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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-31
COFFEE AND SPICES.
Croft d. BerHeu.

1t seems almost incredible, but it is never.
theless true, that these two young men who,
Gt seems like yesterday were coasting down
the bluffs surrounding the city: are the same
staid, sober, energetic, driving business men
who are managing a business which requires
the handling of thousands of dollars, the
employment of many persons, and whose
trade extends over territory equal in extent
to an empire. The house was organized only
little over three years ago, viz: in 1876, and
commenced business in small way, in
cramped quarters in the International block
near the corner of Seventh and Jackson
streets. Their business increased so rapidly
that they we're compelled to move three times
within one year to got more space. In March,
1877, they removed to their present quarters
in Wann's new block, on the corner of
Fourth and Si5ley streets, where they occrp by
fine building 30x120 feet with four floors,
all of which are occupied for the purpose of
carrying on !heir business. They manufac-
ture all their own spices, baking powders,
ground coffees, etc., etc. All their goods are
labeled with the firm name, and such has be-
come the acknowledged excellence of their
productions that it is almost impossible for
them to fill the demands. When they COM
menced business they performed all the work
themselves To-day they are employing
twenty-four persons, and still they cannot
fill their orders. In round numbers their
business for the year 1879 will reach between
$4,000 and 100000. They are manufao
turing 800 pounds of their celebrated baking
powders per day. They have capacity TO,
roasting 1850 pounds of coffee per day. Al
their machinery is run by steam. AS one
little item it may be mentioned that during
the past year they have used over one mill,
ion tin Gems, little and big, for their spices
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CLOTHING,
Campbell, Burbank g. Co.


Familiar names are those of Campbell
and Burbank, not only in St. Paul but
throughout the whole Northwest, and if we
add that of another member of the firm, Mr..
@. W. Carpenter, We have q trio of names,
than whom none is more widely known or
highly honored for business prosperity. In
1875 these congenial spirits came together
and formed the wholesale clothing firm of
Campbell, Burbank & Coz The firm is COM
posed of T. B. Campbell, H. @. Burbank, G.
w. Carpenter, and w. E. Campbell. The
firm occupies the spacious quarters which
were vacated by Auerbacb, Finch, Culbertson
& Co. on the corner of Third and Robert
streets. This fine block has frontage of
forty feet on Third street by one hundred
and forty feet deep, and is three stories
with basement. In addition to their i'm
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SAINT

powders, etc. Three years ago their trade
was confined almost exclusively to st. Paul.
To-day it extends over the entire Northwest,
and five men are on the road all the time
taking orders. For young firm We chal-
lenge the world to produce their equal in
business foresight or business success.
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Estes.ley e Heinepsa,,,,,

