Death's Doings.
The other death was that of Mr. Benjamin H. Lathrop, who, is well known to all the early settlers of Manning, has been sick for nearly a year. He came to this place in August 1881, being one of the first to build in the town. In November he was stricken with palsy, and very seriously disabled, although he so far recovered as to be able to be on the street for a few days, but during the spring and summer he has not been out of his house without help. His death has been expected to occur at almost any time for two months, and his aged father and many other friends have visited him with the expectation that he could not live long. His life was spared, however, until twenty minutes past 2 o'clock, P.M.,

September 9, 1882, when he quietly breathed his last breath. He had been unconscious for a day or two preceding his death. He leaves a wife and four young daughters, who feel as though the darkness had indeed gathered around them and their light had gone out forever. The mournful, piteous cry of his bereft companion, when her friends sought to lead her from his grave, "How can I go back there? There is nothing to go back to" but feebly expressed the aching of her poor, broken heart, and the wailing of his little, fatherless girls told of the love they cherished for a dead father.

Mr. Lathrop was born in Union County, Ohio, June 10, 1843, and came when very young, to Granville, Mahaska County, Iowa, where his father and many friends still reside. Here he grew to manhood and when the rebellion broke upon us, he offered himself as soldier to defend the flag. He was enlisted into Co. "H" of the 8th Iowa Infantry and served three years, and then re-enlisted, serving in all, four years and eight months, In the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862, he was captured and served a time in a rebel prison, where he suffered greatly from privation and probably laid the seeds of the disease which carried him to an early grave. When peace once more reigned in the land he returned to his home and took up the implements of labor. October 20, 1870, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Wilfong and in the spring of 1871 came with his young wife to Shelby County and purchased a piece of land for a home. They resided there until August, 1881, when they came here as above stated. Mr. Lathrop was a charter member of McPherson Post G.A.R. and was always active and influential in its workings. His remains were taken in charge by the post and carried to their resting place in the little yard west of Manning. Rev. T.S. Bailey preached his funeral sermon to a large and attentive audience, and also officiated as chaplain at the grave. A large concourse of friends and neighbors attended the burial services. Not less than fifty carriages and wagons being in the procession.

McPherson Post, at a special meeting held September 9, 1882, passed the following resolutions of respect:
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God in his inscrutable providence to remove from our midst by death, our comrade and brother Benjamin H. Lathrop, therefore, be it Resolved:
1st, That in the death of our Comrade we recognize the loss of a good and faithful soldier of the Republic, a warm personal friend and a tried and true patriot.
2d, That society has lost a good and loyal citizen, his family a loving husband and a kind father.
3d, That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved wife and children of our deceased comrade, and while we commend her and them to our God who hath promised to be a husband to the widow and a father to the fatherless, we also pledge them the benefits of our order.
4th, That those resolutions be published in the Manning Monitor and a copy of the same be transmitted to the family of the deceased.
S.E. Whitcher, Post Commander. S. L. Wilson, Adjutant.