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CITY OF LA SALLE,
1 1 ISTOKICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE,
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HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.
On the 2d of March, 1827, a land grant was
made to the state of Illinois, for the purpose of
aiding in the building of the Illinois & Michigan
canal, whose western terminus was fixed at this
point in 1836. The grant comprised each alter-
nate section for five miles on both sides of the
line of the canal ; the selection to be made by
the commissioners of the land office. They chose
the odd sections, the even sections being retain-
ed by the Government. In 1829 the state crea-
ted a board of Canal Commissioners and the line
was surveyed in the fall of the following year,
1830.
The natural wealth of this part of Illinois how
began to attract the attention of pioneers, and it
is about this period that the first settlements on
or near the present site of the city are recorded.
Simon Crozier, an Indian trader, is supposed to
have had the honor of heralding the coming
man. lie built his house on the south side of
the river near Shippingsport. His descendants
are now residing near Utica.
In 1830 Samuel Lapsley came here from St.
Louis and built a log house which stood until a
few years ago between Fourth and Fifth streets,
noi'th of the Christian Brothers' Academy. He
cultivated a tract of land which extended as far
north as Fifth street and as far east as Joliet
street, bordered by the bluff south and by a ra-
vine on .the west. On this he raised corn and
wheat. When the State took possession of the
canal land he lost his improvements. His death
occurred in 1839.
In the spring of 1830 commissioners sent by
some young men in the east to select the site for
a colony which they wished to establish in Illi-
nois, fixed upon this point. Their choice was
determined by the richness of the land, the re-
ported existence of immense coal beds, and the
superior land and water communications prom-
ised by the early completion of the canal and
railroads. About this time Burton Ayres arriv-
ed from Ohio and built a cabin one-half mile
northwest of the spot now occupied by Matthies-
sen & Hegeler's rolling-mill, where he also
erected a blacksmith shop and made plows for
the Massachusetts colonists, who followed him
in the spring of 1831, Aaron Gunn, sr., being
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among the number. The season proving a rainy
one, the young colonists became discouraged
and removed to Princeton and La Moille. The
war with the Indian chief Black Hawk break-
ing out in 1832, the white settlers were driven
from La Moille, Aaron Gunn going to Hennepin.
The latter returned to La Salle in 1835, Govern-
ment land being offered for sale in that year,
and purchased 400 acres north of the canal sec-
tion.
In 1835 D. Lathrop was sent by the Rockwell
Land Co. of Norwich, Conn., of which he was a
member, to purchase land for the purpose of
speculation. He selected the half section now
known as Rockwell, supposing that the city
which should arise at the crossing of the river
by the projected Illinois Central railroad and at
the terminus of the canal would probably be lo-
cated here, and made his choice accordingly. In
the winter of 1837-38 he returned to Connecti-
cut and started out with a colony of about one
hundred and thirty persons, many of whom
dropped off at points along the river. Among
those who reached this point were Mrs. George
Neu of Homer, D. Carr of Bachelor's Ridge ano
Miss Serls, now Mrs. Elisha Merritt. A num-
ber of this party died with the cholera, which
broke out shorly after their settlement.
iS the spring of 1837 the city was laid out on
section 15, canal land, leaving those who hac
previously purchased from the government lam
on which they anticipated the city would stand
entirely beyond its limits. The first sale of city
lots was made in 1838. The old Central rail-
road, which the State undertook to build, was
graded through La Salle in 1839-40, the subse-
quent bankruptcy of the State preventing its fi-
nal completion. The construction of the canal
was begun in 1836 but work was discontinued
in 1841. In 1845 the work was again resumed
and completed in 1848, the first boat which
passed through the locks at this place being the
Gen. Thornton built by Isaac Hardy. At this
time the total population of La Salle was only
200. The visitation of the Asiatic Cholera in
1849 and '52 proved a most terrible scourge, re-
tarding the growth not only of La Salle but of
all western towns, many of the settlers dying
while others fled the country.
It was a number of years before business re-
overed from the shock it received on the occa-
sion of the State going into bankruptcy in 1841.
But the development of the resources of Illinois
was not to be stopped by a single financial crisis.
Emigration still continued though for a while it
was very limited ; business in time however re-
eived a new impulse and the construction of
railroads was again undertaken. The Chicago
& Rock Island, now the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroad was built through here in 1853,
and the next year the Illinois Ceutral railroad
bi-idge across the river was finished, the two por-
tions of the road previously completed being
connected.
The first church within the limits of .La Salle
was a log structure built by Fathers Rowe and
Parodi, in the year 1838, on the present site of
the Brothers' Academy. In 1848 a building to
be used as a school house and a Baptist church
was constructed on the corner of Fifth and Mar-
quette streets. This was the first school house.
It was subsequently removed and is now used as
a dwelling. The present Catholic church was
begun in 1846 and finished in 1852. It has
since been enlarged anct improved, and now
forms one of the finest church edifices west of
Chicago. The old school building standing in
the northern part of the town was built about
the year 1855 by a stock company for the pur-
pose of a high school. Little success attended
the eflForts of those engaged in the enterprise and
the project was shortly afterwards abandoned.
Man proposes, but God disposes. The trouble
with man is that he can never make due allow-
ance for what ingenious contrivance his fellow-
man will be at next. It was so with the found-
er* of La Salle. It was laid out in the days
when railways were but little known in the
West and the opening up of water routes was
considered the only available means by which
to encourage and secure the settlement and de-
velopment of this region. The Illinois and
Michigan Canal was to be the making of the city
and when it was dug Chicago was the only city
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in the State which it was believed could rival the
maratime metropolis that was destined to nour-
ish at the junction of this water course and the
Illinois River. The termination of the canal, it
may be remarked, was not fixed at this particu-
lar point because it was not possible for boats to
ascend further up the river, but because, while
the bill for its establishment was pending in the
State Legislature, there chanced to be, in order
to secure its passage, a necessity for another
vote in its favor, and this vote was only to be
obtained on condition that the proposed route of
the canal be changed so as to connect with the
river here instead of at the actual head of navi-
gation, old Utica, about five miles farther east.
However, founded and nourished through the in-
strumentality of the river and canal, La Salle
grew and prospered, but did not exactly develop
into a city second only to Chicago, for the reason
that before the anticipated accumulation of
wealth, business and population were attained,
a wide-reaching system of railways had spread
out over the country, and water transportation
lost its prestige as the grand requisite for com-
mercial wealth and extensive business transac-
tions. La Salle was not to become a commercial
city. It was to be a producer and not a trader,
and the railways so effectually superseding wat-
er-ways as avenues of intercommunication, while
they ruined prior hopes and expectations, opened
the way for the development of resources at first
little known and the real value of which had
not been before anticipated. The coal found
here, with the facilities by rail and water for
transportation in all directions, have been the
agencies which made possible the building up of
the extensive factories now in existence at this
point, and continually enlarging and increasing
in numbers.
The location of La Salle is-one of the most pic-
turesque on the Illinois River, and is in sight of
the historic "Starved Rock," on whose summit
was closed, about 1770, the final act in the great
tragedy commenced a hundred years before,
and only a few miles distant to the westward,
which resulted in the total destruction of the
once powerful Illinois Indians by their inveter-
ate enemies, the Iroquois. One of the most
beautiful views perhaps in the entire State can
be obtained from a summit near the eastei'n limit
of the city, the eye readily taking in an im-
mense stretch of wooded bluff, cultivated plain
and winding river, variegated with villages,
railway lines and bridges. One of the last men-
tioned, the Illinois Central, lacks only a little
of being a mile in length, an iron truss support-
ed on eighteen heavy piers, with a roadway al-
most a hundred feet above t]*e surface of the
river.
The population is about 10,000. More than a
thousand coal miners find regular employment,
and half as many men are engaged in the man-
ufacture of zinc, while the glass works and oth-
er manufacturing establishments give employ-
ment to many more.
The mineral products of the vicinity, though
not embracing precious metals to any alarming
extent, are numerous, consisting in coal in inex-
haustible quantities, the field extending over
about fifty square miles and being underlaid with
three veins varying in thickness from three feet
six inches to four feet eight inches ; fire clay,
much of which is manufactured into brick, tile,
sewer pipe, etc., here, and large amounts annu-
ally shipped to other points for use in furnaces
and for other purposes ; cement rock, from
which hydraulic cement is made ; glass sand,
said to be far superior to that found in the Pitts-
burg region ; very large yellow ochre deposits,
which have not thus far been utilized, with im-
mense ledges of marble, which has not yet
worked its way into popular favor. Large beds
of gravel also exist here and considerable quan-
tities have been used for macadamizing roads in
the surrounding country and the streets of the
city.
The coal, which has been the real foundation
of the wealth of the locality, was discovered by
the early explorers of the country. The first
mining was done by "drifting," as it is called,
or taking out the coal from the out-crops on the
hill-sides. The first boring for coal to deter-
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mrhe its depth below the surface, quality, thick-
ness of vein, etc., was made by Dixwell Lathrop,
recently deceased, near the canal basin in the
winter of 1853-4. The following year what is
known as the Kentucky shaft was sunk and the
next year the La Salle shaft, both now the prop-
erty of the La Salle Coal Mining Company,
which also owns the Rockwell or Carbon shaft,
sunk about 1865. In the immediate vicinity
there are eleven shafts open, nine of which are
operated, the coal firms numbering seven. The
total capacity of these shafts combined aggregate
somewhat over 1,000,000 tpns annually. The
La Salle shaft, which is a leading and represen-
tative one, is 400 feet deep, extending to the
third vein. The first vein is in no case operated ;
the second is largely worked in this and many
of the other shafts, but the third furnishes by
far the best coal. Although coal has been mined
here continually for twenty-five years the sup-
ply is not perceptibly diminished, the fact being
that the mine is not yet adequately developed
for its most successful operation. The entries
radiate principally eastward from the bottom of
the shaft, many being over a mile in length.
From the distant parts the coal is hauled in cars
holding 3,000 pounds, by mules to the cage or
carriage on which they are elevated to the sur-
face by steam power. The shaft is about 10x20
feet square, lined with timbers with a partition
in the middle, each side equipped with a cage,
one of which is lowered while the other is being
raised, both being operated simultaneously by
means of wire cables wound on a drum.
Glass was first manufactured here about twenty
years ago, but the business was not very success-
ful financially until recently, or since the De
Steiger Glass Company was organized in 1878.
This company put up new factories, purchased
those formerly built, and entered largely into
the manufacture of both bottles and window
glass, with a determination to succeed if success
could be attained by pushing business. They
have always found sale for all the glass they
could make, and often experienced difficulty in
filling their orders. In methods and apparatus
they are now in advance of anything heretofore
known in the United States. Noticing that large
importations of bottles were being made from
Europe into this country, notwithstanding the
import duty of 30 per cent ad valorem, they re-
solved to make, in all necessary respects such
changes in their factory as would enable them
to put on the market as good a bottle as could
be imported.
