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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that trade several years. Mr. Officer since 1844. They have an elegant and
is an old and well known citizen, and well selected stock of goods, and are fully
Mr. J. C. Hall, has been selling groceries up to the times, in their line of trade.
in this city for nearly twenty years. 0. F. STEBBINS has been ten years in
This firm does a business of about $70,- the Hardware business in Springfield, a
000 per year. portion of that time being connected
JOHN CARMODY deals in groceries and with the firm of Warne & Stebbins. He
provisions, and always keeps in store a is now carrying on business alone and
full stock of staple and fancy goods keeps every thing in his line of busiSales amount to about $20,000 worth ness, and all the latest improvements in
annually. His store is one door south of every kind of implement. His sales aveJournal, office. rage about $35,000 per year.
WHOLESALE GROCERS. Fox & HOUSE deal in everything purtaining to the Hardware business. They
SMITH & HAY.-This house was estabkeep on hand Wagon and Carriage matelished by the senior member of the firm, keep on hand Wagon and Carriage mate
rials, Blacksmith and Carpenters' tools,
in the year 1859. One or two changes
in great variety, and an extensive assorthave been made in the business, but it
has steadily grown in magnitude, and ment of Rubber Belting. Mr. Fox has
been built up by the most incessant labor been selling hardware here for nineteen
and unwearying energy. It is the first Nyears, and is the oldest dealer now in the
successful attempt to establish a strictly city.
Wholesale Grocery house in Springfield, HARNESS AND SADDLES.
and its success has only been in propor- J. O. RAMES, harness and saddle
tion to its merits. Messrs. Smith & Hay manufacturer, and dealer in saddles,
carry, at all times, a very heavy and com- harness, whips, wool collars, bridles
plete stock of goods, which they offer at and every other article in the line of
lowest rates, The sales of this house his business. Fifth street south of
amount to between four and five hund- Bunn's Bank.
red thousand dollars annually. BUSHER, WYATT & Co. are wholeHARDWARE. sale and retail dealers in leather and
W. B. MILLER keeps a very large stock, saddlery hardware, saddles, bridles, coland in great variety, of all kinds of lars, whips, belting, etc., etc. They
goods belonging to a first class house. manufacture very extensively, and make
Gives particular attention to all kinds of the greater portion of the harness they
Hardware, Carriage Makers' stock, Belt- sell. Mr Busher, the senior member of
ing, Packing, Cordage and Tackle Ropes. the firm came to Springfield in 1836,
Mr. Miller has been in business in Spring- and commenced the tanning, and curryfield thirteen years. His sales average ing business' on a very extensive scale,
annually from $30,000 to $40,000. but soon found he was years in advance
SMITH & MCKINSTRY are successors to of the demands of the country. Since
E. B. Pease, who commenced the Hard- that time he has been very extensively
ware business in Springfield in May, engaged in manufacturing and selling
1838; consequently making this the old- saddles, harness, etc., etc. This firm
est established Hardware house in Cen- carries a large stock, and sells about $50,tral Illinois. Mr. McKinstry has been 000, worth per year.
engaged in selling hardware twenty one R. J. COATS, dealer in and manufacyears, ten of which have been spent in turer, of fine buggy and coach harness,
Springfield. Mr. Smith was raised in leather and saddlery hardware. Corner
this county and has lived in Springfield Washington, and seventh streets.