The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-07
CITY NEWS.

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sick list for a few days.
Special low prices on buggies and
harness at Sherwood's, FOB Main.
&c G. Boggs, White sewing ma.
chine agent. now at ia Main street.
Special attention given to repair
ing harness at Sherwood,s, 703 Main.
Moaning reserved. All mems and
boys suits included in Ewers-Mc-
Carthy's 20 per cent reduction sale
II. II. Aherton, who has been i'll
with a severe case of tonsilitis for
two weeks past, is able to be out.
again.
The Ideal Hair Bazaar, 6211ks. Sin
is the place to go for fine hair goods
made to order. Special offer next
week
George Sherwood sold to Thos.
Gallagher the beautiful little pony
buggy which was seen on the streets
yesterday.
--Regular meeting OF Keoknk lodge
No. 10, o.. c. O. r., Monday Eight at
8 o'clock. Visiting brethren fraternal.
~ invited
Wanted Fifty quarrymen and la
borers at Burlington quarry Co.'S
stone crusher. Montrose Good board
ing house at works
David James and John Wilson
were arrested Saturday night for
disturbing the peace at Sixteenth and
BlOndeRu streets. Both are colored.
Paul LANCE, Iowa's oldest music
dealer, and the man who brought the
first piano to Burlington, died In that
city Saturday morning at the age Of
eighty-two years.
The August number OF System,
monthly periodical devoted to Office
men. contains brief description OF
the Keokuk and Hamilton Water
Power dam and illustrations Of same.
Masonic. Regular meeting Hard
in lodge No. 20 A. F. and A. NJ. Mon
day evening at s o'clock. Visiting
brethren fraternaliy invited to attend.
BY order of the w. M. C. M. vogler,
secretary.
The Iowa executive council has
authorized the state board Of parole
to hire special agent or parole Of
| ficer at salary Of 500 per month
and expenses to look after paroled
convicts.
Emile F. Renaud, jeweler and op-
| tician, has presented the west end fire
station with handsome clock, the
time piece being an article that wiz
! come in handy to the fire fighters sta
| toned in the extreme end OF Keokuk.
The International Order of
| Twelve, Sir knights and Daughters
| of Taber, will hold convention in
! Eighth street hall, converting Tuesday.
! S. A. Jordan, international grand men
| tor, of Little Rock. Ark, will make
1 the opening address.
For the first time in at least o
| third OF century the Diamond 10
/ Packet Company has had to suspend
all of their packets in mid-season be-
cause of the unusually low water in
! the Mississippi river Announcement
/ was made yesterday that the Du-
/ buque will not come up the river.
The funeral Of Joseph P. Clarity
! was held Saturday morning at st.
Peters Catholic church, Services
| were conducted by Very Rev. J. w.
I Gillispie. The following were pail
bearers: Messrs. William Burke, An
drew Hickey. Edward O'Hearn, John
] Rafferty,. Martin Reardon and Anthony
! Rotchford.
The late NJ. B. yanAusdall was
4 laid to rest in Hickory Grove cemetery
at Sandusky Saturday, after services
| at the family residence on the Middle
/ road, conducted By Mrs. Emily Collins.
I assisted by Rev Rhoades. The pail
bearers were the following: Robert
\ Kerr, Elmer Smith, A. Hawkins, Will
4 liam Peevler, Howard Layton and
Bernard Carrick.
! William Ballinger, president of
| the Keokuk Canning Company, is en-
| thusiastic about the company's crops
this season. Mr.. Ballinger declares
that he has never seen al of the
| crops 30 prosperous. He predicts
| bumper crops of tomatoes, pickles and
| corn. Often one or two OF the crops
| have been big. but never have all of
1 them prospered as this year.
The funeral of Mrs James Fur
| long. Sr.. was conducted at st. Fran
els de Sales Catholic church Saturday
| morning In the presence of a large
number of friends. Requiem high
mass was read by Rev. James Dun
MON, pastor, and the following gentle
men, nephews of Mrs. Furlong. acted
as pallbearers: William Murphy.
James Murphy. Martin Kelley. John
Murphy. l.. Scott and William G..
murphy.
of the alleged land fraud In Illi-
nois, in which H. s. Rand Of Quincy,
formerly of Keokuk, was implicated,
the Monmouth Review says Thomas
| r. Wilson Of this city is bre.thing
/ easy today, after having been in sus-
pense for several weeks. Mr.. Wilson
thought he was being locoed out of a
/ fine 240-acre farm over In Mercer
county and not until today was he
sure that he was not the victim of a
confidence game Some time ago the
gentleman entered into negotiations
for the trade of his place for hotel
property in Indiana, and the first
thing he knew he didn't own either the
farm Or the hotel and it was then
that he awoke to the situation and
started proceedings which have
Strengthened out the tangle and left
Mr. wilson with whole pocketbook
II there was any intention of de-
frauding Mr.. Wilson by the men In
the deal. they did not get away with
1t and have signed statement and
agreed to return to Wilson the deeds