The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-01-07

for their trade. Under this heading II
IS proper to state that Frederick Sc Co.
enow Wicks & Mayse) have sold large
number of agricultural implements dur
ing the season, Mr.. Wright came here
about year and half ago, and located
in building that was then considered
out OF town. He is energetic and uses
printers ink freely and judiciousIy, and
has built up fine trade.
DRUGS.
We have four large drug establish
ments, viz, Bates & Periey, Moore &
Weaver, Hibben & Jacobs and Tandv &
Trueworthy. Dr.. Steimel. we believe
also does something in this line. The
rooms are as finely finished and fitted
as any in Southern Kansas, and the trade
is heavy. Tho oldest house is Bates &
Perley. Last year they built and occu-
pied tine stone building with brick
front Moore & Weaver are the next
oldest. They have just about complet-
ed and will soon occupy a large brick
store room. Hibben & Jacobs and Tan
dy e Trueworthy opened the present
season, the latter putting up a splendid
frame store room. The drug trade of
1863 must have reached about 100000.
LAND AGENCIES.
We have goodly number of these,
and the business has been very brisk
during the year. Z. p. Bancroft's is the
Oldest establishment, he having opened
here first in 1857, and been engaged in
1t ever since-except during the war, in
which the proprietor took hand. The
agencies of II. E. Norton & Co.. Bachel-
Ter & Frederick, Crawford & Steele,
Dawson & HavenhilI, and Andrews &
Lincoln were all established this year.
Ed. Borton also does very considers
Bile real estate business, and other par
ties have it connected to some extent
with the law, etc. Norton S5~Co., Ban
croft, Baoheller & Frederick, and Daw-
son & Havenhill issue papers, most of
them printed monthly. We are not
able to give any figures of the amount
of business these firms have transacted
during the year, but it must be i'm
mense. They have done much to ad-
vertise this portion of the State and at
tract immigrants, especially the class
that brings money to the country to in
vest. Some months they have circulat-
ed, gratis, from 10000 to 10000 real es-
tate papers,
LUMBER YARDS.
One of the features in the business of
the town now is the lumber trade. En-
poria will soon become one of the very
best lumber markets in the State. Dur
ing the season John Hammond and
Cowgirl & Wilhelm formerly Joshua
CowgilD have been running the bust
ness. Since the completion of the rail-
road two new firms have established
themselves here, Garrett & Rush and
John Wayne & Co. They both have ex-
tensiVe stocks, which will be constantly
increased. This may also be- said of
Cowgirl 81 Wilhelm's. Mr.. Hammond
has closed out his stock, and will turn
his attention to something else. We
hear also of one or two other extensive
lumber merchants who will come here.
With the numerous saw mills in the
vicinity to furnish native lumber, and
our extensive dealers in pine lumber,
there will be no trouble in obtaining
building materials of these kinds in
abundance, while the railroad facilities
we shall have in n few months, in addi-
ton to those we already have, and the
competition, will make lumber cheaper
than at any other point in Southern
Kansas. There has already been o
marked reduction in the prices since
the arrival of the railroad. Those who
have had TO buy considerable quantities
of lumber have already saved more
than their taxes for the railroad bonds
FURNITURE.
There are in Emporia three furniture
establishments, all of which do consid-
cradle manufacturing. They are Gil
more &-Hirth, Denney & Melton, and J
Hamilton. Denney & Melton opened
| during the last season, and have built W
agood trade. They intend to build this
season. Gilmore & Hirth are the heav-
| lest dealers in the southern part of the
State
| HOTELS.
We arc blessed with three good no
tels-the Robinson House, kept by L
n. Robinson; the Madison House, By
S. S. Heath & Co.; and the Buckey'
House, by w. r. Shoop. They are con
stantly crowded.
| PRINTING.
al
in the town. THE News and the IT't
bune. The latter named has been il
existence about three months. TIL
News is now in its thirteenth Y ear
The business is good. Both offices ar
crowded to their utmost capacity. Ii
THE News office are printed the Kansa
Educational Journal, a monthly of for
ty pages, and three regular monthly rea
estate papers. The business of this OF
flee in 1869 reached about $l2 900, nearl
double that of any former year, TIL
ITibsae is doing flOurishing business
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
We have two establishments. doing
fine business. ii. V. Bundrem and I'm
} BILE & Spangler. Both manufactur
: heavily. We have no data to base al
opinion upon as to the amount of thei
sales.
LIVERY.
John Bay, Us. Cleveland, Davis Bros
) and Mr.. Chadwick are running liver,
stables. Bay bought out the Crow
Bros. during the summer. Mr.. Cleve
land occupies the old livery stand o.
| Fifth avenue, with one of the larges
: and most complete stables in the State
/ The front is of stone, frame building il
the rear, the whole over 40 feet deep
This establishment, as well as that O
Chadwick, has only been doing bushes
= n few months.
. BAKERS AND RESTAURANTS.
= Ferguson s. Harvey carry on baker
and keep family groceries. John w
Morris keeps groceries and boarders ; S
: does J. L. Dalton; and Cantrall & OK
= run a bakery and eating house. Thes
p are all well kept establishments, and Al
all doing fine business.
ToBACCoNISTs.
W. G. Miller and Ill. l.. Kemper al
, carrying on the cigar and tobacco bus
p ness. The first named opened ont a fe'
e months ago. Both are doing goo
l. trade.
CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEwELRY.
L. NJ. Fry is the principal dealer
II these articles. His business has inerea
e ed rapidly during the past year, and /
keeps heavy stock of all goods in III
line. I'll. J. Reimers has lately opene