Atlantic Messenger (Newspaper) - May 4, 1905, Atlantic, Iowa 1864 Samuel Wilson Becomes City Marshall Tom Shannon Elected THE LIGHT PLANT MAY BE SOLD These Matters and Others the of the City Council Lut Tuesday At The city council held its regular meeting on Tuesday evening of this Members were all The item of business which attracted the attention of more people than any thing else was that of the selection o City This particular piece of official business had been hanging fire for some time and many were be coming interested in the result There waa some surprise at the out come of the Sam Wilson who had been on the night force waa mad city mar ah all and Tom Shannon was appointed to take Wilsons place a night The mayor has been the subject of some comment that is cot exactly complimentary in refer ence to this County Attorney Good speed ap before the council and asked that a telephone pole which is located within the parking near his home be ordered After stating his case the council passed a motion re questing the Musson Phone Company to move the Martin Funk through one of the council asked that the council reco mend that the two thousand dollars worth of monies and credits which had been assessed against him be recommended to the board of super visors for remission of taxes because he had At the time of the presentation of the case no action was taken but later in the evening the recommendation asked was granted The matter of the claim of Mrs Stoodt for damages which she is ask ing of the city was The claim committee reported that they were authorized to say she settle for The matter was re Phelps brought up the ques tion of the assessment of his home While he was in Germany the assessment was raised from to After his return he was in California and the same valuation was placed on the This year it was assessed at the original Because of his absence there was no one to look after the case and he asked that the council rec to the board of supervisors that the taxes for the last three years on the extra be After some discussion the motion that the recommendation for a remission oi the taxes on the for last year be made That there may be something doing in reference to the electric light plant was county treasurer Williams appeared before the council and wished to know if the plant was for stating that if it was he would like to confer with them in re gard to the matter and further said that he was ready to make a propo sition to them in which he would agree to do certain things if they were ready to A meeting was appointed for Thursday night to take up the ques There has been a sentiment developing that the city better dispose of this part of its possessions and it may be that this is the beginning of the end in the ownership of the The ever present Bull Creek came in for It seems that people will persist in making it a dumping ground for all sorts of trash and that in consequence of such use it is be coming filled with trash and this is held as a menace to the safety to the property along its It was or dered cleaned out and it is possible that drastic measures will be with some who are in the habit of so using tbe Two dozen rubber coats were or dered purchased for the use of the fire The place in the culvert in Chestnut street just north of Third street that is breaking away was or dered After allowing the bills the council Decoration it is the sense of the Cass County Ministerial Associa tion that Decoration Day is one of the most sacred days of all the year to the American Sports and games of various kinds should not mar the observance of the occasion so to loyal The day is a memorial and demands sacred When personal interest is it should be done for the sake of our living and and for the blessings ac curing to us by their courage and Preachers The Atlantic Preachers Meeting was to order by the at the Presbyterian church May with the following members present Abraham and Secretary of Atlantic of Griswold Brocket and of Marne of Anita Kirk of Fletcher Mont of Lor ah and and Watkins of The meeting was opened with song and prayer and Duncan read appropriate A short paper was read by Beckhart regard ing his relation as president for the past year expressing most kindly re gards and appreciation for tbe friend ships and congenial good will exist ing during the A resolution of appreciation in favor of Beck hart was passed by the A resolution regarding Decoration Day was adopted and the secretary author to have it published in all the papers of the Brockert read a paper on The of Christs Recog of George pre sented the Importance of the Preaching Hour to the read a Young Peoples Societies and the Church of the Kirkwood spoke on the Some Failures on the Religious Care of Following this was a thorough dis cussion of the topics by tbe This was the last meeting of the Yours Harris Passes In many parts of this section of the state there is sadness when it is known that a methodist pastor of died in that place last Sunday He was one of the prominent ministers of that de nomination and was widely known throughout southwestern At one time in his ministry he was pastor in Lewis and while there made many warm not only in the town but in many other parts of the He was recognized as a man of more than ordinary His sickness cover ed some He had been in