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QREELEY CASES : SET FOR TRIAL

JUDGE C. W. MULLAN OF"WATER

LOO - PREf/DES 'AT.x^THEf-^

MARCH TE^IM. - ;

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GRAND JlilY SWORN IN ON MONDAY

Assignment of Case* Is Made, tour*

^, Adjourns Until Monday of -

Next Week.

Wh * J

.,, Judge Charles W. jSlullan ol.Water-'V loo opened the • March'.'term'of Dis-

IJ>vV* trlct court In this city on -Monday lift ' oC this week. The grand - jury was IwJS*' • sworn in on Monday . morning but

the trial jurors will not appear until vnext Monday, March^23r().

V .Marshal Hansel! of Greeley- has ap '"plied for a continuation .of his case,

."i the application coming, up lor hear­ing next Monday.;

The court, adjourned on Tuesday afternoon until next Monday niorn-

' ing. igf'tC*'- ' Following are cases' set for trial: '^F* / v , Wednesday,' March 18th.

«'A,' The Central Lumber & Coal Co. vs ^^•"LAuritzen .& Waason. • ,. V

v't ;V -Monday, March\ 23rd. 'Ff State of Iowa vs. Dunkel. 1 J, v|j

%*«' < State of Iowa* vs. jChase et als£y! ' Mbriday, March 30th. . ;

*•"(4 Wlille Ross vs. Perry. Wheeltsd.fr *"» ijchugh vs. C. M. & St. P. Ry . Co.;

Ernest Dunkel vs Stalir. i \ Martha Stahr vs. Dunkel. ^ ^ ,

., f Tuesdays Match [-> A D. Farls vs.- Cloud et al. • ;

'Cloud vs.' lisirr. . •S'yers, Kelly &. Ilarkness vfiOtoud. The following eiiulty cases are set

|? 1&4tor-trla> after the jury cases:

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Kafotu vs. llnfoth. Carr vs. Stewart. ; Burcy vs. Stookey. ' . "Lux vs; Mead et al. . , ! Lux vs. Barnd et al. : .V' s";-Mosher vs, l/)Oji. ' • liagby vs. Mosher. I Todd vs.'State Bank of 'Ed^woglC.

3 The /following: matters . have Mm 'disposed of by the court during^m;

rf/Orflrst of tlie,veek: > . 'f.:\ :LAW. ' -W, Fred Eggiman .vs. Illinois Central -«'»KaUwayi,Go.' Settled "and costs,'paid.., V''.Henry Duffey et al vs. Delaware

County. Appeal dismissed at defend-.

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ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FIRST " NATIONAL.

At the meeting o'. tbe board of - di­rectors ..of th®' First: National'. b'anlt of thiji Qity on last Wednesday .after­noon, Allen Ik LeRoy was unanii^otiS; ly .elected president of that institu'. tlon. Mr: -Le Roy is eKoepMonally' well qualified for a position of re­sponsibility of this character-. Follow­ing^ his graduation from Beloit col­lege he continued his preparation for business by study at Heidelberg and Berlin, Germany, for > ^S», years. -, ,A. ,H. Blake, who s-T^'^^of -.the

charter , members of the~ x ^..Nation­al bank, was ele'ctei^presfty. '/u the

board of director^ on Wedhev tirnoon. ' Mr. Blake will devoK '

ofX part of his time to the affairs the in-N . ,

atitUtit»n are pleased that his council I \ /„ and services are available in this ca- ' pacity.

SCHUMANN CLUB MEETS. ; The Schumann club will meet' on

Thursday- afternoon at the home of Miss Isabel Pentony. The following program will be given. Duet.,Song of the;Sea Shell..Kromgan

• Agnes and Loraine Bradley. Playing with Kitty.. .. ..... Regard

Dbris Davis. ; ' Queen of Drowsy Land.. ... ..Ducelje Grasshopper .Waltz/: ..; ..I.Cochran.

Helene Hockaday. *' lilttie Prince.. .. .. .. ..Krogrnann Twilight;.' .. .. ..Xlclntyre Vacation Time.. .. .. Mclntyre

: Dora Dittmer. ) , ; Hide and Seek..... .. .. ..Elleiiberg

Cora Mae Hockaday. I n n o c e n ce.. ..... ... .. i.Burgmuller

Vera Phlltpp. Caprice.; V.,' ..Tlieo ICullak

. Eva Kephart. Le Cracieuse.. ... .. . .Burgmullcr

•Isabel Pentony. -A Summer'a' Day.. .. . . Theo Dutton

. Hnberta Clemans.-Medley on National Airs .. ...'.. .Keiser

Helen Pierce. i in l'nppy Land.. ... . . .Kussner

Helen Spinlc. -Duet."Concert Polka.. .. /.Des^ayes

. M'atf' Brownell, Miss Milner. 5.

CLYDE D. ELDER COMMITS DOUBLE : CRIME AT HIS HOME THURSDAY / NIGHT. INVITES VICTIM TO, .,

HOUSE WHERE TRAGEDY : TAKES PLACE.

Fischer to in

Presence of Three Witnesses

Elder Said to Have Made Threats Dur­ing Last Few Days of His Life. " Witnessies Tell of the Tragedy.

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WINNERS OF CONTEST.

Elmer Hook. 5^' i ant's costs. .

V jrv" Daniel Sickles vs. f ^ Settled and cpsts paid.:,-. „ '

TV* ^ Robert Ray Robinson vs. Hawlceye 'h ^Commercial Men's Association. Con-

tlnue>' as per stipa'ation. j :-!p, Gertrude Verderber et al vs. Joe ;Tlhkey. "Settled and costs paid.- : ;'i John Reilly vs. .ChriB Relchen and •: Jim. Chris Relehen. Settled and the ^cbsts.paid. . • . .v \ .' •. ^ • V.- -ChriS; Bnabnft *iBi-xWcl>^l.^Mo)fJse^r JSettledraJid, costs paid

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Kruess ei. al. Default of ?ali deftfld-anls"—

Iowa Implement Co.«. vs Clarence •B^ggs. Dishilssed and posts pftld. >'

. -f• ' M W. Batterton vf.- Sam: Hook and .'^Frances Hook. Settled and costs paid.

