The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-17
CITY NEWS.

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Don't go away. Barge Mississippi
lis coming.-Adv.
Rev. James Connoran. 1903 Blon
deau street, has been seriously i'll for
several days.
MIR. and Mrs. John Kalix have
changed their family residence from
/ 1000 Fulton street to 800 North Fifth
street
Wait for the big boat barge Mis-
sissippi Friday, Aug. %, moonlight
Adv.
Chris. Locke urges all boys who
will take part in his drum corps for
the celebration to meet at Rand park on
Tuesday evening at o'clock.
Reduced prices on fly nets and
horse covers at Sherwood Is. ADV.
Notice was served on the G., B. &
@. railroad yesterday by the city
council to plank and maintain cross
lings at the foot of Cedar and b
streets. The purpose is to enable
wagons to get to the river.
Following its retirement from the
regular packet season. September IL,
+ the steamer Morning Star of Rock
Island, will probably make trip to-
the Tennessee river and up that
stream. This is to be an outing
which was postponed by Captain Walt
er Blair, owner of the boat, this
spring, because the Keokuk dam and
lock were not in shape for the pas.
sage of boats After the return OF
the Morning Star from the south, the
boat will carry excursion parties from
Davenport and other northern river
cities to Keokuk to see the dam.
A Davenport dispatch says OF
political interest to Keokuk: l. I.
Richmond of Abba, an attorney. who
is also bank president, has entered
| the race for the federal district at
ltorneyship in the southern district.
Mr. Richmond has written the Iowa
democratic delegation that in case the
president does not care to choose
either Dan Hamilton or Claude Por-
| ter, he would be glad to have his
name considered Mr.. Richmond is UNI
| doubtedly little late, for John e.
Craig of Keokuk. has not withdrawn
and he is favored by many of the Will
!. son men as second choice to Hamil-
ton and by others over Hamilton.
I Regular meeting of Keokuk lodge
No. 13, L. o. O. F. Monday night at 8
O'Clock. Visiting brothers cordially
| invited.
The millions of Mormon flies now
| present in this section md an excel
lent breeding place back of the dam,
a Fl. Madison paper states, and con-
tinues: "The Mormon flies, SO COM
mon along the waters edge are usual
! " plentiful at this time, covering the
/ local depots and riverside places by
j the thousands. The Santa Fe passen-
ger has been over run with the crea-
lures for several evenings. Employees
4 and passengers alike are pestered al
smost to distraction by these flies,
They are worse than MOSQUITOES In
!. some ways. The tower of the Santa
Fl Fe station as well as many other
i points in the city, was so thickly GOV.
4 cred with Mormon flies yesterday
slthat, at distance. It appeared to be
4 covered with ivy vines.
\ Special low prices on fly nets
and horse covers at Sherwood s.--Ady.
Just after the steamer Keokuk
1 had entered the government lock
Thursday night, an old man
4 lin launch attempted to run into the
lock before the upper gate was lifted
The compressed air machine had al
"a ready commenced to work and the
unknown navigator suddenly discov
i erred that the stern of his craft was
being lifted high in the air. The pro
4 peiIer OF the launch was badly dam
! aged when the rising gate caught II
and the owner was all but thrown In
i to the water ten or fifteen feet below
The disabled launch had to be towed
out of the lock. The veteran in the
|lcraft was proceeding down the river
Ito Keokuk without any lights or
board but was under the impression
that he could get in behind the Keo
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