able one at the Roll-a-way when the
apron and necktie party will be CIV
! en-.
You can obtain fine piano at the
bare cost of labor and materials, plus
a small profit, from the w. W. KIM
ball Co., in with Duncan Schell, 3O7
Main street.
| DR.. P. H. Scanlon, who has been
lat Roger. Minnesota, for the past few
months. is expected to arrive in Keo
I kuk today for a short stay. He will
locate an Office south of Eldon if his
| present plans are carried out.
Quite a number OF young gentle.
men OF the city have received invi-
| tations from FIT. Madison Council,
| Knights of Columbus, to attend a
dancing party to be given next Mon
day evening. 1t is thought that sew
eral will attend
In last evenings report of school
attendance, the attendance reported
for the Carey should have been credit
ed to the Lincoln, that reported for
! the Terrence should have been credit
/ ed to the Carey, and that reported for
the Lincoln should have been credited
to the Terrence.
Harold Roberts, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. L. Roberts, is i'll at his home
with scarlet fever. The many friends
of the family hope for the speedy re.
covery of the little fellow. During Mr..
Roberts absence his place is being
| filled by Thos. F. Gallagher, who is
discharging the duties of yardmaster.
-Galesburg Council, Knights Of Co
/ lumbus, will initiate class Of thirty
eight candidates on next Sunday and
it is expected that members of Quincy
Council and other Illinois councils
will attend. None of Keokuk's mem
bers will be present, but quite num-
Der are planning to attend the degree
work to be held in Burlington.
Mr.. sIcClintock who was to have
delivered the address to women at the
Y. w. c. A. on this coming Sunday.
will be unable to do so, having an en-
gagement to speak at the Presbyter-
ian church on that evening Mrs. Nc
Clintock will deliver lecture on
mission work later at the Y. w. C. A.
A speaker will be supplied for Sunday
afternoons meeting.
4 The Lincoln voters seem to not
have been all reported. M. Hinson of
Revere, Mo-, writes that he voted for
Lincoln in 1864, while convalescing in
the hospital in Keokuk as member
of Co. C, Twenty-Fifth Iowa j. S.
Alexander of Promise City writes that
he voted for Lincoln in Cedar town.
ship, Lee county and also at Thib.
] nth Iowa battery.
Yesterday afternoon in Burlington
occurred the death of George Millard
veteran lumberman and one of Bur
lingtons prominent citizens. He came
to keokuk in 1858 from Hampton, n
Y, the place of his birth, and wa:
engaged in the lumber business there
for years. He was the founder of the
old island mill north of the city, which
burned few years ago. He was alst
interested in other lumber enterpris
es.
ALL wires which were damaged b.
Sundays storm have been repaired Of
| the bridge temporarily and the sigma
bridge wires, the telephone, telegraph
/. and power wires are temporarily re
paired and will be serviceable unit
the new wire support is put on tn
pivot tower. The interurban has beel
making regular trips since yesterda
noon at 1905 and no trouble is bein
experienced in making schedule time
: The car leaves Fourth and Main In
y stead of Sixth and Main because o
: the snow on the side track runnin
from Fourth to Sixth.
Half dozen young men VIII
were planning on attending the dane
given in Warsaw last evening by tn
Girls club of that place were sorel
disappointed when they found they ha
missed the interurban which leave
Il Keokuk for Warsaw at 7:45. The res
son for missing the car was that
has not been running to Sixth an
Main since the snow storm and ha
been leaving at Fourth street insteat
| Consequently the party waited aroun
Sixth street until after 8 o'clock whe
one of the party 'phoned to the o
fees and found that the interurba
had without announcement change
its leaving station.
A dispatch from Chicago says
Delayed trains as the result of tn
| prevailing blizzard made it necessar
to postpone the opening sessions c
the national commission and of bot
leagues in order to await the arrivs
of the magnates. President Murph
of the Chicago National league tear
and Manager Frank CHARGE We're o
the scene bright and early and set a
rest rumors to the effect that thei