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This Grange has had a prosperous history. The most notable event was a festival given by the Grange at Jones' new woolen factory, in February, 1877, which lasted all day and was attended by scores from neighboring Granges. The Grange meets in the second story of D. W. Jones' store.
I. O. OF G. T.
Manchester Centennial Lodge, No. 111, I. O. of G. T .- Organized April 8, 1876, at the Baptist Church, by MeLaughlin. Charter members-S. W. Green, G. S. Lister, A. P. Turner, E. H. Trenchard, V. S. Esty, A. Stetter, L. M. Johnson, Mrs. E. L. Trenchard, Miss Ida Moore, Miss Lulu Carter, Miss Sarah Allen, Miss Jennie Work, Miss Ida Fuller, Winnie Adams, A. C. Green, C. H. Foster. First officers-F. Flint, W. C. T. ; Mrs. A. C. Carter, W. V. T. ; Mrs. A. O. Moore, W. C .; Mrs. C. J. Fuller, W. S .; Miss Clara Adams, W. A. S .; A. C. Green, W. F. S .; Mrs. F. Flint, W. T. ; E. R. Roberts, W. M. ; Miss Ida Moore, W. D. M. ; Mrs. P. A. Trenchard. W. I. G .; V. S. Esty, W. O. G. ; Mrs. E. R. Roberts, W. R. H. S .; A. C. Carter, W. L. H. S. ; John Kerr, P. W. C. T. First meeting held in the parlors of the M. E. Church, then to Loomis Hall, June, 1876; May 1, 1877, removed to Burnside Hall. A division of the Lodge took place December 4, 1877, when about forty members withdrew and organized a new lodge. Number of mem- bers in good standing, April 17, 95.
The present officers are A. S. Blair, W. C. T .; Mrs. Campbell, W. V. T .; A. Stetter, W. S .; Charles Turner, W. F. S .; Charles Hamlin, W. T .; D. Mason, W. C .; Nellie Paxson, I. G .; F. Dudley, O. G .; L A. Cates, W. M .; Edith Campbell, D. M. ; Adella Eldredge, R. H. S .; Kitty Conklin, L. H. S.
Earnest Workers' Lodge, No. 227, I. O. G. T., was organized in the Fall of 1877, with about fifty charter members. The present officers are G. S. Lis- ter, W. C. T .; Mrs. Emma Trenchard, W. V. T .; Mrs. G. S. Lister, W. S .; A. C. Green, W. F. S. ; Mrs. H. A. Moore, W. T .; Mrs. H. F. Childs, W. C .;
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Lewis Coleman, W. M .; Lulu Carter, W. A. M .; Sarah Green, W. I. G .; A. C. Green, W. O. G. ; Mrs. S. Knickerbocker, R. H. S. ; Mrs. J. M. Pearse, L. H. S. ; Rev. S. Knickerbocker, P. W. C. T. ; F. Flint, Lodge Deputy.
Rock Prairie Lodge, I O. G. T., was organized November 15, 1877, at Rock Prairie school house, with thirty-one members. John Edmonds, Lodge Depnty, installed the first officers as follows: A. S. Coon, W. C. T .; Mrs. Delia Coon, W. V. T .; Isaac Shear, W. F. S .; Chauncey O. Bushnell, Treas .; Owen P. Dutton, W. S. ; Dwight Bushnell, W. C. ; William Stevens, W. M .; Alice Bushnell, W. I. G .; Isaac N. Bushnell, W. O. G .; Susan D. Connell, W. D. M. ; Eleanor N. Stevens, W. A. S .; Eva Lamport, R. H. S .; Annie Higman, L. HI. S. Meet at Rock Prairie school house, four miles northeast of Manchester.
MANCHESTER REFORM CLUB.
This association is the outgrowth of a meeting held in the office of S. G. Van Anda March 29, 1877, of forty citizens-habitual drinkers-who had con- vened together for the purpose of forming a Mutual Anti-Drinking Aid Society, adopting a constitution and by-laws, which bound them forever to abstain from the use of alcoholic liquors. They proceeded to elect the following officers by ballot : S. G. Van Anda, President; G. R. Buckley, Vice President ; J. Van Antwerp, Secretary ; L. Paxson, Treasurer.
