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1 Si" €1je CDemocrat. PUBLISHED EVERY WfjfcNESOAY. O. I. BRONSON. •. M. QARH. BRONSON & CARR, Edltors'and'Proprlelors. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Yearly, ID advance. tl 60 II not paid in advanoe 8 00 NOTICE.-^On tbe slip of paper upon which the name Is printed, appears tbe date to which the paper is paid (or, and a renewal is always respectfully solicited. The writer's name roust accompany any arti cle for publication, as an evldonce of goodrfalth to the editor* JP^ilSLl HEN'S of Iowa. BUTTON, LACE AND GRESS, BOTH TAN BLACK. 1 "r O. A. DUNHAM. D. D. S. plENTIStTS, Office over Oarhart & Adams' hardware store, Franklin St. Manchester, Iowa, C. W. DORMAN. rtENTIST. Office on Franklin Street, north of the Globe Hotel, Manchester, Iowa. In all its branohea. Makes SPRING SHOES The combination of STYLE, COMFORT, DURABILITY and PRICE, prove an attraction to all who buy with some thought of the value of their money. GRA8SFIELD BROS. flanchester, Iowa 6WE FIT THE FEET Our Business Directory." ATTORNEYS. O. W. DUNHAM. E. B, STILES H. NOKHIH. DUNHAM. NORRiS 8T1LE8. ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND NOTARIES Publlo. Special attention given to Collec tions Insurance, Real Estate and Loan Agts. Dffloe In City Hall Blook, Manchester, la. O. YORAH. B. F. ARNOLD. U.J. YORAN YORAN. ARNOLD YORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW, and Real Estate **. Agents. OfDoe over Delaware County State Bank, Manchester, Iowa. C. E. BBONBON. JS. M. CARR. BRONSON CARR. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Special attention Riven to oollectlons. Office In Demoorat Building, Franklin Street, Manchester, Iowa. PRED B. BLAIR. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ofllce lo the City Hall a Block. Manchester, Iowa. PHYSICIANS. •-.r A. j. WARD, PHYSICIAN and Surgeon, will attend to oalls A promptly at all hours of the day or night, Lamont, Iowa. H. H. LAWRENCE. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Special at tention given diseases of ohlldren. Have also made a special study of Gynoooology, Obstetrics, and Reotal Diseases Allohronto diseases successfully treated with the aid of various Thermal ana Massage treatment. All obronlos solicited. Consultation free. Office ever Work's market. All calls promptly at tended. Residence on Main street, the old Dr. Kelsey property. DENTISTS. Always Dental Surgery ... .... .._ irsquent visits to neighboring towns. at offloe on Saturdays. C. LEIOH. D.D. S. Dentist. Office over Ander & PhlUnp'i Store Corner Main and Franklin Manchester Iowa. Telephone IBS. 's Drug streets, 17tf E. E. NEWOOMB. J^ENTIST. Office over Clark & Lawronce's ... ... Franklin street. bridge work a specialty. Will meet patients at Farley Wednesday of each week 'VETERINARY Surgeon, and Dentist. Office in H. O. Smith's Drug Store, Main St. At night can be found at rooms over Ralph Con ger's Store. MANUPAOTURING. MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS T6 prepared to furnish Granite and Marble A Monuments and Head Stones of various de signs. Have the oounty right for Slpe's Pat ent Grave Cover also dealer In Iron Fenoes. Will meet all competition. Stf 94. Contractor and builder. Jobs taken In town or oountry. Estimates furnished. First olass work guaranteed. Prices reasonable, Shop on Howard street near Franklin, cheater, Iowa. W. N.BOI TON. J. F. MCEWBN. BOYNTON McEWENi CHATCHMAKERS, Jewelers and Engravers dealers in Watobes, Clocks, Silver and Plated Ware, Fine Jewelry, Spectacles, Cutlery, Musioal Instruments, eto., Main street. A. D. BROWN. Dealer In furniture etc., and undertaker, Main Street. P. WERKMEISTER, GENERAL DEALER IN FURNITURE, VJ Coffins. Ploture Frames, Eto. A