the west for his health but on receiving no benefit came to Boone that he must soon During these weeks o waiting he showed a remarkable spiri and endeared himself to all who had an opportunity to be near His wife and three children survive him He was buried in the Boone cemetery Popular The interest in the candidacy o Pennell as bank examiner is in He has met with much en in many parts of the dis and his friends are beginning to feel that he should have the This is especially true in his home county of Pennell has al ways been an enthusiastic r publican and no one has ever had any doubt as to the quality of his He is a man who is eminently ATLANTIC BAKERY Harrison Bnyt the Have Per sonal Keeps Wellington A deal which has been pending fo several days was brought to clos Monday afternoon when the Atlanti became the property of Geo Dilger in selling thi part of bis business does not relin his ownership of the Harrison is well known to man in He was the baker in th Atlantic Bakery for two years and demonstrated while there that he is a man who is thoroughly uptodate in all that relates to the bakers craft He has been working in Red Oak fo the last year and gave up his place there to take charge of the work here Dilger in selling did that he might give his whole attention to interests of the Wellington Cafe which he considers one that is worthy his whole The Cafe is well lo and there is no reason why i should not do a very profitable busi The building is new and is wel Dilger knows the ant business from a to izzard having been engaged in it for a num ber of He has worked in the leading restaurants in the state so that there is little about the business of catering to the public that he does not Now that he is freed from the cares of the bakery he ex to be able to offer the public the very best there is in the way of a cafe and he certainly is able to do Harrison is already in chars of the bakery and making a numbe of changes which he believes will be to the advantage of himself and ni He has rearranged the in of the sales and will a soon as he is able rearrange th dining room more to his Hi will do his baking the early morn ing hours so that the deliveries can be made in time for Thos who been in the habit of getting their bread and other bakery goods a the Wellington can still do so sine in the deal arrangements were mad whereby the goods there as will be MAIL THROWER experience in been such as for the place and his ihe business world has to fit him for The knowledge of hese things as well as the fact that Dass county has not been dealt with any too generously in that handing out of the good things at the disposal of the federal department have caused he of this county to feel that anything but the giving of the rec to him will not be at all It is a matter in which the county is interested and the voters will be very much disappointed if he should not be Richards Behind The The telegraphic reports this morn ng contain the news that Rich ards remains true to his promise that he would surrender himself up to the sheriff yesterday at His act of liberty had taken on some thing of the He left Des Moines Saturday morning saying that he was going to visit his relatives and hat at the proper time he would show show up at Anamosa where he was sentenced to serve eighteen He disappeared and it was frequent y commented that was the last which would be seen of Many believed hat he would leave his bondsmen in he Such however was not the 3ase and he is now in the habiliments of those who have forfeited the rights o He is fiftyfour years of age and can by good time get out when he is about He hopes or a parole or a pardon later Always in stock the good colors of wall paper at fred Frank Gives Bis Hail Throwing Another The mail throwing device of Frank Burr was given another thorough tes on the Griswold branch yesterday Several persons were present includ ing a representative of the Messenger The results were highly satisfactory Burr has equipped a box ca with the device and has been working on it for some time making such itn as the various tests have made it seem were The various trials yesterday were for not once did the throw er fail to do the work just I was tried at slow speed and at a high and in all cases it threw the mail into the receiver with perfect There seems now to be nothing more necessary than to get the officials hen and let them see what it will do to set tie the matter that it is all that has been expected of it and that it is jus what is needed by the railroads to make the service more The engine used in the test was thai run on the south branch and the crew was in charge of Conductor Bundy The experiments were made a shor distance from the Sixth street crossing Burr feels very grateful to Mr Bundy and the other railroad men who have been helping in his tests and appreciates their services very HOME TALENT PLAY Lawn mowers twenty ears Satisfaction Ed 414 Walnut interest in their A Fine Performance at the Opera Ronse Monday and Tuesday Frequenters of the opera house had a very pleasing entertainment on Monday and Tuesday evenings of this On those evenings members of the Alumni Association of the Atlan tic High School gave a The Light House From the stand point of good acting and cor rect it was ahead of many of the professional that get a