The society has been successful beyond the expectation of its founders, nearly every one of its members having abstained from drink ever since they took the society's pledge. A monster Fourth of July celebration was held last year under its auspices in the grove at the foot of Butler street, six or seven thousand people being in attendance. Evening sociables were held weekly in the same grove during the remainder of the Summer season, refreshments being sold and music being furnished. In the Fall, the meetings were transferred to the hall, and literary exercises added.
The club room, in the second story of City Hall Block, is sumptuously fitted up, and is kept open every day in the week from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M., and strangers are always cordially welcomed and invited to make themselves at home within its walls.
LADIES' TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
Organized in the basement of the M. E. Church, January, 1874, with 136 members, who elected the following officers for the next ensuing year : Mrs. J. H. Stevens, President ; Mrs. G. W. Buckley, Vice President; Mrs. J. Stewart, Secretary ; Mrs. Joel Bailey, Treasurer.
This society has accomplished a great deal of good since its organization ; although the membership has decreased to about sixty, they are in a better working and financial condition than ever before. The ladies in office at pres- ent are : Mrs. Dr. Paquin, President ; Mrs. S. G. Van Anda, Vice President ; Mrs. J. A. Wheeler, Secretary ; Mrs. Thomas Kinne, Treasurer.
BAND OF HOPE.
A Juvenile Temperance Society, organized under the auspices of the Woman's Temperance Union in the Baptist Church, April, 1874, with sixty members, and the following officers : John Stewart, President :
The membership for 1878 is 160. The officers : Mrs. Dr. Bradley, Presi- dent : Mrs. Hannah Congar, Vice President; Mrs. G. G. Pierce, Secretary ;
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Mrs. J. A. Wheeler, Treasurer ; Mrs. V. Childs, Chorister ; Miss Eva Parrott, Organist Mit Minnie Jewitt, Usher. The Society meets in the different churches the first Sunday of each month.
BUSINESS INTERESTS.
The Delaware County Manufacturing Company .- A company with the above ponderous title was organized November 26, 1875. The officers elected at the January meeting were N. Ruggles, President; J. S. Belknap. Treasurer ; E. Healy, Secretary : H. L. Hopkins, Superintendent ; Charles Paxson, H. D. Wood, J. S. Barry, L. E. Beebe. J. S. Belknap, S. T. Oviatt, W. N. Merten, The object principally in view was to manufacture a mowing machine invented by H. L. Hopkins, who had been induced to come west in 1875 by L. E. Beebe, of Delaware. In February, 1876, the Company purchased of N. Denton the ground and shops formerly owned by the Manchester Manufacturing Company, and supplied new and valuable machinery. The works were set going, and by the early Fall, over a hundred mowing machines were completed, and most of them sold, but the cash resources of the concern were exhausted. Times were snug, and in August, at a stockholders' meeting, it was decided to increase the stock by taking notes, which could be used as collaterals in the business. A considerable amount was raised in this way, mainly in Colony Township. But soon after the August meeting, ill feeling grew up, arising from various causes, the seeming prosperity of the Company began at once to wane, and the shops were closed. During the Winter several unavailing efforts were made to collect
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assessments. This failing, Mr. Hopkins organized a partnership composed of himself and three others, the firm offering to take the property and continue the business in consideration of a donation of three-fourths of the stock to Hopkins & Co. This fell through, and at the February term (1877) of Circuit Court, the property was foreclosed by N. Denton, who was the principal creditor, and sold by the Sheriff as soon as the law would permit. At the May term of the same Court, on Mr. Hopkins' application for a receiver, the Court took the property in charge, placing it in the hands of Sheriff Corbin, but at the Sep- tember term. Judge Bagg appointed E. M. Carr Receiver, who has collected what is available as assets, and present indications are that full paid stock in the concern is worth about thirty cents on the dollar. The amount of stock sub- scribed is about $35,000.
