The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-30
CITY NEWS.

See H. s. Mills for bargains in
diamonds, all sizes. 5O4 Main.
II. L Aldrich and wife have con-
. veyed to Charles E. Blackwell, tho
front fifty feet OF lot 50 in Randells
addition.
The pay roll for the work being
done on the river front by the city
amounted to $643.5O for the week end
Ing March 30.
Materials for the improvements
to be made at the gas plant are be
ginning to arrive and work will be
started within couple of weeks.
Manager Boyle OF the Indians
may arrive here tomorrow evening
from his home at Waterloo, accord
Ing to Secretary Fred H. Overton.
Regular meeting Of Morning Star
lodge No. 5. Knights OF Pythias. at
X. P. hall. Tuesday at p. m. Visit
Ing knights invited. r. S. Ulr1ch. C..
G.; J. A.. Burgess, K of R. & s.
"A marriage license was issued to-
day to Robert Swearilgen and Goldie
g. Swearingen, second cousins, OF
Rutledge. Mo-, and Henry w Mollers
and Sadie NJ. Durham Of Summitville
II. A. Milestone has opened his
law once in the Estes building.
Regular meeting Loyal Order OF
Moose. Keokuk lodge No. 704. tonight
at o'clock, in Moose hail. Visiting
brothers cordially invited. John g.
Stadler, dictator. Ed. s. Lotion. sec
rotary.
VIM. Aiullikin has bought the fes ID
business of H. Hansen at 1929 Main
street, and will remove his stock 70
this location April 1. Feed, wood and
~
patronage is solicited.
AT a recent meeting of the repre-
sentatives Of the Southeastern Iowa
that the district declamatory contest
which Will be held next year, will be
staged in Fort Madison.
I'm the superior court this morn
ing Charles Smith Of Warsaw, was
arraig1ed on a charge OF intoxication,
entered a plea of guilty, and was
sentenced to ten days In the city jail.
to be revoked upon payment OF costs.
The ratings given Company l. II
the annual inspection here about
month ago Will be received within
few days, 1t is expected. The mem
bers OF the company hope to secure
their highest rating in a number Of
years.
All merchants were winners In
the window display contest whether
or not they won one OF the cash
prizes, according to Manager o. B.
Towne of the Industrial association,
who says the figures on the store cash
registers show tho contest was q
glorious success
Abe White, colored, entered
plea Of guilty to trespass on the
property OF James Cameron's sons at
Seventh and Johnson streets and was
sentenced to thirty days in Jail in
the superior court this morning.
Whites sentence was suspended when
he agreed to leave the city.
Property owners in Randall's ad-
dition are divided over the sewer por-
posed to be constructed through q
part OF the addition. Both factions
have presented petitions to the city
council in the matter, one protesting
the construction OF the sewer and the
other urging that it be constructed
az soon as possible.
The residence of Mrs. Emily Ban
croft, 609 High street, was damaged
to the extent OF about SO this morn
ing when fremen chopped hole in
the roof, the under side of which
they believed to be on fire. The
smoke that issued through the roof,
however, came from a fiue which had
been stopped up
Arrangements have been COM
pleted for holding the oath annual
session OF the grand council OF Iowa
Royal Arcanum in Ft. Madison on the
18th and 14th OF April. The grand
council will convene at 4 p. M, on
Tuesday the 18th, in the Masonic hall,
and continue in session during the
18th, until all business before the
council is complete. The headquar-
tiers for the session will be at the
Antilles house. There will he repre-
sentatives from Sioux City, Waterloo,
Council Bluffs, Cedar Rapids, Des
-foines, Ottumwa, Abba. Burlington,
Huscatine, Keokuk, Charles City and