place on the The excellence of the work on both evenings and especially the second las been a topic of frequent All of the characters did most ex The only legitimate point of criticism is the fact of the small the first The perform ance was worthy a good The purpose for which the play was iven should have drawn out a larger number of people on both The people who took part in tti play spared no pains to make the per a worthy one and they wish o thank those who attended for their wr fee starts in under Previous to the CHANGES HANDS Bros Sell to Mercantile Co Immediate Possession The public was treated to a genuin surprise Tuesday morning when 3 became known that the Marquis Mer Company was again in pos session of the Shoudy store The deal was not long in being to a The pro position was made on Monday after and closed in but few more min Tuesday morning than it took to te a There are no unkind ings existing and the new owner very favorable cir purchase Mar quis had bought the building in which the store was He had also purchased a large stock of groceries and He had contemplated opening the stock in the north room of the Odd Fellows The Shoudy were also planning to make a move that would have taken care o them cicely when their lease expired the first of These things were pretty well understood by al concerned and it happened that each party saw that a time had come when a deal could be effected that would be to the mutual advantage of each anc they took advantage of The have not ye completed their plans for the future but will be very likely to carry ou their original plans of going west in the near Since this is not the first appearance of the Marquis Mer cantile Company in this city it needs no further introduction than the sim pie announcement that it is here owns its stock and building and has decided to cast in its lot with Atlantic people and to do what it can to build up the interests of the city and to serve as as may be the city am surrounding i BOILERS ARE One Pumping Plant Boilers New Most be an inspector employee by the Insurance company which look after the steam boilers of the city o was in the city yesterday and made a careful examination of the boilers at the pumping station and a the electric light and power He those at the pumping station as being beyond repair and as liable to give way at any In fact he emphasized this statement by saying that they had lasted much longer than was reasonable to expect and inciden paid Engineer Love a fine com when he It was due to the very good care that they had had that made it possible to nse them He was of the opinion that the boilers at the electric light and power plant were in fair condition and that there would be no trouble in keeping insurance on This visit of his settled beyond ques tion what will have to be done at the pumping New boilers must be purchased and the fact is the town is more or less jeopardized until the new boilers are installed at the pump ing He also gave the counci to understand that the idea of moving the boilers from tbe light plant to the pumping station was a very bad IMPROVEMENTS AT FAIR GROUNDS New and are Track The new officers of the Cass County Agricultural Association are making some extensive improvements on the grounds and Already the old horse barns have been repaired and one new one built and designed specially for track A new Floral Hall is to be built and a new will be These im are all of a substantial order showing that the new manage ment have faith in the fair as a per manent One will hardly recognize the grounds near the race This is being changed very materially and vill be one of the best if not the best n the The west end which was considerably lower that the east is eing leveled up and the whole track Visiting Delegates of The A number of delegates for the Womans Home Missionary in the city Saturday Among them Miss Barge of Griffith of Coun il and Mesdames Judge Green and Smith of English of Barker of Griswold and Jeanett Miller of HOUSE Honse Occupied by Pierson Badly ed by Fire at Nooa The house occupied by Pierson local manager of the Iowa Telephone was badly scorched today The neighbors succeeded in getting the furniture out with but little Pierson was out of town at the The fire was dis covered by Spencer and Blanch and the Tailor girls at the same Pierson who was at home and in the house had started the fire in the kitchen stove a few moments before and knew nothing of what was going on until told by her On going into the dining room smeke was seen coming into the room through the cracks of the cover of an opening in tbe The alarm was phoned in at once and the neighbors hurried to get out the There happened lo be no men in that immediate vicinity and before any arrived the ladies had the carpets up and nearly everything out of the house except the heaviest of the This was taken out by the men after they So far as could be ascertained the damage to the household goods was very slight in The dishes were most of them put into the drawers of the dressers so with the many little things found about the The fire de responded with all speed and reached there in a very short time after the alarm was turned con the It took them but a few minutes to put out the flames which had by the time they reached there nearly covered the whole The building