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f. BARGAIN In Delaware County Land 615 Acres in Richland Town ship for $ 15 Per Acre. iv We are sole agents for the Loomis tract of land (near the Backbone) in Richland town ship, and will sell same at any time during the present month for $ 15 per acre. BRONSON & CARR, Manchester, Iowa. RACKET STORE. 1 Here Rests The Remains Of MH PRICES. Killed By The Methods Of The Racket Store. ERECTED BY APPRECIATIVE CUSTOMERS. RACKET SI The Excelsior Laundry still retaitiB its reputation for doing- all kinds of LAUNDRY WORK CQHa to that of any steam laundry in this scotion of the state. It not only has ail tl eneceBsary machinery and appliances, but export workmen as woll, and the roprietor Is determined to maintain the high rank which the EXCELSIOR LRUNDRY host ttained for doing firet-class work in all lines. If you have not given the Exct .fiior Laundry a trial. Why not? We think a trial would convince you. Wo iiave no small machines for ironing: neckbands because our method does Oeivt and more satisfactory work. FRED EILLS, TELEPHONE 24-1. PROPRIETOR To the People who wear Clothes: IT WILL PAY YOU! 51 DON'T YOU THINK SO? Tj.v I Tcl Satisfactory Wo 1 KJOl Same Kind of r\ rf* "f „'r 1? fft fft 1"f- 1 "f- FORE •J- hit"*, To send your linen to the 1 iS&rSsf Manchester Steam Lauridry Work at the Prices. 1 Phone 238 Know You Should Know Iji line of Groceries, Canned Goods, Relishes and, in fact, everything that should be kept in a first-class grocery -and provision store can at all times be found at Fruits of every kind during their season- i« Peterson & Bros. P. S. Have you examined our fine lijie of Crockery and Glassware? musiii f)§o Fi ssuetof) CHAPTER I.—Gen. Heath is ordered to report to headnunrtcrp nt Chnttnnoopn. An aide is present at the interview. Tho General Is shown an order for his arrest and court-martial, and is then assigned to special duty to watch a contemplated movement of Longstreet's corps. He ac cepts. CHAPTER H.—Gon. Heath leaves Chat tanooga with 600 men, his brigade, and moves out to Morganton's cross-roads. On the way he meets with a girl he knows who lives at the place he is to make his headquarters. lie Insists on her returning with his troops. At her home it is thought a face was seen at the window, but a search through the house revealed no auspicious persons. Lieut. Hall, the-aide, is placed in charge of the young lady with orders to watch her and question her carefully. She faints. CHAPTER IIL—When questioned she said her mother is for the confederacy and herself for the union. At night she is caught in the kitchen attempting to burn a paper which contains the plans of Kttrn Biae's defenses at Knoxvllle. She is .con fined under guard as a spy. 7,* "Very/' "Then confide in me. Tell mc what all this means." "What do you wish to know?" "You have declared yourself to be a union girl, yet you arc captured with information in your possession evident ly destined for the confederates. I would expect another to tell any false hood essential under suoh circum stances, but somehow you are so young, so apparently guileless. Give me a chanco to—" She extended her hand and grasped mine with a look of gratitude. "I thank you, but you can't help me." There was something so decided in her withholding of confidence that I gave up the effort to gain it. "I must send you upstairs now, but before you go I want you to forgive ""For what?" /, "Being your jailer." "You are only doing your duty, and doing it as considerately as possible." "And you don't detest mc for it?" "On the contrary, I like you." I called the corporal of the guard, and she was conducted to her room. I was no sooner away from her than I was vexed at the sympathy I had shown. What'reason had I to interest myself in this young confederate, who had doubtless been selected for her work on account of her capacity for lying? I wanted to get out into the air and pull myself together, so 1 called for my horse, mounted, and sent him flying down the road. I passed Maj. Snaffle's two companies, watching the pike half a mile below, the major stretched on a flat rail, dozing, some of the men