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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13, 1899.
TILIPHONBNO. 154.
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jfdditional jCocal.
—Mrs. Herbert Harris advertises that
slie has a choice strain of bronze tur
keys for sale.
—You will not fail to notice that
Harry Stewart is selling Manchester
and Spring Branch creamer butter.
—Mr. 'and Mrs. Cyrus Kenny and
Mesdames Thomas Kenny and Robert
Nicholson were shopping in this city
Thursday.
—Ezra Coats loBt a back pad and
breeching belonging to a single harness,
laBt Thursday. Finder will please not
ify him, or leave at this office.
—The following are the officers elect
ed by the W. R. C. of Delhi, for the
coming year: Jessie Doolittle, pres
Hattie White, sr. vice Louise House,
jr. Vice Laura Fuller: trees and Carrie
Swinburne, chaplain.
—The chair sale at A. D' Brown's
Furniture store the past two weeks haB
been very satisfactory to all concerned
therein. He announces that he has
received for the holiday trade the larg
est shipment of medium and fine furni
ture ever received by him.
—Harry Glover, of Spencer, a former
Manchester boy, has been tendered and
has accepted the position of traveling
auditor for the Floete Lumber Co. The
headquarters of the company is at
Spencer with branch yards in a large
number of towns in'northwestern Iowa
and the'Dakotas.
—Weather Ftbphet Hicks predicts
that from the IRth to 19th of the
month many heavy winter storms may
be expected on sea and land, followed
by blizzards and a sweeping cold wave
leaehingW^oUib-Sii\l lartrag up to re-,
turn of storm conditions about 23rd to
25th, and that the month will end
in a combined Vulcan and Mercury''
period, calling for heaVy snow and bliz-'
zards, with great cold wave reachiiig in
to January, 1900.
—In the Mississippi valley this fall
November has been' the most perfect
thirty consecutive days of the twelve
months. Homer made such days and
nights divine and poured into them the
lives of gods and goddesses—and no
wonder. "When the mother of dawn,
rosy fingered morning appeared" 'The
goddess Aurora now aBcended wide
OlympuB announcing the dawn to Jove
and the other immortals" And in the
ambrosial night divine dreams came to
men. Iowa deserves its Iliad. Who
will write it f—Gate City.
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—At the surpr se party on Mr. Ed.
Towlerton at the home of Edith Jami
son in Delhi there were present: Misses
Edith" Jamison, Viola Smith, Maude
Swinburne, Gwen Perkins, Dorine
Corbih, Bertha Holtzman, Pearl Delano
Opal Stoner, Gladys White, Minnie
JamiBon, Daisy Curry, Louie Beimner
Messrs Ed Towlerton, Berl Pulon, Ar
thur Reeder, Newton Flack, Irving
Smith, Eldridge, Frank Howard, La
Salle White, Lewie Keith, Jay Reed,
Guy Smith Clark White. Thesurprise
was a real one toEd and all present had
an enjovable time.
—When we purchased a supply of
print paper for the Democrat four or
five months ago we paid 81.80 per
hundred founds for it. Last week we
ordered another supply and had to pay
32.50 per hundred for the same quality
of paper. The explanation of the sud
den Increase in the price is that the
paper mills formed a trust soon after
we made the first purchase, and are
now bleeding the smaller publishers
without mercy. We are Informed by a
traveling salesman for a paper firm
that the large city papers were given
the tip that' the trust was about to be
formed and made contracts for their
paper for a year, so that they are not at
present affected by it. They will not
howl until they are hurt, but it is now
in order for the small fry to yell lustily,
and thereby in a small degree relieve
their feelings, but the trust will contin
ue to bleed them just the same,
—In response to the invitations sent
out by Dr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Law
rence and Mr. and Mrs. Will S. Heels,
some eighty congenial spirits gathered
at Pythian Castle on last Friday even
ing and spent the time most merrily at
whist and carromB. The ladies had
conceived a color scheme of red and
white, a pleasing combination which
they carried out in their personal adorn
ment, in the decoration of the rooms,
and it was also used among the refresh
ments. Nine games of whist were
played with the result that for each of
the four prizes, a cut bad to be made.
Those winning lady's and gentleman's
first, were Mrs. Ed. Wolcott and Mr. F.
K. Gregg respectively, while the award
ing of the consolatory offerings placed
the superior cutting ability of Miss
Mary Kenyon and Mr. Geo. Barr to the
front. A delicious supper in three
courses was served, and the company
departed just within the midnight limit.
The bostB and hostesses ot this occasion
are to be congratulated upon the suc
cess of this more than ordinarily pleas
ant evening.
—One of the happiest of receptions
and dancing parties combined ever
given in this city was attended last
week Tuesday evening by some two
hundred of the friendB of Mr and Mrs.
J. B. Iloag and Miss S. Ethel Seeds.
The receiving hours extended from
half after seven until ten o'clock, and
a large number called during these
hours, filling the handsomely decorated
rooms of Pythian Castle with exquis
itely gowned women and elegantly
groomed men. Mrs. Hoag in a gown
of white over yellow silk and MIBB
Seeds in a tasteful gown of plain white
looked beautiful hostesses indeed as
they, assisted by Mr. Hoag, received
their gueBts and sent them on to engage
in the brilliant conversation and merry
chat prevaling throughout the roomB.
Ices and small cakeB, coffee and wafers
were served buffet to those attending
the reception. At ten the dancing be
gan and she of terpsichorean fame held
full sway until long ofter the midnight
hour. A course supper was served to
the dancers. Orchestral music added
the one thing needful to make this
evening a most charming one through­
—Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Stiles wnre in
Chicago Beveral days last week.
—Mrs. George Walker, of Colesburg,
was the guest of friends here Satur
day.
