The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-09-12
Trade 81 Ke0k uk.

0UI000o9 Oh heokuk, VIC "iSh niots W WY
q accnracy, to say that tho house Of G. NJ.
HssAan b not limited to notions, but deals
Excessively in Fancy Goods, such as siikS,
laoes, white goods, and so on. And the same
nay be said of j. D. MincheIl Co.
n Dooks and Stationery We have two
A,nsss, the oldos. being that Of r. B. os-
dm, who il just finishing very handsome
fosr sto1 brick, and will have a. least one
stssy 1lSd With m ample stock. j. 7.
Cavs Z Son, directly under our ofhce, have
49,, q extensive stock, and are doing fne
business.
Il the health Of our country was TO be
jsdesd BY the number of Drug Stores in our
~ md the quantity Of drugs and medicines
n thsm, we fear the Judgment would not DO
favorable. We have four Wholesale and two
retail stores in this line. The oldest, we be-
lisve, 10 that Of H. H. Ayres, whose capa-
eious rooms are kept constantly supplied,
and whose business 10 co-extSnsive with this
valley. MSKenny l. Runner have well-es-
tiblished, large, and increasing custom, and
Ire interior. Mr.. James REYNOLDS has re-
osatly opened AN extensive store out Ma n
street., where he il & aiually working ii to a
good business. !. & j. G. Stewart opened
last Spring in Burrows Block, are CONVEX
SAINT with the business and have good
stock.
In Hardware the two stores of S. W. & IL.
Tscker, and, Baldwin, Evans Co., amply
supply the market, and sell at such rates as
rendek il worse than useless for purchasers to
50 beyond here.
Tho old and substantial house OF A. r.
Thomas & Co., having had the monopoly of
the Leather trade for some years, has ex-
tended its business throughout the valley,
and convinced its customers that the expense
Of trip to St. Louis is unnecessary. We
learn thai q new leather store il to be opened
IN few days by Mr.. Dunlap. Competition
will be mutually advantageous.
J. H. Sullivan & Co. have started an Ag-
riculture and Seed store, much to convenience
Of Farmers, and arc getting good trade
P1Ows and wagons are manufactured by
Taylor 4 Mckee at their steam Factory,
where they are doing an extensive business.
Stoves, stoves, stoves, in any quantity, va
fi6ty, shape or price, from Albany, Ciircinna-
ii, St. Louis, Quincy, and, best of all, from
our own Foundry. Comstock Bros.
have two large stores and are making prepa-
vatsans IN hr,ld n afnvc foundry nc thor
own, instead of depending upon the Quincy
Foundry, ~ heretofore. Wood, Estes Co.
have two stores, and foundry in successful
operation, as We have heretofore mentioned.
L. w. Bue q Bro. have recently started and
are competing sharply with their older broth
rem. James S. Becbc, the Pioneer in the
stove line, is again at it with sleeves rolled
up, having good chance for liberal share
of patronage. In Burrows Block are two
extensive stores, one kept by Frederick Zugg,
and tho other by Michael Sweeney, Agent of
Wheeling Company.
There are two Machine Foundrics III ore.
ration, and doing large business. r.
Wlckersham g. Son manufacture Steam En-
gincs and mill machinery. s. S. Vail 4 Co.
are engaged in the same line. Mr.. L. WEIGH
man is just starting steam Boiler Factory,
and is crowded with orders.
s. c. 4. s. Carter have extensive steam
works for manufacturing Sash, Blinds and
Doors, and can supply any amount of orders
d. Copson also has steam factory of the
same kind, cracking away like blazcs.
r. Wilsey is engaged in the Furniture bus.
mess. SO is G. w. Sanders, and both OF
them have several houses jammed full OF
every variety, from the commonest to tn.
most costly kinds of furniture, which the,
are sending OF by the wagon load all owe,
the country.
From this brief review of the commercial
and manufacturing facilities of our city,
some estimate may be formed of the variety
and quantity Of supplies we are able to fur
nish TO the interior. In all articles manu-
featured here, We can, of course, defy the
competition Of other cities North, East OF
South Of us. While in regard 10 all other
departments of trade, dry goods, groceries,
hardware, and, in fact, everything else, it
has been demonstrated repeatedly that our
market is equal to any other, and that il
purchashcrs cannot satisfy themselves here,
in price, shape, variety, and quality, they
arc not likely to do so elsewhere.
ADMITTED MEMBERS OF THE BAR.-The fol-
lowing gentlemen were admitted to practice
IN the Courts OF Iowa, upon certificates from
Other States-John c. Miller, Ohio; Charles
ID. Mnss. Connecticut. EranL q a I,...a..l