The Manchester Flouring-mill was built in 1867, by Jacob Hoag and his son Egbert, near the site of the saw-mill that disappeared finally in 1862. Quite a newspaper discussion arose in 1866, when the Hoags were preparing to erect the dam, whether or not the future pond would breed malaria and consequent disease among the inhabitants of Manchester. The Hoags proceeded, however, and time has shown that the rate of mortality has not increased. On the death of Jacob Hoag, in 1868, his son Jacob J. assumed his interest, which he has just (1878) disposed of to Egbert, who is now sole owner. The average capac- ity of the mill is 150 barrels of flour or 300 bushels of feed per day, which can be somewhat increased, if necessary. The mill was last year remodeled and machinery for the " middlings purifying process " put in, since which time the product of the mill has been unsurpassed in quality by any mill in the vicinity. The structure is three stories high, and 40x60 feet in size. It is located on the west side of the river, just below the wagon bridge.
The Quaker Mills .- The first flouring-mill on the site now occupied by the Quaker Mill was erected by Dr. John Acers in 1854, which was continued
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quite successfully until June, 1865, when the swirling flood that rose on the 27th of that month crawled around the foundations of the mill, crept several feet up its sides, and, holding the structure fast in its tremendous grasp, swept it into the current and pounded it to pieces as it floated down the stream. In 1866, Messrs. Paxson & Seeds purchased an interest in the property, and under their supervision the mill was rebuilt and started in 1867, under the name of " Qua- ker Mill." The new structure was supplied with a first-class line of machinery and did a flourishing business until May, 1869, when the structure was burned to the ground and nearly all the machinery ruined. Soon after the fire, Dr. Acers sold his remaining interest and the mill was speedily rebuilt, milling being resumed late in the year. Sept. 5, 1876, the dam was washed away for the third or fourth time since its construction. It was rebuilt under the super- intendence of N. Denton, Esq. It is 120 feet long and 14 feet high. The mill is 45x48 feet in size, three and a half stories high. not including the stone basement. The process of regrinding was begun at Quaker Mill in 1875, and a large share of its product is handled by dealers in Manchester, the bran being a favorite with consumers. The surplus is shipped to Vermont and Philadel- phia. Charles Paxson and W. H. Seeds are the present owners ; Ilian Walters, Superintendent ; Charles Seeds, Business Manager.
The Manchester Woolen-mill is situated on Honey Creek, its legal location being on the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 20, Town- ship 89 north. Range 8 west. The site was purchased by D. W. Jones in 1865, and in the same year he began the erection of the factory, which was 30x40 feet in size and three stories high. In this structure he set up one set of cards, one set of custom cards and a spinning-jack. In 1867, he added thirty feet to the length of the building, and more than doubled the manufacturing capacity of the mill by adding a large set of cards, and has continued to add new machinery from year to year, so that he has been able to make the finest grades and finish of cloth for several years past, the wearing quality of which is unsurpassed. In the Fall of 1876, Mr. Jones built another factory, about half a mile below his first one, the dimensions of which are 48x80 feet and three and a half stories high, not including the basement. The new factory does nothing but spinning and weaving, the dyeing, fulling and teasling being all done at the upper factory. The new establishment contains three full sets of cards and three self-acting mules. The different goods manufactured by Mr. "Jones are fancy cassimeres, three grades of beaver for overcoats, tricots, doe- skins, jeans, different grades of blankets and all kinds of yarns. Mr. Jones is ably assisted in the management of his factories by his two sons, William B. and Joseph, who have homes of their own near the old mill. The goods are sold from wagons, six or seven being kept on the road. Thirty hands are employed.
BANKS.
The Delaware County Bank, at Manchester, organized under the general law of the State, December 4, 1867. Joseph S. Belknap, William Cattron, H. M. Congar. Eri N. Tomlinson, Charles Burnside, Ray B. Griffin, Win. H. Board, Thomas Toogood and Charles Paxson, Directors ; J. S. Belknap, Presi- lent : Charles Paxson, Vice President ; William H. Seeds, Cashier.
The Bank opened for business March 2, 1868, in a frame building on the east side of Franklin street, a short distance north of Main. In 1872, this old building was removed and a handsome brick building was erected, which is now occupied by the bank. The capital stock originally was $50,000, increased,
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May, 1873, to $100,000. Officers, May, 1878 : President, Joseph S. Belknap ; Vice President, Charles Paxson : Cashier, Wm. H. Seeds; Directors, J. S. Belknap, Thomas Toogood, Henry Acers, John U. Schilling, William C. Caw- ley, E. O. Clemens, R. W. Tirrill, Benjamin B. Provost and Charles Paxson.
