According to the 1880 census for North Manchester, the following individuals were identified as "dry goods merchant"--
Daniel Sala
David Smith
Augustus C. Mills
Lewis Signs
Levi Harman
George W. Lawrence
Jacob Oppenheim
Levi Keagle
Also, groceries, druggists, hardware stores, clothing and shoe dealers, milliners, dress makers, and other "merchants" often carried dry goods. The 1880 census for North Manchester included:
Henry Mills, grocer & clothing
David Abersohn, clothing dealer
George Gresso, boot & shoe merchant
Henry H. Arnold, merchant
Ella Marine, milliner
Fannie Rothrock, milliner
Carrie Hudson, milliner
In the 1870 census for Chester Township (including North Manchester), the following individuals below were identified as "merchant". We do know that Shively, Lawrence, Singer and possibly others carried dry goods. Unlike the 1880 census, there was no distinct category for "dry goods merchant" in the 1870 census.
J. Shively, merchant
G. Lawrence, merchant
J. Singer, merchant
L.J. Nofsker, merchant
G.A. Rhodes, merchant
G. Tilman, merchant
D. Frame, merchant
R. Carson, merchant