The principal difficulties to be overcome were
the obstacles placed in the way by the Bottle
Blowers' League, an organization which has per-
sistently stood in its own light for years, and
caused a great deal of trouble and immense loss
to the proprietors of glass factories by the strict
observance of arbitary rules adopted for the sup-
posed protection of the membership. During
the summer of '80 the old employes of the com-
pany were discharged, and a number of German
bottle blowers imported, despite the combined
efforts of the German Government and the League
to prevent it. These men work differently from
the Americans, particularly in turning the bot-
tle in the mold during the blowing process, a
straw or shaving being placed in it previous to
the insertion of the glass. This gives the bottle
a smooth or polished appearance, without seams,
and makes it compare with the ordinary Ameri-
can made bottle about as a plate-glass window
does with a skylight. In order to further facil-
itate and economize labor the company built,
during the summer and fall, a Sieman's contin-
uous tank, largely used by European glass man-
ufacturers, but, with the exception of one at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., lately destroyed by fire,
never before constructed in this country. It is
a huge reservoir, eighteen feet wide, forty feet
long and four feet deep, made of blocks of fire-
clay. It is arched over with imported fire brick
and is round at one end. It is supported on
heavy masses of brick work. Adjacent to it are
furnaces for the production of gjis with which to
produce the requisite heat for its operation.
This passes from the generator down through
pipes below the tank and burns while passing
up through checkered brick work where it comes
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in contact with the air, and subsequently
through flues at each side of the tank under the
arch, and over the molten glass. No heat is ap-
plied to the bottom. The tank holds 200 tons of
glass, is fed at one end and the glass is taken
from the other, or the circular end, for blowing.
The advantages claimed for this over the old
methods are that blowing will not have to be
discontinued from twelve to fourteen hours every
day to allow the pots to be recharged. Work
can go on continuously night and day. The
quality of the glass will be perfectly uniform as
also the color; no heat will be lost as in the case
of pots, the gas being admitted first from one side
of the tank and then from the other, alternating
about every fifteen or twenty minutes ; there is
no loss from the breaking of pots, while the ex-
pense of fuel is kept at a minimum. Probably
the principal reason why these tanks have not
heretofore been used in this country is that
the glass-blowers' organizations have forbidden
their members to do night work, with the view
of preventing over-production, and as the heat
must be maintained at all times for the preser-
vation of the tank the gain in other respects
would be more than counterbalanced by the en-
forced loss of time. Aiming to protect them-
selves, the glass-blowers have actually stood in
the way of progress in their own branch of art.
The members of the Bottle Blowers' League and
former employes have expressed great indigna-
tion at this action of the De Steiger Glass Com-
pany, but the step was taken in self-defense and
is a wide departure from the long established
practices of American glass makers, nevertheless
a departure which the public, as far as it is in-
terested, heartily indorses, and other glass man-
ufacturers will beyond any doubt soon follow in
the wake of the De Steiger Company.
The zinc industry, which is now by far the
largest in the United States, was begun in 1858
by Messrs. Mattheissen & Hegeler. For eight
years they confined themselves to the manufac-
ture of spelter only, but in 1866 erected their
rolling mill. They heretofore virtually con-
trolled the zinc trade of the country. Having no
competition worthy the name in the manufacture
of sheet zinc, they, of course, controlled the mar-
ket, and at the same time managed, by being large
purchasers as well as producers of spelter, to
govern the price of that article also. A wealthy
company, which has been for years operating
zinc furnaces in Peru, has in self-defense built a
rolling mill of its own of a capacity little infe-
rior, if not equal, to that of Mattheissen & Heg-
eler so that it shall no longer be at the mercy of
its competitors.
The ore, which is either the sulphate, silicate
or carbonate of zinc, is obtained principally
from Wisconsin and Missouri, and costs a little
less than $20 per ton besides freight. It is first
pulverized in a crusher and then thoroughly
washed, and, if the sulphate, roasted to drive off
the sulphur. After this it is mixed with slack
coal and put into retorts placed in an immense
furnace heated by the combustion of gas from a
Sieman's gas generator. The zinc comes out as
an impalpable powder und is melted and cast in-
to blocks, in which form it is known as spelter.
Tho product, of the factory is not far from 10,-
000 tons annually. The coal consumption
reaches 300 tons daily.
In order to utilize the sulphur from the ore
which has heretofore been wasted Mattheissen &
Hegeler have erected, and recently put into
operation, a factory for the manufacture of sul-
phuric acid. An immense building, 60x450 feet
in size, built of wood, thirty feet high, and sup-
ported on a series of timbers about fifteen feet
high, contains the leaden chambers which en-
tirely fill it, the weight of the lead used includ-
ing, besides the chambers, pipes, tubing, etc., is
2,000,000 pounds. Adjacent to this. building
stands the highest chimney in the State, it being
in perpendicular height, above the foundations,
256 feet six inches. It is built of brick and
stone, the inside diameter at the base being
twenty feet, but only a few feet at the top. It is
lined throughout with plaster of paris. The
cost of erecting this factory will be very close to
$200,000. The acid for the new glucose factory
In Chicago will be made here.
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The Mattlieissen & Hegeler zinc rolling mills
occupy several buildings or rather one large
building in several parts. The spelter is melted
and cast in shallow pans perhaps 10x25 inches
in size, and then passed to the rollers, which are
huge cylinders of iron over two feet in diame-
ter. There are five sets of these operated by two
engines, the capacity of which combined is about
450 horse power. The zinc is passed through
two sets of rollers and then cut and weighed,
after which it is again rolled out still thinner,
and when it has passed the last set of rollers is
finally cut to the proper size for market and
boxed ready for shipping.
The most prominent artificial characteristic of
La Salle is Mattlieissen & Hegeler' s big chimney.
The last brick of the half million and more used
in the construction of it was laid and the
railing, promenade and iron work attached to
the upper extremity during the early part of
November. The exact diameter of the chimney
inside is 19 feet 8 inches at the bottom and
about 7 feet at. the top ; the thickness of the
wall, starting from the foundation, is 2 feet 8
inches and at the top is 17 inches. The founda-
tion walls extend 11 feet below the surface and
in the whole structure there are above 550 cubic
yards of solid masonry. Before the staging,
which was all inside, was taken down, a pulley
was attached to the railing surrounding the top
and over it depends a rope, by means of which
to draw up a man on an attached carriage, should
it be necessary at any time to ascend the chim-
ney. On the inside from the top to the bottom
the masonry is heavily coated with pure plaster
of Paris for the purpose of keeping the sulphur-
ic acid from attacking the walls and eventually
causing their ruin. The idea of dissolving up
the huge chimney may seem as preposterous as
the story of Hannibal dissolving the rocks that
impeded the march of his troops over the Alps :
but facts are facts, nevertheless, and the disin-
tegration of the chimney, though not very rapid,
would certainly follow the neglect to afford the
masonry complete protection from contact with
the powerful solvent. The acid fumes, of which
there are more or less in the chimney at all times,
would permeate the masonry and come in con-
tact with the iron and doubtless other substan-
ces contained in the brick and with them form
sulphates or other compounds of sulphur. It
would also attack the lime in the mortar
and stone and form sulphate of lime; and
these chemical reactions constantly going on
would have the effect in a good deal less than a"
hundred years to very materially endanger the
stability of the structure. Plaster o f Paris is
sulphate of lime, or lime that has taken up all
the sulphuric acid it can contain and is in con-
sequence no longer susceptible to the action of
the acid, and being thickly spread over the en-
tire inside, it thus forms a complete barrier
against acid depredations upon the brick and
stone work.
The chimney built in connection with the glu-
cose works in Chicago and which is now finish-
ed, is two feet lower than Matthiessen & Hege-
ler' s and is described as the most noticeable erec-
tion of the kind in the city. Such being the
case, La Salle can claim, without much chance
for refutation,, to have the highest chimney in
the West.
BUSINESS.
The Telephone Exchange.
La Salle was among the very first to appreci-
ate and utilize the telephone, and long before Ex-
changes were thought of had several private
lines in successful operation which were quickly
followed by many others, when the "Exchange"
plan was developed. Outside of the larger cities
La Salle was among the first of the interior
towns of our state to take hold of this new and
novel invention. The general plan of operation
is a central office, with wires radiating in all di-
rections to the various subscribers, any of whom
desiring communication call up the central office,
giving the number or name of the party wanted ;
the connection is almost instantly given.
The Exchanges in La Salle and Ottawa are
controlled by the same company, and free con-
nection is given with each other to all subscrib-
ers. In good weather the transmission is as
distinct and satisfactory as though but a mile
apart. An Exchange at Princeton, recently
opened by the same Company, has also been con-
nected with La Salle, and a nominal fee is charg-
ed for use of this line. The Exchange here,
starting with 45 wires, has run up to 115 with
fair prospects for more. Mr. Wm. H. Allington,
manager of the W. U. Telegra-ph Co.'s main of-
fice here for the past nine years, was the prime
mover in the establishment of the system
and is Exchange manager. Under his manage-
ment the telephonic service has become highly
efficient, and with a keen perception of the
wants of the patrons, he secures the addition of
every new feature which tends towards improve-
ment in the practical workings of the service.
His place in charge of the Exchange interests
here and his position at the central office would
be difficult to fill, as no one could watch matters
more closely or more earnestly endeavor to study
and meet the wants of the subscribers. The work
of the central office is thoroughly systematized.
Every ''connection" is recorded, and between 10
p. M. and 6 A. M. the exact time of connection is
also noted. The daily average for the week,
month and year is ascertained. Last year (1881)
204,960 connections were made, a daily, weekly
and monthly average of 561, 3,941 and 17,080,
respectively. An operator is always on duty,
the central office never being closed. Subscrib-
ers and other interested are welcome to call at
any time after 3 o'clock p. M., and the practical
working details, etc., will be explained by the
manager or operator on duty.
The Schools.
It is impossible for us to give more than a
passing notice of our schools in a pamphlet such
as this ; but the few facts here given will not be
uninteresting. The public schools are well or-
ganized and conducted under the wise adminis-
tration of a prudent school board, aided by an
efficient staff" of teachers. At present there are
five gentlemen and sixteen ladies employed, and
the school work is acknowledged by all visitors
to be characterized more by substantial work
than showy pretensions. The High School de-
partment is a credit to a city of principally a
mining and manufacturing population as La.
Salle. The assistant principal, Prof. M. A.
O'Conor, A. M., one of the few graduates in the
schools of La Salle county, is acknowledged to
be a teacher of experience and high literary at-
tainments. He has been engaged for the past
eight yearsjin his present position an unprece-
dented length of time ; and though dealing with
the children of so many conflicting elements, his
bearing has been characterized by firmness and
impartiality deserving the public confidence
which he enjoys. The wisdom of the school
board is shown by the fact that when they have
a good teacher they recognize the fact and make
it an object for him or her to stay. There are a
few private schools which are also well patroa-
ized.
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Geo. A. Wilson's Boot and Shoe Store.
Boots and shoes are a necessity certainly
where perpetual summer doesn't reign. Hotten-
tots, Ethiopians and Digger Indians may man-
age to get along well enough without them, as
their duties are not usually considered arduous
or particularly fatiguing from a pedestrian's
point of view ; but in civilized communities,
from infancy to old age, from the hod carrier
to the aesthete, all must have foot-covering.
Boots and shoes grew up with civilization. The
priisitive shoe was simply a piece of skin or
some other material fastened to the sole of the
foot to protect it from injury by coming in con-
tact with the ground. Then the article was
made a little wider and turned up around the
edges so as to afford some slight protection to the
sides of the foot, and in time it dawned on the
intellects of people that they might just as well
bring the opposite sides of the piece of skin to-
gether on the top of the foot and they had the
moccasin or original shoe. Then continuing the
skin further up on the ankle the primitive boot
was finally developed. Next the attention was
turned to the methods of manufacture and the
principles of tanning, and as leather became
known the form of boots and shoes gradually as-
sumed the shape in which we now find them.
