The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03
CITY NEWS
Horse blankets at Sherwbod's.
Smoke Moeller's silver Ash cigar


Smoke Moeller's Silver Ash cigar.
Lap robes for buggy or auto at
Sherwood's.
Chief Anderson and Commission
er Gray succeeded in getting horse
that satisfied them in every way,
when they made their trip to Hamil-
ton the latter part of last week. The
new snimnl cost $40, forty dollars
less than the gray fire steed purchased
couple of weeks ago and now being
used On the West Keokuk team by
b-sser Geo. Yenger. The new sorrel
viii displace the faithful old Bob
wAo hiss seen many years of se-.
wee on the chemical engine and is
now bordering around the twenty
year mark. Three bidders are after
tie old fire horse which has been de-
POSED ns the unchristened animal
Noasht Ia the sale ring at Hamilton
last wreck Captsin Harry Malone OF
tue police force. &. T. Bartruff and
William Sineon want Bob. He will
be sold to the highest bidder. Forty
nve dollars has already been offered
for him bat the city thinks the horse
Is worth something like seventy-flve
dollars. as he is sound in every way,
although getting too old for depart
ment work
Burlington Hawk-Eye. The re-
pairs at the Grand opera house are
nearing completion. They will in
ciside everything necessary to make
the house absolutely safe. The plas-
tering on the ceiling. which had to
be taken down, will not be replaced at
this time, and the defect will be hid
den by heavy canvass But every
thing required to make the house alb
sola;ely safe and to make the pre-
sentatiuns success, is being done
now. The stage has been repaired,
the proscenium arch has been replas-
tered and the inches filled up, the
glass that was blown out is being re-
placed, and many minor repairs are
being made. Men were at work on
the new footlights, yesterday. the
old ones having been blown into the
gallery by the explosion. The re-
plastering and re-decorating on a
grand scale. viii be left for the sum-
mer vacation. In this line little has
been done for a dozen years, and it
10 hoped to redecorate the house
throughout next summer and perhaps
to refurnish It, And the manager
predicts among other good things, a
new asbestos curtain.
Yesterdays Hawk-Eye says of the
visit to this city today OF Messrs.
Cooper and Webb: Two men, sup
posed to be eastern capitalists, are
coming to Burlington Monday for the
purpose of investigating the condition
of the river between this city and
Keokuk, and its bearing upon the
Gate City water power project. A
local launch will be chartered to make
the cruise, which will be done In
leisurely manner, the entire day be-
ing devoted to the inspection Of the
big stream. A number OF investors
have made the identical trip in the
past two years that the eastern men
propose to take, starting from this
city. The water will back up nearly
to Burlington, when the big dam is
built, overlooking the lowlands, and
the trip is being made for the pur-
pose Of examining the territory.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Members
OF the national guard OF Iowa, includ-
ing Company H of this city, are to be
given instruction during the winter
months by three sergeants OF the reg.
ular army assigned for that purpose
by the war department. The serg-
eants are William F. wiscombe and
George D. Dixon. of the First infantry,
and Kelley G. Mccullough, OF the
Fourth infantry These men will be
assigned to work with the different
regiments Of the state. and particular
care is to be given the recruits. It
will be the aim to keep the com
panies Of the state up to the regular
army standard.