History of Springfield, Illinois, its attractions as a home and advantages for business, manufacturing, etc. Pub. under the auspices of the Springfield board of trade, by J. C. Power.

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house was established in 1860, and is one liams is also president of the Eirst Naof the leading ones in the trade. tional Bank. The firm consists of John
GLIDDEN & Co., (successors to S. H. Williams and Geo. N. Black. They deal
Melvin & Co.), is one of the oldest Drug in dry goods, groceries and Yankee nohouses in Springfield, and does a large tions, both wholesale and retail. Their
trade in Drugs, Chemicals, etc. They annual sales amount to from $125,000 to
have one of the oldest and best stands, $150,000.
and sell a large amount of goods yearly. Mr. JAMES M. GARLAND succeeds the
In addition to their regular Drug and old house of E. B. Hawley & Co., and
Prescription business, they are extensive- more recenty Brinkerhoff & Garland, one
ly engaged in manufacturing fine flavor- oft he oldest and most favorably known
ing extracts. establishments in Springfield. Mr. Gar.
R. W. DILLEB commenced business in land was junior member of the old house,
the year 1849, as one of the firm of Wal- is a native of the city, and is now doing
lace & Diller, which was the oldest estab- business for himself. He possesses a high
li'shed Drug store in Springfield, and has reputation, and has justly won the good
continued at the same stand ever since. opinion of our citizens. The speciality
The old store occupied by him was de- of this house is, that nothing but first
stroyed by fire in 1858, after which time class goods are kept, which are marked
he erected the building he occupies at this in plain figures, at lowest cash prices.
date. On no account, to affect sales, are goods
C. E. PARmKEB keeps a well selected misrepresented, and polite treatment to
stock of Drugs, Paints, Oils, etc., togeth- all customers is the invariable rule. We
er with Fancy goods and Perfumery. can, with pleasure, advise the people of
He attends to compounding prescrip- this and adjoining counties to patronize
tions at all hours, in a most careful and this house, when desiring good articles
accurate manner. Sixth street, between and strictly honest dealing. t
Monroe and Adams. C. M. SMITH & Co. are one of the larP. W. HARTS keeps Drugs and Medi- gest dry goods houses in Central Illinois.
cines in connection with his books.-See The firm is C. M. Smith & John S. ConBook Stores. dell. Mr. Smith came, a poor boy, to I1W. R. BEALL, Prescription Druggist linois in 1835, and began selling dry
corner of Fifth and Monroe streets. goods at Carrolton, Greene county, in
DRY GOODS. 1837. He removed to this city in 1852,
Col. JOHN WILLIAMS, of the firm of as one of the firm of Yates, Smith & Bro.
Williams & Co., is the oldest dry goods Having purchased the interest of Mr.
dealer in the city, having began selling Yates, who retired, the present firm was
goods for Major Elijah Iles in the year formed in 1866. Mr. Condell began sell1824. Col. Williams continued with ing goods in Springfield in 1840, and was
Major Iles until 1830, when he purchased one of the well known and popular firm
the establishment, and has been engaged of Condell, Jones & Co. Mr. Smith has
constantly in selling goods, up to the been in business for thirty years, has
present time. Col. Williams is known to passed through all the financial troubles
every man, woman and child in the of the country, and has always paid one
county, and during his long years of hundred cents on the dollar. The credit
merchandizing he has won the good and of this firm is unlimited, yet they buy
kindly opinion of all who know him, and exclusively for cash. Mr.'Smith is a
is to-day one of the most popular busi- large property holder and identified with
ness men in the community. Col. Wil- the interests of the city; and no man has