The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-29
cry NEWS.

at their home on Saturday.
Logan Dodds, d. D.. OF Davenport
and Minor Clark of this city, enroute
| to Seattle. reached Salt Lake last
Saturday.
Captain anG Mrs. A. v. Fetter o
Quincy are the parents of nine
pound son. The Captain is the vel
known river contractor.
The acts and joint resolutions
passed at the regular session Of the
thirty-third general assembly of the
state OF Iowa have been received By
Green Vermillion.
The small ST. Louis pleasure boat
/ the "Doodlebug," passed up the river
yesterday afternoon at 5:45, enroute
to Burlington, where 1t will help swell
i the attendance on the fifth and sixth
OF July.
Several camping parties are hold
ing forth across the river, at the glens
and along the river above Hamilton.
The weather at the present time Is
4 ideal for such outings and many Keo.
kukians are taking advantage Of the
season to spend it in camp.
Keokuk IS not to be outdone by
Quincy which the other day had a
case of resurrection, when man who
had been reported drowned, turned up
alive a few ua.vs later. Des Moines
also has q case, boy having been re.
ported drowned, butSnow it is thought
| that he is alive and we'll
| Marion. the little ten year old
daughter of Mr.. and MS. Albert F.
Linquist, who has been i'll for the past
| ten days with spinal meningitis is
slightly better today, her condition
which has been very serious having
taken a turn for the better during the
nigat.
Several racing launches have
passed up the river yesterday and day
before. The names of these "streaks
Of lightning could not be learned, how
ever, on account of the high speed
that was maintained while they were
shooting up the river and over the
rapids.
The Sunday School department o.
the First Christian church enjoyed a
picnic today at Wild Cat Springs.
Over a hundred members of the Sum
day School and church spent the day
in the woods, leaving early with well
filed baskets, baseball GUSTS and
paraphernalia with which to have a
real good time.
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"A party of fishermen will leave for
st. Paul about the eighth VI July in
| Captain A. G. Decker's palatial launch.
the Viviane III. The party will find
fishing grounds at Otter Tail lake,
260 miles northwest of st. Paul and
several weeks will be spent by the
gentlemen in fishing and having a
glorious outing in the woods. The
same trip was made last year by the
party and is said to be one of tbs
prettiest known to followers of the
i rod and reel. There will be seven or
eight in Captain Decker's rarty.
For the consideration of $500,
i 5000 in hand and 500 to be paid up
on the death of one Ct the guarantees,
William Smallenberg has conveyed to
John DeYong and Fred DeYong the
following tract of land located on the
Boulevard between the Plank road
and Main street: One acre in the east
one-half of the northeast quarter OF
4 section 90, township 65 north, Of
range 5 west, commencing at the
southeast corner of the 21a acre tract
sold by B. F. Hagerman to Johr
Happs This land was previously con
veyed to William Smallenburg b,
Flora SteinmeIz
What is the Des Moines river go
ing to do? The farmers in the bor
toms who were but recently drowned
out, have replanted their flooded
lands and expecting big crop, blu
at the present time the river is be
coming dangerous again and threatens
to overflow There has been rise a
nes Moines of nearly foot sine
Sunday morning and heavy rain
along the stream have caused consit
: erabl anxiety among those peopl
living along the shores. A two foo
!, rise in the river would send the waite
back over the lowlands again and rui
the second planting. The Mississippi
Il has gone up nearly a foot since ye'
a terday morning and was at the IL
& mark this morning and still rising.
y The Keokuk base ball team ha
& landed in second place by the result
h of yesterdays games and lacks but
y few points now of being on the top
h the heap. The club plays one MOI
game at Waterloo and then comt
II home. playing here on Thursday wit
~ Kewanee, opening up four game Sc
- les. Kewanee. being ne of the wea
err teams according to the percentas
table, should give Keokuk ar excelle
opportunity of making a further jun
1t seems that there was son
trouble on the Wabash excursion
Springfield, Sunday. somewhat sill
liar to an affair of the same natu
last year A Quincy paper speaks
it in the following para. raph: 1t a
been reported by persons attends
the Wahach aycursiou To Snrin pfie