—A pleasant cinch party WBB held at
the home of Miss Anna Georgen at
Rockville last week Wednesday even
ing. Those present were the Missos
Phoebe Popham, NellieJBinning, Annie
Stelken, Anna and Katie Dunkel, Fran
ces and Mary Stelken, Alice Bell and
Anna Georgen. Messrs. Fred Binnii g,
John Lunbeck, Barney Stelken Jr.,
Andrew and John Raker, Henry |l'op
ham, Joseph Dunkel, Joseph and Hen
ry Stelken, John McKeever, John and
Chas. Georgen, Joseph Miller, John
Fitzgerald, John Werner, Jr., and John
Selting. First prize was won by Barney
Stelken, Jr., and the booby prize was
won by John Lunbeck. All were en
tertained in a manner pleasing to all by
the hostess.—Commercial.
THE CAPTAIN'S STORY.
He Spins a Yarn Abnnt a Wonderful
Recovery on Shipboard.
A
little group
-r~"
had
been spinning
yarns in the Votunila of the Walton for
an hour or more when a bronze
visaged, middle aged man joined the
party. Several of the group recognized
him as the captain of one of the big
tramp steamers, which ply between
Philadelphia and foreign ports, and a
place In the circle was at once made
for him.
"We've been killing time telling sto
ries," some one explained. "Suppose
you turn In your contribution."
The captain thought a moment and
then smiled.
"I was thinking of something that
happened on my last voyage,, he final
ly said. "We hnd on board as a cook
big colored fellow, whose principal
companion was a little yellow cur dog.
One day while the cook was preparing
some beef for dinner he let the heavy
oleaver with which he was doing the
chopping slip from his grasp.
"It fell to the floor with a thud, and
the cook emitted a howl of anguish
that was heard all over the ship. The
cleaver had struck one of his bore feet
and sliced the big toe off as neatly OB
a surgeon could have done It Here
was a chance for the yellow dog, and
he seized It. Making a dive for the
severed toe, he swallowed It In one
gulp and then made a bee Une for the
deck.
"This was more than the cook, craz
ed with pain, could stand, and be hnrl
ed the cleaver at the dog. His aim
proved true, and
hlB
curshlp passed out
of existence then and there. At this
juncture the ship's doctor came np to
find out what all the row was about
When he learned the truth, be laughed.
'I'll flx that for you,' he exclaimed
to the cook, 'wait till I get my Instru
ment case.'
"Within five minutes he had held a
post mortem on the dog and recovered
the lost toe. Washing it with antisep
tics, he skillfully stitched It back In
place again, and the cook hobbled back
to his quarters minus his dog, but with
many toes as he had ever had.
That's about the only story I recall
Just now, gentlemen. It has the merit
of being true, however, and If you
don't believe It come down to the ship
any time and I'll show you the cleaver.
The cook has quit tbe sea, and I don't
know his present address."—Philadel
phia Inquirer.
Ha Couldn't Help It.
The funnleBt interview I ever bad
heard ot, relates Julian Ralph In hla
remlnlscenoes, was when I was on the
•toff of the New York Sun. I had been
sent to look up some one In a suburb of
the city. The address was a number
on Fourth street, but, to my amaze
ment, I found three such streets in the
place. The house I sought was not In
any of them. Tired and almost dis
couraged I turned into a cobbler's shop,
and seeing a bearded Qerman bending
over a last In the glare of a swinging
lamp, I cleared my throat and said:
"I beg your pardon, but I am a re
porter of The Sun"—
"Well, well," he
Bald
soothingly, be­
fore I could finish the sentence, "you
cannot help dot."
I could not continue for a full mln
ate, so struck was I by the unexpected
philosophy and wisdom of his reply,
could not help being a reporter, and I
knew It. When I explained that
wanted an address on Fourth street,
and had already been to three Fourth
streets, and would like to know If
there were any more, he lifted his
hammer and poised It In tbe air for
half a minute.
"You vant to know If dere Is some
more of dose Fourt' streets?" he asked.
"Veil, I vili tell you. I liuf lived here
dwenty years, trying to And somedlngs
owt, and I didn't find anydlngs owt
yet."
The Older Booth's Beautiful Read*
lnv.
I never heard any one read just like
tho elder Booth. It was beautiful. He
made tbe figure stand before you! It
was Infinitely tender. Some of tbe
passages of "Lear" wore touching in
tbe extreme, tbougb be used Gibber's
frightfully bad edition of that sublime
tragedy.
He bad some very odd ways at times.
We were playing "Hamlet" one night
In Natchez, and during Ophelia's mad
scene a cock bogan to crow lustily.
When the curtain fell upon that fourth
act, this crowing became more con
stant. And when the manager could
not find Mr. Booth to commence the
next act be looked up and saw him
perched on the top of the ladder, which
was the only way to reach the "flies'
In that primitive theater.
Tbe manager ascended the ladder
and had quite a lengthy discussion
with Mr. Booth, who at last consented
to come down on condition that he
should resume his high position after
the play and remain there until Jack
son was re-elected president.—"Autobi
ographical Sketches of Mrs. John
Drew." in Scrlbner's.
Attending Hie Own Fnneval*
An interesting story Is told about
French cab driver named Prosper Bo
mieu, who actually attended his own
funeral. Some time ago Itomieu was
convicted of some offense and sentenc
ed to a term of imprisonment. Since
then he had been in biding at,the house
of a brother. The brother died, and
an inspiration occurred to the convict
ed cab driver. Accordingly he obtain
ed a certificate of his own death and
attended as chief mourner.
The fraud might never have been
discovered, and Homieu might havi
passed as his own brother to his dying
day but for the fact that at the grave
side there was a policeman who hap
pened to know him. The policeman
accosted him and, on getting an an
swer, said facetiously, "This is the first
time I have hoard a dead man speak."
The unlucky dissimulator was haled
off to the bureau and bos since been
sentenced to five months' 1morison*
Best
THE FORCE OF WAVES.