This house was established at 1O3 Seventh
street September Sd, 1873, by Chas. A. Es-
terley and Gustave Helnemann, both young
men and possessing thorough practical
knowledge Of the business in all its branches
They at once found favor with the public
and their. busipess1 increased rapidly. In
fact, became one of the most popular estab.
lishments of the kind in the icity. With
this largeaincrease in business camel the
necessity Of more space to accommodate their
patrons. Consequently, about January LIST,
1879, they leased the two stores adjoining
1o3 and made very extensive alterations and
improvements. On April LIST, 1879, they
opened theirPresents commodious.and beau
tiful store, comprising Nos. 103 and los
Seventh street, replete with every conve-
nience. and displaying superb stock of dry
goods, second to none in this city.
This house buys..and sells for cash, hence
they are enabled to offer their goods at ex-
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csedingly low prices, which largely accounts
for the immensesinorease in their business
their sales this fall having more than doubled
those of last] fall,I and their annual sales
amounting to about TWO hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
Within the past year Esterley d Heinemann
have added to their business q wholesale de-
partment. This branch is gradually assum-
ing large proportions, and offers especial adj
vantages to merchants buying for cash.
Independent of the above, they are at present
proprietors of several branch houses in this
State, which are conducted on tho cash sys-
tenn, and all are successful and prosperous.
This firm contemplates further improvements
atno distant day in the3addition of third
store to their present double store, which
will give them the largest Retail Dry Goods
Store in the State, and afford ample facilities
for the transaction of the immense business
which the past and present rapid increase
promises. 49,. 49,
Za,nne e. Mann.
In 1860 the firm of Zamm j. Mann COM
meuoed business in modest way at the
Seven corners, laying in a small but select
stock of dry goods. They traded carefully,
sold for cash, and soon saw their trade in
creasing at rate far beyond their expecta-
tons. Their store had to be enlarged to
meet the demands Of the public upon them,
and when tho revival OF trade begun about
two years ago, they were found in q position
to take advantage Of the markets. In 1878
they did larger trade than ever before, and
with the opening Of the present year they
controlled the bulk of the business of the
part of the city in which they were located.
The failure of A. II. Strouse last fall, and
the sale of his stock at sheriff's sale, pre-
scented an opportunity for their enterprise
which was eagerly seized. They succeeded
in bidding in the entire stock in block for
the sum of $51 400 cash, and on the 9Th of
the present month opened up to the public.
BY offering great bargains they attracted
buyers from the entire city and surrounding
country, and thus far their sales have sur
passed their most sanguine expectations.
They report business during tho year. as
about rs per cent. better than during 1878,
with every prospect of still further increase
in 1880. They are now carrying stock of
about $3.50, 900, elegantly assorted and adapt
ed to the wants of st. Paul custom. They
employ thirty-two persons in their stores.
It is the intention of the firm to conduct
both of their stores in the future, and if the
past is any augury of the future We are safe
in predicting a successful career for this
firm,
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furs from first hands, Mr.. Albrecht making
this his especial business to visit different
points on the frontier to make his selections,
All their furs thus purchased are manufac-
tured in this city, giving employment, as
stated above, to several hundred persons.
Their dealings in buffalo robes reaches an
immense sum, as does their trade In buffalo
overcoats, Of the manufacture Of which We
believe they were the first in st. Paul. This
firm also makes specially Of dealing in
back gloves and mittens, of which they
carry an immense stock. Although their
wholesale business was established only three
years age, it has already reached immenEe
proportions, and this, too, in the face of aunt
versal depression in the fur market. It will
we'll repay anyone to spend an hour, or two
in looking through the splendid establish
ment Of this firm. =.
Not the least important department OF
their business is hats, caps, and straw goods,
of which they supply the trade immense
quantities. Their stock in this line Is I'M
rivalled in the West. ...-......
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G0rd0n e. Ferguson.

In 1871 Mr.. Richards Gordon started the
first exclusively Wholesale Hat and Cap store
in St. Paul. It was an experiment. in one
sense of the word, but his. well known energy
soon placed it beyond the bounds of an ex-
pertinent, and the business became an estab-
lished and highly successful fact. So rap
idly did his trade increase that he found it
necessary to enlarge its dimensions and enlist
additional capital to meet its demands. Both
these objects were accomplished by the ad-
mission of Mr.. p. D. Ferguson as partner
in the business in the year 1873, and since
that time the firm has been known as Gordon
d Ferguson. Their place of business is the
fine stone front building No. 1874 East Third
street. 1t has frontage of IS feet front on
Third street by 100 in depth. The building
has FROM elevation Of three stories by five
in the rear, thus giving them two Easements.
All these five floors are occupied for sale,
store and manufacturing purposes. In ad-
ditlon to their hat and cap trade, they are
extensive dealers in all kinds of Furs, from
the most elegant and costly down to the
cheapest. They are manufacturers of all
Kinds of furs, making that of buffalo over
coats and robes sort of specially, in the two
latter OF which they are probably the heavi-
est dealers in the Northwest. They have
four travelling men on the road constantly,
and employ from so to Is in their store and
manufacturing departments. Their trade
extends over all the vast territory of the
Northwest, and during the year 1879 will
reach an aggregate of quarter of million
OF dollars. Both these gentlemen are young
IN years. but old in business experience, and
they manage all the many details of their
business with care and foresight which has
not only rendered them eminently successful
in pecuniary point of view, but has also
given the firm an enviable reputation in the
business world.
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Mannheinley. Brothers.


