F. J. RADAMACHER, Dealer in Furniture and Upholstering; Undertaking; Jos. Schulte, Manager.--This business is about fourteen years old, and was taken by Mr. Radamacher in 1886, since which time the trade has been greatly augmented. He occupies an attractive store, admirably adapted to this line; it is 25x100 feet in extent, with a fine basement, where the coffins are kept and repairing and upholstering work is done. His stock is valued at $6,000 and contains all kinds of furniture, from finest parlor upholstered goods, through elegant and every-day bedroom sets to the cheapest kitchen chairs and tables. Mr. Radamacher is a thoroughly competent furniture man. A native of Westphalia, he came to America in 1870 and to Nebraska in 1872. He has been in furniture ever since. He employs competent help. He is an A. O. U. W. and Redman. Mr. Schulte, his manager, is also from Westphalia, and lived in Nebraska five years; he is a practical furniture man and cabinetmaker and has had charge of the store two years.

     F. C. HINMAN, Dentist.--In the person of Dr. Hinman, Friend has a skilled dentist. The doctor was born in New York, and reared in DeKalb County, Illinois. He learned dentistry with his father and practiced for himself in DeKalb eight years. He came to Friend in 1882. He has his rooms nicely located in the First National Bank building, with two operating chairs and good light. He does all classes of work, including making full sets and gold bridge work. He is quite a student, and gets all the new ideas from the dental magazines he takes. He is an active member of the Modern Woodmen and A. O. U. W. He is the inventor and manufacturer of a Polishing Strip Chuck, which can be used on any lathe with a screw mandrel, and is most useful for polishing vulcanite plates. Price 30 cents. The strips for use therewith are put up 100 in a box, at 20 cents.

     BISSELL & LADWIG, Hardware, Stoves and Tinware.--Among the leading firms in Friend stands the hardware concern of Bissell & Ladwig. The business was started in 1885 by Mr. Bissell. Mr. Ladwig becoming partner in the fall of 1861 (sic). They occupy a spacious store, 25x80 feet, with basement, and have it filled with a $6,000 stock of shelf and heavy hardware, farmers' and mechanics' tools, barbed wire, cutlery, parlor and kitchen stoves, tinware of every description, and house furnishing goods generally They buy from first hands and offer a superior line of goods in all departments at low figures. W. H. Bissell is a native of Canada and came to Friend in 1879. A. F. Ladwig is a Prussian by birth, and came to Wisconsin in 1870 and to Nebraska in 1879: he is the tinsmith of the firm. Messrs. Bissell & Ladwig are thoroughly practical men, and fully deserve the solid patronage they hold of the best people in the adjoining counties.

     D. GILMORE. Painter.--Dennie Gilmore was born in Canada and reared in Saline county, his father coming here in 1871. He has been a painter fifteen years, traveled four years in Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska, and has been eleven years in Friend, and does the leading trade in paper-hanging, painting and house decoration. He built, partly in 1886 and completed it two years ago, the building he occupies--a two-story,16x60; down-stairs as shop and up-stairs as store and dwelling. He carries the only fine line of wall paper, and generally employs three assistants. Mr. Gilmore has the enviable reputation of often doing better work than promised in the contract.

     LYNN'S CRAYON AND ART GALLERY.--In Lynn's Art Gallery Friend has a first-class establishment. Mr. Lynn has been running here two years, in which time he has founded a solid trade. He does all sorts of photo work in any style, and his samples show he understands how the subject ought to be posed to look to best advantage. He does elegant crayon enlarging as low as $5.00 including frame. Mr. Lynn is a native of New York, and was eleven years in Iowa before he came to Nebraska in 1887. He is thoroughly at home in his work. He offers unheard of commission to canvassers who desire to take orders for enlarging.