oomplete stook of Furniture and Upholstery always on band, at prloes that defy competition. A good Hearse kept for attendance at funerals. Earl vllle, Iowa. J.H.ALLEN. flLOTHING and Gents furnishing goods. Cor ner Main and Franklin streets. L. R. STOUT, /1LOTHING and Gents furnishing goods, City Hall Block, Franklin Street. K1DDELL A CO., "f~\RY GOODS, Carpets, Millinery, Hats and L' Caps, Boots ana Shoes, eto.t Main St., Manchester, Iowa. A. THORPE, ter, Iowa MARTIN GOLLOB1TZ, MERCHANT TAILOR—Fine suits made to order and guaranteed to lit. Prices reason able, Shop first door north of Globe Hotel. 5tf GRASSPIELD BROS.. (Successors to Seth, Brown.) T)OOTS AND SHOES of all grades and prloes. Custom Work and Repairing given special •attention. Store in City Hall Blook. INSURE YOUR PROPERTY against cyclones and tornadoes In the old reliable Phoenix insurance Co., BRONSON & OARR, Agents. THB •-.x A L, S EVERTSQN. ARTISTlu TAILOR. Shop in Ma sonic block, Manchester Iowa. HOLLISTER LUMBER CO. UMBER and all kinds of building materials. AJ Posts and Coal. Corner of Delaware and "Madison streets MANCHESTER LUMBER CO. T..UMBER aod Builders Materials. Posts and Cult WMttlAft near depot CON AND CEO. S LISTER. CTARDWARE, STOVES, TINWARE, ETC. •l~L Keeps a first-class tinner and does all kinds of repairing with neatness and dlspatoh. Store opposite First National Bank. Main St. THOS. T. CARKEEK A RCHITECT AND BUILDING SUPERIN A- TENDENT, S. E. Cor. 8th and Main St., Dubuque, Iowa WM. DENNIS. pARPENTER, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. I am now prepared to do all work in my llnein a good and workmanlike manner. Satis faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates fur nished. Work taken in town or oountry. Shop near the stand tower on West Side of nvor. E. S. COWLES. fllTY DRAYMAN. Am prepared to do all v. "k in my line. Moving household goods and plaoos a speolalty.' All work will reoelve prompt attention. A share of your patronage is solicited. Charges right. Give your draylng to a man who has come to stay. .CLARK LAWRENCE. T\lf* ^qO^r^^^nB/Oa^ts.'^enCTir is nlshlng goods, etc. Franklin street. QUAKER MILL CO. LOUR and Feed, Manufacturers of the oele bruted White Satin and White Pearl Flour. GREGG & WARD. Druggistsstreet.dealers&in and Paints, Oils, Wall Paper, Stationery o. Atwater's blook. Franklin W. A. ABBOTT. TVRUGS, Wall paper, Stationery, Paints, Oils •L' eto. City hall blook. & ANDERS. DealersPHILIPP in Drugs, Wall Paper, Stationery. Paints, Oils, eto. Corner of Main and Franklin streets. PETER BOARDWAY. Dealer In flour, feed, hay, straw. Maquoketa lime, 6tucco and common Rod Atlas cement. Telephone US, Lower Franklin Street. RAOKET 8TORE. T\RY GOODS. Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, notions, eto. West side Franklin street south of Main. NOBLE ARNOLD. /"^.ROCEKIES, Provisions, Fruits, etc. First vJ door north of Delaware County Bank. Crown nts 32tf VETERINARIAN. DR. J. W. SCOTT. PETERSON BROS. Dealers In Groceries, Provisions, Crockery, Fruits, etc. Main Street. T. F. MOONEY. BLACKSMlTlidone WM. MCINTOSH. THOMAS GIVEN. (Successor to Lee Bowman.) and Wagonmaker, Delhi, lowa. Work promptly and In a work manlike manner. Charges reasonable. Your patronage solicited. I5tf C.E. PRATT.. PAINTINGto AND PAPER HANGING prepared do paper hangiug and on short notice, in town or country, estimates ou all work In my line. Leave at U. C. Smith's drug store OK. All busll prompt attouttou, second lloor. Man 35tf NEW FIRST-CLASS LINE CHICAGO-OMAHA PLUN Boots, anches« over uow tracks recently built front Tara, la.. In cuuueotlon with the Central's through western line from Chicago. Through daily set vice HK1NG INAUGURATED ,TAN, 28TII, 1000, FROM CHICAGO, JANUARY 20TH, FROM