GENTLE ROLLS OF WATBR
HOLD A FEARFUL POWIR
Gronnd gem on the Bagllik
Whioh Wreck Veueli on
Day*—These Swell* Strike WtOi
Force of a Ton to tbe Sqiuire t»ok
Many visitors to the coast are sorely
puzzled when a boatman either refuses
to put off from the shore, or at most
go far from land, on a day when then
Is no sign of an approaching storm
and the water Is only moved by a loaff
and gentle rolling swell.
Argument is of no avail, and If the
old salt Is pushed for a reason he wfll
only reply with some cryptogramic re
mark about "the ground sea," the
questioner then retiring more bewil
dered than before.
It Is hard to understand how such a
gentle swell can presage danger, bat
to experienced eyes It gives a warning
that must be heeded. All along the
west and parts of the south coasts of
England and Ireland, as well as the
west coast of Scotland, uncounted
tales are told of ships which on a per
fectly calm day have been within a
few hours first caught by a gentle roll
of the water and finally thrown on a
rockbound shore by the dreaded
'ground sea."
To understand this curious marine
phenomenon it must be borne In mind
that out on the Atlantic waves are of
ten formed to a heigh of 40 feet. Driv
en before a heavy gale, these advance
at a rate of from 80 to 40 miles an
hour. Traveling at such a rate, they
soon get out of the wind swept
area. But even tbougb, for them, the
storm is past they still roll on in fury,
their undulations often being felt BOO
miles from the point of their creation.
In the region of the storm these
waves are fierce, breaking billows, but
as they get farther away they settle
down into long, rolling ridges, which
travel onward in long, unbroken
perfectly parallel with each other.
Out on the open sea these ridges of
ten stretch out for a distance of over
30 miles, and they travel In threes,
each successive wave being larger
than Its predecessor. Tbe sight Is an
Imposing one.
The farther they progress the small
er they become In height, but this Is
compensated for by the fact that their
motion Is communicated to the mass of
water below, until the roil be de
tected fully 50 feet under the surface.
This gives them the name of "groand
sea."
In this peculiarity their danger lies,
for when a becalmed ship is caught In
them, her draft, the resisting power
that enables her to ride out a storm,
becomes the fulcrum which the liquid
mass uses to hurl her onward to de
struction.
On a calm day any sailing craft
caught In the "ground sea" near a
rocky shore is as good as lost, unless
wind can spring up and enable her to
beat out to sea. Many a ship hais met
this fate. The reason many more do
not get lost is due to the gentle Bwell
that so deceives a landsman and warns
a sailor.
As the "ground sea" advances it
pushes a certain amount of water be*
fore It. This also forms Into ridges,
like its pursuer, but of less height and
approximately no depth.
The "false sea," as It is called, is lit
tle more than a rolling swell, but It
gives a warning of from 20 minutes to
two hours' duration, enabling a ship
to either run Into port, get out to sea
or securely anchor while at the sea*
side resorts the boatmen run close In
shore to the surprise of the "trippers."
When It Is remembered that a wave
20 feet high, which is often attained by
the "ground sea," strikes with a force
of one ton to the square inch, the ne
cessity for caution will be recognised.
All waves that come in parallel
ridges, however, are not dangerous, as
there is a "wind billow" that Is closely
allied to the "ground sea" In appear
ance.
"Wind billows" are due to a heavy
wind blowing but a few miles off the
land, but as they have had but a com
paratively short distance to travel they
have no depth. Consequently even a
rowing boat Is perfectly safe on them
if properly handled.
These waves usually appear when
there Is a comparative calm near tbe
shore, their great point of difference
from the "ground sea," in appearance
being that their unbroken lines are
nearer and are all equidistant, not
traveling in threes.
Generally the "wind billow" does not
break Into foam, but occasionally this
happens when they are coming In
against the tide. Then It Is bard to de
tect them from ordinary waves, the
product of a local windstorm. These
always break Into foam at their crest,
the "white horses" of the marine poet.
Remembering these peculiarities of
the various waves will save tourists
considerable disappointment when wis
er heads bid them keep to the land,
for, to them, no apparent reason, while
It may keep them from rushing Into
unknown dangers. One other fact Is
also worthy of mention, as It may
prove of advantage should a boat drift
out to sea with an Inexperienced crew
and no compass aboard.
Then, If a "ground sea" is "running,"
set your mind at case, for you can
steer by It, as, on tbe English and
Irish coasts at least. It always comes
from the northwest.—Pearson's Maga
zine.
California's Shark Oil Industry.
The making of shark oil Is the Im
portant Industry of McQarvln's Oove,
near Riverside. The process of manu
facture Is decidedly primitive. Tbe
sharks are caught In every Imaginable
way, by bait and hook, but principally
with the Belne. The livers, which con
tain the oil, after being taken from tbe
fish, are rendered out in cans set over
a brush fire, reminding one somewhat
of the process of obtaining the oil from
whale blubber. The oil Is then put
Into casks and shipped to Los Angeles.
The coarser grades are used In the
making of tarpaulins and other oiled
cloths for use aboard ships, while the
finer grades are put Into the so called
cod liver oil of commerce. The sharks
average from 10 to 28 cents' worth of
oil apiece, and a day's catch usually
nets about $40.—Riverside Press.
Isolated People of the Earth.
The people who live In the northern
portion of the peninsula of Kamchatka
are probably the most Isolated In the
world. The people have practically no
communication with others than their
own tribe, being seldom visited by
travelers.
The inhabitants of the New Siberian
Islands arc also detached people, for
they can only communicate with tbo
mainland once a year even If the
weather Is favorable.
The pygmies of the great central Af
rican forests, If tliey can be called a
tribe, have also been a people apart.