playing cards, others Bitting on the ground in groups, all doing their best to pass the time. They gave me aii inquiring glance, but I rode on, without a word, till I reached an emi nence, from which I could see a long way ahead. Then I pulled up to enjoy the view. The pike stretched southward, a straight white line, flanked by alternate openings and woods upon which the sun cast its early morning rays the air was pure and the sky a deep azure. Happening to cast my eyes on a point where the road was lost behind the woods, suddenly a horseman shot into view. Distance prevented my distin guishing who or what he was, though the clear dry atmosphere through which I looked enabled me to see him distinctly. He was followed by half a dozen others then the head of a mount ed column came into view. As they drew nearer the clouds of dust pre vented my discovering whether they wore the blue or the gray, but the sun shining brightly on a flag they carried showed me plainly the stars and bars of the confederates. I dashed back at a gallop, drawing rein at Snaflle's tent to give him warn- 1 •V I thank you, but you can't help me." ing. Snaffle, a short, fat, red-faced man with corkscrew curls, could never get through a sentence without stutter ing, except at giving tin word of com mand, when, strange to say, his orders came clear and regular as shots from a repeating rille. "Wh-wh-at's up?" "Johnnies, lots of them, down the road, coming right along." ''I've only a h-h-h-andful of men." "And Fve only a guard." "I tell you what, lieutenant"— no bet ter man than Snaffle ever drew a saber —"you go back and get ready to run, and I'll take my little command and make a show on the road up there. When you're ready, send me word and 1*11 fall back. Then maybe we can get up into a ravine In the ridge and flglit." He had scarcely spoken the last word before I was out of hearing. Ap proaching the plantation, I was sur prised to see the yard full of armed men. Not knowing but that they were confederates, I pulled up, but in an other moment caught sight of their flag. It was no stars and bars, but the real "Old Glory," and I confess I had never seen it look so beautiful. Dash ing on and into the gateway, I shouted: "The johnnies arc on us!" but before I could give any explanation there was a clattering of hoofs, and Snaffle with his men came tearing along, followed by the enemy. Our men, having just come in, were all in the saddle, and soon formed in linfc of battle. On the right was Col. Wilton, a tajl soldierly man with a beak nose and a black, gleaming eye, com manding a regiment of 200 men—not a fourth of its original strength, for it had been thinned by war. Next was the remains of a regiment—its emolument had been killed or captured at Chicka mauga^—under a jolly, roistering Irish- 9 ht, :t:o2 Ltppincott Co.] SYXOPSIS &MITCHEL. of T\Oiivke"s Irish \GVS WAS a soin bushy-wliiskercd German. Maj. Ping, who had studied the art of warin Prus sia, and whose men bad studied the art of plunder in Missouri. Snaflle's HHMI. panting like hungry stags, were hastily formed on the extreme left. All eye were turned to the general, to learn whether he would surrender or fit»h:. lie waited till a force ecjunl to our owi was ih the yard, leaving as many out side, then, drawing his sword, gaw the order,— "Charge!" The initial force was with our men. The enemy, being on the defensive, half formed, surprised at an atta« "c when they supposed we were waiting to surrender, soon became entangled with one another. Those nearest the gate tried to get back through it. Those 011 the outside, sceiug their cor»« rades charged, endeavored to join them, those within trying to get out, *hosc without trying to get in, those in the passage packed like pigs in a pen. I maintained my place by the general so far as 1 could, but it was impossible to keep close to anyone. 