OMAHA, I ENTERED AT IHK PoBTorncH AT MANCHESTER. IOWA, AS SECOKD-CLASS MATHER. I I Lv. Chicago Lv. Omaha "TUB LIMITED" Ar'.flKgi I 8:45 a.m. 10:20 a.m. A fast wUlo vestibule triiin making principal stops ouly Hud with new equipment throughout, consisting of bullet library smoking cur, Pullman sleeping car, reclining chair car, Lv. Chicago Lv. Omaha 10:80 p. m. 7:35 p.m. "THEEXPItESS" Ar, Chicago 7:00 a. m. Ar. Omuha I 4:05 p.m. A fast vestibule trulu doing more or less local work. Included in this equipment Is a through sleeping cur between Chicago and Omaha and diuing car servico enrouto. 6w9 The New Blacksmith on South Franklin Street, does HORSESHOING and GEN ERAL Repair Woik, guar anteeing satisfaction. Experi enced workmen. HARRISON ft SMITH When a man dies people ask how big an eRtale did he leave but all that the Bnge «, who bend over his bier want to know, It how many Rood deeds he has done. There is heroic coloring in the words nwd by Lowell to give expression to the following thought: They 'ire slaves who fear to speak V. For the fallen and the weak A Thrilling History ot fifty Tear. Struggle for Ijiberty in South Africa. "Even lyddite shells will not main tain an empire which Is built on de lusions," sayB Dr. J. C. Voigt, author of "Fifty Years of the History of the Re publics of South Africa." In his history xnd in the article which he contributes to the February number of the .North American Beview, tbe Doctor maintains that British rule in South Africa has been characterized by a ferocity, barbarity and cruelty never before committed or tolerated by any nation claiming to be civilized. After noting tbe fact that in every British colony the world over, the original inhab itants are being killed out, he says that an increase in native population im mediately followed the Boer occupation of the Transvaal. His descriptions of the struggles of tbe Boers for their lives and their homes, and the brutalities practiced up on them by the British are thrilling word pictures. Here is bis aceount of tbe execution of the five republican leaders on the hill of Slnchtersnek: Ketief had frequently heard narrated .to him aU the details of tbp cruel, exe cution eceoe: how the friends and rela-' tivee of the condemned men begged in vain for a reprieve how thirty-two of the other prisoners, many of them con demn.d to banishment from the coun try for life, were compelled to witness the execution: how the gallows col lapsed and fell to earth when the un fortunate victims were half-strangled bow the bystanders then went down on their knees and pleaded with the Brit ish officer for mercy, pointing out to him that God had interceded for the unfortunate sufferers how the execu tioners of the sovereign, who, accord ing to the Government proclamation of the day, was "so eminently distin guished for tempering justice with mercy," were implacable how brave Martha Bezuidenhout, who had been wounded, and whose husband had been killed by the Hottentots, was among those banished for life how tbe liritish Crown refused to surrender tie bodies of the executed men to their friends and relatives, who desired to give them Christian jrnrial. The Doctor calls the Boers the South African Pilgrim Fathers, and after de scribing how they had to ilee for their lives back through the passes of the Drakensbu'g mountains, and how they died in theig laagers at the hands of treacherous savages, and from hunger, hardship and disease, he concludes his magazine article as follows: it is the last year of the century which opened with the cruel punish uient of the republicans of Graaf Kei net. [From ,i une, 1700, to August, 1800, these men were kept imprisoned, with out trial, in an overcrowded prison cell —more than eighty prisoners being locked