The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
CITY NEWS.

Doilars saved at Peterson's cloth.
ing sale.
Workmen we're engaged in making
repairs to the roof of the government
building today.
Herman Henke has returned to
his duties as janitor at the post office
after two weeks vacation.
For the past month there has been
ghost making its appearance in the
quiet little city of Plymouth and
stories from reliable sources have
caused considerable excitement, and it
is fast becoming fad in that place to
go ghost hunting. The ghost appears
sometimes with a lantern and again
barefoot. dressed in a long white gown
with abundance of hair streaming
down its back, and is not confined to
any particular part of town but has
been seen in different places, more
commonly around the depot George
Swisegood, second track man at the
%" station. claims that one night,
after midnight, when he was return
ing from his work, that it appeared
within ten feet of him. It also was
seen by Fred Mecum in the road in
front of his residence Other parties
claim they saw 1t near the elevators
and in other parts of Plymouth. 1t may
be the work of practical joker, and
is thought to be such, and citizens are
planning to arm themselves and form
detachment with hopes of capturing
it.
Light on the mooted question as
to whether Iowa was ever the home of
buffalo has just been given by discov-
cries made in Monona county by Prof.
B. Shimek and State Geologist Samuel
Calvin of The university. In creek
bed in that county they discovered
remains of fully Is bison and the ma
tire of the deposits in which the bones
were found would lead to the belief
that the animals lived in that region
not more than 100 years ago. The
theory of the scientist is that this was
perhaps a drinking place for the ami
mails and that they became mirei In
this place and many of them died
there. The discovery is not the first
that has been made of bison remains
in Iowa but they have never before
been unearthed in such numbers and
many have held the belief, now clearly
In error, that only an occasional buff
falo was ever found in this state. The
deposits in Monona country referred
to were found near Turin, and remains
of some elks and other animals were
discovered. OF late the creek bed has
been covered but the action of nature
herself was instrumental in uncover
ing the important discoveries.
Commercial league players will be
active on the diamond tomorrow after
noon. The Elks and st. Peters clash
in double bill at Hubinger park and
Irwin-P Phillips play High school and
Hamills play Huiskamps at the Ath-
letic field 1t is expected that interest
will be taken from now on as the
league team is out of the city.
while at the knights of Columbus
picnic yesterday at Bluff park, D. F.
MlllGT CdlleQ dllclitiOA " Tie OiuCSt
apple tree in the state which is sit
uated near Montrose. The tree is
bent with age and is no longer bearing
fruit.
Carthage is to have a Commercial
club to boost the city. A committee
was appointed this week to draft a
constitution and bylaws and the prom
inent business men and attorneys OF
the city are interested in the new
organization.
The protest which Captain Weis-
man of the K. II. S. baseball team OF
the Commercial league entered with
the advisory board of the league, has
been sustained and the game was
thrown out and will have to be played
over. The point on which the pro-
test was granted was that with man
on first base and none or one 1lt If
the man at bat strikes out the catcher
does not need to catch the third
strike. This was the case in the
game last Saturday and the umpire
made wrong ruling, allowing tae
batter to go to first.