1 was jostled and knocked about, and narrowly es caped being sabered or shot by our own men. Then 1 was turned round with my face to the house. Borne backward by the confederates and our own men mingled, I saw Margaret Bcach at the window of her mother's room, unmind ful of the stray bullets that occasionally struck near her, watching the fight. Her eyes, 1 noticed, were following the general wherever he went. Raising mine to the room where she had been confined, there at the "window, a ghost from another world, a melancholy it tendant on death at the carnival, a presiding ghoul over the massacre of 11109, was a pale face with eager sunken eyes—the same 1 had seen before. Then some one dashed against my Jiorse and set him spinning like a teetotum. Confusion worse oonfounded reigned. Our men could do nothing but shoot, hack, pummel, e&ch man fighting on his own hook. At last a troop of con federates were separated from the rest, driven to the rear, and captured. The enemy without began to tear down the fence on one side, but the general sent llourke to beat them off. The foTce that had effected an entralfaie was de pleted. The general by a aiduul move brought Ping's and Snaffle's commands together behind Wilton's ancV\rder ing Wilton to divide in the center, sent the united forces charging between the wings. This finished the fight. A few con federates got out, the rest were tram pled, shot or taken prisoner. Then the panic was communicated to those with out. The general rode out, followed by .the whole command, and com menced a pursuit that carried some of our men miles away. V, '.•% PAROLE. Turning my horse over to an order ly, I hurried to the house to discover what had become of Margaret Beach. I hoped she had gone. What was my disappointment at finding her on the veranda! "You here?" "Yes why not?" "Why, 1 thought perhaps, inasmuch as your neck was in a halter, you might take advantage of the scrimmage to get away." "How could I? The gate was blocked." "Not while we were following the enemy, "The sergeant put a sentinel there as soon as you left." "Nonsensel Why do you try to de ceive me? You did not wish to leave or you would have found a way.' An expression of pain passed over her face which I could not understand. She sat down I placed myself beside her. Below us in the yard men were caring for the wounded, and when all were removed, burial parties began spading by the light of torches, inter ring the dead where each had fallen. We could hear the men talking und sec their dimly lighted figures, while every now and again a torch was held before an ashen face, a body was lifted into its grave, we could hear a sound of fall ing earth, then a funeral volley. I was continually thinking that the girl beside ine might within a day or two be put into her own grave—not an honor able one, bu£ that of a felon. Margaret, sat alternately looking at the grave diggers and averting her face, fasci nated yet repelled by the grim sight. "Strange condition, war," I said. "Horrible!" She looked so wretched that I could not refrain from resting my hand for a moment on hers. She did not withdraw it, though something told me that it was no dawning love that led her to leave it in mine, but a craving for sym pathy, for some friend on whom to lean. I tried to speak to her encouragingly, but there was something so grewsome in the ashen faces of the dead, the torches, the clods falling on the uncof fined bodies, that I too was filled with gloom and remained silent. An orderly rode up to the galllcry with an order for me to report to th* general. Leaving my companion, I went to him at once, and found him pacing before his tent, while Walter was engaged in talcing down the names of t.he prison ers, who were being paroled to go to their homes, for we had no force to guard them, and they nearly all lived in Tennessee. As I caiuc up the general looked at me eagerly. "You sent for me, general." "Yes. Miss lieach—where is she?" "In the house/' lie could not conceal a look of disap pointment. "Tell her to get rcudy for ajjourney," he said. "Shall go?" "To Gen. Bumside." "It would be hardly safe," I ventured, "to send her under a guard of less than a hundred men, and 1' supposed you wished to keep the command together. Besides, her guard might be either dis persed or captured. In that ease the game would not be worth the candle." I inform her wherelslie is to He looked at mii, surprised that I should dare to