Then later inventions brought forth the Standard
Screw Fastened Boot and Shoe, and about this
time George A. Wilson came to La Salle and
opened up a small stock of goods for which he
paid cash. Selling cheap soon had the effect to
bring him plenty of customers and he kept on
buying and selling, and after the lapse of six
years or about the present time, he finds him-
self in possession of a large store filled with ev-
ery kind of foot-covering made, leading among
which is the above mentioned standard screw
fastened goods.
Everything that any ordinary person could
ask for in the way of foot gear can be had in
Wilson's store. He has everything in the way
of mens' boots, from the finest calf to the coars-
est and heaviest brogans and plow shoes. Boys'
wear is one of his specialties, and parents will
do well to remember this, as there are no better
goods of the kind made than can be found on his
shelves. Childrens', misses' and ladies' shoes
and slippers, light and heavy, lace and button,
kid, pebble goat, calf, cloth, etc., etc., are in
large assortment. In rubber goods, boots of all
kinds can be found, as well as overshoes.
Mr. Wilson asks the attention of every careful
and economical buyer in the vicinity to the fol-
lowing :
He has no old or undesirable goods to offer at
apparently low prices to catch the eye and look
cheap in print, but having largely increased his
facilities offers a large and complete stock of
standard goods, made on honor, that will give
service and satisfaction.
He makes a uniform bottom price on all goods ;
not bating a person on staples, such as plow
shoes, etc., and then gouging him on custom fine
goods.
If a merchant buys a large stock twice a year
on four months' time he pays enormous interest
to the jobber. He must sell apart of the goods
at or below cost in order to make his payments
at maturity, has left on hand the sizes that his
trade does not demand, which soon become shop,
worn and unsalable, and finds when he has tak-
en acoount of stock, that although he has made
a profit on a part of his goods he has gained
nothing by his year of hard labor. But Wilson
doesn't do business on that plan, and his paying
customers don't have to make good to him his
losses on bad debts. He buys for cash.
He asks a trial knowing that honest goods,
bottom prices, promptness in attending to cus-
tomers' wants, and a careful consideration of
their interests, will hold their trade.
A MYSTERY.
"I that rustic path was treading, when the sun
his rays were shedding beaming, gleaming,
fairly streaming thro' the trees ; and I watched
the streamlet glistening, as, entranced, I there
was listening to the melting, merry music on
the breeze, when, beneath a tree reclining,
where no ray of sun was shining, lo ! I saw a
fellow-being on the ground ! Though no other
feature shifted, quickly he his eyes uplifted
upward lifted as he wildly looked around. 'Good
friend,' said I, approaching, "do not charge me
with encroaching are you waiting for some
messenger of news ;' But no other word he ut-
tered, and no other sentence muttered, save
'You '11 find there's none like G. A. Wilson's
boots and shoes !' "
"That's a strange expression, surely," said I,
looking down demurely. "I trust, dear sir, that
you the question will excuse." But he only
looked the prouder, as he spoke the words the
louder, "There's always perfect comfort in G. A.
Wilson's shoes!" "Why bless rue. man, I shout-
ed, as his sanity I doubted, '"Tis surely naught
to me what people's goods you use!" But he
only cried the higher, with enthusiastic fire,
"You'll save your cash by wea/iue G. A. Wilson's
boots and shoes!" So I left him there reclining,
where no ray of sun was shining, and freqently 1
wondered at the words-tbe man did use; thinking
surely 'twas a mystery, and that some hidden his-
tory was weaving 'round myself and G. A. Wil-
eon'e boote and shoes. So then I resolved to buy
tbtm and hav* lince had ceute for gladnese.
THE CITY OF LA SALLE.
Hall & Allabcn, Attorneys.
Law is older than man ; it is as old at least as
matter, for matter has always obeyed law. Di-
vine law is said to be perfection itself; natural
law may not be divine, but it seems to work af-
ter a pretty regular system. The intervention
of man don't influence it very much, and he has
been principally engaged heretofore in endeav-
oring to find out something about it. Human
law man made himself, and of course he knows
a little about it, or ought to. It is recognized
as being somewhat imperfect and operating dif-
ferently on different occassions and subjects. It
has its_ uses and abuses. Its principal defect
lies in its inability to maintain justice on a par
with money, that is, with justice on one side
and money on the other, human law holding
the scale, justice is apt to fly up. As the world
progresses this defect will doubtless be wiped
out. Anyway law is necessary and not always
abused. The abuse of it in most cases lies with
the lawyer, though good, honest, intelligent and
upright lawyers are not by an means few. And
right here the attention -of this community is
called to the law firm of Hall & Allaben some
time since established in La Salle. They are
gentlemen in all that the term implies; men
who are thoroughly posted in law matters ; who
know right from wrong and are ever ready to
work in the cause of justice. They believe in
faithfully serving their clients and earning the
money they ask for their service*. They prac-
tice in all the courts, and have been retained on
a number of important cases now on the dockets
They will always be found reliable by those re-
quiring legal services of any kind, and are
worthy to be trusted with the management of
any case requiring adjudication.
John Martin's Grocery Store.
John Martin has been for years one of the
most popular of La Salle's grocers. He handles
reliable goods only and sells at bottom figures,
and customers always rely on getting what they
pay for when trading with him. He has all
kinds of staple and fancy groceries, dried and
canned fruit and other goods, fish, vegetables
of every kind in their season, hams, bacon, and
other dried meats, with pickled pork, etc. But-
ter, eggs, and other country produce always on
hand. The best brands of winter and spring
wheat, graham and buckwheat flour, with can-
dies, nuts, and all sorts of confectioneries, flav-
oring extracts and the like; syrups, oils, etc.,
etc. Mankind, as well as all other animal crea-
tions must eat, or at least the opinion prevails
that eating is a necessity, and until somebody
proves that it is only a useless habit, eating will
be continued. But starvation science advances
slowly, and the head of the family and his better
half acknowledges the case settled, anyway for
their day and generation, and when they meet
in friendly conference to discuss the matter they
always resolve to trade hereafter with Martin
Philip Conlin's Livery Stable.
As man's strength is limited so is his ability
to get over ground or, in other words, to move
himself from place to place by walking. There
is consequently a necessity for his being carried
and no practicable automatic mechanical device
having been heretofore invented that would
pick a person up and carry him around, he has
to resort to the old method of riding by horse
power or else go on the cars. In cases then
where it becomes necessary or desirable to ride
La Salle people always go to Philip Oonlin for
. hvery rig, as he keeps the best and charges
e least. His horses are always safe and at the
same time as good travelers as can be found
ith carriages always in good shape, neat styl-
!6h and ready for service, Philip Conlin i 8 one
The La Salle House.
It was ordained from the beginning that man
must eat. Some have maintained that, eating is
only a habit contracted in earlier days when
primitive man roamed the forests with a caudal
appendage and shook from the boughs of trees
in showers the nuts they bore, and then in sport
gnawed the bitter shells and found the sweets
within. Such may have been the case, but the
habit, if such it may be called, served to encour-
age in animal organizations the growth of an
elaborate digestive apparatus that has never
been eliminated and which insists now on being
kept in operation, whether a fellow is a disciple
of Tanner, a gouty epicure, a millionaire, or a
tramp. But such is life, and as we find it pretty
much so we must let it remain. S. E. Foster de-
tected this feature of the case a number of years
ago, and it was this which primarily induced
him to open up the La Salle House and cater to
the famishing public. He regularly feeds the
hungry and gives drink (but not that which in-
toxicates) to the thirsty, and he shall have his
reward, though with his moderate charges it is
hard to understand how he manages to get it on
this side of the river. That is his affair howev-
er. Nevertheless, for a square meal, a "ood
bed or regular board, the La Salle House justly
olaimi th preference mty tint. And it gViit'
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THE CITY OF LA SALLE.
Solomon Rosenhaupt's Real Estate and
Insurance Agency.
The real estate and insurance business is well
represented in La Salle by Solomon Rosenhaupt.
He represents a number of insurance compa-
nies, among them the Royal, of Liverpool, rec-
ognized as the largest in the world ; the Queen's,
of London ; and the National, of Hartford. In-
surance is something that every man wants who
owns property. The security of perishable
property can really be attained in no other way
than by insurance^ and even here there is great
liability to loss unless the companies to whom
llaUlUkJ W ivaa " - i
the risk is given are perfectly sound "time
tried and fire tested/' Rosenhaupt's companies
ore all of the class on which complete reliance
can be placed, and a policy issued by him is
good for its face in case of loss.
The buyin" and selling of real estate is a
branch of bis business which receives a large
share of his time and attention. He has always
on hand a number of choice lots or other city
property, and frequently farms to sell or lease
and intending purchasers or parties desiring t
sell can always find it to their advantage to cal
I1 \s 1 Kent for steamship lines, Mr. Rosenhaupt
represents the Monarch, North German Lloyd,
Hamburg, and several other lines, running reg-
ularly to and from principal English and Conti-
nental points. Parties wishing to visit the old
world or bring their friends here can always be
supplied with tickets at the most reasonable
^Mr Rosenhaupt is also a Justice of the Peace
and Notary Public, qualified to* take acknowl-
edaments, affidavits, etc., and attend to other
notarial business. He holds the scales of Jus-
tice and where the blind goddess is offended by
those with lax regard for law, he designates the
atonement due her, levies the assessment and
collects the tax. Conveyancing of all kinds
promptly attended to and deeds, mortgages and
other papers made out in proper form. Last,
but perhaps, not least, he is qualified to tie the
connubial knot when lovers call and so request,
and the opinion seems to prevail among many
that the work is better done by him than others
though this is probable a mistake. A divorce
can generally be obtained in court if the reasons
for asking it are good and sufficient.
By way of appendix, it may be added that
the Royal Ins. Co. is the only company doing
business in-this country that pays its losses in
cash on demand without asking time or discount,
and persons desiring insurance would do well to
remember this fact and call on Rosenhaupt.
Thomas Crotty's MarUe Works.
Thos. Crotty's Marble Shop m this city is an
attractive place, by reason of the many finely
finished monuments of various designs, sizes
and styles. They are works of art, of the
highest taste and skill, and of the finest grades
of marble and granite to be obtained in this
country. Extravagantly high priced work is
not to be found here, but fine quality of sone,
artistic excellence in finish and design are con-
spicuous features in every piece. Mr. Crotty
has long been engaged in the business, under-
stands it thoroughly and personally warrants
all contracts and guarantees satisfaction in every
case. Besides the finished stone-work on hand
there is always in stock a liberal supply of the
best material, with skilled marble cutters ready
to execute any job required by patrons. There
are a large number of monuments in every cem-
etery in this vicinity that have come from this
shop, and each one speaks highly to its credit.
Mr. Crotty gives his personal attention to the
setting up of each monument ordered from him
and never leaves one on an unstable foundation.
Those wishing good work at low figures cannot
find a better shop to patronize. Foreign and
domestic granites, marbles, etc., always in stock.
Mantles, and, in fact, all kinds of fine stone-
work executed with promptness and in a style
to suit the most fastidious.
George Orsinger's Pacific Bakery.
The man with an appetite agitating him asks
where to eat. If lie sojourns in Greenland his
best plan is to hunt for a seal ; but if he is in
La Salle he cannot do better than call at the Pa-
cific Bakery. All the delicacies of the season-
be it spring, summer, autumn or winter, are
promptly served on the shortest possible notice.
And not only are individuals served but parties
as well. As a baker Mr. Orsinger has no supe-
rior He has every facility for doing good work
and good work is the only kind that he does.
People in La Salle know this, and everybody
patronizes him. Those giving select parties and
wishing refreshments of any or all kinds inva-
riably obtain them here. Festivals, excursions,
pic-nics, etc., supplied with everything m the
way of refreshments at the most reasonable rates.
