The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-13
CITY NEWS.

See our line of new huggfes.
Sherwood's.
The fire steamer was taken to
the new EIk's building foundation at
Sixth and Blondeau today and water
pumped out of the excavation, pre-
paratoTy 10 commencing work on the
cellar.
A number of insurance adiustors
have arrived in the city to settle
the fire claims OF the Taber Lumber
Co.
All roads lead to Keokuk,'' would
be a good slogan 10 put into practice
and see that all OF them do lead
here. hereafter
Don't fail to get our prices on
harness. Sherwood's.
John NJ Dawson. assistant attor-
ney general of Missouri. with head
quarters at Jefferson City, was In the
city today Mr. Dawson has a number
Of friends here and is a well known
Missouri resident
Good sleeping these nights.
That Keokuk is growing and that
there are many more travellers COM
ing TO the city than a year ago
at this time. is evidenced by the hotel
registers. The Hotel Keokuk Tuesday
night turned away number Of would
be guests and last night the house
was filed TO its capacity. July of last
year, the register showed less than
half house during almost every
night OF the month
The regular monthly meeting of
the humane society will be held at the
home OF Miss n. o. Sutton, s24
Grand avenue, at T:45 O'Clock this
evening.
Horace Ropes, who has been a
frequent visitor to Keokuk in connec-
ton with the water power enterprise,
has withdrawn from the local inspec-
ton position under Consulting Engin-
eer Freeman. and is succeeded by
Engineer Northrup.
Better have that guttering and
spouting attended 10 while the sun
shines. Our prices the lowest. Settler
{ Cherry Co.
Oscar Tracy, who for many years
was manager of the Western Union
at Keokuk. is now employed By the
I Western Union at Chicago in the traf
I ic department
I 1t Will be but few weeks before
the theatrical season will open. 1t is
understood that Keokuk will get q
! fine line OF attractions for the coming
year Il is also the wish of the Keo
kuk theatre patrons that Manager
/ Worley be returned.
The c. B. & @. paymaster will ar
rive in Keokuk next Monday. the 18th
Fresh catfish at Jos. Haubert' 5
700 Main. Both phones.
For the past two or three days 3
number of foreign laborers have beer
walking about the streets, creatin;
much attention. The little brown
looking men have falling for PM
neckties and the gaudier the color o
the cravats, the better they seem u
suit the wearer
John B. Welsh, chief clerk In tn,
&c. B. & @. office, is i'll at his home
ia Exchange street.
News comes from New Orleans Il
the effect that the "old Diamond Jo'
steamboat line has decided to inaugu
rate a passenger and freight servic'
between st. Louis and New Orlean
during the coming fall The Diamon'
10 company is well known on the UP
per river az being owner of the Dia
mond 10 fleet that was purchased dur
ing the last winter by the Streckfu
Steamboat company, which is opera,
ing the boats of the old company Of
the upper river this year. Accordin
: to the dispatches the new service o.
the lower river will commence abou
Sept. Is.
Remember we do all kinds OF tir
work, furnace work and guttering an
spouting. Seither-Cherry Co
, Chas. Hargrave and William Decl
er, two Migrants, were sentenced t
ten days in the city jail this morninE
having been found without any visibl
meanE of suuport ON the streets