     G. GRETSCH, Union Meat Market,--The old-established butcher of Friend is Gustav Gretsch. Mr. Gretsch commenced butchering at the age of fourteen, in Dresden, and came to America in 1868. He spent four years at it in New York, four years in Chicago, four in Omaha, and three in Orleans, Harlan county, Nebraska, from where he came to Friend in 1883. He was burned out in 1886, and after various moves has been in this location since April last. He has a large refrigerator, 6x8 feet. and manufactures sausages by machinery. He kills his own beef, and insures to his customers the finest cut and best meat. He carries also salt meats, fish, game, oysters and vegetables in season Mr. Gretsch's long experience guarantees to him a good trade from those who want the best, and his manner and witty sayings make him friends.

     PETER GREEN, Harness, Collars and Saddles, Whips, Etc.--This store is one of the old standbyes of Friend. It has been running since 1874; was owned by W. F. Stacy. who was succeeded by the present owner in 1880. The store is in charge of W. A. Whitcomb, who has been with the business since its start. He is one of the popular men of the county: a native of Pennsylvania He served during the war in the 15th Illinois Infantry. and came West shortly after. He is an active Odd Fellow and Woodman. He employs two assistants at the bench and guarantees to his many patrons the best goods at the least money. He carries the best and most complete stock in the county, valued at from $2,500 to $3,000.

     WILLIAM BURKE, Elevator.-- Mr. Burke is one of he best known grain men in the State, and a bulwark of the material importance of Friend. He was the first mayor of the city and still occupies that position now, serving his fourth continuous term. Mr. Burke came to Saline County from Wisconsin in 1870, before he was of age. He was raised a farmer and run a threshing machine several years, and settled in town in 1878. He engaged selling agricultural machinery, and went into the grain business in 1879. The elevator was built in 1878. In 1880 he bought an interest in it, the firm being Burke, Walkin & Co., till 1886, when Mr. Burke became sole owner, in 1888 the elevator was doubled to its present capacity, 35,000 bushels. The engine is twenty-five horse power, and three men are employed. Mr. Burke has an interest in two other elevators at Tobias and Mulligan, and besides, handles grain by the car load, being the largest buyer in Saline County. Mr. Burke is president of the First National Bank at Tobias. He conducts his affairs in a wise and prudent manner and holds the confidence of the farmers in an eminent degree. He is also a prominent Mason, member of the Chapter and Knight of Pythias.

     DEL CORONADO HOTEL, C. M. Burket Proprietor.--The hotel of Friend is one of the best on the line of the B. & M. road in Nebraska. The, hotel is a large three story structure with spacious office and dining hall, large balconies and nicely furnished rooms. It was built in 1889, and was taken by Mr. Burket on July 15th last. Mr. Burket is an experienced and first-class hotel man, always on hand looking after his guests. He is a native of Illinois, and came to Nebraska in 1877. He ran the Cosmopolitan at Crete seven years, and is favorably known to all the traveling men that make this state. He is a member of the K. of P. He takes pride in keeping his table up to the best standard of two dollar houses, and is ably assisted in seeing that guests have everything they want by five polite employes.

     CUNNINGHAM BROTHERS, Groceries, Crockery, General Merchandise.--A valuable and bright acquisition to the business enterprise of Friend is the establishment of Cunningham Brothers. The business is conducted by Felix, the other brother, Richard, being a successful lawyer of the Lincoln bar. The store was opened December 1st, 1891, since when it has enjoyed a busy custom, its large stock of new goods attracting buyers from all over the country. The store is 25x60 feet in extent, and the stock is admirably displayed. It contains a full line of staple and fancy groceries, besides queensware and china goods, staple dry goods, notions. woodenware, shoes, confectionery. Mr. Felix came here from New York State, where he was raised a farmer, and it is gratifying to note his mercantile venture has been so successful He keeps his stock well up to standard. and gives buyers best advantages in price and quality.

