The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-17
CITY NEWS.

hltchen OF the sixth Street fre sta
ton. the old one, more than fifty
years old, having seen much service.
The south bound X line train. due
at $40 was two hours and FIVE min
utes late today and the delivery Of
Chicago mail vas CORRESPONDENCE de-
layed
Masonic. Special meeting of Har-
din lodge No. %. A. F. and A. NJ. to-
night at 7:So, Work on first degree,
Visiting brethren fraternally invited
to attend. BY order of the w. NJ. C.
NJ. vogler. secretary.
Mrs. Caroline Mcdonald, an aged
colored woman residing at III North
Thirteenth street. is very i'll at her
home. Mrs. Mcdonald has lived in
Keokuk since 1860, before the civil
war and was at one time a slave of
the late Captain Campbell who passed
away short time ago at FIT. Madison
The old colored lady was nurse In
the family Of Captain Campbell
A meeting of the civil service
commission was held at $50 last ev-
ening in Mayor Elders office for the
purpose of examining several appli-
cations, namely: Geo. Mott, Thos. l..
Murray, VIM. Mclaughlin. Jno. G..
Stone, w. E. Watson and John
O'Blenness. Those examined will be
added to the list of eligibles and any
vacancies on the various city depart
ments will be filled by them.
Louis N. Weber, associated with
the Weber-Linden-Hall Company of
| Cleveland. Ohio. is in the city and
| guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. n milestone. Mr. Weber is great
ly interested in Keokuks project OF
daming the Mississippi river and has
been assimilating much information
regarding it since coming to the city.
Rabbit hunting will be excellent
now and the sportsmen are mighty
well pleased with the fall of snow
which has come The furry game
can be traced to their holes in the
woods now and toted home by the
game bag full This season has not
been good one for the hunters and
game of all kinds, has been rare.
Real estate men are taking con
certed action to advertise Nebraska.
The Iowa newspaper men will meet in
Des Moines this week to induce the
state legislature to pass an appropria-
ton advertising this state Keokuk
will do her part toward seeing that
this part of the state is properly
placed before the public but would
appreciate any assistance along this
line that the state will do. Iowa is a
Walking is better. The first
heavy snow Of the winter season has
come and partially relieved the quak-
| ing feelings of those who have had to
walk on slippery pavements for the
past few days. Once or twice before
this winter, snow has fallen but not
enough TO make the ground white.
The present snow is three and four
inches deep The fakes commenced
falling yesterday afternoon shortly
after three O'Clock and continued dur
ing the greater part of the night. In
many places this morning snow show
els were flying, but there were some
who left the covering on because of
the slick condition of the sidewalks.
Rev. D. w. Phillips of West Bur
lington, has accepted a call to the
Congregational church at Pennington
Added information regarding A..
c. Frank, mention of whose long alb
sence from home and death were
noted in last evening paper, was con-
tanned in yesterdays Davenport Times
and follows: Relatives OF the late
A. G. Frank. whose death occurred at
Salisbury. n c.. early this week have
Teen located. He was the son of the
Mr. Frank who many years ago kept a
grocery store at the corner of Third
and Harrison streets. where the Lor-
enzen building now stands His sister,
Mrs. Abe We'll, lives in Keokuk and
her husband is wealthy business
man of that city. A brother. Sol
Frank, lives in Sioux City A. G.
Frank left Davenport many years ago
and lived in Sioux City for a while.
alter tnat ne disappeared and MIS-
friends in Davenport had nor heard
from him since His father had been
dead for many years and his mother
died about six years ago and the
body was brought to Davenport for
interment
Prospects that national guards
men soon will join men of the regular
army on Uncle Sans payroll are grow
ing brighter ct Washington according
TO General E. C. Young. head of the
Illinois National Guard and chairman
OF a committee of the National Guard
Association of the United States,
which has been pleading the cause OF
the laymen-soldiers at the capital.
everything seems to indicate that
the bills before house and senate pro-
yiding for payment of members of
the national guard at approximately
one-quarter the rate obtaining In the
regular army will go through said
General Young, while in Chicago the
other day. Even before We began
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