The dining- and sales-rooms have recently been
most beautifully fitted up ; and with ice cold
soda, excellent ice cream, cool and pleasant
rooms, everything contributes to make the Paci-
fic Bakery and Restaurant the most attractive
resort in the city. Mr. Orsinger first opened
here 25 years ago, and in saying that he has dis-
tanced every competitor, is, at least equivalent
to the statement that he has worn well.
THE CITY OF LA SALLE.
II
Breuning, Kilduff & Co, Dry Goods.
The extensive dry goods house of Breuning,
Kilduff & Co. was opened in La Salle last Sep-
tember, though the members of the firm have
long been known as thorough business men in
this community. Opening with a complete stock
of dry goods, notions and fancy goods, and be-
lieving that in coming before the people and
soliciting a share of their patronage the success
attending business would be more securely at-
tained by a few rules well observed, they adopt-
ed the following platform to which they adhere
strictly in all cases :
. 1st. Polite and courteous attention to all.
2d. Keep a complete stock of desirable goods.
3d. All goods marked in plain figures and
strictly one price to all.
4th. No goods misrepresented, and all goods
taken back if not found as represented, and the
money refunded.
The stock they offer is entirely new. There
is not an old piece of goods in the house, and
hence customers need have no fears of having
forced on them unsalable or shop-worn articles.
In the dress goods department the assortment
is simply complete, comprising everything that
the trade demands. A special feature is black
and colored silks, many choice pieces being
found on their shelves.
A full line of dress trimmings and buttons in
all the latest styles form one of the principal
attractions for purchasers.
The stock of hosiery is unsurpassed and com-
prises a fine line, from ^he cheapest cotton to the
finest brilliant lisle.
Parasols, fans, etc., are exhibited in large and
fine assortment at all prices and in all styles.
The white goods department includes every-
thing that should be found here. Special atten-
tion is called to an elegant line of ladies' and
children's niuslin underwear, unsurpassed in
variety and excellence. Cloaks, dolmans, and
tolmas are kept in quantity, and made up from
the finest and best goods.
The firm are determined in all cases to be
leaders in the dry goods business and not fol-
lowers. They defy competition, and guarantee
the very lowest prices on every piece of goods
sold. They have one of the neatest and most
finely fitted up stores in the city, and the entire
force, proprietors and employees, know all the
ins and outs of the dry goods business, and
deem it a pleasure to wait on customers. Dur-
ing the short time since their store was opened
they have acquired A trade and reputation that
many old houses might well envy, ami their de--
termination to merit prosperity has already giv-
en them a prestige guaranteeing the future.
J. Y. Thorp's Sewing Machine Depot.
The " Crown " comes into the market the last
of all but it has sprung to the front rank at
once because it has taken the good features of
all other machines and put them in one grand
combination, making the handsomest, largest,
most silent and lightest running machine yet
offered. All the "points" that twenty years'
experience with all kinds of family and light
manufacturing work have proved to be absolute-
ly good are found in the "Crown." Other ma-
chines may have one, or two, or three, of these
" points," but none has them all. Every device
really desirable is found in the " Crown." Ad-
vantage has been taken of the experiments and
experience with all machines ever, invented and
the "Crown "is a perfect embodiment of every-
thing good in them. It is the most powerful
and durable machine made. It is kept in sew-
ing order for five years free of cost. This is not
done on any other machine.
Next comes the Wilson OSCILLATORY SHUTTLE
Sewing Machine. "Perfection having been ob-
tained, further improvements are impossible."
The old style sewing machines are fading away,
and the Lightning Sewer stands solid as the
Rock of Ages. Its capacity for speed and a
large range of work is unlimited. It is made
from the best material known ; its shafts, needle
bar, presser bar, presser foot, heuimer, screws,
and all small parts, are made of the best steel.
Its " take-up" is automatic, flexible, adjustable
and positive, and gives satisfaction wherever
used.
Next is the New B Howe. It has the loose
pulley aud improved bobbin-winder above the
table ; new treadle motion ; light running in all
its parts ; improved stitch indicator ; and wood
work of -the best and latest styles.
Last comes the Improved Singer a Singer
that does n't sing, but sews admirably. It is
light running, has quick action, perfect work-
-ing. Its steel parts are accurately made by im-
proved machinery from the latest patterns and
models. It has loose balance wheel so con-
structed that the bobbin can be wound without
removing the work from the machine ; has self-
threading eyelet, check lever and needle clamp ;
nickle plated balance wheels, oil-polished cases
and Gothic covers. Every machine warranted.
Hie above machines have all the latest im-
provements ; are backed by the best companies,
and sold at bottom figures. Mr. Thorp has had
the widest experience in this line of any man in
the county : and you will always find him with
a full stock of machines, attachments, needles,
oil, etc. Repairing done promptly. Examine
and get his prices before buying.
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THE CITY OF LA SALLE.
W. F. Corbus' Drug Store.
Drugs arc among the essentials of a well reg-
ulated civilization. Tne use of them originated
with necessity and the science of chemistry ;
and chemistry was founded by the alchemists
who were seekers after the philopher's stone, that
imaginary something which had the power of
turning everything into gold. The stone was
never found, but the elements as we know them
now, of which matter is composed, were found,
and the practically numberless possible combi-
nations of these result in giving to mankind a
series of substances which were unknown in the
world's early history but to us are boons that
go far towards supplying the necessities of life
besides adding largely to its pleasures.
W. F. Corbus is a man who has made the com-
pounding of drugs and the preparations of med-
icines the study of his life, and in opening the
drug business in La Salle in 1876 the design
was formed of supplying everything which should
properly be found in such an establishment;
and an inspection of his store and goods will
show that that design has been carried out pret-
ty nearly to the letter.
In addition to the stock of regular drugs,
which always consists of the choicest, purest
and best the market affords, there is a large and
select assortment of all the leading and standard
patent medicines prepared for specific and other
diseases. Toilet articles of every kind are ex-
hibited in abundance, comprising the finest
soaps, brushes, sponges and the like. Wall pa-
per is one of the specialties of the business. The
assortment in this class of goods is one of the
most extensive to be found in the county, and
embraces all the choicest patterns and designs,
and the finest colored, tinted and finished papers
made. A convenient arrangement for the exhi-
bition of samples enables intending purchasers
to see each and every design without the least
trouble.- A large lot of toys, games, dolls, etc.,
affords attraction for the children, while a show
case filled with the finest, cigars invariably catch-
es the attention of lovers of the fragrant weed
and courts their indulgence. Paints and oils are
staple articles in all drug stores, and the stock
here is very extensive, while the prices
arc absolutely the lowest. ,. A largo assortment
of vases is another of the (he attractions of the
store that immediately oak^e* *ho eye and in-
ritca a selection.
Dr. Gilmour's Dental Rooms.
The highly competent and leading dentist of
this city, Dr. J. T. Gilmour, has one of the best
supplied offices in the state. He has had large
experience, enjoys a good business, and calls the
attention of the public to the following :
The American people pay the most attention
to their teeth, for they have the poorest of any
nation. Whether from peculiar ways of living or
the race deteriorating is a question for the den-
tal profession. There are various ways of tak-
ing care of the teeth. First they should be
kept clean, brushing after every meal, which
will not only clean the teeth but make a sweet
breath and remove any foreign matter from be-
tween them. Meat, for instance, becomes pu-
trid ; chemical action takes place ; then comes
decay, and disease of the mouth and gums.
These can to a great extent be obviated by
cleansing the teeth, and if any are decayed, call
on your dentist and have them filled. Everyone
that cares for health should call on the dentist
at least once a year. Never crack nuts or bite
thread with the teeth. Refrain from taking
very warm food or drink, especially after taking
anything cold, as it cracks the enamel, causing
decay. Have your teeth cleaned once every year.
A word in regard to filling : Gold, silver, tin,
gutta-percha and various cement fillings are
used. Gold generally is the best on account of
its not discoloring, but silver can be used to a
much better advantage in weak teeth. Tin
without doubt is the best filling in existence if
it can be put in where there is no wear, as it
seems to agree perfectly with tooth structure ;
but it is unsightly and always turns black,
which leave gold at the head. The other fillings
are used principally to cap nerves, for tempo-
rary filling, etc. When the teeth become very
bad and the patient is suffering with dyspepsia,
neuralgia, etc., have them taken out at once and
an artificial set put in. Don't wait six months
or a year after having the teeth extracted as the
lower jaw straightens out and it is difficult to
learn to wear them. Rubber, celluloid, plati-
num, gold and silver are used for plates. The
best is gold ; the next celluloid. The rubber
plate poisons every mouth more or less. Cellu-
loid being composed largely of camphor is health-
ful to the mouth in any and every case. Pivot
teeth also inserted. Gold and porcelain crowns
adjusted on roots, etc. These operations are
quite expensive, but where there is a good root
it pays. No charge for examining teeth. Call
and make your appointment a few days in ad-
vance. Reasonable satisfaction guaranteed in
all ctiees.
THE CITY OF LA SALLE
T. L. 0' Conors Tile Factory and Brick
Yard.
The use of tile lias become an acknowledged
necessity in many places, and everywhere as
something very much to be desired by all farm-
ers. Its manufacture is receiving a great deal
of attention from scientific men, and capitalists
are investing large sums of money in factories
and machinery for its production. In this par-
ticular industrial branch, La Salle stands in tie
front rafrik with one of the best equipped factor-
ies in the state, which is presided over and oper-
ated by Mr. Thos. L. O'Conor, one of the enter-
prising young men of the city. His tile machine
is of the Tiffany pattern, cylindrical in shape,
built of cast iron one inch thick, somewhere
about two feet in diameter, and standing proba-
bly about four feet high. . In the center is a se-
ries of horizontal knives attached to an upright
shaft. The clay is fed into the machine at the
top by means of an endless elevator, and the
knives moving around cut and pulverize it and
at the same time carry it downwards upon a
large screw which forces it horizontally and in
a steady stream through a circular aperture,
the diameter of which is the same as the tile
produced. This aperture is supplied with a re-
volving core which shapes the interior of the
tile and leaves it perfectly smooth. It is cut as
it comes from the mill into foot lengths by means
of fine steel wires attached to a frame, operated
by hand. The tile is then set up on end in the
large drying room, where, after drying without
exposure to the extreme heat of the sun, which
would produce cracking, it is taken to the kiln
and burned. The clay used is of a superior
quality for the manufacture of both brick and
tile and was so pronounced by the late highly
competent geologist, Dixwell Lathrop, years ago.
In addition to the tile machine, Mr. O'Conor
is operating two brick machines. One is the
common style made by G. E. Sibley, New York,
with a capacity of 80,000 brick per day. The
other is a "Pentfield," with a capacity of 1,800
per hour. This is built somewhat similar to the
tile machine, only the screw is here replaced by
a plunger which forces the clay out in a stream
4x8 inches square under a pressure of 320,000
pounds or 160 tons. It is afterwards cut up in-
to brick 2J inches thick with wires the same as
the tile. An ingenious apparatus in the interior
of the machine takes out all stones, gravel, and
other objectionable material that may be present
in the clay.
The following facts relating to tile drainage,
from farmers of wide experience, may not be
amiss here : It is a misfortune to farmers not
to know the advantages of tile draining. The
results are in all cases to increase the produc-
tive power of the land drained. All kinds of
grain and tame grasses, fruit trees and shrub-
bery yield always better, and in many cases sev-
eral hundred per cent, better, on well drained
soils, as experience has long since verified. Ofl
land that is not drained the water must soak
away by slow process or be taken up by evapo-
ration, which leaves the under soil cold, espe-
cially in the spring. On drained land it passes at
once to the drains, and in its course through the
soil carries with it the warmth of the sun and
the atmosphere, by this means making the time
of planting the spring crop several weeks earlier.
