The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
CITY NEWS.
Phone 666 for fresh butter.
Smoke Grand Leaders and s1r

Electric Co., Eighth and Main.
Spend Sunday on Str. Dubuque to
Burlington and return. Leave $3.50 a.
m. Adults Use.
Special for Saturday only. coffee
100 per pound. Limit of 2 pounds to
a customer; also new potatoes. per
peck 45c. Fred DeYong. &c S. 4th st.
Aluminium ware given away abso-
lutely free Saturday, only. Fred
DeYong.
The Fort Madison Gem City
says: William Finn of Keokuk is at
work repairing the slate roof of st.
Joseph's church here. He has but
recently completed the repairing OF
the slate roof of the high school
which was badly in need of correc-
ton.
One day lost, without Grand
Leader. Worth 10 cost 5. Buy one.
The action of the supervisors in
retaining the Green Bay district
will save to Lee county hundreds OF
acres of valuable land. 1t Is step
| toward conservation.
| Victor Hammond. IT, was arrested
today on a charge of disturbing the
peace. Hammond used abusive langu-
age in quarrel with her, alleges
Mrs. Henry Wriedman. The Ham
mond family and the Wriedman fam
lily live close to each other on the fiat
below the cereal plant. The trouble
arose in a dispute over the ownership
of samples Of patent breakfast food
which had been left at one of the
houses.
Charles Duncan has been arrested
charged with stealing a trammel net,
valued at $25. from John LeFever.
When questioned by the police this
morning, Duncan is alleged to have
told conflicting stories, first claiming
that he purchased the net, and then
claiming that he had found it. He
was arraigned in the superior court
this morning. He pleaded not guilty to
a charge of petty larceny. Judge Ms
Namara ordered him held in the city
prison in default of 5000 bond
Edward Robinson and Harry Hol-
Inns were arrested this morning on a
charge of disobeying the city sani-
tary laws. The complaint was filed
by George Watson, superintendent Of
the municipal dumping grounds. Rob-
inson and Hollins are charged with
conveying a dead animal to the
grounds, and failing to bury it under
three feet of soil, as is required by the
city laws.
Albert Carlson appeared in SUI
perior court yesterday and pleaded
guilty to charge of keeping dog
in violation of the city license laws.
Judge Mcnamara ordered him to pay
the city license fee and to pay the
costs of the case, the total amount be-
ing 1920.
A large tree in the rear Of the
residence of DR.. VIM. NJ. Hogle was
blown down by this mornings storm.
The tree fell just as Charles, five
years old, went into the house. Other
trees over the city were blown down
and many disfigured by the loss OF
limbs. The gale for time was furi
GUS, causing the loss of many hats In
the street and their ruination from
the mud.
"A number of college students who
have been undergoing course OF
study here. preparatory to canvasslns
for certain publishing house, left
for their territories this morning.
| Arrangements had been made by
the Young Mems class of the Bap-
| fist church to go to their summer
camping grounds Saturday evening.
But the committee found the grounds
SO wet the encampment will have to
be postponed for time. The class
taught by Rev. F. B. McAllister will
meet at 9:45 Sunday morning at the
class room
The home Of Roy Robertson at
Twentieth and High streets, Is re-
ported under quarantine for smallpox,
by the health department. Robertson's
wife has the disease and the house
and members of the family are under
quarantine regulations according to
the health department.
So far as is known there were no
Keokuk men in the Tenth cavalry
which was reported to have engaged
in battle yesterday with the Mexi-
cans. The report that Otis Fields,
son of F. D. Fields of this city is
member of the troop, is false. He is
with the Third California, and while
he has been on the border since
March, he has been in the hospital
for the last three weeks recovering
from an injury. One of the cavalry
horses kicked him and he has been re-
covering from this.
On account of the bad weather
the New Boston women postponed the
social which was to have been held
there tonight, and to which the Keo-
kuk merchants were invited.
"A suit for divorce has been fled
by Francis Marie Rush again Dock
Rush. Plaintiff charges cruel and in
human treatment.
Word was. received here today
that Swift and Company's plant would
pay the full salaries of the men who
are in the national guard company.
This applies to the two men from the
company here, as well as men from
all of the plants in different parts Of
the country.
Word has been received from Bal
timore, Md, that Allen B. Belts has
Joined the crack troop a cavalry of
Maryland, for service in Mexico with
Uncle Sam. They are to be the. first
ones ordered to the front should war
be declared against Mexico. Troop A
is composed of the sons of prominent
Baltimore families and is considered
one of the best organizations of
cavalry in the United States. Mr.