The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-03
CITY NEWS.


Wolfe's.
There will be no issue Of this pa
per tomorrow.
! Sherwood for huggies and deliv-
| cry wagons.
-Tomorrow win be the glorious
Fourth.
Rockets. Roman candles and other
home fireworks at Wolfe's.
Railroad travel to Keokuk yester-
| day WAS light. Hot weather is held
accountable.
Sherwood leads in the harness
limo.
The Scott-Madden Iron Works
was closed today and the employees
win also have holiday tomorrow, In
observance OF the Fourth.
Let us repair your harness. Sher.
wood.
Business win be suspended in
Keokuk tomorrow by nearly every
store, factory and Office.
-Keokuk sweltered last night and
all day Sunday. Keokuk sweltered
again today and is getting ready to
repeat the performance tonight
-Keokuk was warm yesterday, hot
rather. but Des Moines residents evil
IDENTIFY suffered SATURDAY. evening, the
signal service report showing 104 de-
grees at shutdown in the capital city,
There will be band concerts on
Main street tomorrow morning. In the
afternoon the band will be at Rand
park where the Knights and Ladies
Of Security will manage the cefebra-
ton which winds up with fireworks
at night
-French's show boat was at the
river all day Sunday and left this
morning for the north. The boat was
here several days ago but was not
expected here Sunday.
Instead Of Mrs. Bell, 1t was Mrs.
Ball who was the cause of the trouble
between Chester Mcclure and Louie
Orffan, the popcorn man. Saturday
night The police reported that the
name was BELL" instead of Ball"
Yesterday was the anniversary Of
the assassination OF President Garfield
who was shot July 2, 1881. and died
from the wounds September 10. The
crime was not so long ago but what
many Keokuk people remember the
Cav when the news was received.
Hotel business Is very light, the
registers at the several houses show
ing a big falling off during the past
several days Many travelling men
have gone to their homes to spend the
Fourth and the weather is too warm
for much pleasure travel in this sec
ton OF the country.
Number 70, the north bound
freight from ST. Louis to Burlington,
arrived here three hours late this
morning. The regular arriving time
Of the feight is o'clock a. M. but
the through freight pulled into the
yards at 500 o'clock The cause of
delay was not learned.
IN. D. Pound, the Chicago inter
urban promoter was in the city Sat
urday and left for Nauvoo where he
will investigate the proposed line
work and what has been accomplish
I'd and be in attendance at the meet
ing o. the interurban company on Fri
day Mr.. Pond has been in Quincy
for the past week.
The Dining Car Department Of the
Northern Pacific railway, following
its custom of observing holidays, has
prepared a very neat little liberty
bell made out of pastry, tied with
red, white and blue ribbon, and orna-
mented at the top with Northern Pa
cific trade mark and the dates 1916
1911-July 4th. One OF these will be
presented to each patron on all North
ern Pacific dining cars on Independ-
ence day
The steamers Black Hawk and
Keokuk came In yesterday afternoon
about 1870 from Burlington and Quin-
cy. The Keokuk had about 300 pas
sengers, while the Black Hawk car
ried about 200 The trip was the last
for the Black Hawk, running into this
city on Sunday, and commencing next
week the boat viii go back to her
old Sunday schedule, leaving mere Tor
Burlington about 7 o'clock in the
morning. The two boats left for their
return trips about o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Local motor boaters will be in-
terested In the following from a FIT.
Madison paper. Saturday evening:
The Minnie c. III. or the Mascot Will
be In the regatta at Dubuque This
announcement was officially made by
r. G. Corsepius today. The Minnie
G. TT. will be tried out In front OF the
city after supper this evenino and II
1t develops speed Of 35 miles an
hour or over. and indications are that
II Will, II win run to Dubuuue Mon
day In case the Minnie G III does
not attain the speed desired this
evening the Mascot will be shipped
, to Dub,1oue 'nmorrow