     HENRY ADAMOWSKY, Manufacturer of Cigars.--A man who has learned his business in any of the oldest manufacturing cities of Europe is a great acquisition to a community. Henry Adamowsky learned his trade thoroughly in Bremen and came to Nebraska four years ago; he has been two years established in Friend, in which time he has built up a large trade throughout the State. He occupies a convenient building for his work and selecting the best stock procurable turns out a uniform and superior quality of goods. He is ably assisted at the bench by his son and other help. His specialties in five counties are Champion, Neda, Drummer Boy, and in ten centers' Golden Crown. Mr. Adamowsky sells exclusively to the trade to whom he guarantees good orders and takes pride in saying that he has to lose the first patron that sells his manufacture.

     MRS. M. B. CASS, Millinery and Fancy Goods.--The millinery store of Friend has been conducted by Mrs. Cass for the past three and a half years. Mrs. Cass is a lady of decided taste and deservedly holds the regular trade of the "best ladies" in the county. She employs in the season six assistants making hats. She carries also a large stock of finished hats and everything in the way of trimmings and fancy goods. Mrs. Cass is a native of Illinois and came to Friend five years ago. Here she has made many friends who have learned to put implicit confidence in her judgmene (sic) and she is par excellence the milliner of the town.

     FRANK JONES, Saloon.--One of the pleasantest and most popular gentlemen of Saline County is Frank Jones, who conducts Friend's liquor business. He runs the only saloon in the town and carries it on so as to command the patronage of the respectable classes. Mr. Jones was born in New York and raised in Illinois, and during the war served in the 2nd regiment from the latter state. He came to Saline County in 1871; took a quarter section and farmed up to six years ago, when he pur-

chased the saloon. He employs competent bar tenders, and keeps a superior line of the best wines, whisky and beer. Mr. Jones is a Freemason, quiet mannered and entertaining in conversation, and the voice of Friend declares that its liquor trade is placed in first-class hands.

     J. H. PHILLIPS, Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods.--A prominent merchant of Friend is J. H. Phillips. A native of Illinois. Mr. P. came to Nebraska five years ago and has been established three years in business in this city. He carries a complete stock of the articles mentioned in the heading, valued at some $5,000. He occupies a corner store, 25x90 feet in dimensions, and employs two clerks to assist in looking after the wants of a numerous. custom. Mr. Phillips is unite a social gentleman and has many friends. He is a member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows and A. O. U. W. orders.

WEEPING WATER.

     The pretty and prosperous little city of Weeping Water is found in Cass county, on the Missouri Pacific Railway, forty-one miles south of Omaha and about the same distance east of Lincoln. It is the abiding place of some 1500 people, every one of whom believes that Eastern Nebraska is the garden of the earth and that Weeping Water is the very centre of that garden.
     The city has three churches--Methodist, Congregational and Baptist--good schools, banking institutions whose aggregate capital is $100,000, excellent water power, and adequate railroad facilities. The surrounding country is rich and merchants in all lines of business do a safe, extensive, and profitable trade. Weeping Water is not a new town. Still less is it a "boom," but its development, if slow, has been of a solid and substantial nature. Its business men are conservative. though not lacking in enterprise, and a failure is almost unknown. With its natural advantages Weeping Water is sure to grow and advance steadily if not rapidly.

REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS FIRMS AND MEN OF WEEPING WATER.

     TEEGARDEN BROS. & ORTON. Drugs, Medicines Paints, Oils and Glass.--Few cities of Weeping Water's size can show a drug store so well stocked and attractive as that of Teegarden Bros. & Orton, one of the best known and most popular business establishments in this part of the State. The firm was only formed two years ago but its individual members were widely and favorably known before that date, Messrs. Teegarden having lived in the city for ten and Mr. Orton for twenty-five years. Prior to the consummation of the present arrangement Mr. Orton had been alone for four years, and before that again he had been a member of the firm of Thomas & Orton for some six years. Mr. Orton has served two terms upon the municipal board and his administration of public affairs was exceedingly satisfactory to all parties. He is also a prominent and active freemason. The store is a large one, 22x90, and a fine cellar of the same dimensions affords ample storage room for the immense "reserve stock" of paints, oils and the coarser drugs. A particularly fine display of toilet articles attracts. attention, but the whole stock is so complete in every department that we cannot go into details. An investment of at least $7,000 is represented upon the shelves of this model store. Much of Messrs. Teegarden & Orton's. trade is drawn from a distance, and as their name is constantly becoming better and more flatteringly known, this branch of their business is bound to increase.