instruct him as to what course he should pursue. Then he amazed me by asking: "What would you do with her?" "I would put her on her parole Jof lean, Lieut Col. Eourke. On the left feasor Bet tojackfe, ami jtat Jier do I PH5W-W she likes within the limits of the planta tion." "A spy! parole!" "If you will parole her, general, I will be responsible for her with my head." "You would lose your head." I am a natural gambler it is many year since I have staked penny, but at that time 1 was considered the best poker-player in the brigade. "1 will wager—'" 1 was beginning "No, no, lieutenant I'm not in the habit of gambling with my stall, and on such a subject. Take her parole not to escape or aid the confederate cause, and I hold you responsible for its keeping. If she break's it, I will dismiss you from my staff, try you by court-martial for neglect of duty, and euforec the sever est penalty the court mil inflict." "Done," I cried. "I accept the terms." I went straight to the house, and in a few minutes was with Miss Beach. "1 have an important announcement to make to you. The general lias decid ed magnanimously to take your parole —to put you on your word of honor to do nothing that will aid the confederate cause, or to escape." I pronounced the words with some thing of a flourish—for I was delighted as well as proud to have accomplished the feat of gaining the general's assent to my plan—a/nd waited for her reply. She stood for awhile looking down at the floor in deep meditation. "It is not the general's magnanimity that grants this parole it is yours." "That doesn't matter. Even though I may have suggested it, the general is still the one to act. In order that you may understand his generosity, I must remind you that the ordinary course to pursue in the case of a spy caught as you have been is to try him by drum head court-martial and hang him at sunrise the day after trial." "Is that the way it's done?" she asked, blanching. "It is." "What am I to do?" I sat down at the table and wrote: "I, Margaret Beach, in consideration of being relieved from confinement un der guard, promise not to aid the con federate cause or attempt to escape." She seized the paper eagerly, read it, and signed it with impatient haste. Her action impressed mc with the sus picion that she only wished to get a chance to save herself by flight. But I had gone too far in the matter to re treat indeed, were it not that 1 shrank from her disgrace, I would have hoped she would go. I took the paper to the general, who declined to read it. As I turned to leave him I remem bered that I had had no opportunity to speak of having again seen the face at the window. "General, a little circumstance oc curred to-day which I suppose I should report." "What is it?'' "I saw that face again." "When?" "During the fight I got turned round—" "Was it your horse that was turned, or is it .your head that is turned "I got turned round," I went on, color ing, but repressing my anger, "and, looking up at the house, saw the face." "Indeed!" In the single word he contrived to throw a world of irony. "You have not told me." he added, "whether this face belonged to an old man, a young man, or a boy." "To tell the* truth, general, I couldn't tell you whether it was man or woman." There was a curl of the lip that would have made me insubordinate had I dared to be so. "Lieutenant," he said, "have you ever had any severe illness?" "Xo, general." "Any accident? Did you ever fall from your horse and light on the top of your head?" "No, general." "Well, if I hear any more of that face I'll send you north on an indefinite leave to recover your health in a gov ernment hospital. You may go." I turned and left him. For the first time it occurred to me that perhaps, after all, the face at the window might be the creation of my own fancy. selected a good man and directed him to occupy the room I had slept in on the night of our arrival at the planta tion. He was to go there after all were asleep and remain awake all night. If anything unusual occurred he was to call me. I chose a room on the second floor, and, after the house was still, went upstairs and to bed. My room