0 C. Donaldson va. William H. Ea-' icln'. DisnJissed an.d costs. paid. -

W R Godden vs.' Frank Dettbarn and Carl DeUbarn. Settlod and costs

w* Sackett' vs. Amos D. Smith « et al; Default ol all defendants. - _

Hopkinton State Bank vs. A. fc. Lovelan'' -.and Mrflj A.' E. Loveland. Default against nil defendants.

Ryan Creamery Company vs. VVm. J. Kehoe ana Mrs. W. J: Kehoe. De,; fault of defendants. i' , n

Cloe M. Grommon vs Edna Grommon. F. B. Blair appointed guardian ad • litem of Edna O.. .Grom-

- mon. ' : ' • Spahn & Rose Lumber Co. Vs. M,. ' Batterton. Settled; . '

Delaware County State Bank vs. Fred Kruger. Default.

; •; CHANCERY. , •I'-- Mary Wilhelmina vs. Charlps Na-' eel et al. F. B". Blair appointed guard­ian, ad litem for Earhart Nagel, min-

0rbeorge W. Dunham, administrator o* th^ estate of L. R. Loomls vs. E. H. Hoyt. Repoi' of referee approved. Referee discharged and bond releas-cd •

S|; Henry Brayton vsu Arch Gilchrist et al. Settled. „ , .

1 MWy Danford vs. William Danford.

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•.;-?^i»tf^'^TiM»itts vs Unknown Claimants et al., Default of all de­fendant^ and Judgment as per enroii-

' ed decree. 1 , -:V; Frank H. Kramer ; Vs. Unknown

Claimants. Default of "all defend­ants and judgment as per enrolled > decree.' '.' , Henry C. Schmidt et al vs. Un-^ known Claimants et al. Befault and 'judgment as per enpollment on file.

> PROBATE. " 4 • Estate of David Kennedy. March ^23, fixed as the time for hearing of

."•.'probate of will; _ Estate of Maggie May Stowf. O. E.

^ Stowe appointed guardian of Horace &fejB.^St(9we.. ' ' :

"i?«Guardianship of George Leon J!ld-redge. Fred B. Blair appointed giWC-

.dian of the property of George Leon Eldredge.

Tflk >- Estate of Avery Jamison. Authority l^^/^igranted administrator to compromise

, rand assign claim filed against es-"s'tate of John M. Brayton.

Estate of Hi.J. Kellogg. AdiWnis-KveG "•. - trator .authorized to expend 4200 for

1 monument and care of lot in ceme-"Jtcry. - _

' rf; Estate of: M. F. L& Roy. A. R. ^j.Le Roy appointed administrator of

estate. CRIMINAL. .

State of lowd vs Frank Jones. De­fendant waives challenge to grand jury*

1 1 ' State o' Iowa vs. Marshal Hansell, > ,'v Roes Chase, Chester Wiliard, Frank " ^ Sprague, Walter Smock. Herb Feuer-

l\\ ' , helm-and Ben Bfrady, Ross Chase v - Chester Wiliard, Frank Sprague, Wal-\ 1 ter Smock. Herb Feuerhelm and Ben

£ Brady to toe tried separately from U;* the defendant Marshal Hansell. ^

State of Iowa vs. Ernest Dunkel. v- »• . Defendant waives formal , arraign

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^^;v.!..:Tnent and pleads not guilty,

m- * ' SNYDER-LOGAN. -m - -r; Miss I^aura E. Snyder and James

A. Logan were united in marriage <„ fcy Rev. C. K. Hudson this morning

% io at the Methodist parsonage. Mr.'and

^jfelarge audlencei ysis; in attendance at/fhe Nortlieastern Iowa Deciama-fijiry .epntest, whichi was heltf at the City Opera house in thls city on lftst Pridtty evening. The contest on Frl-Ia'y evening was Oiifi'^f "four sub-dis-rlct contests lifeldf in. Northeastern

low'a for the purpiw ofL*choo3ihg one ontestant froni'. Ihe ^jratorical, dra­

matic. and hiihioi^)fi^ cli88es to be representeH at 'thft -'dlstrlct contest to be held at Wa*ififc/Ofl'-;March 20th. The-other towlifl whltfii held contests on Friday eveniti|i^wei'e;Engle Grove, Clear Lakeiand.^^t'^llef.'' .'

, The .winners jbt jhe Manchester con­test, were as 'follows: ; 'Mlle» \Vest-over of Vinton in >the oratorical class; Carriei MacFarland, of -East Wa-terloo, in the dramatic class; and Myrtle Gunderson of Waukon, in tjie humorous class. \{-

The judgep of the: contest were Prof. John Barnes, of the Iowa Staf Teachers' College, Cedar Falls; - Sup1

C. H. Carjwni of Marengo; and Pro*. J. G: Brldgens, of Eldora. . \ "i-. "7

the. contest the visitoi-s were invUqd the'parlohi" of the Congre-gatiflnail^ihuft^ where an onjoyable ^o.clnl |ime was' spent.', 'j-"v •

ANNUAL MEETING OF COMMIS-' ' ; .- SION COMPANY. •' Th a; Delaware County Farnjers" Co­

operative: Commission company- held their annuarijfeeting last- Saturday aftfrnpoii in ifte council, rooms. The company has been in: operation for the. past ten nionths and has sold $10,183.72 worth! of feed and coal since their. organization.:They .'have also shipped Uve stock "to the" amount of $47,2.i6.3C. , , "

The company;,, now; has .a member-ship'of 75, there/being 15- new mem­bers added at the Saturday meeting. The meeting was a very enthusiastic one. - • v '. "• .r''. . The following directors Were, elect­ed for'the ensuing year: • One year— Grant Brayton^ F. L. Durey and F. H.M unson; two years—H. A. Coon, H. J. Sub in, and W. B. Childs; three years—Wi- J. Davis, B. F., Bishop and Jas; Bishop. The ofllowjng ofifcers wer^:elected! President, Grant Bray­ton; vice president, B. F. 'Bishop; treasurer, F. H. M unson; secretary and manager, W. .I. Davis.

