The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-08
/ CITY NEWS

eral states IN the union a. apple 02y.
H. s. Mills. the jeweler, has re-
moved from 500 Main. next door, b04
Main street
Mrs. Kate s. Moody ana family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Norman 8. Moody
have moved to 303 North Fifth street.
Remember the place Of the sale
OF Navajo handmade INDIAN rugs.
Read Wedler's ad on page 10 and call
at Fifth and Johnson streets.
John j. Crimmins. Sr.. has moved
into his fine new residence 1t ia
Des Moines street. The house has
Just been completed and IL Thoroughly
modern. It is d credit to the city.
Have just traded for large stock
OF mems and boys suits that must
be sold at once. Prices range from
81 up, at Hollands, eS24 Main street.
LIN spite of the statements that
apples would be scarce this year, the
hucksters and farmers are appearing
on the streets with wagon loads OF
the fruit, which seems to be quite
good sized.
People in residence districts are
complaining that the small boys who
gather under the arc lights Ut the
street corners at night too frequently
make the place warm with their pro-
family and obscene language. In some
Of the neighborhoods the residents
will appeal to the police to help them
get rid Of this nuisance.
1T will soon be time to organize
nutting expeditions. The woods about
here are said to be full OF hickory
and walnuts. There has not been .
sharp enough frost, however. to start
them falling. After the first frost,
however. the small boy aand gunny
sack need not be looked for around
the house on Saturday.
One Main street business man IS
considering war on the loafers who
congregate In front OF his place OF
business at night and expectorates on
the sidewalk. SO that he has to spend
time In the mornings hopping up tho
walk In front Of the store before Il
is presentable. He wonders what the
anti-spitting signs are posted for II
there is no law, and II there Is law
against the practice OF splitting on
the sidewalks he is wondering why 1t
is not enforced.
A Carthage dispatch of Oct. 3
says: "A law suit which attracted q
great crowd OF county people was
heard this afternoon in which Tihl-
man Johnson was accused by his
neighbor. Fred Meyers, OF permitting
Meyers pure blood hen to lay eggs on
his Johnson's premises, and that john
son had made commercial use OF the
eggs and had otherwise afflicted sad0
Meyers. 1 The verdict after the trial
was in favor OF Meyers and Johnson
was fined SO and costs"
Quincy Herald: After celebrating
in the jury room at the court house
from o'clock last evening to 1915
this morning the Jurors in the case OF
the state OF Illinois against Henry
Naples for the killing of Jesse Fergu.
son brought in a verdict at 1880 q.
m. 1t was verdict OF granddaughter
and in accordance with law no PEN
atty was fixed by the jury. This was
done by the court who sentenced
Naples to the Chester penitentiary
for an indeterminate sentence.
Property owners In practically all
parts of the city are complaining that
five out of every six people IN the
block have seen to 1t that the weeds
are cut and that the property 10 kept
up, but that there Is always sixth
person in the block who fails In this
respect, and thus mars pretty
street. There is city ordinance con-
corning the keeping down OF weeds,
but nothing but civic pride can be
commanded to have everybody In the
block make their place look neat
and pretty. These complaints against
the sixth person who has no civic
pride or who has downed 1t all, come
not from any particular section or dis
trict but from all parts OF the city.
After months, in which practically
nothing has been done In the way OF
improvement OF the upper mississippi,
work was resumed Monday, says a
Rock Island paper In compliance
with orders telegraphed from Wash
ington. Major G. NJ. Hoffman, head OF
the United states engineers here, dis
patched messages all along the line,
which resulted III I,VVV A0A OcAAS c0e
at work The government yards along
the river showed signs Of renewed ac-
tivity, and the operations will be hur-
ried along until stopped by cold
weather The extent Of the work will
depend upon the allotment made for
the improvements. The principal
work will be the clearing Of the canal
and suction dredges all along the riv-
er will be in active operation. The
construction Of wing dams will be I'M
! no-tapf ruorlr at ALI points along tho