up in one room every night. In September, 1800, two were sentenced to death, one was condemned to be pub licly flogged on the scaffold, others to banishment for life, or to imprison ment.] Among whom there was one Lucas Meyer—as there were, also, two named Kruger, and two named Botha —in tho prison at Cape Town. I am 111 Kiv order J. M. PEAR8E, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND COLLECT- All business entrusted to him given Office ill City Hall block, Mason Work. I am prepared to furnish estimates and guar antee satisfaction on all kinds of Mason work. C. p. MlLL.HK, I7tf Manchester, lowa. Announcements! ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R. Something' New! It iB tbe 16th of December tbe anni versary of tbe opening ceremony of the court which ordered the execution of the Afrikander leaders at Slacbtersnek the anniversary of the great defeat of Diugaan's armies at the Bloed Klver the anniversary of tbe commencement of the Transvaal War of Independence at Potchefstroom the anniversary of the proclamation at Heidelberg of the restoration of tbe South African Be public. The sons have come back over those mountains—tbe sons of tbe Voortrek kers. Over the Drakensbergen they bave c«me back, to retake tbe land of their fathers. The largest army which England has ever had on the battlefield in Ou the Tugela, where the fathers died in 1838, ay, and x. 1 v~ Tliey aro slaves who will uot choose HMriMl, scoffing and abuse, liHther than In silence shrink k. From the truth they needs must think. They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or thtee. The Chicago Tribune says: "Uerool mo. the Apache chief, In capturing whom the late General Lawton won fame as an Indian fighter, still lives at Fort SIM, I. T. Ever since he laid down lifs tomahawk, 13 years ago, in obedi ence to the fearless Lawton the old chief haB been a prisoner ot war. Im mediately after their capture tieronlmo and his band of warriors were taken east, hut the climate did not agree with them, and many died. Then they were removed to Alabama, finally returning to the laud of the setting sun in 1894. At Fort Sill, Geronimo and his own sav age braves have settled down and un der the watchful eyes of tbe United States authorities, have become at least partially civilized Old Geronimo Is a great gambler and never misses a chance to bet un a horse race." My Pruyfr. If there be some weaker one. Give me strength to help him on If a blinder soul thero be. Lot me guide him nearer thee. Mako my mortal dreams come true With the work I tnln would do, f* clothe with life the weak Intent, Let It be the tblng I meant Let mo find In thy employ Peace that dearer Is than Juy, Out of self to Joy be led, ,v And to heaven acclimated, Until all things sweet and good Seem my nature's habitude. —JOHN G. WHITTI**. Loving Words. Lovlng words will cost but Uttlo, Journeying up the hill of life But they make the weak aod weary Never was one said in vaio. When the cares of life are many, -A And its burdens heavy grow, Thlntt on weak ones close beside you,— If you love them, tell them so. What you count of little value Has an almost magic power, And, beneath their cheering sunsntne, Hea~ts will blessom like a flower. So, as up life's hill we Journey,* Let us scatter, all the way, Kindly words, for Ihey are sunshine In the dark and eloudy day. Grudge no loving word or action, As along through life you go There are weary ones around you,- If you love them, tell them so. —"The Esoteric." »„.r Oerm. in OrMm. During the winter month, some far mers find they cannot churn cream In to butter. The trouble Is caused by micro-organization, or germ, which th. milk from one or more cow. In the dairy contains. These germ, enter the craam and their