FIREMAN KILLED AT OELWEIN Edwin Nedreau, who formerly resid

ed at Lamont, and a fireman on the Chicago Great Western, was instant­ly, killed last Friday night when the freight engine on which he was rid­ing. left the 'track at a point about two miles east of Oelweln. The en­gine went over an embankment. Mr. Nedreau was dead when he was ' tak­en from the wrecked engine, while.E. p. Smith,, the engineer of the train, was still alive. Mr. Smith was taken to a hospital at Oelwein, where' he received the best-of medical treat­ment. When . the accident occurred Mr. "Nedreau'jumped and was. caught between the engine and tender and was crushed to 4eath. Mr. Smith re­mained at his post and the escaping steam burned his entire body.

Mr. Nedreau was a young man of twenty-three, and his Delaware coun­ty friends deeply regret to learn of his tragic death.,

BASKET BALL GAMES, OF WEEK. The Manchester IIig;h school basket

ball team played u series of games during the past week. They were vic­torious at Marlon on last Thursday evening, defeating that team by a score of 6 ti> 20. i'-' v

On Friday the; local team went to Cedar Falls to take part in the. bas-ke't ball tournament of northeastern Iowa, in the Friday morning g&m«i Manchester played against th* Oel­wein team, and defeated them' by a score of 2^ to. 12.

On Saturday morning the. Manches­ter team was: defeated by Clinton, by a score of 60 to 9.

The winners of the finals, in the Northeastern idwa tournament were Ceda^ Rapids and "'llo.tqn. arid these teams will compete in tjie state cop-test »o be held ia low^ Cttr ®n the 20th and 21st of March.' i

HOTEL PROPERTY fOR SALE,' M. W. Sheldon, who is visiting

with his family here at 'the' present time, offers for sale his' hqtel prop­erty at Ryan—known as the n^eaL ho­tel—tlra sale to take place in front, of . the hotel on Wednesday, March 25th, 1914, at 1:30 p'. m. Mr. Shel­don's advertisement appears on an­other pare of this'issue.

Liciuor formed the'basis for 'the double killing which occurred at the Clyde - Elder A home on New street last Thursday night at -about ten o'clock, when John Fischer,' a local painter and ' decorator, was sho.t to death in the little parlor of the El­der home, in the presence of, Mrsi" Clyde.. Elder, her brother, • Ambrose Kelley, of this city, and a con sin, Pet­er M(5"Elmeel, of Delhi. A few minute's arter Elder had killed'. Mr. Fischer he turned the shot gun at his own head and'ended his life. j

According to the facts, as brought out jn the testimony at the coron­er's, inquest, held at . the court house on Friaoyi forenoon. Elder became en-rage^ jove'r Aa - statement he i^ said to luiVe .-heard the streets during the da^;r1and; Nvlilli&h he is said to have clalmeii'.was "lh&Se^'by Mr1: Fischer.

Nearly ail of! the witnesses examin­ed at the inqufest said that. Eider had- been- drinking duriiig the after­noon and evening. He. was seen on the streets at" about nine o'clock in the evening, and when he Cached; his home soon a|ter nine o'clock, he -Was in condition, and at once egifn^W search for the shot gun and

the loaded shells: He loaded .the au-tdmattc .gtiti,., ajfidi tol#j;lill8 wif? and her; iiiwther and' cousin1 that ;hef was ^ingvio get'Mn4 Fischer and bring hint to? his home'i arid alp'o told them to remain in the house until they re-. turned." Mr. Fischer , had- retired for. the. night when Elder called/at his house, and was no dotibt of the im­pression that he was wanted to set­tle a 'family quarrel. In about fif­teen-' or twenty: minutes Elder- and. Fischer" returned. < After exchanging a'few words In the--house Elder lev­eled' the gun at-Mr. Fischer's head and .fired the fatal shot. As soon as tho "boys who were present realized that Elder had carried out hi?-threat theyv hurried out through a south' door ^nd the wife rushed out through the opposite door and sought refuge at the neighbors. A second shot was fir-ed. but it is not definitely known ait whom that was directed, some declar­ing it was aimed at the wife, while others claim that it "was directed at the two .boys. The reports of the two shots' aroused the entire neighbor­hood. After a. few minutes had elaps­ed the third shot was fired, this one being the one by which the crazed man ended his own life. Those who were on the ground first saw one of tho most grewsome spectacles ever! able; temper and dangerous firearms.

witnessed. In the house-lay the body of,, tlie. murdered man, and oij the cement walk in front of the house lay the body of Elder. . - . r •

Tlu)' news of the tragedy spread spread - rapidly, and in a few mo­ments a large crowd gathered at the scene where the tragdy was enacte

