The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-25
CITY NEWS.

SlllY NEWS.
Let us show you our stock OF
harness. Sherwood.-Adr.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. n. Acheson were
made happy today by hearing from
their daughter at Omaha. announcing
| that she WAS not injured by the tor
nado OF Sunday night. Her home was
ten blocks from the path Of the storm.
w. S. Whitehead, painter and
paper hanger. Phone SO B or S67.-
Adv.
Word has been received here
from William Wappich, former resi-
dent now living at Omaha, Neb, stat
ing that the storm tore portion OF
the roof OF his house and that the
contents were badly damaged by rain
but that neither he nor any member
OF the family was injured.
Mrs. E. E. MeekE, who has been
sick for two weeks, Is able to be out
again.
Regular meeting Loyal Order
Of Moose. Keokuk lodge No. 7o4. to
night at o'clock In Moose hall. Wis.
itinE brothers cordially invited Ed.
g. Vaughn dictator. Roy N. Martin
secretary. Advertisement.
VIM. d Holdefer, of Mt Hamill.
has been appointed carrier on rural
route No. out OF Keokuk. succeeding
Arthur D. Andrews, resigned, effect
i've April 1.
Well save you money on harness
and buggies. Sherwood's ADV.
Marriage licenses have been
granted to Edward ". Schneider. %
and Goldie Mae Bryant. II. both OF
this city; and Charley Luke, 35 and
Cora Hadsell "a, both o; Keosauqua.
Regular meeting Morning Star
lodge No. 5, Knights of Pythias to-
night, at 500 o'clock at Castle hall,
Fifth and Blondeau. Visiting knights
invited. John P. Hornish. C. C.--Adv.
Geo. w. Ewers has purchased
beautiful residence lot Oh Franklin
street between Tenth and Eleventh
streets OF e. S. Baker. The price
is not stated.
Masonic: Special meeting Of
Eagle Lodge No. 10 A. F. & A. NJ,
$50 O'Clock Wednesday, March 26.
1918 Work on third degree. Several
visiting brethren from Hannibal, Mo-,
will be present Local brethren well
come. BY order of the w. NJ. S. H.
Johnston, secretary ADV.
One peculiar thing about the
storm in northern Lee county was
that 1t left the windows and porch
floors coated with reddish dirt, and
as the ground here was very wet
from a rain earlier in the day, the
general conclusion is that the dirt
must have been carried by the wind
quite distance.
The Upper Room Mission. open
everv evening at II North Fifth street
God says: pray one for another
Frequent requests for prayer come to
the mission. They are needed and
some remarkable answers have been
given. We also request prayers. God
says again: pray without ceasings
f. A. McGaw.
-Rivermen are much interested in
! the grand Jury indictment at Quincy
of Henry Letter, of Letters landing,
charged with having obstructed the
river in a manner forbidden by the
federal laws applying to the Missis-
sippi. 1t seems that fishermen had
trespassed on LETTERS land and that
| to retaliate he placed floats support
ing barbed wire supported by rocks
out in the river.
This part Of Iowa, Missouri and
Illinois will be interested In the
statement made by w ]. Wragg re-
garding the fruit crop for this year.
He says: I'VE are going to have the
largest apple crop Iowa has ever
known" said Mr.. Wragg. II have ex-
amined the trees and found that they
are just loaded with buds. Last year
we had only about 30 per cent OF
crop, and this year the trees are go
ing to make up for the rest they had.
Even down in Missouri where the
crop was light last year, they are go
ing to have more apples than they
will know what to do with. The value
of the crop will be enormous"
/ Another section of the upper end
of the big cofferdam was blown out
at 1915 o'clock this morning. The
dynamite threw a great cloud of de
bris into the air, and hailstorm OF
small stones fell into the forebay and
old canal. The explosion was fell
down town with somewhat remark
able force, as the quality of dynamite
as not large compared with the water
power blasts Of last summer and the
explosion was not in the bedrock, but