, 1884-10-11
Pluck.

Late In the summer Messrs. With
erspOOn & Kinney, couple Of gen.
tlemen who came into this city to
stay with it, formed a partnership
and proceeded to put up a neat two
story building at the southwest cor
ner of Sprague and Howard streets,
of ample dimensions, in which they
were to open a general provision and
grod - store. The building was
Just completed throughout, quanti-
iy Of provisions and feed was ale
ready in and the owners had pur-
chased a'stock of goods in the east,
when the fire broke out on the oppO-
site side of the street, and their new
building fell a victim to the flames.
The loss was a severe one to the geilr
tlemen, but 1t takes more than sim
gle reverse to cool the ardor of our
citizens, and Messrs. Witherspoon &
Kinney at once commenced making
arrangements to replace the destroy
ed edifice. Yesterday they laid the
foundation on the same lot for anoth-
er building that will be an exact
counterpart Of the one consumed,
and the structure will be completed
by the first OF next month. In one
respect they were fortunate. The
stock Of goods they had ordered
from the east was to have been ship
ped on the day after the fire and, by
the use of the wires, they were able
to countermand their order, which
will now be filed when they are
ready to receive the merchandise.
1t is with no little pride we chrOni-
Gle this exhibition Of pluck on the
part of Messrs. Witherspoon & Kim
ney, and we feel satisfied that such
men are bound to succeed in any un-
dertaking they may venture upon in
live city like the Falls. They are
both men who will make friends and
keep them, and the consumers will
always find the house a good one to
deal with. We desire to see the
boys actively engaged in business
before snow falls, and the trade they
will build up will recompense them
for the misfortune they have met
with at the beginning. But Messrs.
Witherspoon 4 Kinney are otalone
in this manifestation of public spir-
1t, and a determination not to re-
main burned out. Their next door
neighbor, Mrs. L. l.. Davies, who
owned a comfortable frame building,
in which she carried a large stock Of
millinery goods, also had the misfor-
tune to contribute a share to the to-
tai loss of the September fire. A
tent was put up to accommodate the
lady temporarily, and now the
frame work of a new building larg-
er and more attractive even than the
one destroyed, is being reared on
the site OF the burned property. A
force Of carpenters is rushing the
work on this building and it will be
ready for occupancy in a couple Of
weeks. Mrs. Davies will then open
her establishment with a better
stock of millinery goods than the
one she carried at the time she was
forced TO vamoose the premises on
such short notice. With the COM
pletion of these two buildings, one
portion OF the last burnt district will
have been covered from sight, and,
possibly a portion of the buildings
destroyed on the other side Of the
street will be replaced. 1t would be
great improvement to the street II
the northwest corner could be built
up with a two or three story brick
but the lateness of the season pre-.
vents any such effort, although thai
enterprising hotel man, Mr.. Charles
G. Lange, is considering the advisa
bility Of putting up a block Of tha
character.