was nt the front of the house. I could hear the burial parties still at work, and sec through a window the flare of the torches on the leaves of the trees. The mystery of Margaret Beach, the uncertainty of her fate, had by this time so excited my brain that I could not sleep. No sooner would 1 drop off than a volley outside would awaken me, and the knowledge that it was fired over some poor fellow's grave was by no means conducive to the re turn of slumber. However, oblivion came at hist. At midnight I was brought back to consciousness by the man I had placed below, standing over me with alighted candle. "Lieutenant!" "Well?" "The young girl has gODe." "Where?" "Out of the door out of the gate away from the plantation." I rubbed my eyes and glared at the man standing beside my bed. "She slipped away with the tread of a cat, sir." "Did you stop her?" "No I had no orders, "You were right." "is that all, sir?" "Yes you may go to bed." My first feeling was one of joy that Margaret had fled, my second one of regret that she should have broken her parole. There was no more sleep for me that night. I tossed and tumbled till morn ing, and during the long hours but one subject occupied my excited brain. It was Margaret Beach. VI. SUDDEN CHANGES. I rose from my bed the next morning completely disgruntled. Margaret's flight had placed me in a position so galling that I would almost rather have fled myself and been shot for desertion than report her breach of faith to the general. I looked out of the window while putting on my clothes, wishing that I might see an enemy* coming down on us to occupy his attention, that he might have no time to ask after my escaped prisoner, but saw only a num ber of newly made graves. When I had finished dressing I went to the mess tent and found the general and the personal staff seated at breukfa»st. To i»y satisfaction, the general ate in silence, making no reference to Mar garet Beach. When breakfast was over he ordered Walter to ride to the commanding officers and direct them to get ready to march in two hours. 1 secured the general's permission to go with the command, a change of duty which especially delighted me. Promptly at the appointed hour the men were drawn up on the road, mounted and ready to move. We made straight for the railroad, throwing out every avenue our scouts .reported "watchful bodies of confederate ofcv&lry. In vain the general tried one road after another. All were guarded. All day wc were advancing by different roads, invariably to be stopped by the sound of firing ahead. Foiled everywhere, the general determined to return to th* plantation. The distance was consid erable we were greatly fatigued, and he gave an order for a brief rest before setting out. We were halted on a hillside. Be neath us three roads met, a fourth lead ing over the hill in our rear. The men were all back in the woods, the general a few rods in advance with afield glass. I was lying on my stomach on the ground opposite Walter, who was in the same position, with a pack of cards between us—I always carried cards in my saddle pouch. Walter had won a pot of fractional currency, and was rak ing it in. when I glanced aside at the general, intent on the lower country to the south. "Great guns' look there." On every road a column of confed erates was coming tceat us up. There was little of the confederates to be seen for the dust, but here and there the sun shoue 011 their accoutrements and arms, as they moved along the roads, looking for all the world like gigantic snakes. At that moment Wilton and Snaffle rode up and reined in behind a clump of jinderbrush. (TO BE 00NT1N1*ED.)^$ Hmv's TUUJ Wo otter Uh^ Humltuil ijuilurs i«iut»rd for any ease or Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hull's Cuturrh Cure. ir J. Cheney & Co.. T0I6U0, O. we, the underslnnod, have known K. J', (.