Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-09

corner until recently known as the Brady
House, Mr.. owen Brady having become
owner, and now owned, much improved,
and occupied by The Butler County
National Bank. MI Graham sold lots
from there down to Moses Sullivan, ESQ.,,
and others, where now stand the law
Offices of Lev. McQuistion, Esq, A T.
Black, Esq, Quilt by the late Harrison
Black, Esq, his brother), and the building
now owned by Mrs Sloan, built by Mr..
Sullivan. and now used in part as billiard
room. Next to that was the lot and law
office built BY the late General John n.
Puryiance, which has recently changed
owners several times and is now, or but
recently. occupied as drug store by Mr..
w. w. Dunlap. Then down and adjoining
was lot sold to Mr.. James Vogeley, now
the property of the heirs of the late Mr..
Wuller. From there 20 corner is the present
property of Mr. Chris. Stock, with his tin
shop and store or corner. This corner
building, however, vas erected by the late
Leonard Wise, Jr., to whom Mr.. Graham
sold that lot or pat, and who had tin
sbop there until deceased, recently. James
vogeley kept bakery and grocery IN his
pari, where the present. Mr.. R. A White
keeps the same ant helps to supply our
people with fresh head, cakes and pies,
besides having net confectionery store
there. When Mr. Graham bought this
front lot there was rot a single building on
it, except what became and is now the
BUTLER CITIZEN offie The writer of this
bought of him the baance of the lot 'front.'
ing on the Diamonl and adjoining the
Brady or present Bark building, to which
the CITIZEN office vas removed in the
spring Of 1872, from he Ritter & Ralston
store building opposite the Lowry House,
where, in an upper story, he had published
it during the three years previous. Next
to CITIZEN Office on Diamond is the law
Office of Col John 4. Thompson d Son;
and next to it is tha of R. p. Scott, Esq,
and next to it that of Hon. Charles Nc
Candless, in who's building Newton
Black, ESQ.,, and Frnk Kohler, Esq, also
have their law Office. On the ground upon
which these three ofces now stand was
the old Mechling Btel, celebrated as
hostelry for many the early years of
Butler. The house il which Col. Thomp-
son d Son have theirofice was a part of
the old hotel
Where the offices f Messrs. Scott and
McCandless stand ws the principal part of
the old hotel, log framed, and which was
torn away years agoto give place to the
present buildings M. Mechling, Sr., him
self lived in a snail, neat frame house
which stood where the fine residence of
John Q. A. Kennely, Esq, now stands.
He was much of The old-fashioned gentle
man in his manner, was always neatly
dressed, very honesty and careful in busi-
ness, was an early member of the Legis-
lature from this comfy, and one of its first
Prothonotaries Hs son, late Jacob Mech
ling, Jr, followed him in keeping the old
hotel, and during his time added to it the
present CITIZEN Office building. He was also
Prothonotary OF the county, elected in
1912. Our presen; Mr.. Thomas Mechling
is the youngest son of the elder Jacob, and
is we believe his only child now living.
Mrs. Mechling was favorite with the
small boys of more than so years ago, from
a kind habit she had of giving them tafy
on Christmas dsys-real taffy, which she
made on every Christmas morning for their
especial enjoyment. J. Il. N.
(Tobe continued.)