The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-08
MAIL CARRIER
HAD RUNAWAY
Warsaw Hin EnlIvened by Actions of
Young Horse That Made Two
spectacles of
Itself.
ROCK CRUsHER BOUGHT
Trolley Activity in This Vicinity
Causes Warsaw to Look For.
ward to Better
Service.

WARSAW, ILL.,, May S.--Park Hess.
the Lima mail carrier, had serious
runaway on lower Warsaw hill, Thurs
day afternoon when just starting out
He was driving young colt, and was
sitting between two men, when the
horse took fright at an auto, throw
Ing the three men out, and pinning
Mr.. Hess under the buggy. The bug
gy was righted and horse caught,
and parties secured another bpg-
BY, when. in nearly the same spot
the horse ran off again, the buggy was
broken as was the first one, all parties
getting severe bruises; Mr.. Hess suf
fered a black eye, skinned nose and
badly wrenched knee He remained
in Warsaw Thursday night, and wen.
home next morning but did not risk
| the colt.
Ben Brinkman and Tim Lockhart,
| foreman, and Waterman respectively,
at the shoe factory, killed a rattle
/ snake at the rivers margin below the
factory Saturday afternoon His
snakeship had seven rattles and
button, the first snake killed around
here this season.
B. Frank Marsh and wife have re-
movedsto their ranch near Emigrant,
4 Montana. They left on Thursday,
their goods and horses preceding them
| by couple of days in charge of Guy
Fairfax
Dick Marsh, one of uoopers engi-
1
horse that he raised and rides him to
his work on the dam every morning
Through Dan Ernest the harness man,
he last week purchased a handsome
imported horse hide saddle with pat
ent nickle plated stirrups, for which
he paid s75.bv. 1t is the finest sad
die ever sold in Warsaw and will last
him almost lifetime
Ray Williams has recovered from
} his attack of the measles, though not
} strong, and hopes soon to be at school
again.
again attending to the rapidly in
creasing excursion business of the
Carnival City Packet Co.
4 There will be meeting of the
Warsaw Improvement Association on
J Monday night at city hall, to receive
President Plantz' resignation, elect
. his successor hear committee re-
ports, arrange for Decoration Day,
J and attend to other detail business
The street cleaning gang is doing
good work, cleaning up the cutters and
putting the streets in good shape, civ
ing them good drainage, preparatory
to the next rain.
"Dreamland'' will be the name of
Ed Kuse's new electric theatre. 1t
will be lined with decorated steel
plates and made fireproof in every
way, and well ventilated; electric
fans will cool the atmosphere, and in
winter the house will be adequately
warmed The 'front.' entrance is sur
mounted by large arch studded with
electric lights. llr. Kuse aims to
make this place of amusement per
fectly first class and up-to-date, and it
undoubtedly will be very popular, es.
pecially with out of town visitors
WHeH the UIollSN CoHeS up 4tn Slleet
hill again, which it most likely will
when the power is increased at keo
kuk
Mr.. Hugh l.. Cooper has no doubt
warm place in his heart for Warsaw
or he would not have given it the bar
gain he has in selling to the city a
portable rock crusher, and engine
nearly new for little more than halt
their original cost. The new city ad
ministration has done a wise thing in
buying this outfit, something the city
has greatly needed for many day
The crusher will crush 125 tons OF
rock per day.
The Baraca class of the Presbyter