For age's their existence was little
Ihave
inore than legendary, nud only two ex
peditions commanded by white men,
ever oenetrated Into their abede..
CRAZY JOURNALISM.
H1W8PAPW8 PUBLISHED BV
TK3 FOR LUNATlOa
(k. Publications That An
•adkoaaes and Asr
meat Hittnlr Free
and MslaachoUa.
Dotted here and there over the earth
are little colonies whose tnhnlillsnta
are cot off from all intercourse with
the everyday world by their own
Idiosyncrasies. Bach individual lives
In a world of his or her own creation,
which. In tte majority of cues, only
two outside Interests ever succeed In
reaching—namely, the asylum doctor
and the asylum magazine.
In some cases the proof sheets are
Just glanced at by the head doctor be
fore the magazine goes to press, but
they are written, printed and published
by the Inmates themselves.
Although America produced the first
two lunatic Journals, to Scotland be
longs the credit of having started the
first paper of this kind which has sur
vived Its Infancy. In fact, the birth
lunatic Journalism took place when tbe
first number of The New Moon was la
sued from the Crlchton Royal asylum,
Dumfries, on Dec. 3. 1844. Since that
date the following haTe been success
fully launched: The Mornlngslde Mir
ror, from the Royal Edinburgh asy
lum Tbe Excelsior, from James Hur
ray's Royal asylum, Perth The Fort
England Mirror, Qrahamstown, South
Africa The Hurthly Magazine, from
the Perth County asylum Under tbe
Dome, the organ of Bethlehem Royal
hospital, London, and The Conglomer
ate, which belongs to the Mlddletown
asylum, New York.
These magazines touch tbe Journal
istic ideal, as, being written by the
readers for their amusement, they can
not fall to hit the popular taste. We
find that those mentally deranged like
about four-ninths of their reading to
take the form of travel and heavy
prose articles of a strictly theoretical
nature. The rest of the contents cornea
In order of quantity as follows: Hu
mor, local notes, poetry, chiefly In a
light vein special articles on local the
atricals and fiction.
The most striking feature about
these Journals Is the almost total ab
sence of gloom and melancholia, and
we have it on the word of the doctor
of one of the leading asylums that this
is not owing to such contributions be
ing tabooed. But now and again one
comes on a poem or tale drenched with
melancholia and morbid insanity. In
one of these Journals appeared a story,
written In the first person about a hero
—undoubtedly the writer—who had hla
head twisted round the wrong way.
Tbe consequence was he Invariably
had to walk in the opposite direction
to which he wanted to walk. ThlB ter
rible fate haunts him right through the
story, causing him to lose friends,
money and everything else which man
holds dear and ends up by his. In hla
own mind, murdering the girl who was
to save him from himself.
According to the story, the heroine
was standing on the edge of a great
precipice. The hero Is standing near.
Suddenly the heroine becomes giddy
and totters on the brink. The hero
tries to dash forward and save her,
but of course runs the other way. Here
comes a:break In the narrative, which
Is finished ly the following sentence:
"And the Kates nil asylum for those
mentally (l.'iannecl shut the writer off
from bis friends In the outer world."
Apart from sueli tragedies as the
above, tile whole of these Journals are
saturated with humor. In one we find
the following unions "Questions We
Want Answered:"
"Wlirn iloes the queen of Sheba in
tend to ri'cu rn!i:p the royal rank of the
'Prince ol Wau*sV* Did 'Marie Corelli1
really tweai: the doctor's nose? Why
did 'Rtinjr throw the hall at 'W. Q.V
IM-JIU d'.n Hi£ practice at the nets?" Per
•nips it should he explained that the
::c '. referred to above are not
ilmse known to the public, but other
[u.'i's.ujs who claim their personalities
and are detained In the asylums for
that very reason.
A writer In The Fort England Ulnar
gives the following reason for his de
tention: "I met a young widow with a
grown stepdaughter, and the widow
married me. Then my father, who waa
a widower, met my stepdaughter and
married her. That made my wife the
mother-in-law of her father-in-law and
made my stepdaughter my mother
my father my stepson. Then my step
mother, the stepdaughter of my wife,
had a son. That boy was, of course,
my brother, because he was my fa
ther's son. He was also the son of my
wife's stepdaughter and therefore her
grandson. That made me grandfather
to my stepbrother. Then my wife had
a son. My mother-in-law, the step
sister of my son. Is also his grandmoth
er, because he Is her stepson's child.
My father Is the brother-in-law of my
child, because his stepsister Is bis wife.
I am the brother of my own son, who
is also the child of my step-grandmoth
er. am my mother's brother-in-law,
my wife 1B her own child's aunt, my
son Is my father's nephew, and I'm
my own grandfather. And after try
ing to explain the relationship In oiir
family some seven times a day to our
calling friends for a fortnight, I waa
brought here—no, came of my
will."
Another declares that he never found
rest from his mother-in-law before, and
he intends to hoodwink the doctors as
long as possible. And yet another
points out that It has always been the
fate of really great men to be Ignored
or 111 treated by their contemporaries,
and that Is why he Is now detained.
"For the thick skulls and those of lit
tle sense are Jealous of my being the
first to discover that we could all live
forever If we would only walk on our
heads Instead of our feet" —London
Mall.
Memory.
If It should he asked what possession
I most valued, I would say some beau
tiful memory. Memory Is possession.
It Is the only thing on earth that Is ab
solutely ours, which no one can take
from us. We can produce and enjoy
In a crowd of uncongenial people
easily as If we were alone. No noise
can drown Its voice no distance can
dim Its clearness. Strength, hope,
beauty, everything else, may pass.
Memory will stay.
Tke Future enfolded.
She—Suppose 1 didn't dress as well
aB 1 do now, would you love me as
much?
He—Certainly, dear. Why, that Is as
much as to say that I won't care for
you after we are married.—Detroit
Free Press. -s
'fter Weakness.