Afr.ef~'hearlng the testimony of the three eye-witnesses to the murder, and a number of others, the coroner's jury, composed of A. . J. Bruce, H." W-Welterien and O. C. Clark, foi^id that Mr. Fischer came to his death frorii-Uie wound inflicted by tlie *char&^ • from a shot gun, in the hands-of El- 1

der, an|l that Elder suicided ' after committing the act. ;: , (Citizens who reside in tiio vielni-

ty of the Elder home, and those wh6 were' fajnlllar -with his -actions during the, last few months, were not sur­prised at "what took-place on .Thurs^. day higlit. . -

" A short tim.e ago Elder lost-a limb in a railroad; accident in the yards ait Marlon, Iowa, and as. a result • he was successful in< securing from the Chicago, Milwaukee &1 St. Paul Rail­road Com pany, a- large .1as dam.^ ages. A'ftpr he procured the, inoney he inyeiite<^' iii^an.,auUnn«iblle and * lie. aii'd- his :"Sompanion,3 about" "XIanches-ier wouli' make frequent trips to. nearby towns iyhere .they experienc­ed apparantly .little difficulty in pro­curing liquor. On a number of occa­sions' he - ditched the • machine after he had become intoxicated and was unable to handle • the automobile. It; is said that only a few days' before' the - tragedy occurred lie and a number of liis friends made a trip to a nearby town, and when on their, way; home again ditched the machine near Earl-ville, It was. common talk. on, the streets of Manchester that he made violent threats at ciizens and officers, while in. a state of intoxication.

Notwithstanding the fact that El­der Was crippled local officers experi­enced much difficulty in handling him when he , would create' a-disturbance on the Streets. John Fischer, who was a man of unusual strength, on different occasions is said to have been successful ' in quieting Elder When, he'had made violent threats' at the members of his family and offi­cers. '

The tragedy of last Thursday night is but a natural consequence of a combination of liquor, an uncontrol-

• COLESBURG.

2 T. 'Ji Foote and J. W.- Piatt were ^elected directors to-succeed them­selves, at'the shool election Monday. The proposition to bond tie district for a new school building, and to. sell the old site and. buildings carried by jh" good majority. • There1 were only -nine, .contrary votes, so that the- re: .skit was . well-nigh ' unanimous.' The pfesent building . has, done duty for upwards of forty years, and is not •wjiat ;a school building should be. in this t^ay • afad- age. of the world. - So the prosprct for a new building 'is

with delight by both old' and roiing.

There willbe a School, entertain-mei;t given at. the opera house Friday evening Mairch 20th, to which all are 'cordially invited. A small - admission 'fee will be charged—only 10 cents., • Win. Haifirnond made a business trip io Dubuque- Saturday.

\V. .8. Page, was an over Sunday guest of his son and wife at Water-lob, goii-g from there to Webster-Ci-ty for a visit at the Harley Barn-hart home. • _ ' Mr. and Mrs; Gtorge Walker are

at home from.,a, pleasant visit with I^ersville frienijs. " v ^

"ev.- O. J. Felter was at Fayette

Mrs. Login are well known, in, this , vicinity and The Democrat joins

t, with their many friends In extend-

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TO CENTRAL CITY COMPANY PLAY.

A home talent company, composed of Central City young people will give a play at the City" opera house on next Friday- evening,- entitled "The Cuban Spy." Your attention is. directed to an advertisement on another page of thi# Ifesue, u>E;_ - *_-<• t i r •« -

JOHN FISCHER.

John Fischer was born in New York City, .New York, in 1857, and came to Delaware county in his boy­hood days, locating a* Greeley. He was married to Carrie' Soule of.Gree­ley. In 1893 the family removed to Manchester where they have since resided. Mr. Fischer leaves to mourn his- death his wife, and nine children, as follows: Mrs. Grace Bessy, and Hugh, John, Leon,' Clifford, Helene, Florence,' Ruth and Howard, all of Manchester. vHe is also survived by one brother, Herman Fischer; of Le Roy, Michigan, and one sister, Mrsi Helen Russell, ofi • Brooklyn, New York. -Mr. Fischer was well known

throughout Delaware county, and his many friends; deeply regret to learn of his tragic death. He was a paint­er, and decorator, and' wan a, very skilled workman. The bereavedi fam­ily is extended the sympathy, of a host of friends.

The funeral services were, held on Saturday afternoon from the family home, Rev. *J. F. Moore, pastor of t^e Congregational church, conduct, iu the'servies. Interment was made i9^>^ki^nd cemetery in this .city.

CLYDE ELDER. "V

De Forest Elder was born old home farm at Spring ijte 0Hsr. ycoutity. November 2, : 9nll«*«d and served in the

Spanish Amffjfea^ war ad a member of "Company E /ot Independence. He was united in. ^hanriage to Miss Lena Kelley of this city on.A-ugust 3, 1904. Some tiipe ago he." lost a limb while switching In the Milwaukee yards at Marion, To^a, and at the time of ^l? death was «• member, of the Railroad Trainmen of that place.

He is survived by his wife, two children, Vaunda and Lida, aged re­spectively 9 and 7 years; his parents, Mr. 4ind Mrs. Thos. Elder, of this ci­ty; one brother,'Lysle Elder, of Spo-katiP, Washington; two sisters, Mrs. R. L. Griffith of Great Falls, Mon­tana. and Mrs. Fern Long of Hedges-vllle, Montana.

The funeral services were held on Monday afternoon from the Thos. El­der home on Franklin street and in-

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CLOSES SUCCESSFUL YEAR. The Woman's Foreign Missionary

society of the United Brethren church have closed'a'successful year. The society- is supporting: a Bible wo­man in Sin Sam, China, as special worker. It has sen* to foreign fields over eighty dollars this year", besides using a goodly sum for home work. The delegates to the' annual branch meeting held in Cedar Rapids in Ap­ril/are Mrs. Samantha^ Skinner, Mrs. Will Stimson, Jlrs. Busenbarrick and Mrs. li. Scanlon. The officers are: Mrs. Luke Scanlon, president; Mrs. Hattie Griffin, vice president; Mrs; Will Stimson, secretary; Mrs. Sam-antha Skinner, -treasurer; -Miss Sara Scanlon, secretary of literature. The society • enters -upoh the • new year greatly en'.-ouraged. -

MA^ONVILLE.

r.Mrs. Geo. Burns of this place, .mourns the death of--her father, Wm. Benson Paschal, . whose death took place at the.hom'e of his daughter, Mrs. Otis Lenhart, of Coleta, Illii-nois, on Sunday, March 8, 191-4.