The water also passing quickly down carries
food to the roots of the plants. It prevents in-
jury by drouth, letting the air circulate to a
greater depth in the soil. On land not drained the
decayed animal and vegetable matter is taken up
by the atmosphere and produces malaria, while
on land that is drained this is carried down by
the rains and nourishes vegetation. All lands
need draining unless they have a gravelly or
sandy subsoil ; and drainage is not less useful
in making roads than in the raising of farm
crops. The distance between tile drains must
be determined by the nature of the soil, its
depth and the amount of fall. Some porous soil
will permit water to reach the drains for a long
distance, while a tough compact clay is almost
impervious to water and requires the drains to be
much closer together. In a black, loose soil
drains at the depth of four feet are sufficient at
a distance of ten rods apart; but if the land is a
hard-pan or a stiff clay, to drain it thoroughly
the distance apart should not be more than from
four to six rods. Deep drains have a great deal
of advantage over shallow ones. Farmers never
get any benefit from their land below the level
of their drains ; but they do get the benefit of
the soil above, even if the drain lies eight feet
below the surface. An orchard or vineyard
should not be drained less than that depth. Al-
ways secure a good outlet, if it is at all possible,
and make the fall as great as the contour of the
land will admit. The greater the fall the smaller
the tile that can be advantageously used, and
the deeper down they are laid the further apart
can be the drains. With a twelve-inch fnll in a
hundred feet a five-inch tile will carry off as
much water as a six-inch tile will if the fall is
but four inches to the hundred feet. Always aim
to get the greatest amount of water off in the
shortest possible time.
THE CITY OF LA SALLE.
W. E. Birkenbeuel's Jewelry Store.
The jewelry business of the city is entirely
led by W. E. Birkenbeuel. That only which is
actually necessary in life is not all that people
live for. The beautiful and artistic is also
sought as it should be and the more intelligent
the people become the more they seek to gratify
their inherent longing for that which pleases
the eye as well as serves a purpose of usefulness.
Mr. Birkenbeuel opened his store in this city in
1875 in partnership with H. Linnig, of Peru,
who some time ago withdrew, leaving the whole
business in his hands. Appreciating the de-
mands and wants of the community, he has
stocked his store with literally everything that
could be desired by the most fastidious, and in
soliciting trade he does it with the full confi-
dence that none will find it necessary to leave
his counters and showcases in order to make
satisfactory selections in the way of anything in
the jewelry line. To enumerate his goods would
be impossible. He has watches from all the
best American and foreign manufacturers in gold
and silver cases, and at all prices, from the
cheapest to the finest, including chronometers,
horse timers, etc. Diamonds in large variety
and of the finest quality. The stock of silver-
ware is something unusual, consisting of tea
sets, cake baskets, butter dishes, trays, water
pitchers, cups, goblets, castors, fruit stands,
knives, forks, spoons, etc., etc. Rings and pins
are plentiful in plain and ornamental, with gold,
pearls, rubies, amethysts, diamonds and other
precious stones. Chains, necklaces and brace-
lets in hundreds of different styles from the
plainest to the most ornamental and richly fin-
ished, glisten within the cases. In clocks the
wonder is that makers can design so many dif-
ferent styles and kinds in wood and metal.
There are large and small clocks, round and
square finished clocks, alarm clocks, those that
strike and those that don't strike, calendar
clocks, electric clocks, clocks with springs and
clocks with weights, and in short, the whole
clock family and all the relatives. Spectacles
lie in heaps, and the near sighted and the far
sighted, the young and the old, can all find just
the kind they need and in styled to suit their
tastes and purses, from the plainest steel frames
to the finest gold. Gold pens from the leading
manufacturers are plentiful and in such variety
as to afford something to suit the hand of every
person.
Pianos, grand, square, and upright, from all
leading manufacturers, can be purchased here ;
also organs from the plainest finished to the
most elaborate and finest toned. Violins in
choice assortment can also be found and always
of the best. Accordeons, guitars, banjos, drums,
flutes, clarinets, tamborines, etc., are always on
hand in abundance for musicians to select from.
Gtms and rifles, breech and muzzle loaders of
different patterns, including all the best, on ex-
hibition for the accommodation of sportsmen.
Powder, shot and shell are also for sale and any
hunter can here get a complete outfit any day.
Revolvers and pistols, wood and ivory handles,
plain, silver and nickle plated, with cartridges,
are always in stock.-
There are always on exhibition smokers' arti-
cles, such as meerschaum pipes and cigar hold-
ers ; microscopes, telescopes and opera glasses,
among them many very fine instruments : ther-
mometers of different kinds. Glass and porce-
lain vases, among them some of the finest and
most elaborately finished every offered for sale
in any city of the Union ; pocketbooks-in leath-
er, morocco, etc.; drafting instruments in brass '<
and German silver, both Swiss and American
make ; toilet articles, such as perfumeries,
brushes, combs, Japanese fancy boxes, jewelry j
cases and the like ; fancy baskets, Writing \
desks, music cases, orginettes and sheet music ; i
ink stands, pen holders and fancy stationery ; ]
albums in large variety to adorn the tables of
the most wealthy ; pocket-knives, razors and
penknives of almost every style and kind man-
ufactured ; nut picks, single and in sets ; nap-
kin rings in many designs, both unique and
plain ; canes, light and heavy, long and short,
wood, gutta percha, etc., plain or fancy ; watch
charms of handsome designs, sleeve buttons
studs, collar buttons, and the like, bone, ivory
ebony, silver, gold, etc ; Swiss wood work
beautiful and useful patterns ; playing cards
dice, dominoes, chess, checkers and games
various kinds ; bird cages of all shapes and
sizes ; pictures, chromos, oil paintings, etc.
fishing tackle, poles, hooks, lines, fly-baits
etc. Always has first-class workmen in his
employ, and in watch, clock and jewelry repair-
ing he guarantees satisfaction. All silverware
| bought at his place engraved free of extra
: charges.
THE CITY OF LA SALLE.
Ancient Order United Workmen, Eureka
Lodge, No. 130.
Among the societies of La Salle Eureka Lodge \
No. 130. A. 0. U. W., stands as one of the most
prominent, having a membership of nearly 100,
composed of the very best men in the city. The
Lodge room is on the corner of Gooding and
First streets. Meetings every Monday evening.
Geo. Wilson, M. AY. ; J. Y. Thovp, Rec.
The A. 0. U. W. is purely a benevolent and
business organization, cosmopolitan in its char-
acter, having in its membership all classes ;
men of every vocation working in every depart-
ment of labor ; men who toil with the head and
those who know how to use the brawny hand ;
employer and employee, differing, perhaps, in
political and religious beliefs, but all believing
in the existence of a God, the Creator and
Preserver of the Universe, and extending to-
wardg each other that charity taught in the
open Book which is found on the altar of every
Lodge. The most distinctive aim of the Order
is mutual life insurance, the cheapest, most ef-
fective and most rational plan known to busi-
ness men. It was sought among the various
systems of life insurance and co-operative aid
associations, and believes it has found the meth-
od of proving life insurance within the general
reach of the masses, as safe, if not safer, than
that obtained from the general life insurance
companies of the day. Its system or
method is as follows : The Supreme Lodge of
the Order has original and exclusive jurisdic-
tion over all subjects pertaining to the welfare
of the Order, and appellate jurisdiction from
the decision of Grand Lodges and of subordinate
lodges under its immediate jurisdiction, and its
enactments and decisions upon all questions are
the supreme law of the Order. It also issue
charters to Grand Lodges and to subordinate
lodges in territory not under the jurisdiction o1
Grand Lodges. Grand Lodges are only estab-
lished in States or Territories having within
their limits 2,000 members, Master Workmen
in good standing ; and when the membership 01
any Grand Lodge falls below that number .it
ceases to exist and the subordinate lodges with
in its limits revert to the jurisdiction of the Su
prerae Lodge. The various local lodges in r
State having a Grand Lodge are under its juris-
diction, and those in a State having no Grand
Lodge are under the jurisdiction of the Supreme
Lodge. Upon the death of a member under the
jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge, the assessments
for insurance are levied on the members under
that jurisdiction ; upon the death of a member
under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge,
he assessments for insurance are on the mem-
ers of its jurisdiction. Assessments in juris-
lictions having only 2,OQO members will be $1
t the death of each member, never more. In
urisdictions having more than 2,000 members,
he assessments vary according to the number
if members ; in some, two assessments for every
hree deaths ; in another only two for every
ive deaths ; the overplus in each assessment is
applied on account of the next assessment. All
assessments arc made by Supreme or Grand
lodge officers, and are so arranged that the
unds to meet one assessment are always ready
n the hands of the Receivers of the various
subordinate lodges^ so that when an assessment
s made to pay the policy of a deceased member
he money is forwarded by the subordinate
odges to the Recorder of the Supreme or Grand
Lodge, and by the proper officials paid to the
proper person or persons to whose benefit the
.nsurance policy is issued. Upon the death of
a Master Workman, the subordinate lodge in
which his name is enrolled notifies the Recorder
of the Supreme or Grand Lodge, as the case
may be, when an assessment is made and the
various subordinate lodges notified. Within 20
days after notification the money must be sent
by the Receivers of the subordinate lodges to the
Recorder of the Supreme or Grand Lodge, $1
for each member, and the members of the vari-
ous lodges are then required to pay 1 each,
which is then placed in the hands of the Re-
ceivers to replace the money sent by them, so
as to be ready for the next assessment; and no
one to whom a policy has been made payable
has yet been heard to say that the A. 0. U. W.
has not faithfully, punctually and fully met
every obligation made to the widows and or-
phans of its'deceased brothers.
The regulations for' membership are, that the
person applying must be over 21 and under 50 1
years of age, of good moral character, able and
competent to earn a livelihood for himself and
family, and a believer in the Supreme Being,,
the Creator and Preserver of the Universe ;
must submit to a, medical examination as rigid
and complete as those of the most cautious in-
surance companies ; must undergo a rigid ex-
amination as to character, and pass a secrefc
ballot before being admitted.
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THE CITY OF LA SALLE.
H. J. Barker's Grocery House.
Young men will get married. Adam was the
first man who objected to living alone, and his
sons all the way down to the present day have
raised the old man's objection, followed in his
footsteps, and sought out a woman for an every-
day companion. This is of course all well
enough, and everything is apt to run along
smoothly providing tnere is^io difficulty encoun-
tered in getting the provisions. Here is where
the rub may be expected. If the old folks hap-
pen to be millionaires the rub won't be very
hard, but otherwise look out for tough scratch-
ing. This can only be avoided in one way : by
purchasing the family supplies at H. J. Barker's.
The question what does he keep ? can be best
answered by the simple statement : everything
that regularly belongs to a well assorted stock
of groceries and provisions. Then, enlarging on
this a little, it may be added that his goods are
always the best, on which account they are natu-
rally the cheapest, and, as a rule, made still
cheaper by \a careful and judicious system of
purchasing in large quantities for cash, and at
the same time taking advantage of any good bar-
gains that may chance to be offered by the whole-
sale houses.