     AMBLER BROS. & CO., General Merchandise.--Messrs. Ambler Bros. & Co. occupy a large and handsome store on the corner of Main and Randolph streets, and carry a well selected and well arranged stock of general merchandise. The firm consists of Mr. A. Ambler and his two sons W. D. and S. J. The Ambler family came to Nebraska from Minnesota about seventeen years ago, and after doing business in Fairmont four years removed to Weeping Water in April last. They have already built up a good trade and success is assured to them. Their store is 22x100 feet, adjoins the postoffice and is convenient and is comfortable in every way. The stock is valued at $10,000 and the year's business bids fair to exceed $25.000--a first years record of which the firm may well be proud.

     CHAS. MARSHALL, Exclusive Boot and Shoe Dealer.--The Marshall shoe business is one of the landmarks of Weeping Water, having been carried on by the same family in the same location for more than nineteen years. The family came to Nebraska from Yorkshire, England, twenty years ago, and have had no occasion to regret the step they took, or their choice of a western home. The present proprietor of the business is Mr. Charles Marshall, but his duties as cashier of the Douglas Bank occupy his time so fully that Mr. Will Marshall has been installed as manager and given complete control. His success is the best evidence of his fitness for the position. In the store, situated on the corner of Main and Randolph streets, just opposite the postoffice. is found an unusually complete stock of fine shoes evidently selected by someone thoroughly posted in every detail of the business. The stock is valued at $8,000 and is turned over so rapidly that nothing ever has a chance to become shopworn or unfashionable.

     GIRARDET & EMENS, Leaders of Low Prices, Weeping Water, Neb.--The firm of Girardet & Emens, as at present constituted, came into existence in 1888, but both Mr. S. F. Girardet and Mr. Robert Emens--its members--had lived in Weeping Water for some time before they joined forces. Mr. Girardet, indeed, is a native Nebraskan and has never had any desire to forsake the prairie state. Mr. Emens is from New Jersey. Messrs. Girardet and Emens' store is one of the best known and best patronized in Cass County. It has a frontage and an entrance upon the two princicipal (sic) streets of the city, ample floor room and shelving, excellent cellarage, and other facilities which permit an attractive and convenient arrangement of a very large and varied stock of general merchandise. The firm does a business of from $30,000 to $35,000 a year, and the stock never falls belows $10 000. Everywhere the firm is spoken of as enterprising and wide awake, while both members are men of the highest character and of great popularity. Both are Knights of Pythias.

     TIDBALL & FULLER, Lumber & Coal.--Messrs. Tidball & Fuller, whose head office is at Crete, Neb., have a branch establishment at Weeping Water and keep on hand a very large stock of lumber, coal and building material of all kinds. Their lumber is received mostly from Wisconsin and their coal--of every imaginable variety--from all parts of the country. They do a business here of at least $35 000 annually and expect that it will increase greatly in the near future. Much of the success of the Weeping Water branch office is due to the energetic judicious management of Mr. W. H. Kirkendall, who is in sole charge and who has folly demonstrated his ability to direct affairs. He is a young man, but has had a thorough training and manages to succeed in all his undertakings.

