Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14

tavern of Richard Laskey. the boarding
house Of Mrs Myer. the grocery of Thorn
as Murray the tavern of Isaac Beers. who
afterward kept the Temperance Hotel on
Sd street: Conways grocery, afterward q
tavern, and Giasco's tavern.
In this decade the well-known shoe DEAL
er. Robert Cohen. and Thos. Purcell en-
gagged In the china trade, came from Alex
andria and spent long years in business on
the avenue. The former was succeeded by
his son, Robert Cohen. still in the business
on street. and the son of the latter. c. c.
Purcell, Is In the book trade.
In the forties the once-popular Congress
Hall tavern or hotel Of p. H. King had
been established on the avenue. and the
boarding house of Seth Hyatt had then be-
come an old one. Jeremiah Bronough, Mrs.
A. Williams. Mrs. Thorp and Mrs. Mary
Adams conducted other boarding houses:
the grocery store of Bacon had then been
thirty years in existence. that of Hyatt
quite as long. and those of Jackson. Muir
ray and Semmes and George and Thomas
Parker had been established, as had also
been the hardware stores Of Campbell K
Coyle, Ephraim Wheeler and j. w. Baden
& Co.. the latter successors of r. w. War
ing: the shoe stores and shops of NJ T.
Brashears, A. Coyle & Son, A. Hoover
James Jack, S. Philips Robert Cohen and
VIM. Whitney; the dry goods stores of
VIM Egan & Son and w. G. White &
Brother: the china and crockery store OF
Thomas Purcell: Joseph Pecks stage Of
fee; the leather store of w. B. Kibbey: the
Pioneers in City's Trade.
The Protective Fire Insurance office and
residences of w. B. Jackson. Mr.. Purcell.
Anon Green and Mrs. NJ. Morgan had then
been built. South of Bacon's corner on 7th
street were the Steamboat Hotel of John
West and the taverns of b. o. Sheckells.
VIM. Dipple and Mrs Black. and at the
and chair factory OF l.. o. Cook Miss
Mary O'Brien lived in a small two-story
brick house on B street near 9Th, and later
q Miss Williams lived here.
Many of those residing on this square or
In business there were averse to changing
their locations Messrs. Ingle & Lindsay.
who owned property on New Jersey avenue
In early years of the century. spent almost
a lifetime as pioneers in the hardware
trade in this section. Joseph s. Clark, one
Of the earliest merchant tailors. was also
In the dry goods business for many years
near the corner Of 9th street. Isaac Clarke.
located at the corner Of 7th street. con-
Quoted a hat and shoe store and was the
agent Of the old Union line Of stages.
Seth Hyatt was well known for his
grocery as for his boarding house from
about 1890 till near 1850.
1t was in this decade that the we'll
known Anon Green, long in the auction
and commission business. took up his resi-
dence here, and for some years carried on
the business at the corner of 9Th street.
Mr.. Green Is remembered by many for the
pertenacity with which he stuck to the
steretyped phrase on his advertisements
for the sale Of houses. This phrase was
AT this sale the property will positively
be knocked down" There is no telling how
many times successful bidders would tell
him that they wanted the property as IL
stood, and that they were not buying for
him to knock down: finally he changed the
to Positively sold to the high
est bidder" His success as an auctioneer
for over a quarter of a century il evidence
that his knocking down was appreciated.
Later In the forties another auctioneer ap-
peared in this square. but their interests
dlu not conflict, for while Mr.. Green usual
ly cried of real estate and furniture, John
Robinson, the newcomer, was a master
hand at selling watches jewelry and small
articles. and at the same time he carried
on watch making and repairing at his
rooms JAMES CROGqON.