He—This shoe doesn't fit Try a big
ger one.
She (severely)—No, sir bring me the
same size a little larger.—Denver Sun.
Inquisitive people are the funnels of
conversation they do not take In any
thing for their own use, bat manly to
put it t* another.—% ,y
when you start out to buy Christmas presents.
you care to make.
Real Xatate Transfers.
For week ending November 27, 1899.
Lucy Howdoshell and hus nt al to Mich
ael Carmandy. Lot 71. MasonvlUe 100 00
Henry Schules and wf to Francis Weste
melers acres In no1. seK sec 11 twp 90
range 4 so 00
Archie Arbuckle and wf to Frank Mil*
ler undK pt sex nefc and pt eu
s«4 neM sec29, and sex ne4 ands pt
ne^ se^ and sH seK and 1 aero olT
soty swK sec 17, and nex nej* sec 34,
and swx nwX swij and swx swii sec
20 all In townshlp9Q), range 4 040 00
Mary Semple No
tile et al to Edward A
Dutton acres In lot 4 of subd of wH
nett and pt WV4 swK sec 6, twp 88, fi.. 850 00
Melissa A Porter and bus to LCoolldge
lots 10,11,12,blk 2 of Blxby & Mlnklers
add to Edgewood 700 1D
Elliott May and wf to Fred Whitman 70
acres In sefc swX sec 1, twp 83,K 6 260 00
W 8 Kenyon and wf to Sheldon
5 acres of sex neX. sec 16. twp to, l.. :«j|00
Tbos Elder and wf to Grant Brayton
e}4 nex and neX «eX, seo 2, twp 88, R6 8000 00
Batemon and wf to .18 Knowles lots
7G4 to 702 Inclusive. Delaware 160 oo
Livingston & Williamson to Henrietta
Stoddard lot B4, public square add to
Hopklnton
Louisa B'aiidCeiiaO Whitman'to j"G
Fleming ex lot 18 of subd of lot 11 in
subd of swX and nwx sec 28, twp
89, 5
W A Whitman to Fleming wK of
liisame
Slreent A Pai :e and wf to Villa Hit ey
lots 258 to 270 Inaluslve and lots 3'1 to
818 Inclusive, MasonvlUe
Mason Work.
I am prepared to furnish estimates and guar
antee satisfaction on all kinds of Mason work.
C. F. MILLER,
!7tf Manchester, Iowa.
Farm for Sale.
The Olark farm, consisting of 200 acres of cul
tivated land and 20 acres of timber Is for sale.
It Is located about 6 miles south east of
Manchester on the Delhi road. For particulars
address or call on Bronson ft Oarr, Manchester,
Iowa,
Mrs. R. Churchill, Berlin, Vt., says,
"Our baby was covered with running
sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cured her." A specific for piles and
skin diseases. Beware of worthless
counterfeits.—H. C. Smith.
For Sale or Sent.
My farm in Milo township, 2X miles south of
Manchester. Enquire at Thorpe Bros*, store,
or Mrs. C.
Tlerney, Manchester, Iowa. 47tf
True beauty comes from within, instead of
without. A beautiful face is the outward sign.
That's why Rocky Mountain Tea makes women
beautiful.—Smith's Pharmacy and Gregg &
Ward.
HOUSE TO BENT.
The Denton residence property near the High
School building Is for rent. Inquire of
I9tf B, W, TIRRLLL.
FOB SALE.
Two ilne business houses on Franklin street,
bringing an annual rental of $1140. Also }ot23
and w£ of lot 2* in Burrlneton's additlon to
Manchester, all belonging to the estate of Mary
A. Denton, deceased, will be sold at private sale
by order of the court. B. W. TIBBILL.
47-tf. Executor.
"I was nearly dead with dyspepsia,
tried doctors, visited mineral springs,
and grew worse, I used Kodol Dyspep
sia Cure. That cured me." It digests
what you eat. CureB indigestion, pour
stomach, heart burn and all forms of
dyspepsia.—H, C. Smith,
SMOKE San Mateo 6c Clears. Strictly pure
and absolutely free from artificial flavor.
tftf B. B. BBIOGS. M'fg.
Chimneys Cleaned,
I have got a patent aevlse for cleaning chim
neys. If you want yours cleaned leave orders
for me at Heth Brown's or Graham & Son's. I
also do all kinds of mason work and white wash
ins, build chimneys and cisterns and do repairs.
All work warranted to give satisfaction.
JOHN
"Shall
We have a full stock of just the things thaf everybody wants
KO
00
For week ending December 4.1899.
Jos E Blllmeyer and wf to Jas E Kenney
wtt nwX
nwx
less a strip of IK rods
wide. Also a strip SO ftwlde oB side
of nwx swX sec 18, twp 88. 8 2400 00
Ltda Staehle and bus to Anna S Lan
dls wx of lots IS and 16 of blk 2, Bak
er's 1st add to Greeley except railroad
rt of way
Roger HeSerman to Tbos Hines nH swX
see27, twn 88, R8 .?.....
Delaware County State Bank to E W
000 00
2800 CO
Klrkpatrlck that pt of lots 648 and e»
lot S49 Manchester as lies of lOSftof
said lots
Livingston 6 Williamson to Henrietta O
600 00
Stoddard lot 24, public square add to
Hopklnton
Jollc Rellly and wf to Tony and Barbara
660 00
Cass rti nex and neX seX sec 100 twp
2625 00
COO 00
1000 00
Shorthand and Typewriting:.
Having opened an office over the ex
press QfSce, I am prepared to do Bbort*
hand and typewriting for the transient
and general public. Prices reasonable.
I am also prepared to make duplicate
copies of all legal documents, etc., etc.
Will make a specialty of mimeographic
copies.
will bepleaBed.to receive your pat
ronage. RALPH W. CONGER,
Manchester, Iowa.