twenty-five years ago the firm of Mann
heimer Brothers was organized in Chicago.
For many years they transacted large and
constantly increasing trade in dry goods and
notions, and were noted all over the city for
the uniformly excellent quality of their
goods and the reasonable prices charged. In
the spring of 1871, previous to the great fire,
the advantages of st. Paul as trade center
were presented to the firm, and branch
store was opened here, one of the parties
coming to St. Paul to manage it, while the
Others remained in Chicago. The fire came
aud swept everything before it. The Messrs.
Mannheimer were heavy losers, but were not
discouraged They started in business again
and did remarkably we'll for about three
years. After the lapse of that time, how
ever, it was found that the St.. Paul trade re-
quired more attention than the resident
partner was able to give it, and it was deter
mined to close out the Chicago business en-
tirely and make st. Paul the center of their
trade. The firm is now composed of Messrs.
4sOOOAe aAAU 4I"A AAduOuoAWoIs 10 60ulOT
member spends most of his time at the East
making purchases from the latest foreign
invoices, while Mr.. Emil Mannheimer makes
his home here and manages the extensive
trade of the firm. Since they commenced
business here their business has more than
doubled, and during the present year it has
increased fully 50 per cent. ever 1878 and is
still constantly increasing. For the year
1879 the sales, exclusively at retail, have ag-
gregated the enormous sum Of $3.50, 600.
Their stock is probably the finest west of
Chicago, embracing everything in the line
of dry goods and notions. The assortment
is kept constantly fresh by invoices from
New York and Boston, purchased with an
especial view to the wants of st. Paul by a
man who has had long and varied expe-
rience in the trade, MI. Robert Mann
heiIner.
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of thousands of dollars worth of
goods are received and shipped
daily, but there is no confusion and no mis-
takes. All the members of the firm are
young men, and are true types of the active,
energetic, far seeing, successful business
men of st. Paul. They have studied the
wants and the needs of the territory over
which their trade extends, and large as their
business has already grown, it is apparently
only in its infancy.
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Poayers- R3.ot1.e2.


One of the substantial and rising firms Of
the city, commenced business in St. Paul in
1872, and first occupied the old Camp store,
on Third street below Minnesota street.
They have been and are large advertisers
They believe in printers ink, and have sense
enough to know that papers are printed to be
read, that people are educated to expect to
lind in the columns ola live paper just what
they ought to know. A column in the city
dailies announced to the public that Powers
Brothers, in few days, open up stock
OF dry goods, as the people of St.
Paul and its vicinity had never seen before.
The recent purchases were very extensive, a
corps of ladies and gentlemen were en-
ployed, and thousands thronged the counters
from daylight until dark, making their pur
chases. AS the business of the city seemed
to be drifting down stream they leased the
store they now occupy, No. 81 East Third
street, consisting of basement for storage,
the first floor for retail and three upper
stories for wholesale.
The store at all times presents very
lively appearance, and twenty-five clerks
are busy from early morning until late
at night attending to the wants Of expect
ant customers. Goods are not allowed to
dust and mould on the shelves. A grand
clearing out sale is inaugurated once year,
and goods are sold at any price in order to
make way for the new.
This house makes specially of dress
goods, silks, hosiery, white goods, notions,
trimmings, etc. All staple goods are sold at
New York prices. The businessvthis year
will foot up 100000.
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William Lee e. Co.


Any review of the wholesale business of
st. Paul, past or present, that omitted
mention of William Lee, would be like the
play Of Hamlet with the principal character
left out. Probably no wholesale dealer in
st. Paul has been longer OF more widely
known than Mr.. Lee. He has been identi-
fed with st. Paul almost since, it can be
said, her business was worthy of mention.
He came to st. Paul in 1889, end
during that summer he. opened q
wholesale and retail dry goods store,
which for the past twelve years has been ex-
clusively wholesale. A few yeas ago Mr..
George Lee, of Philadelphia, was admitted
to the firm. As is well known, the senior
member of the firm. seldom if ever leaves St.
Paul 1t Fis a rare thing for him to be alb
sent from his business place for single day,
and then only when official duty or sickness
demand it. The junior member, who re-
sides in Philadelphia, is one of the best
posted dry goods men in the East. He has
been all his life familiar with the trade in all
its phases. He is constantly on hand in the
markets, and nothing pertaining to his bust
Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-01-07

