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

DR. Christensen, osteopath, Y. NJ.
c. A.
1900 good Atwood ga horse BRAN
kets, $3.50, at Sherwo6d's.
All best grades Of shoe polish, 2
boxes for 15c this week Karle's.
DR.. c. E. Ruth will be in the Of
fee OF w. c. Howell, attorney, 9 to IL
a. m. and to p. m. No. IS North
Fifth street.
j. C. Penn and Miss Ida Angel,
both OF Keokuk, were married by us
tice James s. Burrows at o'clock Sat
urday morning.
e. r. Cochrane equalled the local
golf course record Saturday when he
made &c. Cochrane is one OF the
longest drivers in the club.
Miss Emma Strohn OF Hamilton
denies the report published in Tic
Gate City Thursday evening that she
has sold her cigar store to George
Seibert of Keokuk.
The nutting season is here Yes
terday there were any number of small
boys to be seen trudging slowly to-
ward home with heavy sacks upon
their shoulders, filled with nuts.
The Central Association meeting
which is to be held In Chicago on
October 90, will convene at the Bre-
WORT Hotel, President Justice having
completed arrangements for same to-
day.
During the summer months there
were a number of vacant store build
ings along Main street. These build
ings are gradually being occupied and
their number has decreased rapidly
during the past few days.
DR. and Mrs. ]. B. How'd departed
this morning for Burnside, H., called
there by the death of Mrs Howd's
brother. c. c. Gibson. Death was caus-
ed by obstruction of the bowels. The
deceased was a brother of Senator
Gibson of Carthage, Ill.
in the official averages received
1t Is of interest to note that Hughie
Miller, Keokuk's first baseman, is
head and shoulders above them all in
stealing bases. He pilfered sixty-four.
which Is Just eight more than Joe
Burg of Quincy. Thds performance Is
rather remarkable in that Miller's bat
/ ting average was many points behind
Burg's.
While others were cavorting
around Sunday, the fishermen with rod
reel were keeping spots about Round
| Pond, Dead Slough and all OF the 9th
fer Walton hannts across the river
warm yesterday all day. Fly" fishing
/ is always popular in the fall season
and many good mess of finnes is
caught with the fake bugs on the ends
of silken fishing lines.
| Physical Director linn OF the Y
+ NJ. C. A. attacked the members Of the
/ High school foot ball team In wordy
manner after the second quarter Of g
foot ball game. Saturday he took the
lads OF the local school to task aftel
the first two installments OF the game
had been played with Ft Madison
and instilled grit into them. The phys
ical director believes in making the
team men, sore at themselves anc
then they go after the remaining
chunk of the game like so many fierce
young, and untamed tigers.
| Chief OF Police Scnevers has as
signed each OF his day patrolmen tc
a certain beat which the officer will
make during all hours from sunup to
Z shutdown. The night men are scout
/ ing" about at all hours of the night
so there is unanimity about both
shifts now that was not heretofore
maintained Some time early next
spring, the police department is going
to install call booths In various sec
tions Of the city. After those fixtures
have been placed the patrolmen will
call in to the station every so often
and at all times the sergeant at the
desk viii know where the patroling
officers are The police force of the
city is making metropolitan strides
right along. and the blue uniformed
officers Of Keokuk are no longer back
numbers. It all helps