Congar Bros'. Banking House commenced business January 1, 1875 ; capital ample, good credit and good connections. They own the building in which their business is conducted-a handsome two-story building, built of brick, with white stone trimmings. Erected in 1875, at a cost of $4,700.
PRESENT BUSINESS INTERESTS OF MANCHESTER-1878.
The following embraces the present principal business interests of Man- chester :
Butter Dealers-A. H. Blake, Loomis & Castle, Riddell Bros., Merry & Goodell, A. R. Loomis, 2d.
General Stores-L. A. Loomis, 1861; J. S. Belknap, 1863; Thorp Bros. & Co., 1866 ; E. Tilton, 1865 : H. C. Graham & Co., 1868; Merry & Goodell, 1872 : A. E. Stewart, 1877 ; Levi Hills, 1874; Riddell Bros., 1869; J. M. Haran, 1878.
Furniture and Coffins-Torrey & Jones, 1877.
Boots and Shoes-B. H. Keller, 1865 (the first to enter into this business in Delaware Township): Seth Brown, 1859; F. O. Muckler, 1876 ; Granger & Hoyt, 1871. Seth Brown appears to be ahead.
Hardware and Stoves-Lawrence & Lister, 1877; Adams Bros., 1857; H. F. Whitney, 1875; I. U. Butler, 1857.
Saddlery and Harness-C. B. Eaton, 1870; John Otis & Son, 1873 ; Samuel Steadman, 1876.
Lumber Yards-J. N. Wolcott, 1870 ; G. R. Buckley & Co., 1867.
Agricultural Implements-N. Ruggles, 1859; A. S. Beardslee, 1872; V. J. Williams & Co., 1877 ; A. M. Sherwood, Manager, 1877.
Clothiers-J. Rothschild, 1877 ; L. & A. Wolf, 1874; C. H. Mesner, 1877.
Drugs, Books and Stationery-E. J. Congar, 1867; W. E. Brown, 1869 ; L. Atwater & Son, 1874.
Books and Stationery-W. C. Cawley.
Flour and Feed-G. O. Vincent, 1877.
Restaurants-W. G. Foster, 1877; George Commerford, 1871.
Marble Works-Reuben Durrin, 1869; W. McIntosh & Son, 1876. Jewelers-D. R. Lewis & Bro, 1857 ; W. N. Boynton, 1859.
Blacksmiths-H. L. Bates, 1877; Z. L. Atkinson, 18 -; H. E. Long, 1877 ; Jerry P. Wilson, 1868; Whitman & Hamblin, 1877 : R. G. Kennedy, 1871.
Wagon Makers-R. G. Kennedy, 1871; E. Malone, 1877 : E. Hamlin, 1859.
Meat Markets-George Brownell, 1864; Evans & Rich, 1872; Fred Glisendorf, 1866.
Photographers-W. H. Greenwood, 1868; Walter & Weidman, 1871; C. B. Mills, 1875.
Portrait and Ornamental Painting-W. H. Greenwood, 1868.
Milliners-Mrs. J. R. Rule, 1866; Mrs. N. F. Lawrence, 1870; Mrs. L. . . Loomis, 1875.
Attorneys at Law-Ray B. Griffin, 1865; Charles S. Crosby, 1867 ; S. L.
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Doggett, 1857: R. W. Tirrill, 1859; S. G. Van Anda, 1865; C. E. Bron- son, 1865; M. F. Le Roy, 1870; E. M. Carr. 1872: Calvin Yoran, 1870 ; A. S. Blair. 1857 : Ed. P. Seeds, 1877 : Charles Husted, 1876.
Physicians and Dentists-Joseph W. Robbins, 1855: S. W. Green, 1851 ; I. W. Grist, 1876: C. C. Bradley, 1866; W. B. Sherman, 1870 : B. H. Rev- nolds. 1874: J. T. Abbott. 1867 : C. W. Dorman, 1876.
Hotels-Clarence House, by Toogood & Bethell. 1855; Merchants' Hotel, by J. W. Durbon, 1875; Delaware House, by R. Brooks, 1873; Martin House. by Job Martin, 1870; Nix House, 1858: Manchester House, by Mrs. Johnson, 1873.