is one consisting of main part and The fire caught in the ell under the probably from a defective A new roof will be necessary and possibly other pairs will bring the loss up to 8200 o The owner is Fox who lives in Des After the fire was over all the carpets and other things were taken to the home of Taylor who lives immediately until the arrival of At the time of the fire his wife not locate he being out some where on the line out of the SUNDAY SCHOOL 15tb Cass Association Will Meet May and 16th at Arrangements have been completed for tbe holding of the Cass County Sunday School Below is given the entire From this it will be seen that in addition to the local there will be present during the greater part of the conven tion one of the leading Sunday School workers of the He was here a few weeks ago and those who had the of hearing him then will be glad to know that be is to be here The officers hope that there will be a large attendance from all parts of the AFTERNOON MAY 15 Devotional Lesson Study a Primary b Young People c Bible Class Duncan Discussion HID Should Persons Not Christians Teach in the Marne Discussion Lewis Best Method of Teaching Tem in the Semones Led by Watkins Lewis The Superintendent as Assist ant Miss Lewis Discussion Led by George EVENING Devotional Appointment of Committees by Frank Larson Address Handy LIBRARIAN ELECTED The Civic club will meet at the home f Hammond on May at The usual exercises paper Board Elected Miss Adams to Succeed Miss Evans who The library board held their regulai meeting on Monday evening of this Aside from the usual business there was the question of finding some one to take the place of Miss Evans who resigned as librarian some time There were a number of candidates who had applications in for the place but Miss a sister of Mickle was Miss Adsms was called to the meeting and stated that she would like to finish her school for which she was under contract and then go away and take a course in library If this were done she would not be ready to take up the duties of librarian until near the mid dle of This request was grant ed and Miss Lillian Cook was notified that she had been elected to take the place from the middle of the month until that Miss Cook resides in Clinton and has had some experience in library work and comes highly recommended for the The board have been fortunate in securing for the work of a library is by no means a simple In fact the value of the library to the public depends very largely on the mastery the librarian has of her business and the particular library of which she is in Successful The meeting of the Womans Home Missionary of the Methodist church or this district was held in Atlantic ast Saturday and The num bee of delegates in attendance was ully up to expectations and the pro gram was most The services of Sunday were largely attended morning and In the morning liss Carrie Barge from Ohio pied the platform and gave an in and eloquent talk on the vork of the department which she rep which is among the young In the evening Walburn gave the After the close of he talk in the morning an opportunity or those who wished to do were an opportunity to join the so iety and many took advantage of Dne of the features of the morning ser ice was the musical The hoir was assisted by McCalls or In addition to the usual anthems of the choir there was a trio by Madams Quint and Fulton and and a duet by and MORNING MAY 16 Devotional James Moreland Home Department and Cradle Frank Wiota Savery and Graham How to Interest Young People in the Julian Phelps re Led by Special Training for Led by Benefits Derived From Steinke Discussion IlginFritz The Business End of the Handy AFTERNOON Devotional Miss Ida Lewis The as a Means of Winning Discussion Led by Duncan The Use and Abuse of the Guy Lewis Discussion Led by AniU Report of Township Report of County Report of EVENING Devotional NeiE Round Table Conducted by BOOKMAN Crawford was called to olis this He expects to be back in a few Brings Thirteen New Cases Against EocK Island Attorney Boorman serves thirteen original notices against the Rock Is land Railway Company Tuesday of this All of them are for dam ages arising from delays and neglig ence in the the shipment of and some of them include items of personal The following is the list oi the in whose names the notices are brought 2 cars 3 cars 2 1 Fred 2 cars 3 2 Frank 2 of 3 Fred 4 2 1 anu 5 Con Enright to Con Enright expects soon to be at work again for the Rock Island sys He signed a contract with them a few days ago to take charge of the men who build the depot platforms and walks along the where this is done either in brick or Enright has had considerable ex in the laying of brick and cement walks and so is well fitted for the He has also been in tha employ of the company before and know well whom Maey are secur While is not by any means a young man he does not take to the idea that his years of useful ness have passed and insists that loafing does not agree with him at The Star Troop of the This is what is said of the popular Hi Henry Big City Minstrel Aggrega tion of fifty all white star performers who appear at the Atlantic Opera House on May The merits of this Star Attraction are widely and the leading press bestow great favor upon Dont forget the date and remember seats