•honey for the luct (iftoon venrs. and bellevo nun )erfeetlv honorable in all business tmnsae tlouK and financially able to carry out any oollRations utade by tnclr linn, AVKST Tm AX. Wholesale Drunntst,Toledo, O, A\AI.NINII. KINNAN & MAUYIN, Wholesale uruKKlstK.TolHilo, O. Hull's Catarrh euro Is taken internally, acting tlircetlv upon the blooil aim tmicmis surfaces of the system. Testimonials s*»»t froo. I'rlce7fe. per bottle. Sold by alldructdsts. Hall's Family Vllls are tho best. Residence Property for Sale. A good house, barn and large lot in Manchester, lor sale al a bargain. Long timn given on half of purchase money il' desired. Inquire of liiiONSON & CAitit. HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS Via the B., C. E: & N. K.- ,June 20, July 4 and 18, Aug. 1 and 16, Sept. 5 aud 19, Oct. 3 and 17. On these dates round trip tickets, good 21 days will be sold at the rate of One Fare, plus 82, to all points on this line in Iowa, Minnesota and South Da kota, north of and including Shell Rock and A bbott Crossing and to Waverly. Tickets at this rate will also be sold to a large number of cities and towns in Northern, Western and Southern states. For further information cali on 11., C. R. & N. Agents or address .1. MORTON, P. & T. A., 25wl7 Cedar Rapids, la. Sii Flyer to FMa and connecting lines l»y way of Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta Leaves St. Louis every evening, is a solid train to Nashville, and carries a Through Sleeoing Car St. Louis to Jacksonville, Fla. Day "Express also loaves Ht. Louis every morning aud carries a through sleeping car, St. Louis to Nashville and Chattanooga, connecting wiih through sleeping car to Augusta. Through coach St. Louis to Nnshvllle, thus giving DOUBLE IDAILY SERVICE to Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Jackson ville, connecting all principal points In thesouth east,)such as Charleston, Willmington. Aiken and Savannah for all points jU Florida. R. W. TIRRILL is Loaning Honey as cheap as any person or Corpor ation. A HESNER Blacksmith. Does a general line of blacksmith ing HORSESHOEING and PLOW WORK. All work done in first-class order and guaranteed. Prices reason able SHOP, WEST SIDE OFRIVER NTear tli 1CM. Good Advice. Whon you want anything the lino of Furniture do not lorgot to write us or oxumino oui1 stock aud pi'iccK We have no room for Hhoddy euudH, but with forty years of experience can guarantee you aonest goods at fair prices. Remem ber this and you will profit ly It. Werkmeister, taswsp 3-9 Earlville. Iowa. wheels a box and lciarii why It's t!io JJIVRKO evur put o«i HO UX)*. vur.j wJn.TI*. uUe ty STANDARD OIL, CO. lOcts. a pScKtujfe^ At •ifiTiiitiiiif a Ptujf sfores Railroad Time Table., ILLINOIS CENTRAL. Illinois Central Tiino ablo No. 21, taklnc et feet at 12:00 o'clock noon, Sunday. July a, I8!i8. Main Line Passenger Trains. West Hound, 8:48 a.in p. in Leave tM.Jil, Clipper ... tNo..*, Day 1C\press.... 8:43 h. *No. 1. Flyer io:u.r) p. Arrive ICast Hound, +No 32, Clipper tNo. »:I0 a. ill 8:10 p. nt 3:i2 a in 4. Day Kxpress.... 9:40 a. 8:10 p. 3:125 a. *Xo. 2. Flyer Frolghto carrying Passengers.* Arrive West Hound7 I heave 12:2T» p. ml. tNo. 91, Way Freight...II:C5 P, p. mj.-tNo. ?i. through Freight.1*2:30 p. Arrive I Kast Bound. L^ve" 10:l»a. inl...No. Way Freight...!10:S5a.m 12Mj p. ml.tNo 82,Through Freight.|i2:50p.in CKDAR RAPIDS BRANCH. South Hound I liei Cedar Rpds 1 North Bound l«eave an »Manchester Arrive S'o. 3ira!i:4r,a.in No M3l No. asi 5:30p.m ... Passenger.. ..tl'assongor.. .... tFrelglit No.804 io p. in No.322fi: ica.in No.851 4fi p. in 'Daily. ••Daily Except Sunday. H. G. PIERCR, Station Agt. CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RY, "The Maple Leaf Route." Time card, Thorpe, Iowa. cago Special, Daily, Going East 7 40 a fcx ess. daily except Sunday.....Jhoi Way Krol-ht, daily 11*851 «r 9^' West, North and South. Way Preigh-. daily 9:35 pm Sunday.. .. 1:53pm St Paul & Kansas City Exp, daily 5:41 a For Information and tickets apply to J. L. O'HARROW Agent Thorpo M. St. P. Ry. HKI.AWAKE TIME CAU1 North Bound ?w"stl'assonKor a.ni Way freight ii'fiia South Bound u,eJa* Uavraport,& Kansas City, 1'ass o:07p. m. WaylTdfl.t 10:'2» II. in, B. C. R. & N. R'y, CEDAR KAl'IDS TIME CARD. MAIN LINK »01N0 jfOltTll. Arrive Leave W}nn°apons Kxpress.. 8:ofi am No-3Waverly 1 DAILY TO ST. LOUIS in emi n, Passenger... 8:«0pm \T1, ''Minneapolis Kxpress..12:30 ngt B:45 a No. 18 rhjeago Passeugor. ii:4d Iso. in Chicago Passenger. C,'.'