Jules Gleason is spending a..'few days,-with friends in Chicago. ' John Behan and wife of Ryan Were

over Sunday 'guests of relatives in town.

Mrs. John Callan and baby of Win-throp were visiting in the Wm. Be­han home the first of the week.

Miss'Mayme Pendergast of Walker is assisting "with the bank work this week. , ,

Misses Ella Cusack and Kathryn Connors attended institute .at Inde­pendence last week. .

Wayne, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Orin Sulli'van, who has been seriously ill, is ilndergoing a change for the better. _

M. F. Cooniey, D. H. Ryan and T. O. Rhu went to Dubuque Tuesday to attend the funeral of Joseph Murphy.

taring a part of the we^k, visiting hbme folks. ftp. Irmscher is recovering from his recent illness and is able , to be up and about the house. 'The Maurer Sisters will present the

last number of the • Entertainment course, .on the evening of A/prll 18th.

^Andrew Platte, a former resident of this place, and an vuncle of J. W. P;iatte, died' recently at his home at Deep River," Iowa. He was' upwards of;'eighty ;years of age. £Jlr. and Mrs. J. W.' Smith were Sat mlay visitors at Dyersville. -^Ralph -Hyde is at home from, the J| I.. XT., for the summer. . ' ^Jacob Landis is visiting his daugh-

at Independence and will a;lso vis-his friends, .Mr. and .. Mrs.' Austin, Randalla, before -his return.

L. JC. Kocher has been in Des inesi on business during the week,

d made his Bristow. friends a fly-visit en route home.

•?Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brown spent Stinday with relatives at Greeley."

Wni.- Axlams of Dyersville was a mday caller in tliei burg.

•^lUrs; Aj J.. Herman passed away oil!, March 8th, at Arcadia, Florida, at wftlchVplace the family hap resided 't>8 several years. A. J. Herman Is a brother of George Herman of this nlfco and 'has the' sympathy of a

cfet of l'rien'ds in the great, sorrow that has come to Jiis home. Mrs. Her-nisii was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwiglass Peck and the early years oPvhor lffe were passed- here. Only one member of the Douglas Peck fam lly,r suryive«, . a daughter living at Gaifber, Oklahoma. -

iJ. H." Haefner of Charles City is here iif 'the interests of the Sher­man Nursery t!o.

.The -Colesburg J3nt6rtainment As­sociation, met last Wednesday even­ing for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as might come before the meeting. The fgjflowiing officers were, elected for; t.lte ensuing year: President,, A. Li 'Lajidis; vice president, T. A. Footo; secretary, J.. R.;, GTimes, and ^*^»irer, Wm. Hammond. - ' » George Keller was a Dubuque vict­or Wednesday and Thursday at, the home of his brother, Harry Keller.

Wm.. Hunt moved during the week into the house formerly occupied by the ISIwopd JPunk family. The Kirch-baum family will move into , the house thus vacated, and the house they vacated will be taken posses­sion of by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gor-kow, who are to return here .-from Guttenberg. >

Clarence Keller of Marcus - was a guest at the Frank Keller home; the fore, part of the week..

It is: with profound• regret that our people learn of the-deatji of Mrs. R. T.' We&tren, which occurred re­cently following an operation in a hospital at Bntte, Mont.« They were living ; at Mederville, Montana. Rev. Westren has the sympathy of all In this-time of sore affliction. ^'

. PORTEOUS-HOWARD. The marriagei of Miss Lou JPorteous

and Mr. H.X Leslie Howard was- sol­emnized on1 Tuesday, evening at 8:00 o'clock at the home of the bride's parent^, Mr. and Mrs.-Robert Port-eous, vin this city, by Rev. J. F. Moore, pastor of the Congregation­al church. The young couple depart­ed on a brief wedding triip. after which they will return to Manches­ter to reside. Mrs. Howard has been an efficient clerk in-the-D. F. Grove & Company's store in this city some time,'.and the many friends Join in extending congratulates to Mr. and Mrs. Howard. '

PRESERVES OF 300,000 ACRES. Delaware, county, is one of eigHty-

five counties in. the state that is to have a game preserve, as stated in The "Democrat some time agoi and which will " be -located west Nof Man-che-steri' It- is of interest to note, that^-there will be at least 300,000 acres-ill* the state game reservations, scattered among probably eighty-five of the connties, and on these 6,000 birds- will be placed as early as pos-sibltpAa soon as the weather shows signs, of warming up and the birds begin; , pairing off they will be -ship­ped) to the game reservations, thirty to forty to a reservation.