Entering somewhat further into particulars,
mention may be made of his fruits, which either
green, dried or canned are absolutely the best in
the market. The impression prevails with some
that buying canned goods is like "buying a pig
in a bag." However correct the impression
may be as applied to others, it don't fit Barker
at all. He warrants every can, and if not found
as represented may be returned. His prices on
this class of goods are so low that no woman un-
der the circumstance can afford to can her own
fruit. Leading fruits, such as California pears,
apricots and peaches, are sold by the case at
about the same price at which common goods are
sold elsewhere. Teas, coffees and syrups are
among Barker's specialties, and he has lots of
splendid bargains to offer in these goods. He is
also the leading commission merchant in the city.
Barker's teas are leading all others in quality
and price. Those that have not bought tea of
him don't know what bargains they are losing
every time they buy elsewhere.
Anderson's Furniture Store.
An attractive home is one of the most desira-
ble acquisitions of life. While the Bedouin Arab
may be perfectly satisfied with his tent, in which
he keeps his wife, children and horses housed
together, the race which has passed the nomadic
stage of its existence and finds the possession
of a local habitation one of the leading objects of
an inherent ambition naturally wants its interior,
if not its exterior, fitted up in such a way as to
gratify a sense of the beautiful, as well as to
serve the purposes of the useful. And therefore
the representative of that advanced race, which
is the intelligent man or woman of the present
day, always goes to K. Anderson for furniture.
The stock he keeps comprehends everything that
naturally should be found in a well regulated
household in the shape of furniture. Chairs are
comfortable things to sit on, and Anderson has
them in all possible varieties ; the plain wooden
chair, made strong and substantial ; the wooden
arm chair and wood rocking chairs for children
and adults. Then he has a better grade, con-
sisting of caned chairs, including rockers, arm
chairs, etc., finished up in the neatest and most
tasteful style. In the finest grade of chairs he
takes the lead, in these parts at least. His easy
rockers and others are simply superb, finished
in rep, raw silk, velvet, hair, cloth, etc., with
spring bottoms, adjustable backs, and every
other feature which can in any way add to
their real usefulness and beauty. In tables the
variety is large, ranging from the plainest stand
to the finest walnut marble-top center table.
Bedsteads are abundant and embrace the cheap-
er articles in stained wood, the better finished
ones, though plain, in walnut, ash, etc., and
those handsome and stylishly finished, which go
with the finest bed-room sets. The stock of bu-
reaus could not well be more attractive ; and
from the convenient and nobby little bureau to
the best finished marble-top, all are excellent.
Hair, wool, husk and spring mattresses of all
the leading kinds are constantly in stock, as al-
so picture frames of all kinds.
Undertaking is a leading feature in Mr. An-
derson's business, and receives the most prompt
attention. He keeps everything in this line, so
that patrons can always find just what will suit
them. A handsome hearse, the finest absolutely
in the Twin Cities, is free to patrons. He is the
only undertaker in this vicinity who embalms
and preserves bodies without the use of ice, hav-
ing made a special study of this branch of the
business and practiced it for years.
All kinds of furniture repairing and uphol-
stering done in the best manner, and all goods
sold at the very lowest rates.
THE CITY OF LA SALLE.
W. A. Locke's Fine Art Studio, 99 First
Street.
Photography, as a branch of the fine arts, re-
ceives its due share of attention in this city.
The gallery long and favorably kwown under the
management of George Syphers, has for a num-
ber of years been operated by W. A. Locke, who
is a man of fine talent and thoroughly posted in
all branches of the art. Mr. Locke has added
very largely to its facilities and popularity and
brought it to the highest standard of excellence.
S. D. Brown & Co.'s Dry Goods House.
The dry goods house of II. I). Brown is one of
the oldest establishments in the county, twenty-
five yeni's ago having been under the manage-
ment of Adams & Hatch. The present firm, in
which Mr. Frank Longworth figures as the
"Co.," acceptably to the public, occupies the
old field to-day, prepared to^how the people of
this vicinity a most extensive and complete
Stock of dry goods, carpets, hosiery, curtains,
Rotios, furnishing goods, etc., and a cordial in-
Ihe success of any business depends on the sat- ...
isfaction afforded its patrons, and judging frsnv^ 1 ^ 1011 is ** to " t examine the same,
the reputation of the gallery its patrons can '^ e character of the stock is constantly being
safely depend on obtaining the very best work improved by placing on the counters at all times
in every case and securing the full value of their | fa all detriments the best goods the market, af-
niouey. The photographic art is ranked among j^.j^ T]li8 give persons in .search of fine
the finest, and one requiring a great deal of
experience and skill in order to attain any ap-
proximation towards perfection. The apparatus
ibr successful work is ivery expensive and the
most delicate and sensitive work is required
in every detail. Mr. Locke's gallery and oper-
ating returns occupy two floors of one of the
large brick store buildings on First street. One
floor is used nly for printing and finishing,
while on the other arc the operating rooms, the
reception rooms, parlors, etc. The display of
pictures and specimens of fine art is truly beau-
tiful and consists of photographs in all the latest
styles ; also portraits finished in oil, India ink,
crayon, etc. The walls of the art parlor are
adorned with fine steel engravings, artotypes,
albertypes, oleographs and many other fine speo-
niens of the fine art; also a magnificent dis-
goods an opportunity 'to purchase without going
sut of town to find them. It would be impossi-
ble here to give an adequate idea of the extent
and variety of the goods comprised in this
stock, but all should see it for themselves.
The advantage in having a n!:i:nm<i;!i
stosk to select from is obvious, and prices
are the lowest in every instance. H. D. Bivwn
& Co. keep regularly on hand a superb stc
silks, black and plain, colors and faucj^, from
the cheapest to the very best ; also the latest
novelties in black and colored dress goods in
the finest fabrics, together with aa elegant line
of ladies', children's and men's hosiery and
glores, parasols, ribbons, laces, fanes
every description, and suits -for children in
many elegant styles. They have a fine stock ri'
ladies' cloth and silk wraps, such as jackets,
play of fine silk, plush, velvet and gold pictui* ] ulgters> dolman*, etc. Better bargains than are
frames. In addition to the taking of fine pic- I () (V C1 . C(1 hl lhi , hou8e are hard to find , ^ the
turos, Mr. Locke carries the most extensive line aisn hns l)oeil aml a i w . iys w m be to satisfy in
of elegant picture frames to be found, from the , CYel Beuf<0 of thc W01 . a cvery cusloiner j u O ' ve rv
plainest grades to the most delicate gold frames, purchase !>e it. hu-x- or small "Brown's" is a
all of which are of the newest and latest pat-
terns.
Photography is one of the arts chemistry ha*
made possible and practicable. If is the com-
pelling of the sunlight to perform the work of
the painter and it does it in a manner vastly
superior to anything that the hand of man has
attained to. It has also brought within reach
of the poor*as well as the rich tire power to in-
dulge in the love for the beautiful, which is one
of the inherent characteristics of human nature.
Its use is not strictly confined to the formation
of pictures ; ii is used for other purposes, prin-
cipal among which it that of making stereotype
and electrotype plates for printing.
household word in scores of families, and many
never think of going elsewhere to purchase dry
goods. They have always traded there, always
knew that they got full value for their money,
and will continue to patronize the house as long
as they buy and the firm sell goods. With bus-
iness tact, judgment and foresight to grasp new
ideas in the line of their trade, thc ability to
anticipate and prepare for supplying at all sea-
sons the numerous wants of t
Messrs. Brown and Longwort
ommunity,
ve a Ions
lease of business prosperity before them and at
the beginning of the next century will doubtless
be found still in the field selling good geods at
the lowest possible prices.
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J. J. King, Merchant Tailor.
To trace tailoring back to its origin would be
almost equal to tracing up the origin of man.
If, as Darwin claims, men originated from
the monkey, then tailoring began early in
the transition stage when the hirsute cov-
ering began to grow too thin to afford protec-
tion from the inclemency of the weather. If
the story of Adam's creation be the true version
of man's first appearance on the earth, then
tailoring first began in his family. Man's tastes
coupled with his requirements in the matter of
dress have called for many modifications in th'e
forms* of garments and all these had to be
studied and worked out by the industrious and
indefatigable tailor. The human form may be
divine, and all that, but the tailor's skill brings
out that divinity.
Among the tailors of La Salle deserving of a
generous notice may be mentioned Mr. J. J.
King, who has for a period of 25 years been en-
gaged in clothing the leading citizens of this
city and Peru. Long experience in the busi-
ness has enabled him to become acquainted with
the wants of the community and the fact of his
long stay here is conclusive evidence that he
suits his customers and gives satisfaction in all
cases. It would not be doing him justice to say
less than that he is the best judge of cloth to be
scared up in this county. If possibly he has an
equal in this respect he certainly has no superi-
ors. Customers can always depend on what he
tells them in relation to the quality of goods.
The quality of cloth varies so greatly that ordi-
nary people or those who have never had oppor-
tunity to learn in what a good article consists,
find it necessary to learn in each particular in-
stance from one who knows. Mr, King is the
man in this city who knows, and his skill and
ability are appreciated.
With a good stock of cloth regularly on hand
he is prepared to furnish suits or single gar-
ments at low prices. If he should chance to
have no patterns that please a customer he
shows him a high pile of samples among which
he cannot fail to find something that exactly
suits him, and which is always obtained within
a day or two afterwards from some leading
Chicago house. With every facility for doing !
good work and with the ability and sound judg- j
ment which long years of practical experience
alone can produce, he asks for the continuance
of that trade which has been so generously ten-
dered him in the past, and guaranteeing satisfac-
tion in the highest degree both as to quality of
goods and workmanship, his business is steadily
maintained and customers remain long with him.
Mrs. J. J. King's Dyeing and Scouring
Establishment.
A person's first impression in regard to color-
ing fabrics is that it is a very simple operation
requiring no more skill than is necesaary in
the production of the required shade in the
liquid and the dipping into it of the article to
be colored. Such however is not the case for
there are few arts in which experience, aptness
and actual skill are -more called for in order to
attain even tolerably good results than in dye-
ing. If each piece of cloth were made entirely
of the same material cotton, wool, or whatever
it might be and each thread were twisted the
same there would be little difficulty then in ob-
taining any desired color. The same piece of
cloth may contain cotton, wool and silk and the
warp be tightly twisted like a spool of cotton
'thread while the woof is perfectly loose, and
while the one part would entirely take up the
coloring matter the other would absorb it very
slowly and thus when removed from the dye
the^ article instead of being of a uniform
color would be greatly variegated. The skill is
in knowing just how to operate with both cloth
and color so as to make all parts of the fabric
receive its proper share of the coloring matter.
Very often uniformity in the final result is a
matter of absolute impossibility and an approxi-
mation to the desired result is all that can be
hoped for. Mrs. King has had many years of
experience in the business and what sjie does
not know about the practical work of dyeing is
very little. She seldom failg to produce good
results for she knows the boundaries beyond
which the impossible lies. With the best of dyes,
those imported from France being the only kind
she uses, she succeeds where with ordinary
dyers, success is impossible. The establishment
of this business was something long needed in
La Salle. There are few persons, be they rich
or poor, that do not often find it desirable to
have goods dyed that are not half worn out but
which it would be the most unpardonable ex-
travagance to throw away simply because they
are faded and not suitable to wear on that ac-
count. Almost everything of this nature can
be made nearly as good as new by dyeing and
should such be necessary, cleaning and repairing,
which Mrs. King promptly attends to. She
colors all kinds of fabrics, be they cotton, wool
or silk. Felt hats cleaned and dyed and silk
hats cleaned and blocked. It may be added to
the above that the Mrs. King's dye works are in
La Salle to stay ; they are one of the permanent
fixtures of the place.
