The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
CITY NEWS.


be held this evening.
Don't miss A. o. U. W. dance
Wednesday evening. Sept. IL. at
Hawkes. han. Agne's orchestra.
] Fur. plush and wool lap robes,
Just in at Sherwood's.
"A marriage license was issued to-
day to DR.. Frank R, Fielding of
Milo, Iowa, and Miss BERTHE NJ. Wright
OF Keokuk.
For a change today al of the
local bound passenger trains arrived
on time, something that has not hap
pened for the past two weeks.
The Woman's Guild of Graham
hospital will meet at the nurses home
tomorrow TUESDAY, afternoon, at 8
o'clock. Election of officers. Come
prepared to sew
The interior of the First Chris
tan church has been decidedly I'M
/ proved by the addition of new car
pet, painting and papering. II is now
one of the prettiest interiors in the
city
The present stage of the river is
6, fall of . since Saturday The
Missouri and Ohio rivers have been
4 rising slowly for the past week and
are expected to reach the normal
stage in few days, thus permitting
navigation.
Nearly all of the government
dredges along the river have quit
work, owing to the stage of the riv-
er. Most of them will remain in their
present positions to be ready for work
! In the event that low water neces-
1 states deeper channel.
The two new homes being erect
ed by Asaph Buck at the corner of
Ninth and Franklin streets are very
near completion and prove to be
handsome Improvement to that local.
atty. They are modern and pretty
dwellings and credit to the city.
Dexter L. Cooper, in charge of
construction work on the dam across
! the river, has returned home from a
business trip to Chicago in the inter
est of the Water Power Co. While
there he looked at considerable ma
chinery which will likely be purchased
/ this fall.
1t was stated yesterday that
new aviator had appeared In ST. Louis
by the name Of ]. ". Mccarthy from
Chicago, who las rented a place In
the aviation field and will attempt to
make fight near st. Louis. AS to
his experience as an aviator he lis not
known by the aeronauts.
-Nauvoo independent: F. l..
Griffey and Frank Swan and
ladies, OF Keokuk, were in the city
yesterday, coming in an auto. Mr..
Swan is former Nauvoo bow and this
was his first visit in long time.
Messrs. Griffey & Swan have the con.
tract for the erection OF new church
at Carthage, new school house at
Cofusa and the new /. o. O. F han
at Hamilton.
1t has been stated by the farmers
of Perry county, No, that the bottom
lands are infested by grasshoppers in
countless millions which are devour-
ing their crops. Never before have
the farmers witnessed grass hopper
plague They enter field of growing
corn or anything in the vegetation
line and In a short time every blade
has been deyoured. Opinion Is divid-
ed as to whether they will be able to
fly across the Mississippi and enter
Illinois.
"A party Of government engineers
on board the Gardie Eastman are
making the trip up the Mississippi
securing data of this river at the low
stage. They take soundings every
few miles and also register the
strength of the. current, In which way
It is easily determined the volume OF
water which passes in a given length
Of time. The Eastman viii 60 as far
north as the stage of the river viii
permit AS the raft boats have had
no trouble In the north, IL is likely the
Eastman VIII reach st. Paul.
Twenty young men friends OF
Heman T, Powers, who recently re-
signed as boys secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
and now OF Winona Lake. md, have
cent the former "Y" man a handsome
watch fob as an appreciation OF friend
ship and as souvenir Of the high
esteem in which he was held here
On the diverse side of the gold pend
ant Of the fob is the Y. NJ. c. A in
sigma, the Roman insignia tx p
and the triangle of the association in
the center, on the reverse side Of the
pennant is an inscription From
Hemie's Boys.' The remembrance
was sent with a letter from the
boys" and the gift VIII no doubt be
received With many pleasant mem
cries Of the work Mr.. Powers was en-
gagged in here.
The other day in Keokuk strang
er passed several worthless cheeks
on two local coal dealers anc liked
away with an even 500 He signed
the checks Henry Stern. Yesterday
in Quincy man signing Henry snyd-
er obtained money In the same man