BOARDER6,
HAN be accommodated with pleasant rooms and
~ board on favorable terms, by FLORA Ell
WOOD, at the Cushnoc House. janifiw%
Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-01-07
TONTINE PLAN,

upon the principle of accommodating profits for def
mite periods, which first introduced by this Socie
ty, and has been recommended and endorsed by emi.
nent experts in Life Insurance, and by leading bust
ness men. Forty -Four per cent has been earned and
accumulated on the premiums paid on its Tontne Life
Policies, and forty per cent. on its Tontne Endow
ment Policies issued within the last five years
The Directors of the Equitable Life Assurance So
cety represent exclusively the interests Of the Policy
holders and in presenting the Society to notice they
feel that it has strong claims upon public confidence
because of the strict and conservative principles by
which its various departments governed. In the
assets and in the administration of the Society, per
feet security is given for the future which is Of great
Importance TO those depending upon their insurance
policies for the ultimate support of their families.
No Life Insurance Company has such large annual
transactions as the Equitable; none is prompt
and just in its dealings.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-01-07
fur SaIf OF to lrt.
Valuable Real Estate for Sale !

Lot of Land ON the corner of State and Green SITS.
in Augusta, containing and one fourth acres, two
hundred and thirty feet State, and hundred
and forty on Green ST. Terms Cash.
julyGtu q. G. NOSE, l57 Water 81.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-01-07
Gbc liennebct Journal.

Published al AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water street foot
of Court, by SPRAGuE, OWEN NASH.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-01-07
s9,ooo,ooo.

leced in different parts of North America and Europe
furnishing, by this broad field of operations M al
ditonal and exceptional safety to the Policy holders
ums Principal The Surplus returned annually tC
the Insured.
The sun., 1879-02-24
In PENNSYLVANIA.

The Pennsylvania Railroad has determined
to saddle the Pittsburgh losses ON the Com
monwealth, and the Legislature, as usual.
seems docile. The bill provides for the
payment of $4,000, 900; and the Treasury
being empty, the money must be raised
By the imposition Of new taxes. 1t is CO.
lossal swndle, even more barciaccd than
the sale ot the public works, the repeal OF
the tonnage tax, or the thwarted "nine mil
lion steal" by which it was proposed TO rob
the sinking fund for the benefit OF the same
parties.
But Of course Pennsylvania will submit.
The people there have been so long tram
pied and plundered by this comhina-
tion Of Railroad and Treasury Rings,
that ii has come 10 be considered the natural
and necessary thing. Nobody will think of
serious resistance. Here and there some
unbought newspaper or some manly politi-
clan will protest, but the protest will only
be snccrcd at, and the unfortunate who
makes it marked for an early visitation Of
vengeance. In some countries the populacc,
seeing themselves openly plundered in this
fashion by the consent of their own agents,
would 60 up TO the Capitol and pitch the
corrupted Legislators out of the windows,
and hang a dozen or two Of the most notori-
ous. But in Pennsylvania it will be borno
with stolid patience, mingled with some
curiosity as TO when the nav Of the mon
ster which rides them may be expected to
be gorgcd
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
brought down upon itself tho riots and the
Lfs if5 l.,, of "a
utterly and dcliantly refused to obey the
Constitution Of thc state, but in the teeth Of
that instrument Disseminated against the
bus .,rss Of the State, particularly Of Pitts
burgh and permitted inside Rings of its
managers to appropriate the profits Of its
operations until it could no longer pay living
wages to its employees or dividends TO its
stockholders, But that is not the worst Of
1t hy any means. Under the law as it now
stands, Allegheny is responsible for the
damages, unless the company incurred
them by it's own disregard of law, or its
own rccklcssncss. Let the facts be judi
cially ascertancd, and unless Allcghcny
County has n proper defence, let her pay
what she owes herself.
But just hero comes n most important
question, the pivotal and decisive point,
no one had been hurt. and no damage done
beyond the stopiago Of trains by the rail-
way employees themselves, until the troops
were brought on tho ground under the
direct personal management Of Mr.. Vice
President CAeshTr We're those troops law
fully there; The Grand Jury Of Allegheny
reported substantially after n tedious and
patient investigation that the proclamation
The sun., 1879-02-24