All orders left with Mr. Allison Doo
little, at the express office, will be called
for. 47w4
Bronze Turkeys For Sale.
New Blood. MoAUster strain. $2 a piece.
GOtf. MRS. HERBERTHAKRIS.
For Sale or Rent.
The 200 acre farm I am offering for sale or rent
three miles south ot Manchester is under a good
state of cultivation, good fences, never failing
supply of water, nice new barn with basement,
and a good comfortable house and cellar. A
bargain, little money down, long time and a low
rate of Interest.
49
A. S. OOON,
L. B, so, Manchester,
NOTICE.
All persons knowing themselves to be indebt
ed to the Ann of Story & Abbott wlU please call
aud settle before the flrst day of, January* 1900.
49 W. A. ABBOTT.
80 Acre.
Farm adjoining this city for sale. Terms easy
Inquire of BBONSON
A
Mibs Annie E. Gunning, Tyre, Mich.,
says, "I suffered along time from dys
pepsia lost flesh and became very
weak. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure com
pletely cured me." It digests what you
est and cures all formes of stomach
trouble. It never fails to give immedi
ate. relief in the worst cases.—H. C.
Smith.
TO
8tf TOWSLEB.
J. B. Clark, Peoria, III., says, "Sur-
geonBcured
wanted to operate on me for piles,
ut 1 them with DeWitt's witch
fiazel Salve." It Is infallible for piles
and skin diseases. Beware of counter
feits.—H. C. Smith.
PROCLAMATION AND NOTICE OF SPE
CIAL ELECTION.
TO TUB QUALIFIED V0TKR8 OF MANCHEH
TKR, IOWA:
Pursuant to a resolution regularly
adopted by the City Council of Manchester,
Iowa, on the 27th day of November. 1890. notice
Is hereby given that on the second day of Janu
ary, 1900 a special election, as provided for in
Sections 720 and 721
of the Code, will bo held In
said City, at which election the following ques
tion will be sobmltted:
A,
L. Beardslee and his assigns be
granted the right to erect and maintain, for a
period of ten
[10]
years, an electric plant for the
purpose of supplying the City of Manchester,
Iowa, and its inhabitants with electricity for il
luminating and other electrical purposes, In
cluding the right to occupy with its poles, wires
and other fixtures the streets, alleys and public
parks of said City."
Thepoliing plaoes at said speolal election will
be as follows:
First Ward, S. A. Steadman's harness shop.
Secodd Ward. Flremans'Hall, City building.
Third .Ward, w. G. Hitchcock's residence.
The polls will open at elghto'clock a. m. and
close at six o'clock p. m.
Dated Manchester, Iowa, November 27c 1899,
ATTEST: 8. A STEADMAN,
B* B. ROBINSON, Mayor,
OMk. tSwi.
^l
fCeep the packet Store ip jVlipdl
We can show you appropriate gifls for young and old, costing from a m6re trifle
Our stock is well assorted and comprises the greatest gathering of desirable merchandise we have ever offered
holiday patrons.
s»,
We know we never offered more for the money than we do at the present time.
You must come, make your selections and be yourself the judge. ',1
KEEP THE PACKET STOPE ]\i )vijjm
DO WE HANDLE YHEH?
Well, we should jaculate!
First or sell
First or sell them
•T„Ee?0PEi'
IB Kl Nfl
DUNDEE, IOWA.
Residence Property for Bale.
A good house, barn and large lot lu
Manchester for sale at a Bargain.
Long time given on half of purchase
money if desired.
Inquire of BBONSON & CARE.
CYCLONE AND TORNADO
Insurance in flrat class companies written and
policies tsiued by BBOHSON
tf
CARB. tf
&
Three tours of the beautiful Island of
Puerto Blco are scheduled to leave Chi
cago January 11, February IS, and
March 8. Special Pullman sleeping and
dining cars will convey tbe party toMew
York, thence on board the
splendid new
Bteamships Ponce and
San Juan through
and around the island by rail, automo
bile, carriage and boat.
Tickets Include All Expenses Everywhere.
These select limited parties will be
under the special escort of Mb. falter
Boyd Townsend under the management
of TBE AUERIOAN TOURIST ASSOCIA
TION, Beau Campbell General Manager,
1423 Marquette Building, Chicago.
Itineraries, Maps and Tickets can be
had on application to the Agents of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul By.
47-4w.
Through Pullman Tourls Bleeping
Oar Service To Texas, Old Mexico
And California.
via the Chicago Great estern By. to
Kansas City ana the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas, the San Antonio & Arkansas
Pass and Southern Pacific Railways
through Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso
and LOB Angeles to San Francisco.
The only through car line from the
Northwest to Texas points and con
necting at Spofford Junction foi all
points in Old Mexico. A new weekly
service established on November ,3rd
and continuing weekly thereafter.
They will be in charge of an experi
enced oflicial and will leave Minne
apolis at 10:45 p. m. and St. Paul at
11:20 p. m. every Friday and reach
Dallas the following Sunday, San
Antonio on Monday, £1 Paso on Tues
day, Los Angeles at noon Wednesday
and San Francisco early Thursday
morning. These cars are the Standard
Pullman Sleeping Cars, simlliar to
those tun on all transcontinental lines
and the charges for berths are about
half those charged in regular Standard
Pullman Sleepers. To persons who
have made the trip to California via
other routes, this Southern route will
prove a most delightful change, and to
persons contemplating a trip to Texas
or Mexican points it furnishes facilities
heretofore unoffered. This car maybe
taken at any point along the Line of
the Chicago Great Western Railway
between Minneapolis and Kansas City.
For full information and MsiBtbnce
call on or address any Chicago Great
Western Agent, or F. H. Lorn, General
Passenger & Ticket Agent, 113 Aiams
St., Chicago. 44-9
llore Good Towns.