     M. M. BUTLER, Physician and Surgeon.--One of time prominent citizens of Weeping Water, came to Nebraska in 1870, and three years later settled in the little city which has been his home ever since. Dr. Butler is a native of Indiana, but studied medicine at Miami College, Ohio, where he graduated. He has achieved the success to which ability of a high order justly entitled him. Positions of emolument have more than once been offered him, but he has, save upon two occasions, refused to accept office. In 1888 he was one of the presidential electors upon the republican ticket. was made chairman, and had the honor of formally casting the vote of Nebraska in favor of President Harrison. In 1890, at the earnest solicitation of many leading men in Cass County, he accepted the postmastership of Weeping Water, and the extent to which he has reorganized and improved the city's postal service is a subject for general and most flattering comment.

     SACKETT & GATES, Hardware, Furniture and Undertaking.--In the front rank of Weeping Water's business firms stands the house of Sackett & Gates. whose members are E. A. Sackett, W. H. Gates and F. H. Sackett. Mr. E. A. Sackett and his brother hail from Talmage. Ohio, but the former has been in Nebraska for more than ten years and has become, as all good men do when they have half a chance, a thorough westerner. Mr. Gates is a native of Warsaw, N. Y. Messrs. Sackett & Gates carry one of the largest and best stocks of hardware and furniture to be found in Nebraska. Their stock is worth not less than $10,000. and this year's business will not fall far short of $30.000. The firm also maintains an undertaking department which is managed in a first class style, in keeging (sic) with the rest of their business. Mr. Gates is now the popular city treasurer.

FAIRMONT.

     Fairmont, formerly the county seat of Fillmore county, and still one of its most progressive towns, has a population of 1500. It is situated upon the main line of the Burlington & Missouri River Railway, 108 miles southwest of Omaha. It is the only point between Lincoln and Hastings at which the famous fast trains of that system make a stop, and its importance as a railway town is increased by the fact that the St. Jo & Grand Island passes through, affording direct means of communication with North and South. Fillmore county is in the centre of the richest agricultural section of Nebraska, and Fairmont merchants do a large and lucerative (sic) businees (sic) with the prosperous farmers for many miles around. The town has an excellent system of water works, a well organized fire department, good schools, ample banking facilties (sic), and altogether is thoroughly qualified to take its place among the rapid growing and solid cities of the great West. It has amongst its citizens men of wealth and enterprise, the names of some of them being known far beyond the limits of the county.
     We find here time following denominations:--Methodist, Presbyterian. Congregational, United Brethren and Catholic, all having comfortable church edifices of their own except the United Brethren, who will doubtless be suitably provided.
     We find here represented the A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., Modern Woodman. United Workman, Eastern Star, and last, but not least, the G. A. R.
     The city, notwithstanding two bank failures and two big fires, has continued prosperous and will continue to advance in wealth and population as the surrounding country becomes more thickly settled. It possesses many advantages as a place of residence, and also offers inducements to manufacturers and business men who are about to make a change in their location.

     JOHN BARSBY, Attorney at Law.--A pillar in the material strength and social happiness of Fairmont, is John Barsby, the mayor. Mr. Barsby has had a stirring life. A native of England, he came to America young and settled in Illinois. During the war he made a fine record for the cause of the Union. He enlisted first in the 45th Illinois, was wounded and discharged, and re-enlisted in the 142d. In 1870 he came to Nebraska and took a homestead in Seward County. He came to Fairmont in 1876 and commenced practice as an attorney. His smartness and intelligence soon brought him to the front, and for the last ten years he has done a very large business and been held as counsel in several of the most important cases tried in this State. He is a man far above the littlenesses of life, and deservedly holds the sincere esteem and confidence of the entire community. He is attorney for the B. & M. R. R. He has recently purchased the Fairmont flour mill. His office work necessitates employment of a stenographer and typewriter. He is serving his second term as mayor, and is likely to be continued in office as long as he wants it. Mr. Barsby is a thorough representative of the successful Westerner, is an orator, thinker and scholar, and a public-spirited citizen, alive to the best interests of the people.

