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MANCHESTER. 
Born Tuesday, June 6th, a daugh- 
ter, Jennie, to Mr. and Mrs. Rock 
Maindzinski, Forest street. 
Born Tuesday, June 6th, a son, 
William Frederick, to Mr. and Mrs. 
Albert Peters. 
The marriage of Louis Wilmot 
Hutchison of this town, and Miss 
Margaret Barnes of Danvers, will 
take place next week, on Wednes- 
day, June 21st. Mr. Hutchison is 
a brother of Mrs. Ernest L.. Valen- 
tine and is one of the clerks at Val- 
entine’s market. 
Trunk and bag locks repaired at 
Loomis’. 
Semons and Littlefield are push- 
ing along the work of building a 
side walk at the Magnolia end of 
the town. They are doing a re- 
markably good piece of work. The 
improvement will be greatly appre- 
ciated by the residents of this sec- 
tion of the town when completed. 
Lamson & Hubbard straw hats at 
Bell’s. 
Colorado Magazine Recounts Life of 
Former Manchester Man. 
From the May issue of ‘The 
Trail,’’ ‘‘A Magazine for Colorado,’’ 
and the official organ of the Society 
of Sons of Colorado, we copy the 
following concerning the late Sam- 
uel Leach, who went to Denver on 
May 1, 1862, by mule team from 
Plattsmouth, Neb., after a 30-day 
trip across the plains: 
‘“‘Mr. Leach was born in Man- 
chester, Mass., August 29th, 1837. 
He was the son of Benjamin Leach, 
3rd, and Lucy Story Allen, and a 
direct descendant of Lawrence 
Leach, who came to Salem, Mass., 
with the party of the Rev. Francis 
Higginson on June 29th, 1629, and 
of William Allen, who came to Cape 
Anne, now Gloucester, Mass., with 
the Merchants’ or Dorchester com- 
pany in 1624. 
‘‘Mr. Leach received his education 
in the public schools of Manchester, 
and in the private school of Master 
John Price, which institution en- 
joyed a national reputation for 
many years. In February, 1854, he 
went to Boston and for six months 
served as apprentice to Dr. Ira War- 
ren, but finding the study of medi- 
eine not to his liking he secured a 
clerkship in a hardware and furni- 
ture store, where he remained until 
August, 1855. With his brother, 
Henry C. Leach (one of the pion- 
eers of Denver), he went to St. 
Louis, arriving there in September, 
1855, where he joined his brother, 
John Leach, a wholesale grocer, who 
had gone into business in St. Louis 
as early as 1834. Here he remained 
until May, 1859, when he went to 
Iowa Point, Kan., where he clerked 
for one year for his_ brothers, 
Richard and B. B. Leach. In the 
spring of 1860 he returned to St. 
Louis and stayed with his brother, 
H. C. Leach, until September, 1861, 
being a witness to the taking of 
Camp Jackson by Gen Lyon and 
F. H. Blair, and to similar scenes in- 
eident to the outbreaking of the 
Civil War. A_ life-long Democrat, 
Mr. Leach east his first vote for 
Stephen A. Douglas for president of 
the United States. 
‘“‘Mr. Leach spent the month of 
September, 1861, in Pike county, 
Missouri, at the farm of Robert E. 
Carr, who became the first president 
of the Union Pacific, and who,.was 
a cousin of the wife of Abraham 
Lincoln. The winter of 1861-62 was 
passed at lowa Point, Kan., and 
Forest City, Mo., with his brothers, 
B. B. and Lewis Leach, where he 
found himself in the midst of border 
guerrilla warfare. In April, 1862, 
he erossed the plains with his 
brother, Richard Leach, being thirty 
days on the road from Plattsmouth, 
Neb., to Denver. After a visit to 
Central City, Black Hawk and Rus- 
sell Guleh, Mr. Leach entered the 
store of John W. Smith, who was 
in business on Blake street, Denver, 
on the opposite side of the street 
from the store of Tootle, Leach & Co. 
‘“In July, 1862, Mr. Leach went to 
Mosquito Guleh and opened up a 
general store for J. W. Smith, 
which he conducted until November, 
1865, being one of the incorporators 
of the town of Sterling and its first 
postmaster. Here he became inter- 
ested in the Orphan Boy mine, in 
Park county, retaining his holdings 
until 1890, when he disposed of his 
last claim. He returned to the East 
in the winter of 1865 and remained 
with his friends and relatives until 
May, 1866, when he came back again 
to Denver. 
“‘After a few months in Black 
Hawk and Valmont, Mr. Leach 
joined his brother Richard in Vir- 
ginia City, Mont., goig by stage 
by way of Salt Lake City, being 
twenty-three days on the road. 
Here he was connected with the firm 
of Toottle, Leach & Co., of Virginia 
City and Helena, and for over a 
year was in charge of a smelter at 
Argenta, owned and operated by the 
firm. 
‘‘In January, 1870, Mr. Leach re- 
turned to the East and married Miss 
HTelen F. Wheaton at Manchester, 
Mass., April 13, 1870. 
‘‘Mr. Leach’s brothers, Richard 
and Lewis, were permanently  lo- 
eated at Kansas City, Mo., at this 
time (1870), the former being a 
member of the firm of Tootle, Hanna 
& Leach, and the latter a member of 
the firm of Nave, McCord & Co., so 
that soon after his marriage Mr. 
Leach went to that place and sought 
an opportunity to go into business 
for himself. Ile became a pioneer of 
Independence, Kan., building one of 
the first houses in that frontier 
town, and being one of the first 
merchants there. 
‘‘Hle remained at Independence 
for four years, then sold out and 
removed to Denver in August, 1874. 
Mr. Leach will be best remembered 
here for his long connection with 
John W. Smith, with whom he eon- 
ducted a general mereantile business 
at the corner of Sixteenth and Wa- . 
zee streets for more than a decade. 
‘“‘Ror the past few years Mr. 
Leach was in declining health and 
was unable to exert himself as he 
would have desired, but he kept him- 
self thoroughly informed on all cur- 
rent topics and was keenly inter- 
ested in the political questions of 
the day. A man of a retiring na- 
ture, he took his greatest pleasure 
in the private walks of life, and 
through his generous liberality in 
days of prosperity as well as his un- 
complaining cheerfulness in advers- 
ity, he endeared himself to his fam- 
ily and his friends.”’ 
Trunk and bag locks repaired at 
Loomis’. 
Pure imported olive oil at the 
Manchester Fruit store. 
Sun shades and umbrellas re- 
paired at Loomis’. a 
‘For the Sweet Girl Graduate ”’ 
All sorts of pretty articles: 
Watches from $5.00 to $50.00 
Diamond Rings from $12 to $50, bargains 
Signet Rings, Ruby Rings, Emerald 
Rings from $2.50 to $12.00 
Pendants, Lockets, Chains, Bracelets, etc, 
STARR @. HEWITT 
158 Essex Street, Salem 