IN ,RACE FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY M. J. Yoran, who is a member of

the law firm, of Yoran & Yoran of this­city, has announced himself as a can­didate for the oUice Of county attor­ney, subject .to the decision of the re­publican voters of Delaware county at theJune primaries. -Mr. Yoran's

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A. C. Combs to Delmar S. Knight. S. 1-2, NE, SW, NE, Sec. 2, Honey Creglt township.. ,.. $3,000.00

Thomas Williamson to R. M. Mer-riam. Undivided '4-9, S. 105 a, NE, & SB, & NE, SW, Section 22..$1,00

Viola .Duart Boothby, guardian, to R. M. Merriam. -Uhdiv. 1-27 S 105 a. NE, & SB, & NE, SW, Sect. 22. all. in Adams Twp. ..$1,299.07

Anna and Chas. E. Gporgen to, N. W. Feltes et . al. Land in Section 24 and 13, North Fork Township $23,430

C. A. Pierce and wf to Edward J. Paris. W.l;2, JSTE, & NW, SB, Sec. 1, Mild Township . Henfy-Becker and wf to Joseph F. Yonda. S. 1-2, NW & N 1-2, N 1-2, SW, Sec. 31, Richland Township . . ; . . . . . , . . V .. $15,000.00

JUlia :Bailey et al to Sherman Har­ris. -Wl-4, -SW,. SW, Sec. 11, and SE, SE, S§c. 10, "and E 1-2, NE, NE, tNE. aml SW, NE. NR, Milo Town­ship.. .. $7,000.00

J. A. Strickland and wf to E. J. Carpenter. NW. fr 1-4, Sec.' 18, Onei da Township.. .-. .'. .. ..$1.00 . Laura G. Reedet et al to Clara Ci. iNelsoni. W 1-2, £>W. and SE, SW, Sec. 4. & N. 1-2, N1V, & E 3-4. SW,' NW, Sec. 9 and pt...NE, NE, SecT. 8, Delhi-Township.. .. .. .. ....$1.00'

Minnie 'Grimm et' al to August Grimm. W 1-2, SW, Sec. 32, Rich­land Township, & E(l-?, NW, Se^ 6, Coffins Grove township, and S 6. a. of SW, NW, Sec. 22,1 Richlanq tOfm-

LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK

WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE

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REVIEW AND FORECAST OF THE WEEK

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—H.-L. Rann was a business vis­itor in Dubuque last Friday.

-'-Mrs. William Barr was a visitor in. Cedar Rapids on Monday.

—Mrs. O. C. Clark was a guest of friends in Dubuque Saturday

—W. E. Lepley was a business- vis­itor in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. ' —Miss Sue Rich soent Saturday

visiting'with friends iir Dubuque. • —Mrs., W. C. Beema'n was a'guest

of relatives in EdgeWood last week. —C. C. Pride left Tuesday morning

for Waterloo for a several- days' vis­it. —^Roland Toogood of Chicago was a-visltor in the city over Saturday and Sunday. .

—J. M. Jones went to Cedar - Rap­ids on Tuesday morning on a busi­ness trip:

—The annual Spangler dinner is being held at the county farm near Delhi today. '

—Mrs., Richard Condon and son, William,.' were guests of relatives at Ryan last week.

-S;- K. Myers and J. H. Spink Were business visitors in'Chicago a part of last week.

•Mr. and' Mrs. A. D. Brown and Mrs. E. N. Wolcott were Dubuque visitors last Thursday.

—Dr. E. • E. McGee of Waterloo at­tended the declamatory contest in this city last Friday evening.

—M. D. Arnold was • a guest of relatives and friends in Waterloo on last Thursday and Friday.

-Residents of v this vicinity, were witnesses to; an eclipse of the moon on last Wednesday evening.

-Miss Susan Dewhirst of Harting-ton, Nebraska, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Arnold.,

Jess G. Lewis is planning to ex­tensively remodel the interior of his music store In the near future.

•Mrs. W. N. Boynton has returned home from Chicago, after a visit at the home of her .son, W. JJ;'. Boynton.

Mr.' and, Mrs. O. K. Lemmbn at­tended the funeral of a niece latter at Waterloo one day last"

—The Firat. National -Bank hash's change, of advertlaement In this issue which will lie of interest^ to. our read­ers.",.^. ' .-'<c.

-IL "J. Wll3bn, who recently pur» chasocr (the Loyell hotel • at MontlceUo, was a visitor fn Manchester' on Sat­urday. ," . : '

Mrs. Alton Dunham of Stlrawberrj Point was called" herfe last week by the' illness .;of her mother, Mrs. C. H. Tayjor. —Miss Mae Foster and her mother

enjoyed, a visit over Sunday from ,W. R. .Foster and, his s'on, Marcus, of Williams, Iowa". '

—Mr., and Mrs. Gorda Ball were at Strawberry Point last week at­tending," the funeral- of the former's uncle, Mr: Al Ball.

—Harold Mandevllle and Roland F« Klein of Waterloo were in. the city OB Friday evening attending the de­clamatory contest. -

—John Purvis w°nt to Greene, Io­wa,," Monday .morning where he has a large contract to lath a school house at that place. -

—Read what Hutchinson Atwater have to say . in their change of ad­vertisement this week about / the Standard Spray Pump.

•Mrs. Charles Barr returned home on Monday evenings from Cedar Rap­ids, where she had been a guest-of her brother, Mr. Ben Hamblln, and famlliy.

.—Jra B. Clark, who is connected with the government fish cultural, sta­tions along the Missisippi, was the guest'of friends in'the city the latter part of last'week.

—Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brown returned to Manchester1 on Monday evening from Central-City, where they had been the guests' of relatives and friends for several days.

—Senator E. H. Hoyt left last Wednesday evening. for Muskogee, Oklahoma, to spend some time with his family, who have been spending the winter in the south.

—Miss Ennis Taber, who attends the State Teachers' College at Cedar Falls, is spending a two weeks' vaca­tion at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Taber, in this city.

Miss' Fay Vaughn, instuctor in elocution in the East Waterloo High school, accompanied the East High contestant in tho declamatory con­test, Miss Carrie MacFarland, to this city on Friday evening of last week.

•County Treasurer Geo. A. New­man requests The Democrat to an­nounce that 'anyone holding outstand­ing bridge road fund warrants, may present them and same will be paid as the fund Is now sufficient to do so.

