The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-23
Roads Are in Good Condition Now 90
Water Power Builder Can Go
Up There and Make
Address.
SALOON TAX IS $4,000
Most Vital Topic just Now is the Pro.
posed lnterurban Line Which
is Headed Toward
Nauvoo.

NAUVOO. ILL.,. April 2S.-Nauvoo's
assessor Is now at work finding out
how much personal property our PEG
PIE possess. There will be no real
estate assessor this year There is
no telling how many dogs will be
hidden during his rounds.
At Nauyoo's school election last
Saturday there were 15S votes polIed.
Over forty of Nauvoo's fair sex voted
at this election.
1t is said that Rev. Black intends
leaving Nauvoo He is disposing OF
his household furniture.
Chas. E. Bidamon, our hack and
ferryman. lost one of his horses last
Tuesday. 1t got one of its legs
broken during the night and had to
be killed.
A laundry agent from Fort Madison
was in Nauvoo the fore part of the
week trying to establish an agency
here. As Nauvoo has home laundry
and Quincy agency. he was unsuc-
cessful.
Nauvoo will have a new bakery
after the first OF May. Ed. BECKER, a
former Nauvoo boy. viii be the pro
prietor. He has purchased the Chris
Steinmetz stand and will operate a
confectionery In connection. The
Steinmetz and stoffer families will
move into the John Rae residence in
the Third ward
Some of our farmers have been
sowing oats and quite a few are
through
1t Is hard to tell whether Nauvoo
will have ferry plying at this point
this season or not. Captain Mulch, the
owner, claims he has an opportunity
to sell and has made our business
men proposition to give them a
chance to purchase the boat. Nauvoo
is in need of ferry badly. being
without railway connections and how
We will get along without one Is hard
to tell. It will be hard blow to
our merchants, shippers and citizens
should our little ferry be taken away
from us.
Louis Hudson is building an add
ton to his residence In the rear OF
his store building on Mulholland
street.
Several type were found at the old
Expositor building which was being
RACED and was believed to be some
that were used for the first and only
Issue of that paper in the early
forties, but later it was learned that
the type was swept out by the fore
man OF the Rustier office which build
ing adjoins the old office site.
Nauvoo's city election occurred last
Tuesday and resulted in a close race
for alderman in the second and third
wards. The old council will meet for
the last time on May when the new
one viii be inaugurated A marshal.
sexton and street superintendent will
be selected. Also city attorney. It is
said there will be five candidates for
marshal. The office pays salary of
$500 per year and many Of our citizens
want the council to compel the ap-
pointee TO lay all other business aside
and devote his entire time to the dtI-
ties Of the office, claiming that the
salary was raised with that under
standing.
VIM. Guilliam and family intend
moving to Keokuk to make their fu-
ture home. He may engage in car
penter work.
Ed. Benne who has been with the
Nauyoo electric light plant will be
employed with Hudson and Sons
butcher house soon
NauToo and Powelton ball teams
will cross bats on our home teams
grounds Sunday, weather permitting.
The Nauvoo Ladies' Priscilla club
will meet again next Thursday after
noon.
Every week l cut out the Nauvoo
news columns out of The Daily Gate
City and lay them away. said ctr