THE BUSINESS OF 1877.
The following statistics, relating to the business of Manchester for the year 1877, will be found valuable for reference :
Butter .- Manchester is the great butter market of Iowa, and the following shows the increase in this department for three years : There were sent from this station, in 1875, 750,000 pounds of butter: in 1876, 913,370 pounds : in 1877. 1,197,478 pounds.
This shows the growth of the dairy business of the county during the past year has been quite as great as in 1876. But this does not show the entire increase. There are several new creameries in operation supplied from points in the county distant from this city. and whose products are shipped from other stations. There is no doubt the total increase in the dairy products over last year is at least double that shown above. But be this so or not, it is a gratify- ing fact that our dairy business is steadily growing, and that Delaware County will soon make the most, as she now makes the best, butter of any county in the Union.
SHIPMENTS OF 1877.
Cars.
Cars.
Wheat
95
Flour.
15
l'orn.
16
Hay
24
Oats.
78
Starch
8
Cattle
45
Ilides ..
25
Hogs.
131
Rags
33
Horses
14
Dressed hogs.
2
Butter.
113
Emigrant movables.
17
Eggs
29
Timothy and clover seed
2
Poultry
8
Butter tubs and egg cases
18
Agricultural implements
34
Sundries
156
RECEIPTS OF 1877.
Cars.
Cars
Merchandise
323
Private coal
351
Lumber
357
Company coal
593
Sundries
21
Iron, nails and wire
24
Salt ...
33
Live stock
18
Cement.
3
Apples.
16
Household goods
15
Barrel stock and butter tubs
15
Oil
Wagon stock
6
Agricultural implements.
20
Wheat ..
11
Stone.
36
Butter and eggs
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DELIII. Delhi Township.
The early history of Delhi, the county seat of Delaware, is necessarily a part of the history of the county, has been largely included in it, and a brief review will be all that is necessary here.
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The southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 88 north, Range 4 west, was selected for the county seat by a vote of the people at an election held August 2, 1841. The town was named Delhi by order of the County Com- missioners, January 18, 1842. The people turned out en masse, shortly afterward, and built a log court cabin on the southeast corner of the quarter section, and the town was surveyed and platted by Joel Bailey, County Surveyor, March 31. 1842. Charles W. Hobbs built a cabin near the south- west corner of the town, but on another quarter section, in 1843-44, and moved into it with his family in the Spring of 1844.
The post office at Delhi was established March 14, 1844. Mrs. Mary E. A. Hobbs, wife of Charles W. Hobbs, was appointed Postmistress, and until Mr. Hobbs removed from Penn's to his new home near Delhi, the office was kept at the house of J. W. Penn, at Penn's Grove.
Until 1846, and until the county acquired title to the quarter section on which Delhi was laid out, in March of that year, no improvements were made, as no lots could be sold, and the log Court House, built in 1842 and finished in 1844, was the only building in the town. In 1846, several log cabins were erected, the first, it is said, by Mr. Levi Ellis, the second by John W. Clark, near the " Big Spring." which was the only tavern in town until 1851. Will- iam Phillips also built a cabin on the town site and later, perhaps not until 1847, Arial K. Eaton built another near southwest corner of Town.
With the building of these cabins, the spirit of improvement seemed exhausted. Town lots were worth $5.00 each, when any were sold, which was not of very frequent occurrence. and Delhi consisted of this little cluster of log cabins until 1851, when, through the enterprise of Frederick B. Doolittle and a few others. the town took a new departure.
The first tavern or hotel was kept by John W. Clark, who also opened the first store in town prior to 1848.
Mitchell built the first blacksmith shop in 1849.
A division of Sons of Temperance was organized at Delhi about 1850, in the old Court House. Among the remembered members were C. W. Hobbs, Zina A. Wellman, Lewis Patton, Mr. Leland. Meetings were held in the houses of the members. This organization, after continuing its labors for seve- ral years, became extinct, leaving no records from which to write its history.
