Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1880, Page 15

: ‘THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JANUARY. 1, 1880-SIXTEEN PAGES. — fon ot cer, Thera nT mirably managed in every detail, ‘amt is acredit aliko to Its ptoprictor and to Chicago, KELLEY, MAUS & CO; : Today the well-known and extensive trot firm of Kelloy,-Ultmann & Co, dissolves, aftck years of sticcessfitl busiiess enterprise and tapld growth, Mr. David Kelley remaining and forming. Q now. partnership with Mr, Charles B, Kelley, who lias been with the houso since Sts foundation, and Mr, Matis, of Bt. Joseph, Sfo., a gentleman whose long ox- ricnee in the iron trade of the West will e on valunbld nuxilinry to the future operations of the house. Tho new. firm, with augmented facilities for furntshiny fron and steel = gvods, | will present to the public a complete stock of heavy hard- ware, nails,wagon and eatringe materiul, ant trimmings and carriage cloths. Ls purchases of Iron and steel havo been made with 0 view to prompt and inerensed demand Inthe market, and {n addition to. the extent of its stock, the standard of excellence in material, always a feature with this establishment, has been adhered to, During tho past yenr the firm has increased Its business over, 100 per cent, showing significant of tho fact tlint honorable dealing and attention to current prices have continued to render the house second to none In its line, ‘Tho new firm will be Kelley, Mans & Co,, and will continus business at Nos. 167 and lo9 Lake street, 6. it, & BE. ¥, MOORE, : manufacturera’ agents and dealers in heavy generally arrived at hardware and railroad supplies, accupy Nos, 163 and 165 Lake street. ‘This firm, which has built up 9 fargo and successfnl trade dur- Ing tho past seven yenrs, oro tho exelnsive agents for the Providenco ‘Tool Company, Kteading Bolt & Nut Works, Syracuse Bolt Company, Hotchkiss & Gaylord , Dinck Dine mont: File Works, and other leading manu- ncturing establishments, This house also inanufactures In. thts city, and are_ the sole proprictors of the Ciimax Barn-Door Hangers, Moore's Antl- Friction Sliding por Sheaves, Moore's Bageage-Car Door-Ilangers, which inven- tlons have succeeded “old designs and are necting with a very Int Differential Pulley Blocks (20,000 of which are said to have heen already sold In Engtnnd and on the Continent of Europe) are being manufactured for this frm by the Providencs Tool Company. It §s said to be the only sata differential block that is manufactured In this country. , —=—— JEWELRY, ETO. N. MATSON & CO, There ts no elassof trade in which tho stock of goods carricd represents so mucli that ts substantially and intrinstenlly-vatuable as the jewelry business, and Chicago's supe- rlority ns a great wholesale centre ts shown in tha eminent character-and wide-spread fameof Its chief house in this line,—that of N. Matson'& Co. The firm in question is not only tho largeat retail jewelry establishment In the ‘West, but {ts the most extensive wholesale house in its Hne In the United States, Its spacious and clegnnt store, vaults, work- shops, and warcrooms, at the corner of State and Monroe streets, ate a headquarters from which radiates to the trade greater quantities of first-class jowelry, silverware, watches, diamonds, cte,, than are sent out from any other one establishment in this country. ‘The busittess of N. Matson & Co. renches to every Western State and Territory, and dealers be- yond the Missouri, south to the Rio Grande, east into Pennsylvania, and north into Caunda, are among the Fegular patrons of this louse, Measrs, Matson & Co..ure the general Western agents for Gorlnm’s fa- mous silver and igted ware, as well ns for the ware of Reed & Barton, They are the most extensive Importers of diamonds th this part of, the country, having thelr own special 1uyér in’ Burope for the purpose. In dia- monds, 05 in.all other goods, they earry tho most varied and extensive of stocks, and dealers and jobbers ara certain of bargains at this house ‘Unobialnable elsewhere. It will 6 of Interest to tho trade, a3 well as to tho public generally, to know. that fine dinmonds, real gems, are ng yet no higher-priced than jn tho past; that the chenper grades are even Jower-priced than heretofore, while thoro has been something of an advance in tho me- dium grado of stones, caused