The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
CITY NEWS

| Smoke Moeller's Silver Ash cigar.
Don't go away from Keokuk to do
/ your trading. You can get what you
need ar home.
Hear Johnson's Colored Minstrels
on the jolly moonlight excursion,
Thursday, o'clock Steamer Keo-
kuk, 25 and 35 cents.
Attend the ball games Saturday
at Hubinger park and Athletic field
and show your interest In the Com
mercial league. First games at 2:3o.
-A party OF visitors composed OF
DR.. Harter and family, R. H. Hum
phrey, Miss Helen Watson, OF Kenney,
! Ill, and Mrs. T. A. Mckay of Aurora
Neb.. were guests of Thomas brothers
on their launch Monday evening. The
party of twenty eight enjoyed picnic
spread at the thir diock and made
delightful return trip over the rapids
By moonlight
-Nauvoo Rustler: There has been
quite change made in the Academy
laundry during the summer. When
the laundry was put In two year ago.
! the machinery cost $4,000, large
enough for a city as large as Quincy.
which was another evidence OF
Kieran's extravagant expenditure OF
money. The laundry was never made
use of. During the past summer
some of the machinery was disposed
OF and now the laundry is In operation
and large enough to care for the
Academy and Spaulding work
Rev. and Mrs. G. ". Byrkit. OF
Mt. Pleasant quietly celebrated their
fftieth wedding anniversary yesterday
! Miss Lucy ]. Fitzpatrick and G. ".
Byrkit, then a young preacher In the
i Iowa conference OF the Methodist
church were married In Mt Pleasant
fifty years ago, by DR.. Chas. Elliott
then president Of Iowa Wesleyan. A
few weeks before she had graduated
from Iowa Wesleyan, being the first
woman to receive a degree from the
institution and probably the first to
graduate from a university In that
county.
| In speaking of the new Catholic
church which is being erected al
Pennington the News says: The new
church will be completed about Oct
10, and will be 30x40 with 10110 en-
trance It will be constructed OF roci
faced cement blocks. The structure
Is now up above the basement and
when completed will be handsome
addition to Farmington's list O
churches. Since coming here yea
ago Father Troy has built 1870
parsonage and has started the nev
church. He has been wide awake ant
a hustler every day. The showing b
has made in his parish has popular
lied him with all OF our people.
The remains for the man VIII
was found floating in Flint creek Sur
day afternoon vas identified yestel
4 day as BOYD McCulley. whose parent
4 reside at Winterset. Iowa The dea
/ man had been visiting in Burlingto
Il during the week proceeding his dealt
Il He was printer and had been roam
II ing around the country. How b
II came to MS death is not known H
II may have attempted to walk TO Mon
II Ing Sun and fallen aeIeep along Ii
Il bank Of the Flint river and slipps
II down the steep embankment into th
i river. The verdict was as follows
II That the deceased came to his deaf
/! iv being drowned in Flint cree
whether accidental OF intentional, Ii
II jurors are unable to decide
II -Quincy Herald: Attorney Dolai
II formerly of Keokuk, is here from
Il Louis and viii remain until tomorroy
II He IS the agent Of John Scott Son
II Construction Co of the latter cit
Y and Il the gentleman who has bee
negotiating with G. A. Urban for
ninety-line year lease of the Tr
mont property. the announced intel
ton being to erect on the site hot
building Of not less than eight storie
In height and perhaps ten Messr
Urban and Dolan have had sever;
conferences in regard to the propose
lease and Mr. Urban has had co
respoudence on the subject with Il
? company the attorney represent
P. The attorney IS anxious to close Il
l. negotiations today and an ar-ang
N ment was made this forenoon und
I'd which he and Mr.. Urban we're to Ct
on several local capitalists and "a
se finances with them. Mr Urban st;
be ed al noon that after these conf'
a. ences he would possibly have son
L. thing definite to report.