The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-08
WEEK END BUDGET
from MEMPHIS. Mo
pirkponionss 4aavs Been ausy anS Gus
Alvey with Several
Dollars.
Especial 10 The Gate City j

Ks. s.
MEM E,HIS, Mo. Sept San api-
3arnic Of pocket picking seems q have
swept this locality during the last Few
tiavs Early Inst weak, three ansi1y
fnot4pads snccessfuIly worked MIR Mr.
Gas, nRintsr mr. pRpsr hanger of
Memphis uut III saa!Dn while GRITTY
ing IN 3 spirited conversation with
him nm one of orlr srrasrs. Hs relates
q rather strange srorv abous tbs
theft, 10 the arfsut that he was ash
ed Tor g match Rs an inrrpdurtinn rs
the chatting has which followed. aft
81 which he found himself Invested ri
ssaspb from his pockst,bnnk and the
waller returned To Its plncs in his
pe,kss With his handkerchief naafly
folded ever X Bs WIS his crsyaus, hut
tbs money gone T'hs Lhs'as nsE7sssss
seem TO work TogsIhsr IN plying their
mthnis, and while one showers q
myriad OF questions upon tbs Victim.
Iha other fumblas about his rockets
mt never fails 10 get what he mRr
have IN his pocket in fhs way rsf lrose
4 paHrad On Geo. Beoftal. constable for
Miller township IL this county, ana
the fnptpBfs, though; to he 4hs same
three nHgrsssss gave him tas same
.lingo" and extracted what small
change he had hnsting Rhuui In his
4 pockst, amounting to sborIf sI7 m
The officer gave the alarm smmea ate
\ II, but the marshal wss uuHbls to ana
Eny Indications Ihst would aaad to q
I possible conFictiur Of the chatting
+ trin, and they were let so. Whether
/ these claims, nsde By the parties
corld be Sustained rs against The.
'.5aIly adar'Rs" has not been demonstrate
4 ad, eErri those x'ha claim 70 h7Fs lost
\ the InnnaE fesa quite certain TINT no
one else car1d have done the dsrt
work other than the chatting mao .
Charlie Hui, grandson of A1sxan-
Or Dance, living SIX mflsss southwest
OF Memphis was thrown from horse
last Thursday morning about ossaock
a, m, while driving some cattle for.
i John Mcintyre, 8 Stock dealer IN that
locality, md YVES aasAly insurah his
skuN having bssn crushed under fhs
animal, which zen orsr a cow, SIS they
i we're running across the ant In the
4 darkness OF the morning. AT last re-
ports Mr. Hun is SIN agsra, su1 has
not returned 10 consciousness HIS
grandfather Is IN tbs west ars6 Ne was
left IN charge OF the 8arn during his
absence
Several If ozr toys went 10 EahoRs
! the first gsa-1 Of tbs week, 10 nsnl rss-
-ssnssrs tn md from las tair grounds
srIt assts- q dar % two found that So
znaay autos we're on the ground that
many trips had 10 BE- made With only
I ssas OF vHTo passengers aboard, which
was not 5 paying Tra2nsi tsaa 50 they
returned. TIE oiled streets aud tie
sEIrankadag made the driving rather
pleasant. had the competition not been
SO great
Last F-sdsg rna-laaE. Memphis aid
q vicinity were Visited nv a refreshing
4 shower which laid ths dust for q
time, and made tha tan plants aoos
up sxg,actan4sy 1t was confined to q
small portion OF the county. however,
Int did naDch good IN Relieving the
scoures Of prevalent dust that was 50
Distressing to The impatient popaaa-
ton
The customary ouist tAst charxc-
serizas Msaglhls male T,onnlatioa, was
9 dis4nr5ad Meapasaav Or sudden
street h-aEl, along the west side al
orr citgas square 1t grew ont of
fragments of dusty hate, untsl the
Question Of rsrasitF was Boiled down
1 to three letters, after which fsstsrur
was reso-sea 70 with rshsueaca,
which resulted in one man receiving
slight commission Of tbs left cheek
bone, sas tsss consequent discolo-atacn
Of that side Of his physsogaomy, 10
eethar with s full measurement Of
his staawaV1 form npon the cement
sidewalk Roth participants appeared
4 before the mayor 10 tha tune of ten
ten and the rassfps and town 1cist-
srs Wed with each other in aypacia5-
srlc upon the widespread excitement
4 which prevailed for twenty minutes.
/ This little outbreak is proof that
A Memphis is MOI unlike ether oufss
cities that more on IKE The rivers
fhat water the woodland, aarSsaa6,
Occasionally. nv the shadows OF earth,
4 nut rejecting aaeinlags Of heaven.
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