The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-25
The City of Jackson.
As SEEN THROUGH THE spEcrAcLEs OF
WRITER IN TIMEs-DEMoCRAT

more. 1nere are three OlsIlDcL UrUs OHDSL
10 part or wholly by the Virden family
One Of the most pubIic-spirited men thai
ever did business in the city was Mr.. +. K
Stedman, nov dead, but whose business
still lives under the excellent management
Of his son-in-law, Mr. John G. Nirden
The other two firms are Z. & ). Virden
and A. Virden q Sons. Another very old
establishment, il not the oldest in the city,
IS that Of Stevens, Saunders d Co. This
was founded over thirty years ago by
Messrs. John w. Robinson and T. Rich
ardson, and under the various styles Of
John W. Robinson q Co., Robinson & Ste
yens, and Stevens and Saunders, has never
ceased to do fine general business Of ar
importance second to none. This firm
have become the owners OF large and val
liable tracts Of farming and stock lands OF
excellent fertility and admirably located
l0r shipping any products for Northern,
Western or Southern markets. The death
Of Mr. Robinson has made il desirable to
dispose of these lands to effect division,
and the firm are Offering them at very low
figures and on very easy terms. They
own in all about $1,000 acres, in tracts
from eighty acres to ], 900, and will sell in
tracts 70 suit purchasers. This land, and
the same may be said Of nearly all the
land around Jackson, is admirably adapt
ed to fruit and truck farming, and also to
stock raising. Parties wishing to examine
them will be shown every courtesy and
every facility will be offered them.
The city may be said to have close con-
nection by rail with every part Of the State,
and, indeed the whole country. The old
est Of the roads is the Nicksburg and Me-
ridian, which connects it with Cincinnati
and the whole east, az well as with Shreve-
port and Texas on the west, and via Nicks-
burg and the Mississippi Valley Railroad,
on the river with the whole western bords r
Of the STATE, az also with the eastern by
way Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
The Illinois Central and its connections put
Jackson in direct connection with New
Orleans on the south, and with Chicago on
the north. With its branches and connec-
tons, Aberdeen and Memphis and Yazoo
City are also OF easy access. The Little
j" puts Natchez in direct comm unication,
and when extended will offer direct route
to Columbus.
These facilities and the consequent COM
petition, together with the COMPRISING IA
cilities at Jackson, have greatly increased
its shipments of cotton. In fruits and
small produce the shipments from this
point have become quite an item. Jack
son has also become distributing point
for Northern and Eastern goods to the mer-
chants in the outlying towns. Among the
houses doing jobbing trade, are S. LemIy
& Son, A. Nirden, Rector, Ratliff x Co., in
the grocery and provision business, and /.
Strauss & Sons, Z. Watkins, @. d. Subway
aud Manshio & Julienne are doing a
heavy shipping business in the hardware
and kindred lines.
Selling heavy hardware, wagon mate
rial, etc, is c. ID. Subway, mentioned
above. He does a good jobbing trade in
iron, hubs, spokes, axles, stoneware, sewer
pipe, and sells the famous Tennessee
wagon all along the roads centering here,
and shows largely increased trade since
the construction OF the Little j" and the
Yazoo City Railroad.
Manship q Julienne are young men,
J acksonians, who have recently established
themselves in the hardware trade, but who
are already doing handsome business and
showing themselves competent and worthy
the patronage they are securing, and which
they intend to hold by fair treatment and
the sale of the best goods at reasonable
prices. They have their own tin work
done.
There are several firms among the Jew
ish population which rank among our
most solid merchants, and number
some OF the oldest and best citizens.
We find the names Dreyfus, Strauss,
Ascher, Newman, Hart, representing fam
lilies whose identity was such as made them
fight for the Southern cause in the late
war. The Germans are as well represent
ed in such solid men as the Spenglers.
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of the coal mines, and although excellent
wood can be had at low prices, coal is ex-
tensively used. G. Z. Flusser, J. II. Morris,
J ackson Gas Company and tieo. s. Green
& Co., furnish the city with this excellent
fuel. The last firm, Geo. 6. Green & Co.,
is one one of the new business houses Of
jackson They handle Corona coal, which
ia pronounced the best Craze, stove and
blacksmith coal brought to Mississippi.
Byron Lemly, K. r. Ledbetter and Hun
ter & Harrington supply the city with
drugs, and have done so these many years.
Brougher & Browne deal in grain and
forage as well as improved machinery,
which they are endeavoring to introduce.
"a well as using their influence for the
raising of grain and food crops. Such men
as w. L. Hemingway, I. E. Cooper, J. H.
Odeueal and f. A. Wolfe are dealing larg-
" in blooded cattle, and are meeting with
fine success, as well as improving the
herds Of their neighbors by their sales and
by grading. Many others on smaller scale
are doing well in the cattle industry.
Javne's Real Estate and Collecting
Agency has large number OF farms of
every kind, city property and timber lands
for sale. H. K. Ware, attorney-at-law, is
also in the real estate business.
Mr.. w A Whiting confines himself to
dry goods, and does an excellent business
in boots and shoes. I. A. Her and f. Won
Seutter are the principal dealers in jewlry
and gift goods. G.. &. Eyrich and.O. B. Hill
zim have elegant book stores. John Cleary
and Friedman, Abraham & Co., have large
clothing establishments, and L. Won Seut-
ter and his son Armand are the photo
graphic artists. f. Bloom deals in furni-
ture and has large furniture factory
In the surrounding country peaches,
potatoes and other similar crops grow to
perfection. J. W. Johnson, who lives a
few miles out of the city, took the prize
for the best apples quite recently at the
Exposition. while DIR. II. Z. Mckay also
took prizes for fruits. DR.. Mckay is the
strawberry king, and his farm and John
sons are adjoining to farms just like them
in soil and natural qualities that can be
bought of Jayne's real estate agency, or OF
Stevens & Saunders.