Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-05-13
EARLy1LLE.

EARLvILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Carly are the
parents of baby girl born May 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Peters from near
Edgewood were calling on friends here
last week.
The Eociable given by the Christian
Endeavor Society Tuesday evening net
ted them about $50.
| The graduating exercises of the
school will be held on Friday evening,
May goth, in the Town Hall. The class
is composed of Gertrude Binning, En-
ma Laxson, Grace Young, Ida Simons
and Kate Oehler.
Mrs. Adam Leib died at her home
here on Monday last at the age of So
years. About two weeks ago Mrs. Leib
was stricken with paralysis and until
the time of death no hopes were enter
tanned for her recovery. She was one
of the early settlers of this county hay
ing come at an early day from Pennsyl-
vania, the place of her birth, to a fsrm
in North Fork township. Mr~snd Mrs.
Leib lived on this farm until 1885, when
they moved te eEarlville, where they
baye sinceresided. The funeral was
Isnsld from the residence on Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. B. w. Soper having
charge of the services. Burial was made
in the cemetery about three miles south
of town.
The contract for the water-works has
been let to G. II. Meredith of Cedar
Rapids for S6SO6, which does not in
clude we'll and pumping station, es-
timated to cost $1,000. making the total
cost $4,000. Work will be commenced
at once and it is thought will be
completed by September 1st.
Prof. E. P. Fogg of Mt. Vernon was
, in town Saturday.
On Friday afternoon our community
!. was startled to learn of the sudden
( death of L. G. Hersey. About 5:3C
o'clock Mr.. Hersey was out driving il
9 a single rig and had driven into thu
J. lawn west of the school house to Sc,
Edison Williams, who was blowing nea
k by. After completing his talk with MI
# w :, he turned around in the lane ant
j, was driving out when the buggy strucl
small boulder lying in the laIe which
f caused the buggy to tip up in such
l. manner as to precipitate Mr.. Hersey t.
q the ground. He fell upon his head an,
II shoulders and on account of his ex
treme weight, the fall caused conclusion
of the vertebrae, resulting in instan
death. Some boys who were in tn
g school yard, witnessed the disaster, an,
at once ran to him and asked him If h
It was hurt, but upon seeing him lifeles
J. called help and he was removed to hi
=. home where the stricken daughter an
@ mother awaited him. l.. G. Herse
d was one of the pioneers of this count!
having come here from Auburn, Main
n in 1864, and at first settled on a farr
It near Earlville. He soon moved int
town however, and the firm of Herse.
e Potter q Co. was formed, dealers i
general merchandise and grain. Late
}. the firm was changed to L. G. Herse
It & Co., the business continuing tn
same. After few years in this occl
g patton, Mr.. Hersey sold out his bus
ness and started to dealing in live stool
He followed this for number of veal
d and only gave 1t up about five veal
ago when, on account of rheumatism
10 he was compelled to retire from sctiy
business. There are few farm
J. within radius of 15 miles of Earlvil
that have not been visited by NJ
t, Hersey on his stock buying trips, al
all who have had business dealing
a. with him acknowledge that fair
minded, more honest man never live
,e Kind and pleasant to an extreme, an
admired, honored and respected by a
I'd who knew him, his sudden demil
causes the entire community to mour
In Mr.. Hersey was born in October 1872
in Maine, and was in his 10Th yea
re- His near relatives are his wife ar
daughter Grace of this place, Mrs. Rut
re Cattron, now making her home |
Beloit, Wis; Mrs. Gertie Knowles
&c Chicago; Mrs. Nellie Bush of DeKal
ILL.,; Prof. S. F. Hersey of Cedar Fal
n, and Jas. E. Hersey of San Angel,
1t Texas. All of these are here exceI
James, who is on his way from Texa
and will arrive Tuesday. The funert
will be held at the Congregations
s. church on Wednesday at one o'cloc
,r and interment will be made in Fail
y view Cemetery.
COCOON.
i Mrs. Chas. Miller Of Ryan visite