The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-17

ed TO her home from the hospital.
| Coal and wood. Small orders de-
lIvered promptly. II. F. Eaton. Bell
phone 14Ti-Red.
--B. ]. Purington and Miss Lydia
Raines. of this city, were married last
evening. The wedding ceremony was
performed by Justice Burrows In his
Office on North Fifth.
ID. E. Reeves, wholesale coal
"A representative of the Hagen
back show was in Keokuk yesterday
making arrangements for the show
here The circus. which is one of the
largest In the world. viii show at
Keokuk October 9.
Good second hand piano SIPS
cash. ". w Kimball Co., S07 Main.
The meeting of the Fremont yot
ers to be held tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock at the First Unitarian church
win be for the public and it is hoped
that there will be large attendance
Colonel Hepburn win deliver the adj
dress.
1 Buy petroleum coke, cheaper than
hard coal See D. e. Reeves, mine
[ agent.
| Stone E. Webster have started
repairs on the Hubinger building al
Third and Main streets, ordered by
the city officials before the building
can be used as rooming and eat.
ling house for employees of the com
pany.
We save you money on a piano
this month w. W. Kimball Co., 3o7
Main street.
Newton Arrison of Des Moines,
connected with the democratic state
central committee. is in Keokuk today
comforting with local candidates and
incidentally gathering up few cam
paign contributions
The long delayed work of paving
Lucas alley began in earnest this
morning when force OF men were
put to work clearing the rubbish and
. leveling the alley. Brick will be laid
and the alley put in good shape be
. tween Sixth and Seventh streets.
Where you buy new buggies for
little money. Sherwood's.
r Chief of Police Schevers return
]. ed late yesterday afternoon from
Quincy, where he went for two pris-
oners, who were arrested there for
stealing suit of clothes from a
North Ninth street rooming house
J. Sunday night.
Q The Fort Madison Democrat tells
!. of the depredations of a Jack the
!, pepper" in that city. Several times
within the past few days the man has
been seen peeping into windows OF
homes in the west end Of the city
and the officers are keeping close
! lookout for the man.
The articles OF incorporation of
= the Hydraulic Engineering and Dredg-
. Ing company have been fled for rec
ord with Recorder Vaughan. The in.
= corporators are H. K. Dimelow, v. f
. Casey and William Flanagan, who are
president, vice president and secre
u tarytreasurer respectively. The cap
y ital stock is $4,000 divided into one
Z hundred shares with a par value OF
fe 500 each.
y Its Sherwood that carries the DIS
"a stock Of harness. 703 Main.
II The Blomer-NIichael packins
company is on the verge Of packing
% UP and leaving Quincy, where is ha.
g one of the finest and largest mea
packing plants in this part of thu
81 country. The concern claims tn,
:, people from whom they lease tn,
= property refuse to make additiona
- changes which are needed
and for that reason the company i
seriously thinking of getting out 0
!. the city.
ba Regular meeting Of Loyal Orde
~ OF Moose, Keokuk lodge No. 704, tc
J. night at s o'clock in Moose hall. Wis
# iting brothers cordially invited Ed
nd G. Vaughn dictator. Roy NJ. Marti
~ secretary.
ne Burlington Gazette, Sept. 16
is The officers of the steamer Dubuqu
had strange experience yesterday OF
their trip from st Louis upstream
stranger who had partaken Of som
- coed old fashioned Missouri liquid
~ boarded the big steamer at one of tn
show-me state ports and immediatel
he wanted and how he wanted i
Although it was In the middle of tn
afternoon he seated himself at tabl
Ell and called number of negro waiter
Ill to his side and began to review tn
ay menu card. When the black boy
ng asked him who he was he cody sta
no ed he was one Of the Streckfus boy
ng and told them not to be SO impuden
an Just then one of the officers who hal
,se pened to know all of the Streckfu
re boys came along and Cancelled til
W order, which was luscious one
hn took but slight argument to convinc
IN the stranger that he was not bon
tn fde member Of the noted steamboa
II family.
re The Iowa weather crop bulleti
lip for the week ending Sept. Is in a
of follows: The first wo days were yer
~ ~arr, hi1f tho lattpr half of tho noe