Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-15

| Inc meetlnS OF the Northeastern
Linn County Teachers association
in the M. b. church last Saturda
was very successful affair. TIL
program as published in last week
Monitor was completely carried GU
and nearly all the teachers in tn
surrounding towns were in attend
ance. Prof. Ira Condit of Ceda
Falls delivered two excellent lecture
and much interest was shown by TIL
large attendance.-Coggon Monitor
Postmaster General Cortelyo,
is drawing the lines tighter ane
tighter on what he pronounces to b,
gambling under the postal law
Publishing the result OF all raflles
and church fair lotteries excludes {
newspaper from circulation in the
mails. Printing the winning nun.
Der forfeits the publishers circula.
ton privilege. Endless chain en-.
terprises ars also under the ban
Postmasters are ordered to enforce
tho penalty.-Nashua Reporter.
B. L. Hammond died at his
home in this city, Oct. 81, after an
exten:led illness. He was born in
Elley, Chatauqua county, N. Y, in
1890. lie came to Iowa in 1855,
settling at Buffalo Grove, where he
entered farm, which he sold twelve
years ago and moved to Imdepend-
ence. His marriage to Miss Eliza
beth II. Potwin occurred May 10,
1855. They had two children who
died at the ages Of three and four
years. He took into his family two
motherless children, and cared for
them until they were grown. In his
boyhood he joined the Baptist church,
and remained an active member
through life, often riding twenty-five
miles to preach in some country
schoolhouse. Independence Conser-
vative.
On petition of David Kaplan,
Judge Blair, Wednesday, issued a
temporary injunction restraining
County Treasurer Roberts from col
Letting the first one-half of the tax
voted on property in Independence,
in favor of the Wapsie Valley Rail
road Co., in July of last year. This
injunction applies only in case the
taxpayers sign a written request ask
ing the treasurer to defer the collec-
tion of the tax TO the regular time of
collecting taxes in 1906. A large
number of Taxpayers took advantage
of this opportunity to avoid paying
a tax for railroad that has no pres
ent prospect Of being built. Others
had already paid the tax, and still
others have not paid it because they
hold that for various reasons they
are not obliged to do so. The great
however, would cheerfully
pay the tax were the railroad in
sight.-Independence Conservative.
There seems to be a common
habit prevailing among the patrons
Of the two rural routes running out
of Edgewood of bringing their let
lers, packages, ETC., to the postoffice
here in town to mail instead of Civ
ing them to their carriers. The pa-
irons are not aware Of the fact that
this work is detrimental to them
selves as it has a tendency to lower
the reports of the carriers which are
forwarded to the postal department,
the maintenance Of all routes being
considered by the amount of bust
ness done by the carrier. 1t does
not, however, make any difference in
regard to the salary Of the carrier
as this is definitely arranged for by
the government authorities and only
effects the patrons themselves, for if
the service rendered is not sufficient
in the eyes of the proper authorities
the route will sooner or later be cut
out entirely Just remember the
next time you have a letter, or sever.
al Of them, packages, or anything
else to mail, to hand it to the mai
man and let your route get the cred
it as we'll as the local postoffice.-
Edgewood journal.
As the Clipper in charge o
Conductor Kelley was getting vel
under way, leaving Farley Friday
night, a shot was fired at the smok
er of the train by someone concealed
near the tracks. The bullet wen
through two windows but fortunatel,
no one was injured as the seats prov
identially were unoccupied. VIII
could have been possessed of such
vandal spirit as to shoot at trail
regardless Of the extent of the dam
age done or the lives endangered il
perplexing question and one tina
the authorities Of the railroad vii
exert every energy to solve. 1t i,
seldom that the train is SO light,
loaded with passengers that almos
every seat in each coach is not occu
pied, but Fridays run seemed to b
an exception. Even had the culpri
who fired the shot been evening u
some cid score with the railroa
company the life of an innocent pas
senger was endangered by the bri
gandage. John Clemens reporte
10 the police that about 6 o'cloc
Saturday night he saw three ''bums
shoot at the caboose Of a Great Yves
ern freight train as it was pullin
out Of the yards to go south. 1t
thought they had been fired from til
train and were taking pot shot {
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