     CONROY BROS.' MARBLE WORKS, Dealers in American and Italian Marble. American and Scotch Granite,--One of the oldest and most substantial concerns in Nebraska is that familiarly known as the Fairmont Marble Works of Messrs. Conroy Bros. F. Conroy, the senior brother and marble worker of the firm, started here in 1876, and has established in these sixteen years a splendid name for reliable and first-class work. His handiwork will be seen on the prettiest and largest monuments in the cemeteries of all the surrounding counties. Mr. Conroy was born in Albany, N. Y., was reared in Wisconsin, and served an apprenticeship with a leading marble works in Chicago. He came to Nebraska in 1871; he is a Woodman and A. O. U. W.; he has held various city offices, and has many friends, T. Conroy is the salesman for the business, and travels throughout the state, and if you are thinking of getting anything in this line write him and he will call. Conroy Brothers can give you a nicer and more satisfactory monument than almost any firm in the state, as their long and continuous record goes to prove. J. Conroy, the third partner, is a farmer.

     SOLOMON & NATHAN, Dry Goods, Carpets, Millinery Clothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises and Jewelry.--With the earliest history of Nebraska Messrs. Solomon & Nathan are identified. In the days of wagons and prairie schooners they started business at Plattsmouth, and many who settled in the West remember the excellent supplies they purchased of them there. They did business at Plattsmouth sixteen years, and in 1883 came to Fairmont. Three years ago they opened a branch at Geneva, at which they have likewise done a prosperous business and sustained their established name for good goods and reliable representations. Their store in Fairmont is the largest in the city and of metropolitan proportions. It is a substantial corner, brick, 33x92 feet, with large windows, and well-lit from all sides. The stock runs $30,000 in value, and contains a full line of the goods named in the heading. Their long acquaintance with the trade enables them to buy goods cheap, and their intimate acquaintance with the Nebraska people tells them exactly what to buy for their needs. Messrs. Solomon & Nathan are Russians by birth and came to America twenty-five years ago, choosing Nebraska to settle in. By industry, shrewdness, honesty and politeness, they have amassed a large fortune, and to such men does our State point with pride. Isaac Nathan, the partner at Fairmont, is a R. A. Mason and I. O. O. F., and a standby of the town's advancement. He is well assisted by four competent assistants and of evenings his store is often the scene of a happy social party.

     KEMP, PUTT & CO., Dealers in General Merchandise.--In writing a review of Fairmont a leading mention must be made of those who not only add to its prestige in foreign markets as buyers, but who enjoy great popularity locally on account of the superior and reliable quality of the goods they handle, and the remarkably low prices at which they are offered. Messrs. Kemp, Putt & Co. are such a house and stand at the top of the trade in this town. W. W. Kemp, the senior member, started the business six years ago, and when joined by W, Putt, in 1890. had built up a large custom, which has steadily been maintained and increased. Their premises are the scene of bustle, from the time of opening in the morning till they close the doors at night, and the six clerks employed, besides the proprietors, are kept on the move attending to the many callers. The store is double, on one side being dry goods on the other groceries, and is 45x90 feet in extent. The stock carried will average up $25,000 in value, and contains a full line of staple and fancy groceries, dry goods, dress goods, notions, gents' and ladies' furnishings, hats and caps. clothing, etc. It is bought from first hands at lowest prices, the firm's large capital enabling them to buy in large quantities at a time. Messrs. Kemp & Putt are energetic, pushing and reliable men, fully deserving the fine custom they have built up in this town.

     C. H. ABERNETHY, Furniture and Undertaking.--A live and successful young man of Fairmont is its furniture dealer and undertaker. Mr. Abernethy has resided here thirteen years and by frankness has made many friends. When he started for himself, three years ago. he at once entered on a brisk trade that has steadily increased. His store is 25x100 feet and is filled with a $3,000 stork of furniture and undertaking goods. He aims to turn his goods over every year and obtain the latest designs and fashions. He curries an equally complete line of parlor, bedroom and kitchen furniture besides coffins and caskets.

