The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-01-01
time when the supply OF water va

time when the supply OF water wa!
abundant, IL was shut of for five week
while the mills were undergoing re
pairs. And then the drOuth coming OF
; shortening the supplies, the result VA
that the factory was In operation bu
four months during the entire year
In that time there was turned ont q,
600 In furniture of different kinds. in
Guiding school furniture. of which
these gentlemen manufacture great
quantities after patterns of their own.
They operate men besides themselves
and manufacture superior quality Of
furniture, both for durability and fin
fish. See their report of business done
at their salerooms in the city. They
have finishing rooms also in the city.
BROOM MANUFACTURING.
Mr. d. Brewer, of this city, has.
probably, no superior in the manufac-
ture Of q good, reliable, durable and
well balanced broom. Sickness, to-
gether with the almost entire dearth
of the corn, each cOnspired to prevent
Mr.. Brewer from manufacturing more
brOoms than would barely supply our
home market. Number of brooms
manufactured and sold during the
year are 2O5 dozen.
BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURING AND
REPAIR SHOPS.
Jno. T. Eskridge did work amount
ing to $500. C. P. Theis, A. Cook, A.
Mohler, and David T. Norris failed to
furnish estimates OF their business, al
though promising to do so.
GUN MANUPAcToRY.
H. j. Piper commenced business in
March and his ::reaeipts have averag-
al 800 per month.
First National Bank. Aggregate
amount of deposits, $2,l1O,OOO. Ex-
change sold, foreign and inland, 81
81, 900. Capital paid in 100000. Cir
culatiOn go, 900.
EmpOria National Bank. Aggregate
deposits sI,s75.OOO. Exchange sold s1,-
2JO,OOo. Capital paid in SIS 200. Sur
plus fIlnd 81, OOC. Circulation $4,000.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Sd. Smith & Co. sold 80 Kirby
reaperS and mowers; 125 plOWs, in
Guiding cultivatOrs; 30 sulky and re-
vOlving rakes; IL 1. Y. L. grain drills.
J. II. Griffith & Bro. sold "a buckeye
reapers and mowers, 90 cultivators
amounting In money TO $4,000. They
also sold 60 wagons that amounted
to $1,000. Three statesmen.
HHRNEss AND SADDLES.
p. J. Heilman manufactured and
sold light donbie-setts harness
es, &c heavy sets, 60 saddles and Ia
dies saddles OF eastern make, His
sales amounted to $4,000. Employs
one man. H. V. Bundrem carries on
the largest establishment, but we fail
ed to get report from him.
LIVERY, SALE AND FEED STABLES.
Central stables, II. b. Lowe, proprl-
etOr, keeps on hand "a livery horses,
0 carriages and buggies; has hapdled,
to feed. 5000 horses. Pad out for
feed, hay and bedding $500. Re-
ceipts $1,000. James H. Fairchild has
90 horses, 8 carriages and buggies
handled, to- feed, $500; paid ont for
help, grain, hay, building, &C., $3.50;
employs two men. Receipts $1,000.
Has been in business emily since Goth
of April. E. Nichols casries on the
livery business on 9TH avenue, bnt did
not fiAd him in when we called.
CARRIAGES AND WAGONS.
Ryan 6 Conner have manufactured
to order 8 top buggies, 10 open bug
gies, 20 spring wagons, IA lumber wag-
Ons, amounting to $4,000; do large
repairing business.
REAL RsTATE AND INSURANCE.
Our real estate dealers are H. f.
Norton, Van r. Holmes, f. p. Ban
croft, and E. BOrton. The aggregate
of sales of real estate is S2OO, 900. How
ard Dunlap represents Franklin Fire
ms. Co., Phila. German American, d.
Y; Penna. Fire, Phila.; st. Paul Fire
and Marine. st. Paul; American Gen.
trail, St Louis. He has only had these
companies = short time. Hanna G
Starr represent Liverpool, London
and Globe, Great Britain Fire AssO-
citation, Phila.; Continental, n. V;
Phoenix, Hartford; Equitable, Nash
vile, Tenn; Peoples, N. Y; German,
Freeport, ILL.,, and Mutual Life, N. Y.