The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-18
Hamilton Gate City
Hamilton, ILL.,, Dec. 10
Two Hamilton Children Sentenced TO
ClenNood.

Two Hamilton Children Sentenced TO
GlenWood.
Some time ago several small chill
dren were tried In Justice Crawford's
court for petty thieving. Justice
Crawford found them guilty and order
ed their case to be heard by Judge
Baird on the seventeenth, and
Baird found them guilty of all they
were accused Of, as we'll as learning
that the children were actually being
taught at home to go out and carry
home what plumber they might be able
to get their hands on. The two SEN
fenced were aged nine and eleven, too
young to know the criminal side of
stealing, so that the sentence was
more to get them under different in
fluence than as punishment. They
were ordered sent to Glenwood, H.,
where they will be taken by City Mar
shall G. e. Barnum the latter part Of
| the week.
Charles Alexander, the parent of the
two boys, was at Carthage and stated
to the Judge that his two boys had
been in school all winter Miss Doud,
| the primary teacher of Hamilton, was
also at Carthage as witness and
took with her the record book of at.
tendance and 1T showed that these
two boys had been in school but four
teen days during the present term OF
school and then mostly only half day
! at time
1t is indeed fortunate for these two
boys that they will be put into differ
ent surroundings, for their environ
ment up to the present has been any
thing but favorable to them.
Two lakewood Families Have Mix.up
4 family named Kelly and another
\ named Amos live near neighbcrs our
in lakewood. 1t seems that the man
Amos has been paying too much at
tention to kelly's wife to suit either
Kelly or Mrs. Amos and the matter
came to a climax Sunday when Kell.
went after Amos with weapons of war
| fare. Amos has taken his departur,
for parts unknown.
r. o. Marsh Files Acceptance.
The Tri State Traction Co., through
its president r. o. Marsh and Secre
tary J.. M. Hungate has filed an un
: conditional acceptance, with the cit
clerk OF Hamilton. OF the ffnancia
ordinance recently passed by the cit
: council Mr.. Marsh seems to fee
! very well satisfied at having secure
! this as readily and as Willingly as
seemed to come. He had been give
. to understand by some one that h
. would have trouble in getting throug
Hamilton, but such was not the cas-,
The election for the purpose Of a
lowing the people 10 vote upon thi
: franchise Is set for January an
there Is no reason to believe but ths
the voters will pass upon the matte
q In the same way as did the council.
Poultry Firm In Financial Trouble.
The poultry firm of Vandeharr an
Hassler. who have been buying pou
Il try and cream here for the past fe
months is about to 60 out of bushes
and 1t is matter of regret to tn
:, farmers Of this territory as the boy
e have been paying good prices and gi
l, ing honest and fair weights and mea
n urements.
g The boys have handled lars
} amount of produce in their line, an
S have met with some misfortune
IL shipping and striking some bad market
9 They have gone out into the countl
). in every direction and bought produe
h writing their checks for it in paymen
y and when the farmers would presel
the checks at the bank for paymen
there was no funds to their credit wit
> which to meet them. There are quit
> few farmers at the present tin
> holding their unpaid checks. In or
, or two instances they came in in tin
, to get their poultry back ere it We
sent to market.
5 Athletic Association Give Oyster soci
% The athletic association of IL
!. Hamilton high school are very mut
: interested in athletic sports and ga
:, an oyster supper at the school Cyl
= nasium room last Friday evening fro
" which to derive financial aid in II
matter In addition to a good soci
: time, they cleared the sum of five d.
Z lars to help further their sports.
. An Appreoiatlve Advertising schem
y The Buss grocery and meat mark
store did a novelty stunt in the W;