Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-06-26

most commanding figures of the ear
ly days and one who is still active
although eighty winters have
passed over him, is Judge Doolittle
Mention has been made Of several OF
his achievements, but they only
touch on the breadth of his endeav'
ors. His title was earned in the
early fifties, when the position CT
County Judge was forced upon him
| by the people. At that time this Of
flee included all the work now car
ried on by the County commission
ers and during his administration ov-
err one-half of the highways in Della
ware County We're establish ed. A
personal interview with him revealed
several interesting facts about the
early history of the county, how
land that is now selling at $125 an
acre could be bought for 1875 CENTS.
How men would go out and work
for fifty cents per day and think It
good wages. The Judge was also
under the Lincoln administration the
first Internal Revenue collector in
the county and held the position un-
til it was abolished.
Another Of the cd settlers and
the man who was the first white,
male child born in the community, is
Mr.. J. w. Corbin, who lives In the
southeastern part of the village. He
served in the 4th Iowa cavalry dur
ing the Civil war and received three
bullet wounds during the conflict
For number of years he has re
Tired from active business.
A man who was born and raised
in the village and who now is one
Of it's most prominent and progressive
citizens, is Mr. z. B. Porter, who
will be the Democratic candidate in
this section for the State L-gs ature
at the fall election. His home,
cut Of which appears in this issue,
is one Of the Oldest properties in
the town, having been built in an
early day by his father, John Porter.
The old stone gate posts and stone
cave take one back to the pioneer
days when such things were SO com
mon, but are now fast disappearing.
The giant pine trees which give it
the name Of 'The Evergreen Place,
were planted by the late Mr.. Porter,
and. serve to make it one Of the
most beautiful homes in the little
city.
Mr.. J. B. Swinburne, the present
mayor of the city, was born and
raised in Delhi. He has been one of
the promulgators OF the present civic
Improvement and is engaged in an ex.
tensive gardening business. He is also
the manager of the Silver Springs
Creamery Co. .s..
At present the largest store in the
city is conducted by E. R. Stone.
Travelling men say that he has one
of the largest and best equipped hard
ware stores in the state. His build
ing, which measures 36x117, is fl led
on. the ground floor with his hardwa Q
stock, while the entire second floor is
devoted to furniture. He also has
large lumber yard and deals in coal.
S. p. Thorpe has at present the We :
eran store of the place, having been
established for over fifty-seven years,
and the present Mr.. Thorpe i:cfz the
second generation in the ts@9 business.
IIe conducts a general merchandise
stock in large double store.
w. H. Toomer has been located in
Delhi about four years, and is located
in the Barnes Drug Store, carrying
q complete stock of jewelry, and is
doing an extensive watch repairing
business.
The barber shop of the town, is !
conducted by J. w. >Rimmer, who a so
conducts a panatorium and takes or
ders for the International Tailoring
Company. (.
DR.. Wittenburge is the only physi,
clan located in the place and has be n
there about seven years.
Delhi also has a livery business,
which is conducted by P. G. Michael
and has been doing business in his
present location for over six years.
The Park Hotel, of which E. Fl.
Green is the proprietor, is one of the
late additions to the village. In the
early days the town supported a num-
Der of hotels, but in the spirit of de- |
cline they were abandoned and in 1910
this hotel was reopened. B. w. Hol-
bridge has restaurant in which he is
doing fine business handling COM
plete line of cigars and confectione, y
and doing short order trade.
Another of the men who are fast be-
an older head of the village,
is E. C. Perkins. who has been en-
gagged in the law business since 1880
He lisa graduate of Lenox College and
is we'll known in the law circles of
the county.
E. G. Adams has one of the cd
stores of the town and carries a
line of general merchandise.
T. NJ Byerly has a large general
merchandise store and is making a
new addition in which he intends to
carry complete line of shoes and la.
dies furnishings. r. ]. Van Ant
werp, an old Manchester resident,
conduct a small grocery store. Delhi
has had a meat market spasm odical y
and it was not until two years ago,
when E. E. Pennington opened up the
Palace Meat Market, that the town.
has enjoyed good meat service. He;
has n fine little shop with new fix