by a somewhat increased demand for them of ‘Inte, Messrs. Matson & Co, also report that there is yet no Increase in the price of jow- elry, watches, silverware, etc., except i vn- sale. Moore's cased silver goods, in which thore is a slight advance, This establishment is authority in all these matters with the trade, and- its’ statements are at once Intoresting nnd valua- bie. The house, by virtue of its large capl- tal, high reputation, aud tho brond scope of its business, was in admirable position to so- cure all the advantages accruing from the re- vival of trade throtighout the country, T! ‘was almost the only house in Its ling In Chi- cago which had been unshalken by the panic, and which rode anstely through the years of flepression that followed. This, of course, Inced it in perfect condition to Improve all* ha opportunities offered by the return of ood thes, and its business during tho year ust cloged has beon remarkably lorge and prosperous. Itisnottoo much to say that thore [sno community in the West into which tho goods of N. Mtyon & Co. have not pene- traded within the past car. Tho house has recently made material en- Inraements in its wholesale facilities. It can furnish all the requisites for retail firms, in- cluding jewelry and jowelers' goods and suppifes, and we can indorse ft a3 n house absolutely sure to. sntisfy its patrons. ‘Tho sales by Messrs, Matson & Co, of watches ara vory heavy. ‘They are agents for tho Tendlng English, American, and Swiss mak- ers, and bral bably sell more watehies annual- ly than all the other firms Ju Chiengo com- bined, Thoir stock of jewolry Includes every- thing that is standard and novel, beauty of design and thoroughly choice quality being chnracterfatics of their goods, Fine ronzes, which are again coming into demand, are also features of this firm's trade. In briof, it may be snid that the house handles groly thing that fs rare, rloh,.and benutiful inf line of trade ina variety and extent which ennbles it to offer oxtraordinary inducements i? the retailors and jobbers of ‘the West. It is # house that lives up to {ts agreements, auc transactions with it always reaulé agrecably to Ita patrons, It Is.n close bayer. inall tho best markets of tho world, andis thereby in sition to sell, at falrer figures than are nown to its conipetitors,—if, Indeed, it can sald to have ony, Tue Trinuxe las Ynown and ndinired this tirm for years, and ia Bla to commend it to the contliued favor of the trade everywhere. : " IAMILTON, 8HOUTIDS & CO, Ths names of the gentlemen comprising the above fir will bo remembered as long and prominently connected with the jewelry trade of the West. Associated together In the firm named above, they handle the cholc- est and most elegant. Foods In. their Ino, and eater more especially for the city tride, Their rule js to make everything exoctly ag represented, and this principly has given, thom n largo trade among our best people, which for years they hnye stendily retalned. Locnted at the corner of State and Randolph streets, thelr storols nconvenient rendezvous fot shoppers, and their sales have increased each year—very rapidly during the year ending yesterday, which shows double the business of ‘78, - WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. THR WIG STANDING OF CUICAGO 10UBH8, No Hue of business in Chiengo has moro creditable representutives, or ls In better con- dition to fill any and all demands that can be made tpon it, then the wholesate drug trade, ‘The leading firms tu this line ero carry os complete, fresh, and varied stocks ns any ‘wholesalers In the United States, ‘The for- eign and domeatic drugs handled by them In- clude evérything known to the world of med- Isluo, and their showing of proprietary zoos .mbraces every approved - preparation ant compound, Western retal! druggists And they save timo and expense by ignoring distant Eastern houses, whose goods must necessarily be on the road from a woek to ten days, There {sa steady capltal of upwards off million and a. half dollars invested In the w’ Olesalo drug trade of this city, and during the. your Just closed n business of about £25,000 000 was done. ‘There is no line of trade dn which . greater judginent and ex- Porlenog fq called ‘for, and essentiol. qualities we find special ex- coilance among tho wholesale drugglstq of Lileagn. pihey