The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-10
CITY NEWS

requested to meet at st, Peters hall,
i Friday morning, Feb. II, at O'clock
sharp. to attend the funeral of Sister
4 Elizabeth Hickey.
-keosauqua Democrat; Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Brown will go. to keokuk
Saturday where there will be a fam.
lily reunion at the home of Mrs.
Browns parents, Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ.
Bateman
-B. L. Auwerda leaves this evening
for New York city to spend several
days in buying goods. EARLY next
week he will be Joined by Messrs.
John Nagel and George S. Tucker. who
leave Keokuk on Monday, and the
three gentlemen, after short pleas
ure stay in the metropolis. will tax an
ocean trip to New Orleans, remain
ing in the south for few days before
returning home.
%. r. Johnston. of Fort Madison,
who made such hit at the baseball
minstrel last year in his prison garb
speciality, will put on another stunt
at the minstrel on Washington's BIRTH
day. He has not given out what it
Will be, but a bigger hit than ever is
promised when Fort Madison's best
entertainer wades in before the foot
lights
"A. w. Kelso, superintendent OF
the Des Moines valley division of the
Rock Island. who represented that
road here yesterday at the annual
meeting of the Keokuk Union Depot
company. and A. w. Eberhart. divis-
ion freight agent of the Rock Island,
with headquarters in Des Moines, left
this morning in the formers private
car, for head offices.
i superintendent A. W. Kelso. of
4 the Rock Island Iowa lines, and A. w
Eberhart, division freight agent of the
same company, with headquarters in
Des Moines. were in Keokuk We'd
nesday looking after company inter
ests. Mr. Kelso is the successor of
superintendent Given who for years
was located in the capital city
Messrs. Kelso and Eberhart made a
number of calls on Keokuk business
men. They are both well known and
capable railroad men.
Harrington Republican,: We have
heard several favorable comments on
an improved wagon box, invented and
patented by o. o. Newberry of Argyle
II Nv. Newberry recently had a model
/ of his invention on exhibition in
Pennington which appears to us to be
just what every farmer or teamster
will buy in preference to the old
style. 1t consists, mainly of metal
corner cleats and metal tongue and
| grooves, which prevents leakage of
grain and increases the capacity OF
the wagon box by doing away with
the numerous old style cleats. II
must be seen to be appreciated and
We believe Orsen has bonanza
-Galitzin Council No 739 Knights
of Columbus. Fort Madison, will hold
the tri-city initiation this year. The
date-April 10-has been decided up
on and preparations are already un.
der way. This initiation includes
candidates from Keokuk, Burlington
and Fort Madison. Speakers from Chi
cago and Des Moines are expected to
be present and there will be services
during the entire day, initiation work
commencing Immediately after din.
5 ner The reception committee is COM
posed of the following knights, many
of who are known in Keokuk H l..
Schroeder, Dan Daley, F. H. Wilken,
Dr.. John Downs, a. B. Caster. F. H.
Weber. Christ Buescher, ]. J. Datin,
B. B. Hesse, ST., Theodore Nabers, NJ.
E. Carroll, B. j. Barry. George Gist,
A. ]. KessIer. William Culligan. Mel
choir Berger. L. V. Datin, William
Argast, Henry Weiddinger, Albert
Heitz.
Percy Brown. a convert, colored,
was taken before the insanity commits
sion in Fort Madison yesterday and af-
ter an examination was found insane.
His case is quite peculiar one and of
IN him the Democrat says: The boy was
rs one of the converts at the revival
lr meetings recently held at the Second
a Baptist church and Friday night Great
~ ed considerable excitement at the SER
Il. vices, when he was so overcome by
2. his emotions that he became violent
st and had to be removed to his home,
p where he has since been in serious
al state of mind He was adjudged men
y tally unbalanced by the board, which
consisted OF DR.. F. c. Roberts, H. C.
Stemple and O. R. Johnson. At the
last few moments he became quite
n. violent, kicking and biting and re.
qniring considerable effort to keep
: him quiet. Accompanied by his ia,
Their and Thomas Smith he was taken
! to Mt. Pleasant this afternoon by
! Sheriff Datin. The boy has been living
in this city for number of years and
for some time had been employed at
the Saar barber shop, 6o9 Second
street