The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-12
CITY NEWS

Free-Wz-sr power souvenirs al
Dcdgefs theatre next Thursday night
There VII be meeting OF the
board o. education q Thursday even
ing AZ 7.sa. IN Superintendent Al
drfc-'s oGce-
Attend The closing ont sale Of
glass ware. china ware and kitchen
utensils. SOS Main street
-EeoEuk Camp u. W. A No 622
viii hold rs regular meeting tonight
at woodman hall All members are
requested 10 re present
There viii be preaching al the
Latter Day Saints church, Thirteenth
and Bank streets. Wednesday and
Thnrsday evenings al I::so. By Elder
II. H. Siegfried. AL are invited.
Two lots II Hawkeye addition
we're purchased By Haskins Hitchcock
for SIS each. One is lot Is, block
Il. and the other is lot S. block II.
This addition Is back OF Oakland GENE.
terri.
High scshooi students are busy
this week, finishing their final ex-
animation. which will so long way
in determining the credits each Is to
receive AZ the close OF the first term,
fast approaching.
The painters are improving the
looks OF the Hobbies and other recesses
OF the Y. 81. C. A. building today. The
Office Of the general secretary, Mr.
Hufstader, has been beau.ifed by a
coating OF paint on the interior.
"A number OF cars of coal are be
ing received in the city each dav and
the several roads seem TO be getting
the tangled condition out of affairs,
and the local dealers are being sup
piled in more plentiful manner than
week ago.
A. Hollingswor.s.s paid $500 today
for an option on 20s acres of fand
above the city of Galland, the option
being good until March /. The land is
owned by Jeremy G. Anderson and
Liberty A. Anderson and In the event
that Mr. Hollingsworth buys he will
pay $4,000 for It.
"A Des Moines dispatcn rsys that
the fund created by the n-w law re-
auiring all hunters to purchase IL
censes at 81 each yesterday leaped to
the 100000 mark The exact figures
are s99,752, but enough money is Oh
the way in to bring the total over the
100000 line. All the money is at the
disposal of Fish and Game Warden
George A. Lincoln. but he has been adj
yised by Governor Carroll that hs
should not spend more than $4,000
of it. as it is plain the makers OF
/ the Law did not anticipate revenue
from the licenses exceeding this
amount During the discussion be-
fore the passage of the bill supporters
of the measure were of the opinion
1 that the Iowa nimrods did not num-
/ Der more than $4,000, and one dollar
from each of these, added to the 3d.
/ 600 appropriated for the game ward
ems use, was deemed sufficient.
The Erie railway has provided
one car in some of its suburban trains
for those who object to the steam heat
and stuffy atmosphere of the regular
| cars. The. cars carry signs reading
Fresh Air" and are started out with
the windows wide open Any person
riding in these cars has the right to
close the window next to him. but
has no right to insist on the closing
of other ventilation openings in the
car Those who find the cars tco cold
can always move to other cars in the
4 train. This is considered novel way
and sensible way Of handling the
vexatious problem OF heating and ven
tilating cars in the winter time.
William Kennedy, aged twenty
years, whose home is near Metz, No.
and little Miss Shirley Smith, agec
fourteen years, whose home is neal
Industry, H., are married. The wed
ding occurred at Nevada, Vernon
county, Mo-, about 125 miles south o.
Kansas City. They are the youthful
clippers who eloped from McDonougf
county, H., Tuesday of last week
The story of their wild flight through
a binding, bowling storm OF sIeet am
snow, from MacomD to Colchester
from there to Blandinsyille, then t
Dallas City, and from there to Bur
lington by train, was related las
week. Il is remembered that tn,
county clerk in Keokuk was awaiting
their arrival here for license. Blu
the couple failed to turn up. tele
!, phone message had been received b,
the clerk requesting that they be no
issued license. The mother traiIe
them, but finally consented to tn
marriage, after they had outwitte
her. She expressed herself highl
disguised with the Missouri Law, how
ever.
"A packed house greeted Thomr
son, the Egyptian evangelist. las
night at the Christian church, corne
: of Bank and Fifteenth streets, in tn
opening sermon Of the series, rs No
this the Christi" The subject was T.
prove that Jesus was the sos Of Co
: and the Son Of man to present Hin
TO the people in more practical an
helpful manner than simply tn
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