He attends funerals and employs a competent assistant. Mr. Abernethy is a native of Illinois, has lived in Nebraska thirteen years and is one of the pillars of Fairmont.

     LEE H. SMILEY, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Confectionery and Choice Family Flour.--A solid man of Fairmont, is Lee Smiley, the well-known grocer. Mr. Smiley has had quite an eventful and useful life. Born in Indiana, he did gallant service for the Union three years in the 19th Iowa in Arkansas and Missouri and spent ten months in prison. In 1867 he came west and settled in Seward County, where he followed his trade as a blacksmith till he came to Fairmont, five years ago, and embarked in groceries. He has occupied his present stand since December, 1890; it is 22x70 feet in extent, is well located in the Clarenda block and filled to overflowing with a full line of staple and fancy groceries, canned goods, choice brands of family flour also confectionery. Mr. Smiley has always, by a pleasant and sincere manner, made friends and naturally enjoys a good trade; he is a Modern Woodman and at times has been entrusted with the offices of police judge, justice of the peace and so forth; we need hardly say he is an active Grand Army man.

     JACKSON & CO., Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions. Queensware. Glassware, etc., Salt and Flour Specialties.--Joseph Jackson and his family, during their fourteen years residence in this county, have acquired an enviable name for intelligence and honesty. So when they renounced farming, in the spring of 1891, and opened a grocery store in town, a large patronage at once came to them. The business rapidly increased, and in the fall a full line of dry goods was put in also. Their premises are 20x100 feet in extent, have modern furniture and arranged with every convenience for the display and rapid handling of stock. Mr. Jackson was born in England and reared in Wisconsin. He is a Mason and Oddfellow. He is ably assisted by his three partners, a son, Fred, and two daughters, Lucy and Ella. They carry a splendid line of goods, all the latest novelties, and retail at prices defying competition.

     S. J. HONIN, Shoes.--One of the attractive establishments of Fairmont is the popular shoe store of S. J. Honin. Mr. Honin is noted for his enterprise and vim and has always been a leader here. A native of Ohio he came to Fairmont ten years ago. In December, 1889, he moved into his present stand, where he occupies floor space 20x60 feet. His stock is the best in town, runs some $3,500 in value and contains a most varied line of boots and shoes, from the strongest boot for farmer's use, to the finest lady's French slipper. He carries all sizes, and prices have such a wide range that he seldom has to turn a customer away unsuited. He also carries a full line of rubber goods. Mr. Honin has a nice trade and by his politeness and close attention will ever retain and increase it.

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     M. WITTENBERG, Dry Goods, Clothing, Bats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Furnishing Goods, Etc.--Among the houses which grace this city, is the handsome establishment Mr. Markus Wittenberg, located in the two-story brick erected in 1858. The store, both in regard to stock and appointments, ranks with any in the country. Two doors north is a fine millinery store, presided over in an able manner by Mrs. Wittenberg, a lady who is well-posted in all details of this line of business. Mr. Wittenberg is a native of Hungary, and came to this country many years ago, and during the civil war saw active service for the Union, being three years a member of the Twelfth Kansas Regiment. In 1872 he came to this city, where he has always been foremost in all efforts to build up its prosperity, being in the dry goods business here and in other large interests for the past twenty years. He was several terms a member of the city Board, and affiliates with the Masonic fraternity and the G. A. R.

     W. J. LEGG, Sutton, Neb., Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Optical Goods, Etc.--This establishment, in point of stock and fixtures and in general appearance, is one which would of credit to any of our larger cities. He occupies a store room, 22x80 feel in the Woodruff block. Mr. Legg is a native of Indiana, and has been twelve years in the jewelry business. He has been engaged in business here for the past five years and has made many friends. He is an active member of the K. of P.'s, M. W. A. and I. O. O. F.