THE CITY OF LA SALLE.
M. J. Bungart Stoves, Tin and Hard-
ware.
The day is not long passed since the old fire-
place, occupying nearly the entire end of the
family residence, with chimney filling up a large
portion of the adjacent out-doors, was abandon-
ed with its numerous adjuncts in the way of
andirons, cranes, hooks, pots, tin ovens and a
dozen or so et ceteras. It had its day and
though some may lament its departure and sigh
for the return of the good old times, the present
generation has something better and is therefore
disposed to look upon the picture so vividly
drawn by those who entered the world when
the last century was still unfinished as that of
a relic of barbarism or at least of semi-civiliza-
tion.
Stoves as they are now made by the leading
manufacturers in all their varied forms evince
the most wonderful progress since a few decades
ago in the devices for cooking and heating. An
illustration of this can best be seen by a visit to
M. J. Bungart's commodious store well filled
with a full stock of the best and most improved
styles the market affords. As a leader among
leaders in the line of cooking stoves may be
mentioned the " Crown Prince." The highest
compliment that can be paid it is to note the
fact that more of the Crown Prince stoves are
sold in this community than of any two other
styles offered to the trade. It possesses every
commendable feature found in cook stoves, and
further than this nothing need be said in regard
to it. The Vapor Oil Stove is one of Bungart's
specialties, and its desirability for summer use
cannot be questioned. It is safe, convenient,
clean and cheap, and does not heat up a room
to an intolerable temperature every time it is
necessary in mid summer to boil the tea-kettle
or heat a flat iron. The prices range from $4
up, and no housekeeper once using it would
think it possible afterwards to do without it.
The supply of heating stoves in this store is
always large, comprising the best irtade either
for hard or soft coal. Ruby and other furnaces
are also furnished when parties desire to heat
with hot air. A general assortment of shelf
hardware, cutlery, nails, etc., is always in stock,
and also a large lot of garden and form imple-
ments, such as shovels, hoes, forks, rakes,
scythes, and the like. In tinware Mr. Bungart
does a large business, having abundant facilities
for doing everything in the tin manufacturing
line except the making of pressed Ware :unl of
this he always keeps a large quantity on hand.
H'e does all kinds of general jobbing, roofing,
'guttering, etc., and gives his patrons sattefaction
time. .
Williamson & Holmes Cash Grocers.
The inhabitants of this world are nearly all
after cash. This is the end and aim of all en-
deavors the main object of life. How to obtain
this boon is something that has exercised the
human mind ever since a medium of exchange
was first devised away back in the early ages,
when man learned that he could not with his
own hands make each and every article that his
necessities and comforts required, and he dis-
covered that it was convenient to trade with his
neighboi-s. A few only, up to the present day,
have discovered the great secret that the best
way to get and accumulate cash is to trade on a
cash basis. Williamson & Holmes made the dis-
covery a few years since and reorganized their
grocery house, which they had been conducting
in the customary way for along time with rather
indifferent success, on a strictly cash basis. They
launched out anew with the intention of making
money themselves and at the same time giving
their customers lower rates than ever on all
kinds of goods in the grocery line, thus giving
them a chance to save a little of their own hard
earned money. And the plan of the firm has
worked successfully, and they and their cus-
tomers are satisfied that true economy consists in
paying as you go, contracting no debts, but
owning what you possess.
The stock carried by this firm is very compre-
hensive and embraces everything in the grocery
line. Among the leading articles here may be
mentioned teas and canned fruits. Of the former
they always carry the best and largest assort-
ment in the county, while the latter includes all
the best and most reliable brands of fruits, vege-
tables and meats. In crockery, lamps and glass-
ware the stock is immense, embracing all kinds
of plain and fancy ware, common, china, ma-
jolica, etc., with lamps of about every kind
made, from the cheapest to the very finest, and
glassware of. every conceivable kind, style and
pattern, not considered out of date.
Green fruits, such as berries of all kinds,
peaches, pears, plums, grapes, apples, etc., al-
ways on hand in their season in abundance and
at the very lowest market rates.
Country produce butter, eggs, vegetables and
poultry, can alway be disposed of here on the
most advantageous terms.
Such things as nuts, confectioneries, jellies and
similar goods are always fresh and of t he very best.
Tobacco, cigars, pipes liiul other smokers' articles
always ready for use. Hporting goods powder,
shot, shells, fishing tackle and about everything
el*o desired by the sp'tfH'aman always forsale.
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THE CITY OF LA SALLE.
Gco. Raymond Lumber, Cffal and Paint.
l,::i:iln-r is <;ne ',f the necessities of our exi<t-
It was not always made as now by means
of expensive and elaborate sawing machinery,
but it was made and used nevertheless when the
ax was the only tool in the hands of the artisan.
It is used not only in all building construction,
but, in the manufacture of so any different ar-
ticles in every day use that it may properly be
said to be universal in all its applications to the
\v. -ints of man.
For a period of three years past Geo. Ray-
mond has been engaged in supplying the wants
of the people of this city and vicinity with this
very necessary commodity, and so well has lie
satisfied the public in his system of dealing that
he has now a large number of firm friends on
whose patronage he can always depead.
ITis stock comprises everytking that should
be found in a well arranged lumber yard, in-
cluding common lumber, fencing, flooring,
plank, studding, siding, lath, shingles and the
like. Dressed lumber is on band at ail times in
large quantities as also an extensive assortment
of seasoned lumber, including mouldings of doz-
ens of different designs, with matched lumber
for wainscotings, ceilings, and the like. He has
a fine stock regularly on hand of sash, doors,
blinds and other factory made articles for
builders, everything being of the very best ma-
terial and workmanship, well seasoned and
guaranteed to give satisfaction in all cases.
When any commodity is purchased at a higk
price it must of necessity be sold at a high price
to Afford the dealer a margin for profit, but Mr.
Raymond don't buy lumber in that way. He is
in ii position to secure fully as low rntes as the
Favored dealer in the State and is, conse-
quently, abb.- to sell at figures which are in
j sense tin very lowest, and purchasers of
lumber will save money by keeping this fact
constantly in mind.
In addition to lumber Mr. Raymond keeps
regularly in his warehouse a full suppl}' of the
lime the market affords, both for masonry
and j'las! hydraulic cement, stucco,
ring hair and other materials required in
buildj
Anthracite coal is another article in which
Mr. Raymond d,^ls, and has always enough on
hand rruind that may be made
upon him. The superiority of hftrd coal over
our ordinary soft coal for domestic 'heaikig pur-
poses is r&ognized by all who have had oppor-
tunity to coiupare the two. Hart! coal wil 1
burn aH.enst three t" ng as d'ft coal
and hence the same quantity will last three
times as long, produce less than one-half the
quantity of ashes, make no smoke or gas, no
dust to render rooms unpleasant or unhealthy,
while the heat produced with hard coal is at all
times by far the most intense. The celebrated
Cumberland Blossburg coal, the best known tor
blacksmithing is also regularly kept on hand.
Mr. Raymond also keeps regularly on hand a
full supply of Rubber Paint, the best in use,
manufactured in 100 shades, colors and tints,
from pure white to .jet black, by the Rubber
Paint Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. For many
years chemists and others have experimented
in mixing India rubber with oil, lead, etc., in
order to produce a perfectly icatfr-/>ror>f paint,
and at last, successful in the effort, have formed
a chemical combination of rubber with oil paints
which, when applied, becomes hard and elastic
enough not to crack or peal from the action of
the atmosphere, with a gloss equal to work fin-
ished with varnish. The company own all the
patents covering perfect combinations like the
above, known and sold as "Rubber Paint.''
After several years' trial and the severest
tests, they confidently assert that 32 worth of
paint will cover more surface, and do it better,
than 3 worth of white lead and oil, and will
last three times as long. Two coats of the Rub-
ber Paint are better than three coats of ordinary
paint. The particular point of superiority es-
tablished for this paint may be summed up as
follows : It is the most economical paint, cost-
Jug one-quarter to one-third less than any other,
while one-third more can be accomplished with
a given quantity. Its durability surpasses that
of any other paint,for the reason that in whatev-
weather or condition of climate used,-it is not
effected ; while its greater body forms a coat
remarkably firm and strong, and at the .-ami-
time so adhesive and elastic that it will imt
crack or peel off. H retains color better than
any other paint, and brings out colors with more
brilliancy and effect. It is available for all
kinds of piinting, and especially for fine inside
work, and may be used with equal advantage on
iron, wood, brick or plaster. No paint manu-
factured will resist water equal to it, making it
unequaled tor painting vessels, boats or roofs.
In all requisites of a first class paint, the Rubber
Paint is unequalled, and, it is believed, must
supersede all other paints now in use. The
Rubber Paint is prepared in pure white, and in
all cottage and other colors, comprising any
number of different shades. and put up ready for
use, being a great advantage, as it can be spread
by any one. One gallon of this paint will cover
to thirty yards, two
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Jacob Knapp's Harness Store.
La Salle has at least one really fine harness
store that of Jacob Knapp. He has been in
the harness business here for many years, is a
practical workman himself, understands every
detail of the trade and the business and is a
popular man in the community. His stock com-
prises a large assortment of the different kinds
of harness in genei'al use, grading from the
finest, best made, and most stylishly finished
buggy harness to the lower priced though sub-
stantial and durable article. Following these
comes all kinds of harness for draft horses from
that, suitable for the heaviest truck harness to
the light team, of the express driver, all made in
the best manner and of the best material. A
stock of saddles which includes about every
kind in use, from the most common to the finest
is always on hand. There is a large lot of col-
lars regularly in stock for customers to select
from just what they want. Whips by the hun-
dred afford an ample assortment for every one
to find something to suit him. Fly nets, horse
covers, blankets, and in fact all kinds of articles
used by horsemen can always be found in this
store, atid to the general stock is added a lot of
trunks, valises, traveling bags and the like. All
kinds of repairing neatly and promptly done.
The City Police Force.
La Salle has generally had an efficient police
force. The order, as a rule, maintained in the
city, has been as good, if not a little superior
to that maintained in other places where the
population is the same in number and character.
And it can be properly and truthfully remarked
here that the thanks of the citizens for the peace
and quiet of the place are largely due to the
efforts of the efficient Chief of Police, Mr. Jas.
Murtha. He is one of those who are natural
born detectives, if there are such, and has long ago
made for himself a most creditable record. He
has been engaged in a number of very important
-, and his success in ferreting out criminals
and securing evidence against them has been by
no means meager. He lias served as an officer in La
Salle for many years, and though he did not at
first he has of late years given his whole time
and attention to police and detective work. He
is now supported by an efficient and competent
body of men, who act in the capacity of police-
men: Messrs. Lnrney, Doyle, Micbach and Mc-
Guire, and the city is probably as free from
hoodlums and thugs as any set of men could
make it.
Cummings & Nink, Cigar Manufacturers.
Since the day when Sir Walter Raleigh got a
pail of water clashed over him by a servant, who,
seeing the smoke emanating from his mouth,
thought lie had caught fire and was burning up,
men have persisted in smoking. As to whether
the practice is hurtful or otherwise is a matter
for those to discuss who are qualified to say
something on the subject. The substance of
this paragraph is to set forth the good qualities
of the cigars manufactured by Messrs. Cum-
mings & Nink. They have had seventeen years
experience in the business and claim not with-
out the best of reasons that there is no better
cigar in the market than they make. The fol-
lowing are a part of the brands they have on
Sale : La Cosmopolitana, 4 1 , -, Clear Havana ;
Aurora, 4}, Clear Havana Filler ; Morning
Dawn. 4j, Half Havana Filler ; El Clarino, 3;],
Part Havana Filler ; Revolution, 4J, Clear Con-
necticut Seed. The public is recommended to
try these cigars and they are offered with the
full confidence that they will be found yood in
every sense of the word. They are in all cases
just exactly what they are represented to be.