In 1851, Daniel Baker built the old Iowa House on a lot donated to him for that purpose by Frederick B. Doolittle, who had, in connection with Mr. Price, hewed the timber for a new Court House and had taken his pay in town lots at $5.00 each. During the same year, Mr. Helm built the " Blue Store," now occupied by the post office, on another lot donated by Mr. Doolittle. Several other buildings were erected in the same year, and the price of town lots advanced, some being sold for the extravagant price of $25.
From this time, the growth of the town was rapid for several years, and at . the close of 1856, it was one of the most active, thriving towns in Northern Iowa.
The new Court House was completed in 1853. The Harding Hotel was nearly completed in 1856, and, to all appearances, Delhi was destined to be the largest town as well as the seat of justice of the county of Delaware. For two years, this happy state of affairs continued. G. W. Ashburn became landlord of the Harding House, and every available corner of that capacious house was nightly crowded with guests, who had come to Iowa with pockets full of gold to invest in the fertile lands that stretched out to the setting sun-all for a dollar and a quarter an acre. The people were prosperous, and everybody was happy. But the location of the Dubuque & Pacific Railroad three miles north of the town
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and the financial crash of 1857 were severe blows to its prosperity, from which it has never recovered, although the completion of the Davenport & St. Paul Railroad, in 1872, was of some advantage to it, more, perhaps, by aiding it to hold the county seat than in any other way.
December, 1854, the County Judge ordered, inasmuch as over one-fourth of the voters of Delhi had petitioned to have the town incorporated, that an elec- tion be held January 15, 1855, to decide the question, and appointed William F. Tanner, William Phillips and George Shelden, Judges, and C. W. Hobbs and S. F. Parker, Clerks of the election. Thirty-seven votes were cast for the measure, and none against. The Judge then appointed January 27, 1855, as the day on which the citizens were to select five persons to prepare a charter for the government of the town; and on that day, A. K. Eaton, James Wright, E. K. Griffin, Daniel Baker and Samuel F. Parker were elected. Judge Ben- son ordered the charter, as prepared, to be submitted February 28, which was accepted by a unanimous vote of twenty-eight. The charter provided for elect- ing town officers on the second Monday in March following, concerning which the county records are silent, but tradition states that A. K. Eaton was the first Mayor, and S. G. Van Anda the second. In the latter's term of offic, the corporate powers were allowed to lapse into disuse, and have ever since remained dormant.
In 1856, William Sylvester, Elisha Brady and Skerry built a steam saw and flouring-mill near the northwest corner of the lake, on the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 20, Town 88 north, Range 4 west, a short distance south of the plat of Delhi. It was a substantial stone build- ing. In 1861, the mill suspended operations, and in 1862, the building was converted into a distillery by George Maxwell, who continued until 1866, when Col. J. H. Peters operated it until 1867. Since that time, the old mill has been unoccupied, and is becoming dilapidated.
July 4, 1861, was celebrated by Delhi in ample form. The parade included a dozen veterans of the war of 1812. Speeches were made by J. H. Peters, S. G. Van Anda and others. The celebration was kept up till late in the after- noon, when a dance began at the Harding House, and was kept up till sunrise next morning.
A Farmers' Club was organized in Delhi in May, 1866, with the following officers : Washington J. Graham, President ; Samuel Allison, Jr., Vice Presi- dent ; William Ball, Secretary ; Daniel Smith, Treasurer; and John Porter Corresponding Secretary.
A Literary and Library Association was organized at Delhi, May 29, 1871. Dr. Albert Boomer was elected President ; Mrs. J. H. Peters, Vice President ; Thomas A. Twiss, Secretary ; J. M. Noble, Treasurer ; Mrs. D. Louise Ingalls, Librarian. Membership fee was fixed at $4.00, payable quarterly. Quite a sum was raised for books, but the books were never purchased.
EDUCATIONAL.
Previous to independent organization, Delhi was attached to Sub-district No. 4. The independent school district of Delhi was organized August 18, 1863. The Judges of Election were Charles Thorpe, N. Dunham, K. W. Kingsley, J. Y. Atchison and J. L. McCreery. The officers first elected were W. M. Hartshorn, President : E. Graham, Vice President ; E. Brady, Secre- tary ; Z. D. Scobey, Treasurer. The first school in Delhi was held in the old log Court House. It commenced in the Summer of 1846, Roxana Brown, teacher : and this was the school house until the first school house was built,
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