The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-01
CITY NEWS.

Auio D1dukStS at GnSrWOOu s.
Tuesday. Nov. S, election day.
Gard party tomorrow, st. llary's.
For harness repairs, Sherwood's.
Supervisor George Brinkman was
IN Fort Madison today looking after
matters pertaining to his Office.
Mrs. Cortes Maxwell. 713 High
street. will begin her primary music
class. for piano. on November 1. Grad
ed pupils two weeks later.
The Burlington officials are pre-
pairing new time card. 1t is report
ed that No. IL, now Tue in Keokuk at
S:45, will arrive twenty minutes later.
w. H. Sterne has conveyed to
Thomas F. McManus the easterly Y
or lot IL, block 15s. The property is
on Morgan between Tenth and
Eleventh.
Regular meeting Morning Star
lodge No. 5 knights Of Pythias to-
night at 500 o'clock at Castle hall,
Fifth and Blondeau. Visiting knights
invited. Work in second rank. c. B.
Lake. C. G.
The first rehearsal Of the Monday
Music club chorus will be held in the
Y. M. C. A. auditorium tomorrow at
$3.50 p. m. All members are request
ed to be present.
Charles Bailey. night switch
man for the c.. B. and O., who has
been laid up for the past two wee6s
with broken thumb. will be able to
resume his duties tonight.
Another automatic pin-setter will
be installed on the third alley of the
Olympia Bowling Palace. This change
is caused by the rapid increase of
bowling on these alleys which rank
with the best In. the state.
Hon. Thomas P. Gore, the blind
senator from Oklahoma, will speak at
the district court room this evening at
500 o'clock. His appearance is under
the auspices of the democratic county
central committee.
I'm consideration of $500 Frank
Davis has conveyed to Prior P. Brown
the northwest IA of southwest IA OF
southwest IA of southwest IA; and
the southeast IA of southeast ia;
all in section &c, township sc. range
west
The weather summary for the
month of October as just issued by
Observer Gosewisch shows that there
were % clear days partly cloudy
days and cloudy days, with 8 days
on which there was rain. The high
est temperature was on the second, at
sc, and the coolest day was tho TWEEN
ty-ninth, at %.
The boat landing at the levee ap-
pears to be rather deserted and for
the past three months has but slightly
been disturbed by any boats other
than the Wenona and the Keokuk,
while they were compelled to alter
their regular trips on account Of the
low condition OF the river. From re-
cent report of the seasons business
the Diamond 10 line company states
that the company lost $4,000 on the
upper river trade this season.
The pupils Of the Terrence school
were delightfully."- entertained on Fri
day afternoon by the Keokuk CONCERT
company, All the pupils in the build.
ing were assembled on the first floor
to listen to the program, and showed
the keenest appreciation of the num-
bers rendered. Later in the afternoon,
the grammar school orchestra gave
several selections for the older pupils
which certainly proved treat for the
girls and boys and was the closing
feature of pleasant and profitable
afternoon
The Gate City last evening con-
tanned dispatch telling of the double
tragedy at Canton, Mo-. in which Lutte
Brickey and his wife met death. A
later dispatch says: In one room was
the body of the woman with shot
gun wound in her head, and in an
other room was the husband with a.
wound in his neck. Both were dead,
and the shot gun that laid at the
husbands side with two empty shells
in 1t told the story of the crime The
! husl and had shot his wife and then
tuned the deadly weapon on himself.
The couple were partially undressed
and appeared as if they were about to
retire when they became engaged in
quarrel, which resulted in both their
deaths. Mr.. and Mrs. Bricney had
only been married few months. Mrs.
Brickey had been resident of Tully
for number of years but he had Nv
ed there only about six months. He
had attempted to kill his first wife in
! Iowa several years ago and served a
term in the Iowa state penitentiary for
the crime. Soon afterwards his wife
secured divorce from him. After
serving his term in prison he came
to Tully and welded Mrs. Brickey.