The B. C. B. & N. B'y is rapidly piak
ing headway on their new line from
Worthington to Hardwick, Minn. 'This
line, when completed, will be about 35
miles long and will open the richest part
of the country in southwestern Minne
sota. This line is now complete to
Beading and will soon be open to Wil
mot. Both of these towns are in a fine
part of the country and merchants and
professional men ckn find good opening.
Address all inquiries to Thomas H.
Brown Sioux Falls, S. D.
Those wishing to locate at Maple Hill
or Luzon, on our new line from Arm
strong to Estherville, should address
tip
Road and spring Wagons.
But we must close them out.
POSITIVELY WILL NOT
Carry them over until next
Season. NO!
WE
We will give them away
CA »N IL.'.I. I*.»_
Oo
Santa Claus. lAi
Do we need the money?
Do we want muchprofit?
must-
OABB.
Hones Wanted.
A lew good horses lor eastern markets, must
be sound and In Hood condition. Enquire at my
place on Union street in Manchester.
89tf T.w. ROBINSON
Makes (at, blood, and muscles more rapidly
than any known remedy. It's food for the luoou,
brain, and nerves. That's what Rocky Moun
tain Tea Is,—Smith', Pharmacy and Great ft
Ward.
Puerto Rico.
Notice of Application For Permit,
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF IOWA, IN
AND FOR DELAWARE COUNTY.
December Term, A. D. 1899.
In the matter or J. P. Striegal. a Registered
Pharmacist, for a permit to buy, keep, and sell
Intoxicating Uquor.
To WHOH IT MAY
CONCEltN:
Notice la hereby given that the application of
the undersigned J. P. 'Striegal, a Registered
Pharmacist, No. 6610, doing business under the
arm name of J. P. Striegal & Co., ol Ryan, In
County of Delaware, State of Iowa, praying' for
a permit to buy, keep, and sell Intoxicating
liquors In the building on Lot Five 161 Block
Thirteen [18] In town of Ryan In County of Dela
ware, Stato of Iowa, Is now on file In the office of
tbe Clerk of the District Court of said County,
and that said cause will come on for hearing In
said court at the
to as expensive a present
4
IS A HOT PLACE, BUT THE
"WARMEST" THINGS YOU
ever heard of those
Cooper Buggies, Surreys
cheap you'll think it's Christmas and we are
You know it! And what's More,
WE NEED THE ROOM.
Decemberterm of said court to
be begun and held at the Court House in Man
chester, lowa on the 25th day of December 1899.
Dunham, Norrls ft Utiles, J. P. 8'riuKOAi.,
8w3 Att'ys for Applicant. Applicant.
Great Clubbing Offer.
All our farmer readers should take ad
vantage of the unprecedented clubbing
offer we this year make, which includes
with this paper, The Iowa Homestead,
its Special Farmers Institute editions,
The Poultry Farmer and The Farmers'
Mutual Insurance Journal. These
four publications are the best of their
class and should be in every farm home.
To them we add for local, county and
general news our own paper and make
the price for the five for one year $1.90.
Never before was so much superior
reading matter offered for so small ui.
amount of money. The four papers
named which we club with our own are
well known throughout tbe west and
commend themselves to the reader's
favorable attention upon mere mention.
The Homestead is tbe great agricultur
al and live stock paper of the west The
Poultry Farmer is the moBt practical
poultry paper for the farmer published
In the country The Farmers^ Mutual
Insurance Journal is the special advo
cate of farmers' co-operative associa
tions, and the Special Farmers Institute
editions are the most practical publica
tions for promoting good farming ever
published. Take advantage of this
great offer. tf
YOU ABE A DEMOCRAT.
and, of course you want a democratic news
paper, the Chicago DlBpatch Is the great demo
crats newspaper of tlio country. It advooatos
the readoptlon of the Chicago platform and the
renomlnatlon of William Jennings Bryan.
There has never been a political campaign
that will equal In Importance that of tho one to
be fought next year' The Republican party,
backed by the money power of this oountrv
and Europe. Is alsrt and aggressive. Flushed
with the victory of three years ago It will seek
by every means In Its power to mantaln Its sn
premacy.
Democrats must be up and doing. They must
wage an unceasing war Upon their enemies. In
no better and more effective way can this bo
done than by the circulation of good, sound
democratic newspapers. Tbe publisher of the
Chicago Dispatch will send a copy ot the Chi
cago DlBpatoh from now until Jan. 1st. 1901, for
but should Induce your friends to join you. By
a little effort you can easily raise a club of ten
or twenty subscribers. An extra copy for club
often.
Mr.
John DOWB, of Armstrong, Iowa, for
suoh information as they desire.
JOHN PiFlRkijH, 4'Q'^i & T. A.,
The Chfoago Dispatch Is Indorsed by William
Jennings ryan and other Democratic leaders.
Address The Chicago Dispatch,
120
Not a cent. We expect to lose money on-*
some jobs ecause we must sell them al
TOO BAD to have to sell them so cheap, but we.
Not a job on hand January ist, 1900.
That's what we are aiming for. S-
Goods Guaranteed?
That's Guarantee enou gh. WHAT MORECOULD
YOU ASK?
Well, We are busy now. Come in and we will talk to you.
IF YOU'VE HEART TROUBLE, be careful. Our prices are SUDDEN
SHOCKS. Your's busily,
DUERST & DUERST,
Personally Conducted Tours to Cali
fornia in Pullman Tourist Sleep
ing Cars.
via the Chicago Great Western to
Kansas City and the Santa Fe Route to
Los Angeles and Southern California.
