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trio lighting purposes, the vote being
1876 for and Is against.
With a total of nearly 10000 trail
hitters and collections of SCOTTISH
for current expenses, Billy Sunday
closed his revival in Omaha.
A. J. Breeder has traded the Sea-
mon hotel building at Grinnell to DR..
H. c. Bennett Of Greeley, Colo, for a
1000 acre sheep ranch in Colorado.
The creation of Lake Cooper has
given such impetus to professional
fishing that the Keokuk market will be
entirely supplied from the Mississippi
and Des Moines catch.
Stockholders of the Central Iowa
fair have reelected the following Off
GERS: C. F. Siverly, president; w. T..
Barr, vice-president; E. H. Graves.
secretary; Farley Sheldon, treasurer.
Mrs. Nancy Lightfoot of Gearing has
an American Wonder lemon tree, 8
years old. The tree now carries five
lemons and twenty-eight blossoms.
Mrs. Lightfoot declares she would not
take $50 for the tree.
Automobile thieves made another
daring thefth at Keokuk, taking the
car of w. N. Sage from his garage.
The machine was fine 40-horse
power car and was worth $4,000. No
clues have been found to the thief.
Albert M. Green, about IS years Of
age, fell against curbstone at Sioux
City and broke his little finger of his
right hand, and died from lockjaw as
a result. The dread tetanus appeared
and death soon after relieved him Of
his sufferings.
Fire Of unknown origin partly de-
stroyed the flour mill Of v. Roush, at
Onawa. The blaze was discovered in
the engine room. Prompt action by
the fire department prevented the de-
struction of the entire structure. The
loss is about $4,000.
Charles ]. Mackey, for six years
mayor of West Liberty, has resigned
the office, with the request that his
resignation be accepted az soon as the
street paving just completed. is
formally accepted, and the street
lighting system finished.
Fifteen breweries in Iowa will 60
out of business January LIST when the
repeal of the mulct law goes into ef-
feet. They are located as follows:
Keokuk 1, Burlington 8, Davenport 2.
Dubuque 8, Sioux City 2. Iowa City 2.
Cedar Rapids l and Clinton l.
At the election held at Knoxville the
citizens defeated the proposition to
change to the commission form Of gov
ernmert ny vote Of 3O3 against 40
for the plan. It had been figured that
the change to the new plan would
cost the city nearly $1,000 more per
year than the present.
It 10 reported that the Fort Dodge,
Dee Meines and Southern electric line
may take over the Keokuk and Des
Moines railroad. electrify 1t and oper-
ate it - a part Of the Fort Dodge
road. The Keokuk line has been .
part of the Rock Island system, which
has gone into receivership.
An eight weeks course in highway
engineering will be given at Iowa
State college, beginning January Sd.
1t is intended for graduates Of engin-
eering courses who wish to brush up
on the important principles Of high
way construction. Completely equip
ped laboratories are available.
Bishop Davis, of Davenport. was at
Dewitt and confirmed one Of the larg-
est classes ever confirmed in st. Jo-
seph's church, there being thirty-nine
girls and thirty-two boys. Rev. ]. ].
Nelson, Rev. Corcoran, of Dewitt, and
Rev. Father Coughlin, Of Center
Grove, assisted in the services.
The program of the annual 8. q. I.
Homecoming to be held November II
and IS has been announced by Theo.
Wanerus, secretary Of the University
Of Iowa association. This is the fourth
affair Of the kind. The date is gov
erned each year by the date Of the
most prominent football game.
Gov. George w. Clarke was the
principal speaker on the occasion Of
Buena Vista county's two new school
edidces, in Lincoln-Lee district and
High View, held recently. The two
buildings we're erected ut an aggre-
gate cost OF 100000 and no finer
schoolhouses are to be found in the
state.
A committee Of Y. NJ. c. A. members
which is campaigning to Danish the
use of tobacco from the Sioux City
high school obtained the pledges Of
80 per CEN of the boys In the fresh
man class not to use tobacco in any
form. OF the remaining ten per cent
more than half promises not to smoke
cigarettes.
Secretary A. R. Corey. Of the Iowa
state fair board. will be in charge Of
the Iowa exhibit at the Panama-Paci-
&c international exposition ut San
Francisco during November. The
executive board In session at Des
Moines granted Secretary Corey per-
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