excertatlons or pto maines cause a chemical action which prevents the formation of batter. Such eream will never make butter the longer it 1. churned the frothier It will become. The cow at fault can readily be detected by setting the milk of each one separately. When the cream is ripe fill a clear bottle about one-half full at 60 degrees F., cork and .hake for a little while and the cream which contain, the germ, will become very frothy. Excluding the milk of the cow from which that cream was taken will at once stop the difficulty. There are certain elements of the blood in such cows which are degraded, alter ed or changed into germs which are transmitted through the lacteal fluid. Scalding the milk, an old custom, neu tralizes the ptomaines and to an extent destroys the germs, but does not elimi nate them, and the butter thus made i. not of good quality or wholesome, to be eaten. Milch co^a in winter shoiUd .be.tort In a comfortable stable which I. well ventilated. Their fodder should be sweet and water pure. Their .table, .hould be cleaned night and morning and tbe floor sprinkled with dry saw dust or some equally vbsorbing mater ial. each cow should be well groomed at least twice a week. Then with suf ficient allowance of good, tine corn meal and wheat bran, there will be no trouble in making a first-grade batter, providing the milk and cream are pro perly managed. If there is a cow whose teeth are bad and digestive or gans feeble, .with weak assimilating power, she should be removed from the dairy as soon as discovered, as the pro ducts from such a cow are not fit for consumption.—T. H. Cox, M. D., New York, in Farmers Tribune. A Financial Statement. Beiow will be found a statement of the amount of funds received and dis bursed on the improvement fund of tbe Delaware County Agricultural Society for the year 1899, being a showing of the subscriptions secured by Secretary E. .1. Conger. Hoyt 10 00 AN Smith Conger Gate« W Robiuson Fruuch ME Bluir W Sabiu PC Blanchard MS Van Auken Geo KLraufl Thomas Wilson Rector Brook* A 8 Uoon Wm Maurer Clute W O Nieinan Durey Strong HoUisier Lumber Co Duuham, Norris & Stiles Bronson & Carr Smith ilaheay W Uollieter Ueury Kllck Jacob Pettlon tiP Coatea Daniel Warner Tboinaa Rose...., Cruise....- W Bissell BA Baker Edmonds W Council Butterfield Graham PETriem j' 11 Paul W Scott AbnerDuuliatn Frank Grimes E Stetaou Matthews WU Graham A S Blair South moo, Africa-over tweuty thousand lyddite shells to help them—has been burled back from the Upper Tugela line, losing two thousand men in killed, wounded and prisoners, and also, eleven guns. —. Bouth Clark & Lawrence MFLeltoy Wolcott Bros Anders & Philip horse foot and artillery, with powerful guns trom British warships and withljwMUe. .. W Miles Urahaut & Son A Ilolbert S A Steadmau 11 Muutton Riddull Co Alleu Stewart of the Tu British government, and went across Drakensberg in 1842. They stand ou tbe Tugela, while in the background, the great Drakensberg Mountains, where the snow-white ever lastings grow, rear their topmost peaks above the cloudB. The British General has asked for an armistice to bury his dead—on the 16th of Decomber—to bury his dead, in the Vfry ground where rest some of the bones of BW Jewell 1 gela, are the sons—now, on the 16th of December, 1899. They are the wlfh Lucas Mi yer I with LouU Botha, whose mother was in the laager ou the BushmauB Biver in 1838 and with Schal* I iurger,whose fath er was outlawed and proscribed by the the murdered Voortrekkers. "Avenge Majuba!" the crowds have Bhouted, in London and at Durban and at Cape Town. God has avenged Slachtersnek. Instead, W Duuham 2 60 OC Clark 10 00 S Jones Chase Uow»/d Blanchard Rutherford JSMerton WFDrummy Van Altftyne Bros irve McGee Harris Bros Dunning Harry Brown J.Q. VWGT Dudley W Belknap HP Carter.... Peter Boardway r- Roach Hogan Bros llennesey Bros Hennessey W Lawrata Jobo Hetherington JJ Hoag. Yoran, Arnold Yoran Chas. J. Seeds W Cawleyi. W Lock..' W Graver,.'