The true winter route avoiding cold
weather and snow blockades. Com
mencing Monday, October 23rd, and on
every Monday following, one of these
new Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars
will leave Oelwein, at 2:55 p. m. via the
Chicago Great Western for Los Angeles
and Southern California via Kansas
City, and reaching Los Angeles the
following Friday morning, thus avoid
ing all Sunday travel. These tours
are personally conducted by an experi
enced railway oflicial, who accompanies
the train to its destination. The cars
are well equipped for a long journey
and are as comfortable as the Pullman
Sleepers, while the price is only $6.00
for a double berth, less than half the
price in the Standard Sleepers. For
full information inquire of any Chicago
Great Western Agent, or address F. H.
Lord, General Passenger & Ticket
Agent, 113 Adams St. Chicago. 42wll
THE BU GOV EN
strong the frame of the moth«
give lawsito the land. All mottV
Rocky Mountain Tea. Gives
85 cents,—Smith's P*-
Ward,
In the District Court of Iowlrtb*SnJ 1or^
Delaware County, December Term
A. D„ 18W.
Newton Lawton, as
guardian of Samuel
Lawton.
Josloa 6 Simpson, Ada
Cousins/Thomas Law- t.
ton and Newton Law
ton, plaintiffs,
Mrs William N. Ham*
bleton, Ieaao Douglass,
Inez Elizabeth Orestnor
Mary Ellen Dewoody.
Incs CtaiHner.lnezOhl8t
ner, Mary Dewoody, Jo
sina Simpson, and The
Unknown Claimants or
tbo North
fractional half
of the Northwest quar
ter of Seotlon One,
Township Eighty six
North Range six West
of the Fifth P. M., and
the Southwest quarter
of Section Thirty six.
Township Eightyseren,
North Range Six, West
of the fifth p.
KB defendants!
rj
ORIGINAL NOTICE
TO SAID DEFEKDAJTrs:—
You and each of you are hereby notified that
thn *5 °®°o or the Clerk of
ing that they are the absolute owners' in .fee of
"Si®'deaorlbod and aliegtng:
in it William N Hambleton was an nnmar*
rlea man on October is, 1868. at the time he ex
ecuted and delivered to Charles Wheeler a war
rantee deed of the North fractional half of
the Northwest quarter (U) of se&Unc one (1).
Hf-,n Mnn county Iowa,
iiiat the debt seoured by a mortgage on Mid
real estate made and exeouted on the
Sescribed,
and 122 Filth Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
We will furnish the Ohlcago Dispatch and the
gsgojMjons year for»l«. Apply to aamjhM'
10th
pflg»e
waB ftt
day
of November, 1669 by John Glade to Isaao
i),Hugl?S8'and which mortage 1b reooraed In
PJSfr !2.?
H.,n She recortlWB office of
said Linn Countv. has been paid and that Mid
mortgage should be satisflefbf record.
mat one, Isaac Douglass, was on the tOth
day of November. 1869, the owner, of said real
estate and on that Cay conveyed the same by
warrantee deed to ono, John Qlado,-: That said
?»°«5La*8.8
date of said oonveyanoe,
aB petitioners are informed and believe, an un
married man that If he was then married, the
name and residence of his wife and the resi
dence of her heirs, if she has deo
known to plaintiffs,.
That one. Ale) "(bui
1st day of May,
the owners in
LJJPnJI).ewoody»
are w-
ADtbft
ion the
southwest quajvt
township efgbPlfa. Geor,vM
west of tbo BfW
except two Ausic
Iowa,
MSSg&J"rtMngiose
~ids in
,.^e wiU
ttefeni*
Ellen
tho support**thefC^. u.
Dicnu Beuechoter.. TDtJyi
uouBuuowa-, xiibb't/oHir Dlena
tor bus slncc deceased, and before
slie quit olalmcd her interest In the
estate to said Inez Elizabeth Orestnor a
ranq
a
wh0
°n the «rd day of
1877. duly conveyed same to Malihda U... „.
«Lth0 mortgage on said last denijbed
promises, made by Byron Lawton to
Lawton and recorded In book 6 of Mortgages on
pogoilSin recorder's office of said Delaware
ed^frewrd ^6en
8atisficd and
should be releas-
That the plaintiffs and those under whom
tbey claim title now are, and for more ten
years last past have been, in oontinued, actual,
open, adverse, exclusive, visible, and notorious
osseaelon of all of the real estate hereinbefore
and that abstracts of the title to
petition
eBtute Qro
attached to plaintiffs said
And praying that the title and estate of the
plaintiffs in aud to all of the real estate herein
before described, be established against the
defendants and all persons claiming by.through
or under them, or either of them, ana all un
known claimants to same, be barred and for
ever estopped from having, or claiming anv
right or title adverse to the plaintiffsvor either
of tnem. in and to said premises or any part I
thereof: that the title to all of said real estate
be quioted in plaintiffs, and for aach other and
thepremise8faSmBy
be deemed
e^toble
in
And that unless you appear and answer or
plead thereto on or before noon of theSnd day
of tbe noxt term, being the December, 1809,
term of said court, which will oommenoe at I
Manchester on the S6 day of December, 1890,
default will be entered against you and judg
ment unil decree rendered thereon as provide
bylaw. vivvmou
Dated this 7th day of November, AD 189b.
BBONSON & OABfi.
rr Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
Upon reading the foregoing Notice, the same
is hereby approved, and ft is hereby ordered that
it be published for six conseoutlve weeks in
tho Manchester Domocrat, a weekly newspaner
published In Delaware county, Iowa.
Mauchester, Iowa. November 7, 1899.
0-46 A 8. BLAIB,
Judge of the 10th Judlolal District of Iowat*
It takes bat a minute to overcome
tickling in tbe throat and to atop a
cough
by
the use of One Minute -Cough
Cure. This remedy quickly cures all
forms of throat and lung' troubles.
Harmless and pleasant to taie. It pre
vents consumption. A famous Bpeeifio
fpr^Ippe and ito after effect*—fl» O.