The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-11
CITY NEWS.

The infant daughter OF MIR. and
Mrs Chas Fader, 1922 Johnson street.
who has been very sick, is improving.
All hats trimmed and untrimmed
and all white plumes only s1.0o each.
Slightly damaged by smoke. Mcbride
Millinery Co.
Two county officials, Ed. G..
Vaughan, deputy recorder and G. B.
Lake, clerk of the district court, are
confined to their homes tody by i'll
ness.
-Dispensaticn has been granted
Keokuk lodge No. 704 Loyal Order Of
Moose to reopen its charter for three
months.
A small sprinkle of snow fell here
last night and the air was filed slight
ly with the falling Of fakes nearly all
day, but all this added very little to
the thin carpet already covering the
ground
Word has been received from Mrs.
v. B. Ochiltree, who has been visiting
in Chicago, that her daughter
Miss Phyllis, who has been
with her, has left Chicago to enter
Ward seminary and remain during the
rest of the term.
L. e. Atherson of Centerville was
in Keokuk last evening arranging
for meeting here on January "a and
rs of the construction and section men
of the Burlington. 1t is said about one
InpJraA will I,a yrocont
If the weather would moderate
the activities Of the Stone & Webster
Co. would be much greater and GER
tainly more speed would result. The
extreme cold makes construction work
very difficult and adds very material
ly to the expense.
Fresh halibut, Spanish mackerel,
white fish and smelts at Jos. Hau-
bert's, 7O9 Main Both phones.
Though this has not been the
coolest day, according to the record OF
the thermometer, of the present cold
spell, it has been complained OF as the
most piercing and penetrating. There
was steady wind blowing, damp and
sharp, which caused some suffering to
those whose vocation called them out
in the open air.
Auxiliary 6SS will give card par
/ ty in Eagles hall tonight for Eagles
and their families Admission 10 cents
The remains of James D. Bear
man, the announcement of whose
death was made Yesterday after
noon as occurring at Keokuk hos
pital late Tuesday afternoon, were
sent to Kilbourne, H., this mornins
lfor burial. The widow accompanies
the remains.
1t grew colder all the morning ant
at 10 o'clock a. m. had fallen thre'
degrees below the marking at
o'clock by the government thermom
cter, standing at seven below at tn
7rnier hour. There has. been no rec
crd taken since 10 o'clock. but tn
thermometer in front of the Youn
America fire station at 2:30 o'cloc
this afternoon stood at two degree
below. The course Of the thermomete
/, will continue downward.
The county supervisors have con
lpleted their settlement with the col
tractors for the rebuilding and rt
furnishing eff the court house, TO
lowing the fire of last spring, tn
total cost being S1S,667.96. OF thi
. amount s14,1530S went to Contracto
A. w. Smith. The balance was e,
pended for painting, furnishings an
: fixtures, including the painting G
the county Jail and sheriff's residence
The county received from insuranc
and salvage, s13,049.01, which make
q net loss to the county caused by tn
fire of $5,61S95. The settlement
considered rather lvorable to the il
terests of the county. The amour
/, paid the contractor was sS22.92 les
than the original contract called fol
(, the saving being due to certai
changes which have been made of
minor nature.