.. Grant Brayl^n Johnson Tho* Lindsay Prowse A Hetherington Amtden Dunham t:T$ Stronger, braver for the strife. Do you count them only trifles? What to earth are sun and rain? Never was a kind word wasted. Father P. Ryan .arason FE Rich* posts, donation In material Smith, bill paint Pratt, painting STATE NEWS NOTES. MATTERS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO IOWA PEOPLE. Des Molaes. Ia., Feb. 2.—The appro priations committee of the senate has presented a bill to revolutionize the system of financing the state institu tions. It provides that a statetaz shall be levied each year to raise $1,300,000 for tbe support of the fourteen insti tutions under the board of control. This is about CO per cent, of all the revenues raised by the state. The money shall be placed to the credit of the board of control, which will have a general commission to conduct tbe institutions out of the sum provided. At present separate appropriations are made for all institu tions and the snppdrt and building funds are also provided separately. The proposed measure also contem plates placing all Insane In the four state asylums, taking away from tbe counties about 80^. Insane who are now kept in county asylums. MYSTERY ATj 8I0PX CITY. Corpse of a Man Foafed In a Box Markod "ileoks." Arrested For Murder. Sioux City, la., Feb. 2.—The arrest of Oscar Goodrich yesterday for the murder of John E. Robson on the night of Dec. 20 created a big sensation. Goodrich, who Is a well-kuowu con tractor and was formerly a partner of Robson's, says he does not know any thing regarding the murder. Officers who swore out the warrants will not talk. The killing of Robson was a cold-blooded murder, he being struck with a hatchet just as he left his of fice late at night. To AbolUH Offloe of State Printer. Des Moines, la., Feb. 3.—By a vote of 52 to 45 the house refused at noon to concur in the senate joint resolution toelectastatet printer and binder. This elect a state printer and binder. This is taken as an Indication that the house favors abolishing the two of fieB. A joint resolution was passed to elect trustees for the several state In stitutions on Tuesday next. Nine Bulldlnga Burned. Fayette, In., Feb. 2.—A Are here burned nine buildings. The loss is es timated at $60,000. Those who lost stock were George Hoover, Drs. Park er and McLaue, James Bros., grocers Doty & Hull, meat market George Scobey, feed store Drs. Dorman & Forbes. Tbe city engine house and Fayette Ice company's plants were also burned. Box Mystery Solved. Sioux Oity, la., Feb. 3.—The Sioux City box mystery has been solved. The body, which was supposed to be thut of a murdered man. was the body of a German tramp who was fatally in jured In Baltimore by being struck by a trolley car Dee. 29. The corpse was sent to Sioux City for medical pur poses. (Saloonkeeper Charged with Murder. Keokuk, la., Feb. 5. Chemical analysis Just completed here shows a large quantity of strychnine In the stomach of William Hill, of Memphis, Mo., who died In convulsions in a sa loon there Saturday ulglit. Julius Court ney gave beer to Hill and, It is alleged, tried to get a number of others to drink It. Rood*. Nomination R(dected. Des Moines, la., Feb. .3.—The ap pointment of Colonel H. H. Rood as a member of the state board of control was rejected yesterday In the execu tive session by a vote of 23 against to 16 for. It required seventeen votes to reject .j'j-v atan Blown to Fleets. 41 AC Acres 11 Edmunds Moor» 6 00 Harry Smith WFCroskey W Todd FA Mead Fred Muntson Herman White HJ Sabiu Luther Sly George l)urey Beranton, Pa., Feb. 5.