The Northeastern Iowa Teach­ers' Association convenes in Cedar Rapids' on-'April 23 and. 24. Several noted speakers are on the program and the teachers are jlooking for­ward to the very interesting meet­ing.

—Mr. and Mrs. Amasa Brown of Strawberry Point were over Sunday guepts of relatives in Manchester. Mr. Brown is manager of a Variety 5c and 10c store in the Clayton Coun­ty town.

-Mr. and Mrs. George -A.. Miller and. daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. . H. Cornwell and family and' Miss Clara Welser. were at Coggon last week at­tending the celebration of the fiftieth' anniversary of. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Cornwell.

—Women readers of The Democrat will be interested in the change of advertisement of D. F. Grove & Co., in which they call attention to their complete line of dryss goods and millinery stock. Rjead their announce: meat. ' —The' Anamosa basket- ball team was in the city • Saturday afternoon on their way home froin-Cedar Fallp, .where they had been playing at the Northeastern Iowa tournament. Pfr-cy Walker, who was formerly an in­structor In tha Manchester High school, accompanied the team,

tpMrs. H- P- Keiser and daughter ar|fDubusue vlsitors today. •^-Mr,rand Mrs.^Tltettcre -Hafth ar«j visltorsi; iix Cedar Rajjrtds .today. ' <

—County Superintendent Or. D. Kib­ble Is a visitor la E^rlyill* tod&7.

—W. I. Miilea of: Earlvllje was a business visitor ia the city on Mon­day. . "' .

-^Miss Genevieve Drummy was a guest of relative? In Dubuque on Sun­day.

—A dance will be given at the K. P. hall this evening and Bill's orches­tra will furnish the mUslc.

—Haug A Son ufilofuled. a car load of Buicks on Tuesday? The carp are of; the 1914 models and are beauties.

—Floyd Kling, who conducts a restaurant4 at Elma, Iowa, was a visitor in the ,-city the first of the week. -

—Dr. H. M. Bradley purchased a Ford automobile of the, 1914 model from J. M. Jones & Sons the first of the week.

—H. J. Schwietert of Chicago was a visitor.: in the city on Tuesday en route to Des Moines and other Iowa points.

—Earl Childs . and W. B. Childs and son went to Cedar Rapids this morning , to attend the automobile ex­hibition.

—Dr. W. S. O'Brien of Ryan vac­cinated forty-two head of hogs for Carrothers Bros.' near" that place last Thursday. •

—Mr. and Mrs. William Jones were among those from Manchester who aire attending the Cedar Rapids ^u-to show today.

—G. H. Utley has taken. the agen^ cy for the Studebakeiyautomobile, One of the leadiifg and most popular line of 1914 cars.

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—M. E. Blair and N:tE. Davis went to Cedar Rapids this morning to at­tend the automobile -7show which Is being held there>

Read what • the - Langford Shoe Company has to say-; in their "'change of advertisement' th^* week aboiib ttae Red Cross shoes.-

—Earl: Anderson and Thos. Kelley left Tuesday morning'for Rosetown, Sask., Canada, "where ? they will re­main indefinitely: ,

A. J. Andrews has-a change oC <d vertisement this weelc In which he quotes attractive :pri<jes on jgroceries. Read his ; advertisem&nt.

Mrs. :H. F.^Gray returned home Monday afternoon froni Rochester, Minnesota, where she recently; Sub­mitted to an operation. ,

—Jas. Bishop returned home Mon­day afternoon .after a-visit atthe home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Carpenter, north of Earlville. v

—The laxlfos kensiri^tbn of .the Con­gregational church .Will meet with Mrs. A. W. Stearns and Mrs, Rus­sell on Wednesday ot next week. >

—Mrs. C. K. -iludson is expected to arrive home this evening from Des Moines, where she hajs been visiting her mother for the past two' weeks."

•Virgi1, E. -Thompson," of the prin-tlieater, has a, change of adver-

in which he gives the program for each evening:. . —Mrs. Enos; Hamblln returned to

her, home herti Monday evening, it-tier spending the winter- montlw-wltlk. her sfon; .Ben Hamblln,: la Cedar- Rapt idsi • . . . V .

-The City Charity- Circle will meet at the. home of Mrs. William Burk on Thursday, March 19, land will bo entertained by Mrs. Minnie Skinner. ; , i

. —The Manchester. Tailoring com­pany have a change of advertisement on the 8th page of this issue which will be of interest to the readers of The Democrat. '—Mrs. B. M. Amsden returned

home last week from Farmington, New M-exico, where she had been visiting her daughter, Mrs. George Simmons, and son, Avery Amsden.

—Miss Lena Benson of Strawberry Point was lfevthe city last week en route to Ryan. Miss Benson is; a trained nurse and is Engaged in car­ing for Mrs. Anna Cap-Qthers.

—Mrs. Frank Larrabee o' ltjchiafid township and Mrs..; Louis Qultmejrfr of this city went to Chicago oh TUes-^ay morning, where" Mrs. larrabee enters .a hospital for medical-treat­ment. • _• t - • ' ,' '

—All members of the. Manchester camp, M. W. A., are requested to be present at the next regular meeting March 24/ At this .meeting arrange­ments will be made; for the Wood­men-county convention. .

•R; . G. Btutters, section foreman of the I. C., went to Chicago Tues­day night to attend the Railway.. Ex­position now being-held, there. Super­visor Carey returned yesterday after a like mission to Chicago.