Something Worth Reading.
No matter how good or how poor the times
j are it is Always beneficial to know where the
best articles can be had for the least money.
Should you wish to purchase anything in the
clothing line you are referred to B. Lachmann
& Co. They are the oldest, and most reliable
Clothing firm in La Salle. Having had many
years' experience in the business, and being
very close buyers, they come right to the front
rank as leaders in low prices. Headquarters for
well made and well fitting garments for Men,
Boys and Children, and everything else that, is
usually kept in a first, class Clothing establish-
ment. This enterprising firm has lately estab-
lished, in connection with their extensive busi-
ness, a Merchant Tailoring Department, where
none but first class garments are turned out,
from 15 to 20 per cent, less than tailors will
furnish the same. From 200 to 300 seasonable
patterns always in stock to select from.
Good suits range from $18.00 to $25.00, and ;t
perfect fit gurranteed. A full line of North
Western Hats, in all* colors and styles, manufac-
tured expressly for B. Lachmann & Co. Every
Hat is warranted to give satisfaction. Also a
full line of Sweet's Overalls on hand. Farmers
and mechanics will please take notice that this is
j the best fitting Overall made and will never rip.
\ For further particulars call at the Golden Eagle
j Clothing House of B. Lachmann & Co.
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THE CITY OF LA SALLE.
L. Stone's Clothing Store.
As everyone must have clouung, the question
of where to buy comes to every family at one
time or another. La Salic people have solved
this question as a general thing, find have pro-
nounced in favor of Stone's clothing house as
about the best place in the county to procure
ready-made garments. The stock of men' s ready-
made clothing for young and old is one of the
largest in the county. He keeps not only goods
of the finest grade, but carries a full assortment
adapted to the wants of the farmer, mechanic, la-
borer and all classes of young men, middle-aged
.men and old men, or large or small men, as well
as every size between, with prices in all cases
graded down to common sense figures. In the
low priced grades there is nothing but good,
honest goods, such as will wear well and look
well and are worth every cent asked for them.
In the higher grades are suits made from the
best imported and domestic fabrics and in the
latest styles.
Mr. Stone's goods are of a far better quality
of cloth and of superior workmanship, sewing,
etc., than ready-made clothing generally. He is
a close and careful buyer, and workmanship is
considered by him with the same importance as
texture and quality of goods. He warrants every
article sold to be exactly as represented. It is
impossible to get cheated here, as everything is
strictly one price, and each article is marked in
plain figures so that all may read them, a child
as well as a man. Boys' suits, suitable for all
ages and for parents whose pocket books arc
poorly supplied with money as well as the pros-
perous merchant or mechanic.
The stock of gents' furnishing goods is im-
mense, and comprises mens' and boys' white
shirts, with working shirts of cheviot, flannel,
cassimere, etc.; witji collars, cuffs, ties; under-
wear, cotton, flannel, etc.; gloves and everything
desirable in a gentleman's wardrobe.
All the late styles of hats and caps are kept
regularly in stock, and the aim is to make this
the place where a person can tind any style of
hat or cap for men's or boys' wear that may be
desired.
There is a fine line of trunks and valises of all
kinds, sizes and qualities, and at all prices, ele-
gantly finished or plain ; also n lot of excellent
traveling bogs for ladies or gents, many of them
perfect marvels of convenience, in cloth, rubber,
split leather and alligator skin, with shawl and
trunk straps, and the like. A large Sot of rubber
goods, such as coats, legging, hats, blankets, etc.,
is also regularly in stock.
Remember the place, one door east of P. 0.,
old stand.
Geo. A. Elliott Agricultural Implements.
Geo. A. Elliott is one of the oldest and best
known merchants in the city of La Salle, hav-
ing been engaged in his present business for a
period of over twenty years. He keeps the best
farm machinery the market supplies, and is al-
ways ready to meet the demands of the farming
community for anything in this line. He has
an assortment of old ground plows from leading
manufacturers, such as the Furst & Bradley,
Peru City, Buford, Grand Detour and others,
including the Hapgood sulky plow which is
warranted to run lighter on the team than any
walking plow made ; the Corbin disc harrow,
something that is rapidly coming into popular
favor and entirely supersedes the old style ;
also the Acme harrow, a very effective imple-
ment ; the celebrated Challenge and Farmer's
Friend corn planters with the Hay worth and
Joliet wire check rowers ; Union seeders, the
very best known ; Furst & Bradley, Buford,
Grand Detour, Hapgood and other leading walk-
ing spring cultivators with the Buford tongue-
less cultivator, embracing all the latest and best
improvements and devices in this class of ma-
chinery ; different styles of mowers, including
the Empire, D. S. Morgan and Hopkins, which
perhaps have no superiors anywhere ; the Furst
& Bradley horse hay rake ; also the celebrated
Thomas self-dump rake, which is discharged by
the power of the horse, steel tooth, very strong
and durable ; also the Eagle sulky rake, which
can be dumped either by hand or foot.
Leading among the machines in stock is the
Empire twine binder which stands at the head
in the way of harvesting machinery. It does
its work automatically and to perfection, draws
the band tight, ties it firmly and binds only
when the bundle has reached the proper size,
and is the lightest draft machine in the market.
Mr. Elliott also takes orders for Aultman & Co.'s
threshing machines, horse powers, portable
steam engines, etc. He is also agent for Russell
& Co., Massilon, 0., manufacturers of threshing
machinery, portable and traction steam engines,
saw-mills, and the like.
Corn shellers of various kinds, among them
the Eureka, made ai .Joliet, including hand and
horse power, promptly : r;.;,iie<l to the trade.
The celebrated Studebakvi- WM^OUS, buggies and
carriages, and Oshkosh buck's and carriages.
To enumerate everything kept in the ware-
house would be a heavy task, but enough arti-
cles have been mentioned to show that he keeps
the best of everything and the supply is never
exhausted.
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J. G. Feldes' Grocery and Crockery Store.
When a person has been successfully engaged
in business for a long period of years it is evi-
dence that, he knows the wants of his patrons
and supplies them. John G. Feldes' grocery
and crockery house is the oldest German estab-
lishment of the kind in the city and' was first
opened up thirteen years ago. The large busi-
ness now being done points conclusively to the
fact that the proprietor has the tact and good
judgment to discern just what the people in this
community demand in the line of his business
and keeps the purpose constantly in view to
supply that demand. His mammoth emporium,
for such it is in reality, is stocked with every-
thing in the way of groceries, provisions, fruits,
crockery, china, cutlery, glass, wood and willow
ware. He is actually the largest dealer in
crockery, china, glass And decorated ware,
lamps, etc., in this county and as a natural con-
sequence sells cheaper than any other house.
He also imports and deals in wines, liquors,
champaign, fine Kentucky whiskies, etc., and
handles none but first class goods.
Entering a little more into particulars it may
be mentioned that his grocery stock comprises
selected goods in all the different branches.
Among his specialties may be mentioned canned
goods, which include fruits, meats and vegeta-
bles of every kind put up in tin, always of the
leading and best brands and guaranteed to prove
satisfactory. Teas, coffees and spices he keeps
in very large assortments and can suit the
most fastidious in these goods. Green fruits are
always to be found here in their proper season
and sold at the lowest market rates.
Tobaccos, cigars, pipes and smokers' articles
generally are in largo supply and variety and
no one can fail to find here what will suit him
in this class of goods. The display of crockery
is something fine and there is nothing made in
this line that any ordinary person has occasion
to use which is not to be found on the shelves
in Feldes' store. In majolica ware there is an
. assortment which is not equaled for variety and
excellence in any other store in the county. In
the glassware line may be seen nearly every
style of lamp now in domestic use, from the
plainest and cheapest to the most ornamental
and finely finished.
In addition to the stock abo^e specially men-
tioned there is always on exhibition a large and
lino lot of vases, toilet sets, work baskets and
fancy goods in almost endless variety, all of
which like everything else in the store, is sold
at the very lowest rock bottom prices.
Litcey & Theiss' Dry Goods Store.
The Dry Goods firm of Luccy & Theiss, suc-
cessors to Scott Bros. & Co., has been recog-
nized since its first opening as one of the stand-
ard business firms of the city, always alive to
the interest of iheir customers, and knowing
how to do business they deal in what their cus-
tomers want to buy. They believe fhat the men
who would build up an honorable and successful
business, must see that the foundations are well
laid. In this respect integrity and honor are-
principles which cannot be ignored. They prac-
tice close attention to their business, economy
in expense, fair judgment, no misrepresentations,
give fair prices, and are always ready, if possi-
ble, to do better for their customers than others
in the same business. In addition to these prin-
, which form the foundation of their busi-
ness, Messrs.' Luccy & Theiss are never sleeping
when the interests of their customers are at
stake. In every department in their store the
stock is ample and well selected, they being al-
ways ready and in a position to take advantage
of any bargains that are offered by the wholesale
trade and giving their patrons the benefits de-
rived therefrom.
There has not been a year, within the recol-
lection of the oldest inhabitant, where cash buyers
have had advantages such as have been offered
this year. Many goods, especially Dress Goods
and all imported goods, can be bought at their
counters for less money than the same goods were
offered at wholesale in the early part of the
season, and this means is taken of suggesting to
buyers of Dry Goods that have not yet called on
Messrs. Luccy & Theiss to go there, examine
their stock, learn their prices and manner of
doing business, and you will be sure to receive
courteous treatment, whether you purchase any-
thing or not, as the firm are always pleased to
show customers through their stock. Their
Dress Goods Department is second to none, and
in it may be found full lines in black and col-
ored of the celebrated Black Crow and Golden
Cross Cashmeres, Nun's Veilings, Buntings,
Stripes and Plaids, besides many novelties that
arc shown for the first time this season. Their
Silk Department embraces all the standard
brands of imported and American Silks, both
black and colored, and the best line of Summer
Silks in the county, witli prices guaranteed as
low as any house in America. Samples and
prices of Dress Goods and Silks will be mailed
free by request. Their stock of Lawns, Ging-
hams and Prints was never as well selected as
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now, and they are showing many novelties. In
Housekeeping Goods they make a specialty,
selling Table Linens, Nakins, Towels, Crashes,
etc., fully 10 per cent, below competitors. They
have the best line of Parasols and Fans in the
county and fully 25 per cent, below last season's
prices. See their Silk Parasols for $1.00, arid
Cambric Parasols for 10 cents. They beat them
all. Ladies' Cloaks, Wraps, Dolmans, Ulsters,
Shawls and Skirts are a specialty.
Space forbids any more enumeration of this
stock, but all arc advised to call and sec .Messrs.
Lucey & Theiss. They will be pleased with yom-
visit, and save you money in your purchases.
RO3ENHAUPT & CO.,
Always Ready for trade with the Finest Assortment of
Seasonable Clothing
Ever Shown in La Salle.
HATS, CAPS, FURNISHING GOODS, ETC.,
In Large Supply. All New (ioods, bought at Lowest Cash Prices and
SOLD AT RATES BELOW THOSE OF ANY COMPETITOR.
E2TA lare-e portion of the stock has been made to order and Satisfaction is
Guaranteed in all cases. Call and be convinced.
ROSENHAUPT & CO.