—George 8hot well was blown to pieces and Fred Mollneux terribly burned by an explo sion in the corning mill of the Con sumers Powder company, near Jessup, this county, destroying (he building. The explosion occurred just before the day's work began, otherwise the list of dead and Injured would have been larger. One other building was de stroyed by concussion. Molineux Is in serious condition. The damage UMUOte to ..veral thousand dollars. 44 Oscar Wellman *4 George N Keuyon Moshler 44 44 John Cruise Jr 10 00 JK Whitman 6 00 Matt Hudson 44 44 Wm Jones ttW Baic«».t n»« tut ttt.i TV MANCHESTER, IOWA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 14. 1900. VOL. XXYI-NO 7. W Martin .fame* Clark William Oook^M... WTlrriU..... HA Dlttmee. Scbwager Bros Manchester Lumber Co 14 10 00 6 00 10 00 1& 00 & 00 10 00 5 00 v* Quaker Mill Co. 2 00 1 00 Ijfjgl 2 U0 8 00 gat« al... $ 827 60 11 47 Sxpense Aoeonnt of Improvement Fnnd Delaware Connty Agricultural Society. Hennessey Bros., livery bill for making canvats of subscriptions $ 89 76 Meals and feeding teams for two 9 2& Thos Prowse, Henry Welterlen, contract for art ball.... contract for bog stalls... 11 The ever extra work repairing old hall, sreretary'e office and ticket office,al so changing stairs in new building increasing demand for 38 15 8 AO 660 00 200 00 QUAKER MILL FL0UR: 68 60 is sufficient evidence $ 918 21 Balance paid personal by Conger in settlement $ 68 71 1 that it is the FAVORITE FLOUR' of the household.1:^- Try it and you'll not deny it. A QUAKER ON EVERY SACK. Quaker Mill Co. J. W. MILES. Prest. M. F. LkROY, Cashier B. F. MILES, Asst. Cashier. R. R. ROBIKSON2d V. President, H.<p></p>First C. HABBERLE.lst Y.<p></p>National 1 Sioux City, la.. Feb. 1.—A corpse In box marked "Books" was found In the United States express office yes terday afternoon. Tbe body was re ceived on* Jan. 19 from Baltimore, Md., addressed to J. S. Bradfprd.'-but the express ofUcials failed to flajfrhlm. The dea^nia^aPPea^to be a German, 5Bor 60 ywfirs orai* 1*he7 only'garment on the body was a shirt. There was a frightful wound on the back of the head, apparently made by a blow from a biuret instrument. Tho dead man is balflTuut wore a stubby beard and moustache. The face is so distorted recognition will be difficult. Everything points to murder. Trying to Frrete Oat the "Q." Des Moines, la., Feb. 2.—The Chi cago, Burlington and Quincy system a few days ago closed a contract for the use of the Union station and ter minals of the Des Moines Union rail way. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road has secured an injunc tion to restrain the Burlington from entering the Btatlon on the ground that the contract must, under the by-laws of the Des Moines Union, be ratified by unanimous vote of the company's directors. It is considered a move of the St. Paul to keep the Burlington out of station facilities. WM. C. CAWLEY, CHAS. J. SEEDS* President. Cashier. R. W. TIRR1LL, C. W. KEAGY, Vloe Prosldcnt. Asst. Cashier. DELAWARE COUNTY State Bank CAPTAL $60,000 -DIHEOTORS- Wm. C. Cawloy. W. G. Kenyon. Edward P. Seeds. Chas. J. .. ..t 1 \m S- lf -v I ', Try Orara-O! Try Qrain-O! Ask your Grocer to-day to show yon a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. Tbe children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. the price of coffee. 15c. and 85 ct b. per package. Sold by all grocers. 