—-The public schools of Independ­ence, were closed last week for the spring vacation and will not be re­opened until' five contagious diseases which are rampant in that city .sub­side. The diseases, are scarlet fe.ver, small pox, measles, mumps and whooping cough. A large number of the school children' are victims. r

_ MANY FARMERS MOVING. A large number of Delaware'coun­

ty farmers have been moving during the past month. Martin Keener, who has been , on the. Hutchinson farm, has moved to the Zirtzman farm east of Manchester. Bert Bushliell, who has been living ,in'v"Manchester, has moved onto the Fred Munson. farm. Roscoe Fawcett has moved onto the Freeman Smith farm southwest of town. Liston Toms of Coggon has moved onto the Merwin farm on the Spring Branoh road! WilUIam Rob­inson has moved-.onto the H.' ,D. Wagner place northwest "of town.' Mr. Kagel of Illinois hats moved onto1 the Sam Shilling farmv M. K. Bowles, al­so of Illinois, has'moved- onto the Hogan farm, south of Manchester.

W. J. JOSLIN QR;,MILO TOWNSHIP

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RESIDENT OF COUNTY SINCE 1859

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W. J. JOSLIN.

IW. J. Joslln passed away at his ( home. in -Milo township' on Monday, ' March 16; 1914. The funeral services {• are being held this afternoon from the home. Rev. C. K. Hudson, pastor >. of the .Methodist .church of this city,. ? officiating. Interment was made in ' Oakland- cemetery.:: /.

Mr: Joslyn was born in Crawford ' county, Pennsylvania,'on July 1, 1842. *; He came to Iowa, at fourteen years v of age-and located at JJpworth, where he lived for three years and then •> came to Delaware . county, settling v on the old homestead at the Bay ;; Settlement.' About .'tJwenty-five years •' ago "he removed to' thfe farm in Mi-lo township where he has1 since re-sided. He was united in marriage to Mrs. Rose Peters-on-February 18th, 1887. He is survived by his wife and .three children and "two stepchildren. ' The children are Clarence, Florence > and Helen Joslln, all of this county, i and the step-children are Mrs/'Nellie Delancey of Manchester and Mr. So- i Ion Peters of Woonsocket, South Da- . : kOU. .

Mr. Jui'iin had been a resident of -Delaware county for aoout fifty-iive ; years And his many old time trlenus ^ deeply regret to learn of his ideath. ^ He' endured! many .hardships during^ ttie pioneer days and , was highly re-srfpected by a large circle of men and women. In his death "Delaware' coun- < •'{v', tl loses another of Its pioneers a°d one of its best men. 'i'r *l£k

The bereaved relatives are extend-e-J the sincere sympathy of a host '&M o'f friends; • •

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The usual Sunday" services* and mid week prayer meeting will' be held-Everyone 'welcome; -• \ ;,

St Paul's. Rev. Mr. McDonald will conduct

the preaching servies on next Sun­day at 3:30. Sunday school at 2:30.

Congreflational. The theme fore the morning\ ser-

|^0n next Sunday is "'A Unique Per-qQpality."

At t)ie evening service the sub-j^ci^ will be '"Christ, as a Religious Tea^eiv".

Christian Science. The subject of th© lesson on next

Sunday morning will be "Matter."

Methodist Episcopal. " The Sunday morning subject frill

be "True Worship," and in the even-the th-Tre will be "The Sprtnf

Time of the Year and the Sprint Time o' Life."

MRS. JAMES LEGA8SIC: / i, S

The death of Mrs. James LegasSio v

occurred at her' home;- east of Earl­vllle on- Tuesday ; morning. She * was one of-Delaware .county's pioneer set­tlers and was united in marriage ,to the late Mr. James Legassic fiity-seven years ago, Mrs. Legassic is survived by one son, one brother, C. Hayes, and one slater, Mrs; Herrot of Winfleld; Illinois. The funeral ar-rangemctlts have . not, as yet, • been made. . -,

. CtUB TO GIVE DANCE.'^^ The 'Idlehotir club has' secured , the

popular- Bill's i Harp; orchestra'- fori-the-Monday-, dance., :Tji»«.'6oys—

weje1 compelled to go to. heavr ®*-pens^ to secure-'the-' the date jnentioned, but-^vere' deter-mined to have the'best at any price. The Catholic ladies wiir serve one of- r their famous suppers at the^ Easter Monday function, and the affalr pro-mises to be one of the most enjoy- J

a b l e a t t h e s o c i a l y e a r , " , \ , V S J >s--» W '^MARRIAGE LICENSES. » V ' H. Leslie Howard, and Miss I<ou 4

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' County Treasurer Newman asks The Democrat to state that this is the last month in which to pay., your tisxes. \ -

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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

FOR REPAE9ENTATIVE. I desire to announce that I am a

candidate for nomination upon the; re­publican ticket, subject to the decision of the 'June primary, for representa­tive; from Delaware county to the thir-v ty-sixth assembly.

A. D. LONG. — 'p

FOR TREASURER. I desire to announce that I will be

a candidate for nomination for treas­urer of Delaware count, on the Re­publican ticket, subject to the deci­sion of the voters' as registered in the primary election to be held in June.v

CLARENCE J. BOARDWAY. ' ' , • — h

FOR AUDITOR. 1

I wish to announce to. the voters of., Delaware county that I- will be a candidate for renomination as coun­ty auditor, at the June primaries, subject to the decision of the repub-; lican voters of the county. j ;

C. H. BUNKER'.,

SUPERVISOR. % I desire to announce my candidacy -t

the term, beginning January 1, 1916,' subject to- the decision of the repub­lican^ voters of the county at the June primary.

W. H. CLUTE.

FOR RECORDER. - ^ I desire to announce that I will be

a candidate for renomination to the oflce of county recorder, on the. re­publican ticket, subject to the decls-^ Ion of the primary election of June v next.

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GEO. A. NEWMAN.

COUNTY ATTORNEY. I desire to announce that I will be

a. candidate for the nomination for county , attorney of Delaware - coanty on the republican ticket, subject to the" decision of the June primary election.

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