The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-06
CITY NEWS.

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-B.cvcle tubes and castings vulcan /
ired. Tn-Stats Auto Garage.
-Prckschetuck Lodge No. 4S meets
eye-y Friday night at o'clock. All
members requested 10 be present. BY |
order Of Noble Grand Geo. ImmegarI
secretary. Work in the second degree. |
Choice beef, pork. lamb and !
chickens at jos Haubert's. 7os Main |
street Both phones
The name OF the fellow arrested
ard bound over TO the grand jury on
charge OF having robbed the Klingbiel
saloon short time ago Is Albert
Kurtz, and not Ertel, as enormously
reported Kurtz xss arrested Z. Ham
ilton and brought back here and Is
noE IN the county jail.
Sherwood for harness repairs.
Regular meeting Keokuk Council
No. 53s tonight at o'clock, Hawkes.
hall. Eighth and Main Visiting breth-
rem fraternaIIy invited to attend. c.
II. yogler. regent; ]. /. Annable. sec
Best Springfield in lump coal.
s3.2s per ton, in quantities Of tons
or more. ]. C. McManus Construction
Co.
Luther Richie, sent TO the Fort
Madison penitentiary from Keokuk IN
1908 for term of five years on a
charge OF assault with intent to COM
nit murder, has served his time. less
that deducted for good behavior, and
has been released.
Sherwood for new buggtes.
"A Keokuk business man who has
been on a business trip into an ad-
joining state reports that business is
heavy and he predicts a heavy trade
this fall and winter The railroads
are getting their equipment ready as
fast as possible TO meet the expected
traffic.
-Keokuk friends have received the
sad intelligence that the three day old
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Munder died at the home OF its par
ents in East ST Louis. Mr. and Mrs.
Munder. up TO a year ago, were resi-
dents of this city Before marriage
Mrs. Munder was Miss Mary Murphy,
of this city.
The grand jury. which has been
in session at Fort Madison for the
tast three days, finished its work
yesterday and adjourned. Three in
dictments were returned, one against
Fred Bartusch for breaking and en-
tering. one against Walter Jackson
for assault with intent to inflict great
bodily injury. and the other against
James Smith for assault with intent
10 commit murder.
Sherwood for harness.
Louie Zimmerman. employed on
the dam, fell off the lock wall yester-
day, a distance of fifty-one feet. and
miraculously escaped. He sustained
but few minor bruises, fortunately
in the descen. striking beam and
sliding down the rest of the distance.
A physician dressed his injuries.
The fire department was called
ont on Fourth street, between Dies
Moines and Palean, this morning at
40 o'clock, where a lot of rubbish
had caught FIRE Chief Anderson,
who visited the place this morning,
stated upon his return that there was
plenty of grounds for action on the
part of the board Of health, relative to
the place where the fire took place
this morning. The place. he said, is
remarkably well adapted for disease
breeding germs. and should be abated.
Burlington Gazette, Sept. 5: A
negro named Austin, who came up
from Keokuk yesterday with about six
teen others of his race to work for
the Burlington Construction company,
was arrested today by Police Captain
L. E. Anderson. Charges of larceny,
disturbing the peace, resisting an Of
ficer and intoxication were lodged
against the prisoner and he faces
long jail sentence when he appears In
the police court tomorrow morning.
Austin has just been released from
jail in Keokuk. where he had served
a term for stealing woman's coat.
The woman in the meantime had
come to this city and Austin visited
her rooms and stole suit case, it is
alleged. She complained to the police
and Captain Anderson secured war
rant and found Austin at his boarding
house, telling him he was under ar
rest. The negro pulled knife and re-
fused to go with Anderson and the
latter produced his artillery, which
had the effect of making Austin drop
his knife, but he fought the officer all
the way to the Central police station
and after he was in the station he
showed a disposition to fight. He
looks like bad man and will be duly