10 00 5 00 10 00 BOO ii, a President. BANK, MANCHESTER. IOWA. CAPTAL. S5QjOOO General Banking Business H. F. Arnold. R. W. Tlrrlll. G. W. Dunham, •M. H. WlUlston Seeds. C. w. Keagy. INTEREST PAID on Time Deposits. Prompt attention given to all business. Pus senger tickets from and to all parts of Europo dlreot to Manchester, for sale. T.QNO 'TIME MORTGAGE T.OANS Made. Bought and Sold, SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES For tho storage of valuable papers, etc. for rent. Banking House Henrv Hutchinson Hutchlnedn's Building, Manchester, lowa. CAPITAL, $7Q,000 JOSEPH HUTCHINSON, Cashier. COLLECTIONS Promptly Mafla. DEPOSITS on Time, Interest Al lowed and other deposits received. DRAFTS sold on New York, Chicago and Dubuque also on Great Britain and Ire land and European Cities. TICKETS sold to and from all European ports via Cunard or Allen nr White Star Stoainshlp Lines. C0TSW0LDS. Flock headed by IMPORT ED RAMS. A nice lot of breeding ewes and a dozen ram lambs FOR SALE. Eight hundred head to se lect from. w. J. STRAIN & SONS, Masonville, la. 1 WE Ai J. -9. ®t)t democrat. RATES OP APVIBTISW. SPACE. iw tw 111 IT One inch •100 •1 no ta no 14 an iwno aio oo Two Inches.. 1 M) 91 2ft Ml 5 voo 15 00 Three inches. (XI 8 10 4 no 7 .10 :soo to 00 Four Inches.. A MI ft TO still offering goods at the old prices, and wi1! continue to do so as long as our present stock lasts but owing to the sharp advance on furniture the first of the year we will be unable to offer such prices alter we have disposed of the stock we now have on hand. In fact, we were particularly FORTUNATE in placing our last orders before the January rise and intend giving our customers the benefit. A Special Drive in Couches! We are selling LOTS of them. When you see our selection and the pricM youH not wonder WHY? AUSTIN D. BROWN We go them one better! smmwMM Shoes sold 2 for Transacted. Interest Paid on Tinn Deposits. SAFETYlEFOSif BOXES FOR RENT. $3.00 We have to ... $3 50 will sell for... Scfs $2:25 Iffl as long as they last. tsr M. F. LeRoy, W-_H. Noma, R. Robinson, W. Mues. E. M. Carr, M. Beehlei H. A. Granger, A. H. Biake. B. F. Miles, H. C. Haebei F. J. Atwater. •RreiPoaTP.bu.sj aia. First National Bank. Dubuque, Iowa. Central National Bank New York City. Commercial National Bank. Chicago, llis. fglltmtimililimiUtliniHlliiiniiimiiniEUimiiiiiiunimmiiiiuniminii iiiiiiii. 1 ARTISTIC TAILORING My winter good* are here, and those desiring suits and overcoats up-to-date should not fail to call and examine my stock. My goods are the beet on the market and prices to suit the times. Suits, 818.00 up overcoats, 318.00 pants, $5.00 up. Hemember, theBe are made in my shop. You get the latest 8trle and fit and best of workmanship, at A. L. SE VJERTSON'S, the ARTISTIC IALLOR. SHOP IN MASONIC BLK, GROCi=HRAYHRY A. L. SEVERTSON. TAILOR THE STEWARTfe \A/E have so many single pants and we^are bound to sell them out. In order to do so we have greatly re duced the price on them. We will sell you A HEAVY, ALL 5 10 or in on ft* 00 Five Inches.. a on 4 7 00 40 00 30 00 ii Column.... 4 WI f, 50 8 00 15 00 DO 33 40 00 Column.... Ml (Ml 1H 00 A 00 40 00 05 00 One Column.. IK 90 lb 00 25 00 AO 00 80 00 125 00 fore expiration of oontract will be charged ac oordlng to above scale. Business cards, not exceeding six Uiee, 15.0 per year. Business locals, ten oents per line for the first Insertion, and flto osnte pcrllne for each sabae Quest insertion. e.,v, 1 pair of Ladies' Kid shoes, .. Lace, Kid tip and All right for vtt Style, but the stock is some broken fif. and we are out of some sizes. These shoes sold for $3.00 to "M -u $3.50, saw and we will sell them while they last at $2.2$ We expect our spring goods in soon 'and must have room for them. 'r 4 thi "Sr 1 Kinne & Madden hp-* WOOL PANTS for $1.50, WORTH $2.75,and TheCELEBRATED Madrid Pants for $2.50. Size, 30 to 50-in. waist meas ure. We will give you some of the best bargains you ever saw on our heavy goods. Come in and let us show you what we can do for you. J. H. ALLEN. M, MANCHESTER, IOWA. Vp