give close personal supervise lon to the purchase and core of thelr stock and retailers buying of them are cortain of purity OF fonds and closeness tn price not al- Wayu obtainable eluewhere, "1 ‘ith reat and responsible houses like those of Van Schaack, Stevenson & Co., Fuls Morrison, Plummer & Co., ang Hurlbut & Co., conducting the whole le drug. busiuces ‘af Olea, there is no heceasity of Western retailers other Ing of tr inca eS si bers t) ir uo ol TS ad retailers think of w of the West golug east he of Chicago for thelr goocls, antl It i plensant to note that our dealers in the Weat hhhve now the same conelusion. ite Trinuny finds that the Western trade in drugs and drucetsts’ stndries lias greatly inerensed during the year 1979, ‘The tipwaril fendenay th prices manifest In all kinds of business hing, of course, heen felt by the drugeists; and it may be well hereto observe that shrewd retailers are now. laying, in ample stocks of the non-perishable goods In untlefpation of stil ereater advance fy rites. Altogether a close lispection xntisies ns that tho wholesale drug Iisiness of Chicago Is in a remarkably prosperous condition, and that Mts four great representative housea above named are worthy of all esteem and confi- dence. Their capltal invested is Inrges their stock of rigs, drugyists’ supplies, propric- tary medicines, and general sundries {1 tho ania busi is ns extensive as anyon this continent thelr dealings with their ha: iy NS, sand trons are reasonably sure to prove mutta satisfactory. We commend them to the con- tinued. and deserved favor of the trade every: where, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, &C. PITKIN & BROOKE, ‘The firm above name are an excellent ex- ample of Chfengo cnierprise, and of the prac- tleal operation of correct. business principles Which we would recommend new firms Just starting In business to study, At tho tlne of Chicago's greatest catnmity they were cm- ployes In leading houses In their line, but be- fore the ruins hind ceased smoldering, and while yot the grent business houses of Chi- cago, many of them, were undeckled whether thoy would resume, these young men, with tho utmost confidence In tho city’s glorious destiny, began, business in a shanty on the lnke shore, under the firm name above men- toned. Tt 1s no flattery to speak of this house asa model one initsmethod ofdolug business, fs the enrefil, prompt, and energetic way in which tty afftalrs have’ heen conducted from. the firstis well known to every one familiar with the erockery trade, A. prominent mer- chant sald to the writer, “Pitkin & Brooks’ metho of doing business Is ns systematic as that of a. bank.” , This characteristle lias distinguished the louse front the first, The tirm prospered fron the day of starting, From tho Inke-front shanty = Messrs, Pitkin & Brooks removed ta one of the first stores completed on River street, where they remained until their business outgrew their store-room, when they changed to tha pres: entcommations four-story double store at band 60 Lake strett. The growth of tha city is epitomized in the growth of euch business owse in’ it, and this firn’s expansion — from to yenr, yonr extending thelr area to the adjoining lofts on either site, may be referred to as un evidence of the eify’s material progress, To deseend to detall, wo will say this firm are importers and jobbers of crockery, glassware, Inmps of all descriptions, Jooking-glasses, and other artleles peculint to the trade, ‘fhelr goods are such ag nre in demand for country trade, and they sell on close’ margins and sho me, Inst year wasan especially prosperous one, the sales being fully 2) per cent in ex. cess of those of 1878, They undoubtedly sell more goods tn their fine than any other fiouse in the West, their patronage extending from Winnipeg to Central ‘Toxas, end from Michl- mn an Ohio to the Rocky Mountains on the ‘es! BURLY & TYRRELL, This house Js the oldest and largest west of Now York, having been established In 1833, ‘This firin jas always taken the lead In tho ine troduction of Kkeramics. In their stock is shown the production of all tha most ecle- brated potteries of the world. Everything noveland staple in its line fs obtainnbte here, and the best of home and imported goods, at fair figures, are-a certainty In deallng with. Messrs. Burley & Tyrrell.” The house