„al!' c»f ""i coaches to Mlnno G—Pullman sleepers and coaches to Minneapolis and St. Paul, MAIN LINK OOINC EA8T AND 80UT1I. 8:20 ni No. 2 Chicago Passenger... 8*401) 10 15 a in No. 48t. Louis Passenger., a'jonp 8:10 a ^o. Chicago & St.Louis Ex s-snlnri I2:2u ngt No. 8 Chicago Fast Express. 12:80 ngt No. 10 Passenger 0:06 nj No42 Burlington Passenger 7:15 a bi i»n^«i»iiriulrS?n sleeP.er» free chair, car aud coaches to Chicago. So. fr—Pullman sleepers vi pl'i,1 coaches to Chicago and St. Louis. No. 8—Pullman sleeper to Chicago: arrives Chicago :59 a. in. Ngt.—night. DECOltAH DIVISION. 8^0 DecorahPasseliger. ... 8:15am 4:05P ni Decorah Freight 6:20pin IOWA FALLS DIVISION. Passenger.... 8:80am 12:20 ngt ..Sioux ialls Fast Express .. 12:30ngt IOWA CITV, CljINTON ANI DAVKXI'OltT. 2:80 in..... Passenger... 8:05 Is 110 Passenger 7:15 am Passenger 8:40 COTSWOLDS. Flock heatied by choice IM PORTED KAJiS. Will fur nish Cotswolds and pradeB, singly or by carload. A choice lot of young rams for fall trade. Buy our bucks now and (It them up for work to suit yourself. Best and cheapest at w. Tickets and full Information concerning the above can be had of agents of tho "Centrar'aud connecting lines. C. C. Mc(!AKTV, D. 1'. A.. St. Louis, Mo. A. 11. HANSON, G, V. A. J. V. MKHltY. A. 0,1'A. Chicago, .WW Dubuque. Iowa. J. STRAIN & SONS, Masonvilie, la. ALEX SEFSTEOM, LACKSMIT Makes a Specialty of Horse Interiering Corns Cured or no Pay. 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Roche Can be found at hla ahop on Franklin street during business hours, with a competent foroe of workmen to do all klndd of Corn* and Interfering Cured or no pay. Satin faetlon Guaranteed. RcspectftfUy, P.J.Roche. FARMS FOR SALE fx-w' .-5 M* Choicc Farm Lands, easy terms, very desirable property at low prices. Large list to select from. When you want to buy or sell call on H. C. HAEBERLE, Manchster, Iowa. DELAWARE COUNTY Abstract Co., Manchester, Iowa. ABSTRACTS. REAL ESTATE. LOANS AND CONVEYANCING. Office In First Natio na Bank Building. Orders by mail will receive careful' attention. We have complete copies of all records of Delaware county. ENNIS BOGGS. UANAGKR. You'r not so warm in one of our negligee Shirts. A fine line of soft shirts Icr sum mer wear. Call and examine our line. F. M. FOLEY RYAN, IOWA. J. E. DAVIS, Manchester, la., Main St., North of Court House. pin ...Passenger «:ns nt 4:50 Clinton Pussenger 7:15 a 7:50 m....Davenport Passenger.... 7:15 a IU '/Trains numbers 5 6,8,18. 19, and Sioux Falls Fast Kxpress run daily, all other trains dally ex cept Sunday." J. MORION. J. A LOMAX Gen'UPass & Tkt Agt, Ticket Agent, Cedar Rapids Iowa. PURE-BRED MONEY,t?od°Y',..5VO I am making first-class farm loans at 5 and 6 per cent., with privi leges. ABSTRACTS furnished at a rate meeting all competition. J. E, DAVIS. Abstracter, EATON HOGKADAY., Successors to A. W. /.••'• -r Stevens & Co. (CITY HALL BLOCK.), We have on hand all kinds of 1 FRESH HEATS Oysters in season. Fish, sausage and the best cured meats. SHOP CL06ED ON 8UNCAY. EATON HOGKADAY TELEPHONE 261. may be larger than ours in size, but Saturn isn't in it when it comes to StyleB, Kinds and Qual ity. We have rings to pleaBe the most fastidious. Diamonds, Opals, XiubleB, Emeralds, Pearls,Engage ment and Wedding, Society Em blem Kings, Masonic, Odd Fel lows, Knights of Pythias, etc., etc. Ladies' watches, Gent's watches Boy's watches, Chains, Charms Bracelets, etc. Large variety of patterns In Solid Sterling Silver SpoonB, Forks, etc. Souvenir SU ver Spoons with Court House or Fish Hatchery engraved in. bow Call and see them I 'Soratoo & MIETGD. Jewelers. Our Spring Suitings and have arrived, and those desiring GOOD may be different SUITS STYLI8H Should not fail to call and examine our stock. Our Suits Overcoats are admirable in fabric and in fit, in winsom Ihu Nearly a quarter of a century in business in Manchester ought to be a guarantee of our com petency and qualillca tions to give [satisfac tion. SMITHING Horse Shoeing a Specialty. Mii You are Invited to in spect our stock and get our prices. L. & A. WOLFF. mm m*