The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-27
CITY NEWS.

No concert tonight at Piggott's.
on account OF II Trovatore.
The police are arranging to "get
after those whose Halloween pranks
take on the form OF destroying prop
erty.
Sudden change in the tempera-
ture has revived many questions.
such as What has become OF my
summers earnings" etc.
The money boxes for contribu-
tons toward the Christmas ship are
still open for contributions. The next
draft will be SEM on Monday.
There is no reason for you to pay
higher prices for shoes and rubbers
when you can get them at cut prices
at Miller's closing out shoe sale.
A Fort Madison citizen in Keo.
kuk last evening said that three fac
tories had been secured within the
past few months and a number OF new
houses were being erected.
Regular meeting of Morning Star
Lodge No. 5, Knights OF Pythias. at
K. P. hall Tuesday at 8 2. m. Visit
ing knights invited. N. j. Montague.
c. c.; J. A. Burgess, X. of R. & s.
Regular meeting Loyal Order
Of Moose. Keokuk lodge No. 7O4, o.
night at s o'clock in Moose hall. Wis
itfng brothers cordially invited. John
g. stadler, dictator. Ed. s. Lotion,
secretary.
~. G. Hubinger Bros. & Co. have
decided to Elizabeth Hubinger Green
the north half Of lot 80, all Of lot 33
and west half of lot "a, all In block
A, Mason's upper addition to the city
Of Keokuk.
court by John Leisy against Grant
Wilsey and Mrs. Viola Wilsey, ask
Ing for judgment In amount of $630.70,
alleged to be due on notes which are
claimed to be due and not paid.
M. J. Burke and j. T. McEvoy OF
this city are serving as grand jurors
In the federal court for the term which
convened yesterday at Ottumwa.
Judge Arba S. vanvalkenburgh is
presiding at this term of court. It is
expected that the Ottumwa term will
be completed this week as Judge Van
~Valkenburgh opens court at Kansas
City mex week.
One more chance is given to reg
lister on this coming Saturday. 1t will
be we'll to see that your name is on
the books. The boards will be in ses-
sion on Saturday, October 81. until
900 O'Clock at night. Only those
voters who have been out of the city
can register on election day.
The Quincy Herald has the fol
lowing to say about the proposed In
terurban line between Hamilton and
| Quincy, Ill. mention of which was
made in last Sundays issue Of The
Gate City: After reproducing The
Gate City articles, the Herald says:
When asked what he thought abou
the read. Secretary Perry of the
Chamber OF Commerce. said he had
no. information except what he read
in the papers. It looks at II there
might be something substantial be-
hind 1t, for the projectors have not
been to Quincy or sought any finan-
cial assistance here. When one OF
/ the promoters, C. H. Petsch, came to
Quincy some time ~ and talked
with the directors Of the Chamber Of
Commerce, he made a proposition to
build the road to Keokuk for $750.o00,
If Quincy and Adams county people
would take $500, 900 OF the first mort
gage bonds. 1t was not thought then
that the money could be secured
Now it appears to have revived and
it is possible that some big inanciers
have become satisfied that 1t would
be a profitable investment and are
going to push the project to realiza-
ton.
Quincy motorcyclists will give their
annual dance this evening at the Ar
cade hall and elaborate preparations
have been made for the event. Sew
eral out-of-town cyclists are expected
to be present, including several from
Rockford, Keokuk and Hannibal.
About river traffic, the Quincy
Herald has the following: Capt. A. H.
Pennoyer, local steamboat agent, re-
ceiyed letters today from the head
office Of the streckfus company at
st. Louis and the headquarters of the
White Collar line at Davenport. The
letter from st. Louis said the Du-
buque VIII make only three more
trips in the st. Louis-Quincy packet
trade. The boat will leave st. Louis
on October %. November 4 and IL.
The letter from Davenport announced
that the Keokuk will continue In the
Quincy-Burlington service for three
weeks. longer, the boat to be here on
November 13 for the asst time. The
Keokuk made its last Sunday excur-
sion trip to Keokuk yesterday, and
although the weather is cool, there
was plenty OF sunshine, and the
crowd enjoyed the trip. the boat
having all of 100 from Quincy.