The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-28
CITY NEWS.

See the new line of horse blank
cts at Sherwood's.
;. Third annual concert and dance OF
the Troubadour Co. NJ w. A. hall to
night
4 Mrs. Theo. Craig is confined to
her home with very badly sprained
ankle.
Regular meeting of Hermann
] ledge, No. 1l6. l. o. o. F., tonight a,
! 80 o'clock. Visiting brethren cordial
y invited.
-keokuk Camp NJ. W. A. No. So
! will hold its regular meeting tonigh,
at Woodman hall, All members are
requested to ,,e present.
I'm consideration of $3.50, Mrs.
Washington Newberry has transferred
to vanworden c. Newberry ninety six
acres of land in Des Moines township.
In Consideration of $500 w. c. New
berry has transferred to Mrs. Wash
ington Newberry certain described
property in Argyle,
The Wabash freight, which is due
to leave this city at $40 P. m, re-
manned in the city yesterday morning
one hour after leaving time in order
TO accommodate large crowd which
was in Nauyoo attending the Latter
Day Saints convention for several days.
The party numbered thirty, which
boarded the east bound freight train.
Friday. September 80, free art
exhibition will be given by the White
Sewing Machine Agent, c. c. Boggs,
at TIA Main street, all made by him.
Any person buying machine for
cash from l p m. to 6 p. m. can have
1t for 20 per cent over factory cost.
If buying on time, monthly payments
will be the same as ever. Call and
see.
The traffic in and out of the city
for the past few days has been ex-
ceedingly large as was reported at
the Union depot this morning While
the freight business has surpassed
that of many years. TIE c. d. & @.
has recently installed another switch
engine in order to handle the freight
business to and from this city. Pre-
vious to this they had one regular
switch engine and an assistant, but
now they have three regulars, which
signifies that the railroad business in
this city is on rapid increase.
-Des Moines Tribune: AS result
of the investigation of state food and
dairy Commissioner Barney, the car
load of decayed apples, which were
oh iY1tO 90
to q local Jelly company, were seized
by United States Marshal Nichol,
Saturday afternoon Information has
been fled in the federal district court
charging the A. J. Thompson company
of Chicago with violation of the In
terstate commerce law. The car load
OF apples will be held until November,
when it will be introduced as evidence
against the Chicago firm
Down In the swamps along the
Des Moines river below Ottumwa. the
twenty-five civil engineers, who are
making the government survey to de-
termine the navigability Of the river,
are shiyering and doctoring colds. AL
though Chief A. o. Rouse has order
ed stoves placed in the tents, they
have not been completed and for the
last two weeks the members of the
party have been crawling in between
icy sheets and praying for the ar
rival of the heaters Reports from the
camp state that the early morning
hours are equal to any polar weather
ever endured. Several young men
from Keokuk are In the party.
Burlington Gazette: Vim. Morrow,
a farmer living at Lowell, Iowa, was
fined 80 and costs by Squire Huneke
this afternoon, finding the defendant
guilty of selling rotten eggs contrary
TO the state pure food law. The in
formation was filed by Deputy Food
Inspector VI. e. Flynn, who appeared
TO prosecute. This case was based on
the sale of a case of eggs by Morrow
to Ihrer & Sons. The case was dis
posed of by the retailer to local ho
tel, where the chef found that half
of them were rotten He declared
he didn't want no more of them kind
of eggs in his place. and the inspect
or was notified, resulting in the prose
cution.
The evangelistic meetings at the
Second Presbyterian church opened
last night very auspiciously with a.
fair sized audience present. Evange
list Willis delivered powerful SER
mon on Pleasing Cod" which was
listened to with close attention and
marked interest Although a little
hoarse on account of the strain at
the close of his former meetings, he
sang a fine SOLO which was greatly
appreciated Mr. Willis is a strong
preacher. fine soloist and choir leader.
and the prospects are that by the
close OF the week the church will be
crowded by those anxious to hear him
A chorus choir will be organized to-
night and some special attractions in
the wav of music may. be expected.
The subject OF the sermon for tonight
will be THE Best Banner" Song
service at 1870. preaching at $780, |