The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-01
CITY NEWS.
-Finnan haddie at Immegart's.
Let us repair yo,E, harness Sflel

Let US repair yorl' harness. Snel
wood
Saunders & Melvin are making
great bit at the Orpheum this week.
4 The regular monthly meeting 0
/ the Benevolent Union Home will b
held tomorrow morning.
See Sherwood's line OF lap robes
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. Springer, 0
902 Carroll. announce the birth of
baby girl. born January 10.
/ See Saunders & Melvin at Orph
cum.
"A little sand sprinkled over
slippery walk often prevents an acci
dent and certainly gives stability t.
a pedestrians movements. Try it.
Have your two door automobile
turned into modern four door auto
mobile at Wustrow Carriage ant
Wagon Works.
Will Tumelty has returned from
Kansas City where he has been s
| few weeks, having submitted to {
surgical operation. He has not fully
recovered but is greatly improved.
Two warranty deeds were flee
today transferring to William E. Rea
the southwest IA of the northwest IA
OF section 81, township sc, north oil
range west. The deeds were from
Hattie Holden and others, and Rach
ael Hancock and others.
Blue label cream cheese. In
megart's
Main street merchants are ready
to cooperate in the illumination plans
The Stone & Webster people are work
ing on new plan which will be pre-
sented soon. + will be fine arrange
ment for the proper lighting of this
business section.
Our harness line is our specially.
Sherwood.
The fire department answered a
general alarm at TAO o'clock this
morning. the fire being in flue at the
residence of Miss Ada Read, S22 High
street There was a still alarm an
hour later, coming from the Townsend
residence, 1923 Des Moines street.
There was no damage.
Don't fail to see and hear Saund-
ers & Melvin at the Orpheum all this
week.
The cutting off of the timber on
the islands by the Water Power com
pany will no doubt cause considerable
trouble to river craft during high
winds. J. w. Reimbold of Nauvoo.
was in Keokuk several days and ar
ranged with Mr.. Cooper to leave a
strip of timber along the east side OF
Kimball's island as an ala to crossing
between Nauvoo and Montrose, as a
I'd break is an absolute necessity 81
times.
Sacred concert at the new St.
Mary's church tomorrow night. Tick
cts % cents.
The testimony of Attorney Hart
eel for the plaintiffs was concluded
for the present yesterday in the hear
ing before w. C. Allen, special master
in chancery of the federal court OF
Springfield, at Fort Madison. The next
thing is the evidence of the Water
Power company in the suits of few
land owners up the river, but it will
be some time before the trial of the
matter is resumed before Master Al
len. The latter expects long, com
pick and costly trial before he gets
through with the case. Yesterday
Hugh L. Cooper explained maps and
charts for some hours on the stand
The county delegates elected at
the 1910 primary cannot be recon
vened in county convention to select
delegates to the state conventions
which select delegates to the national
convention. This is true despite the
fact that the county delegates select
ed in June. 1910, were elected for two
years. The state department of JUS
tice reiterated this former opinion be-
cause of the numerous inquiries which
are being made. Last spring Attor-
ney General Cosson distinctly ruled
that the county delegates selected for
two years in 1910 cannot be recon
vened in county convention this
spring. A new set Of delegates must
be chosen for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the first state conven-
tions; that is, those which convene
April "a for republicans and May for
democrats.