No wonder tho Tcnnessco debt-repudia-
tors WINGED and writhcd under the lashing
that the Rev. Dr.. lIoYr gave them, the other
Sunday. The Nashville pastor was not
tender Of their feelings. He spoke out
plainly and sharply, as became man who
holds that it is not the least important part
Of the pulpt's duty 70 promote public virtue.
Every sentence fell like thong.
Ono passage Of this notable sermon may
well be pondcrcd outside of Tennessee. "Tho
loss of public integrity" said the preacher,
twill lead TO the corruption Of private
morality. The mass OF oitizous cannot DO
expected To be better than their Govern
ment. Tho fountain Of corruption opened
in the scat Of authority will, through n
thousand channels, infect the whole popu-
lation."
Wcighty words, these, and timely; let
every American lay them to heart. Tho
condition Of things they describe is not n
fanciful one. It's sinister consequences are
not matters OF speculation but of experience
Three years ago a great public crime was
planned and carried out. Law and justice
were trampled under foot The verdict Of
the ballot box was reversed by forgery and
IltTJuIN, anu u liliI WIS llNIu''u llllp Nut
Presidency whom the people had distinctly
and cmphatcally rejected at the polls.
Ever since that crime was consummatcd,
the fountain OF corruption thus opened in
the seat of authority has been flowing into
the public and the private life Of this
country. Il subtitle but deadly infection.
Because the conspiracy was planned by
the leaders OF great political party and
Injured to its temporary benefit. thousands
OF reputable men, accustomed 10 plume
themselves on their moral superiority tO
their less instructed neighbors, have felt
obliged, as a matter Of party discipline and
duty, tO uphold 1t. They have sought to
drown the voice OF conscience within by the
vchcmcnco OF their justification. This is,
unhappily as true Of the public teachers Of
morals as OF the taught. With few cXcep-
tions, the pulpit, when it has not openly
justified and applaudod, has preserved u
timorous silence All the time the infection
is spreading in Congress, in the depart
ments, in the judiciary, in party organiza-
tion In trade and commerce, through every
vein Of the body polite
"Thcy that plough iniQuty, and sow
wickednoss, reap the same The law has
not been repealed. 1t is not dead letter.
1t is in as full force now, in the day OF
HAYES, as it was in JoB's lay; and its penal
ties arc never cOmmutcd.
The sun., 1879-02-24

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: Seeing
rnE of the big the Captain and
passengers on the Staten Island boat Northned eNpc
rcnccd on the evening o the 18TH inst. BY the airing OF
the sunset gun Governors Island, would state the
facts In the case 10 cxoncrac myself from all blame
The non commissioned officer who i charged with the
hrny the morning and evening gun has orders TO be-
particular to nre the gun promptly on the r-ng ani
the harbor. This pursuance to instructions from
the War Department ON the occasion above referred
TO- after had prepared the gun noticed the Northhc III
~ wis mass NJ the time should have hr'd the
gun shr had come directly seeing tis waited
until she had ra.sd out ui range at least thirty va Il
yard. the shore The boat wa~ therefore, not ~
range Or u amy DANGER the CAPTAIN has stated Even
hat she teon In range amt the run loaded with solid
shut ti would have been ini o-~lc 10 Do ttf any Hm
age much less cudangcr the lives at any on board eN
ceuthy slight concvssion, inr the muzzc oi the gun
was at such an elevation that the charge would pass
over and above her at least 10 yards
Asit WAS the gun was loaded witi charge II hucen
rounds ct powder. wad ~ anything else being used
The captain the boat he blew his whistle to warn
the not to re while he IN range, but his sig
nal was dsrczardcd 1his is fai>e. heard tie signal
from the boat Even had she given no signal was well
of her position and waited for her to out uf
before hrcd. 1t being teu about one minute over
the time. deemed her TO be enurrN out u AL danscr
The CAPTAIN ui the boat was probably much scared hy
the thunder OF artillery the smoke and smell o pow
der that lac did not know whether he was In range or
To ailay the tears of the people who travel these
boats will state there Is the least danger OF
nccdrnt to any one. A. 10 shaking any boat like the
NuftintM ms 10 seetd stem to stern" II Is
smuy absurd The 10 probably originated In the brain
of umd per-on, who seeing the fash and hearing
the report Imagined that 10 make the thing complete. It
orders 6ecn issued 10 suard against tie occurrence
Of such a terrible accident REGULAR