The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-08
CITY NEWS.


to have been held this afternoon at
o'clock. Other societies and organiza-
tions of the school will renew their
meetings and enroll new memberships
for the coming seasons. The glee
clubs, debating societies, German Club
and others will be in session during
the coming weeks. The Girls Athlet-
is association intends to direct en-
deavors along athletic lines in the
near future.
An Iowa man visiting in Keokuk
today made. the remark that the dam
now being constructed is without
doubt one of the greatest educators OF
modern engineering and mechanism
| in the whole world The gentleman is
rightfully enthusiastic about keokuk' 8
and Hamilton's giant enterprise.
Next Wednesday morning, the
steamer Keokuk will leave here an
hour earlier than her usual time for
Quincy to allow people between here
and that city to attend the Barnum
Bailey circus which will show there
4 The Keokuk will leave Keokuk at S a
M.
Both the local packets, the BlacR
Hawk and the Keokuk, had no trouble
in getting here last night from Bur
lington and Quincy. The steamers
were in before 9 O'clock.
C. W. Sanders, a negro who was
raising disturbance in Rag Alley
;1rbt n thirty
days in jail this morning for beins
drunk and disorderly. An information
was filed against Sanders by his wife
Mrs. Meta Sanders, charging her hus
band with assault and battery upoI
her person Sanders plead not guilty
to this charge saying to Judge Nc
Namara. so God l nevah touched da1
woman anime Bond was fixed al
500 on the assault charge and Sau
ders went back to Jail. F. l.. Hoeney
a vagrant found in the railroad yards
at Sixth and Johnson, was sent out Of
town. Hoeney claimed that ne was
sick and went into the alley to lie
down and rest.
Geo. We'll has opened new gro
Gerry at 800 North Thirteenth Street
stocked with the best the market al
fords. He solicits a share Of your pat
ronage. Bell phone, 1877 Black.
Trial to have been held for j
Locke Warwick and T. D. Harris, a
two o'clock this afternoon was post
poned until ten o'clock tomorrow
morning. Warwick, the proprietor o
the Warwick hotel, South Fifth ST
and Harris, his employe. are charged
; by Chief of Police Schevers IL
two informations with violation OF the
law when they dispensed beer at TIT
hotel on last Monday, Labor day, Fou
witnesses were called to testify in thu
trial this afternoon and will be IL
court in the morning. D. F. Miller, at
torney for the defendants was busie'
with other matters this afternoon ant
unable to attend the trial
Willis, the II year old son o
John Morris, who lives near Belknal
boulevard, on the Main street road
died today of typhoid fever.
The Burrows Row on North Mint
street between Main and Blondeau
one of the oldest tenement district
in the city is being torn down, work
men having started to razing tn
building yesterday. Some trouble wa
anticipated by the officers with "Pre
lessor" Barnes, the old negro Gimme
sweep who is at least as old as BuI
rows Row itself, having moved hi
household junk back into his forme
rooms after he had once been order
ed to take it out He was told by
policeman to get out and stay out
and has sought other quarters.
The following item from tn
Bowen Qll) Chronicle will be of in
terest to Keokuk friends of Rev Sar
derson: Rev. A. e. Sanderson, forme
pastor of Keokuk Christian church
visited a short time at the home o
Mrs. Jane Ramsey, enroute to Spo
kane. Wash, having been to Houston
i Texas, on business.
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