hag done n very hems business during tho year ust closmt at fts spacious establishment, ‘og. 83 and 85 State, having received, han- Med, and shipped to tts wholesale and ‘retail patrons a considerably greater quantity of goods than in any previous year of Sts -suc- cessful history. ————— TARVESTING MACHINERY. THE SCONMICK IARVESTER. During tho year just closed, the partner ship between Cyrus HW. & L. J. McCormick expired by Iinitation, and tho manufacture of their celebrated harvester was continued hy “Tho McCormick Unrvesting Machine Conipnriy,’"’ i Jottit stock’ corporation organ- ized for that purpose, and of whieh Cyrus II, McCornilck is President, I. J. McCormick, Vice-President, and C..A. Spring, Jr,,.Gen- eral Superintendent, Additional facilities were added during the year to the great ‘factory of the Company, nt the corner of Biue Island and, Western aventies, and o grenter number of harvesters wero manufact- ured and sold than ever before In the samo longth of time. The year V9 was memorable also for the new countries invaded by this nenceful conqueror. Biedicines have been sold and shipped to the Argentine Republic, hill, Mexico, Roumanta, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and othor out-of- the-wny places, and these are helleved to be the precursors of a large trade with those countries In harvesters. The number shipped to Great Britain, France, Donmark, Ger- any, and Tussin, where the’ MeCornilek Hfarvester has been generally {n use for years, largely exceeds the oxportations of previous yours, The wide-spread popularity of this ploncer of harvesters ts confirmatory of the high esteem awarded St by successive Committees of Experts of all the Workt's Fairs and State Expositions that haya ever been held where “tho old relinble? came In. competition with other. hatyesters. Tha great gentus which evolved the Idea and portected tho Invention which has been of such unteld benefit to mankind fortunately was accom. panied by the Amerlean shrowdness which profited “by experlence and the grow- ng needs of agriculture, to keep “the McCormick” ahead of all competitors, Each year has added some Lmprovement to this wonderful machine, which was deemed nt first to be the perfection of fts nd, The McCormick Harvester and Au- tomatic Binder would seem to lenve nothing undiscovered In tho science of harvesting, . This “keeping pace with the march of time” fa a matter of record; for while “ the MeConutck” has come out of nll the great competitive exhibitions with tho highest Honors (aking three grand prizes at Paris nloue In the period of twenty-three years—the first in 1455, next in (507, a¢ which tine Mr.Me- Cormick was decorated with the cross of tho “ Legion of Monor,” and tially In 1878), it remmlned for this last aud grentest—the Exposition Untuerselic of 1878, to fittingly crown the Inventor and his work, Thera the McCormick Unrvesterand Binder received tho grand prize gold medal, being tha only harvesting machino to recelve this distine- ton, though other machines, and “the Me- Cormick ns well, were given lesser honors, While the Exposition thus slugiet out this harvester for tha highest honor tn Its power to bestow, the Jnyentor, Mfr, Cyrus Hi. Mc- Cormick, was decorated by the French Natlon ag an officer of tho “Legion of lonor” for hy distinguished services to mankind, ut one. other “Ameri. ean hoa attained this’ allltude of fame, and {t must be all the moro gratify. hig to the reelplents that in both cuses tho proud guordons hava. been won through Vietorles in Peace rather thin in War, But Fronce had nop yet done with shower- {ng honors on tho head of the Freat Inventor, for that world-famud boily of Saynns—the Ine stitute of | France—recogntdlug that Mr, Cyris I. MeCormick had done more to eluvate Agricultura than any world has produced, elected full thembership, In 1878 algo tha Me- Connick recelved the unprecedented distine ton of 4 gold inedal from the Royal Agri cultural Soclaty of England’ ut the ristol rials where 9 great number of harvesters were tried by the most crucial of tests, x Air, McCormick f4 a plain, wnpretending, a eieelt zen of Chleags whoundoubf- edly yalues moyt highly of all his victorles the shuple recognition, by the People of ull the clyilized nitions of" the world, of the suporiority of the McCormick Harvester over all others, und thbs Id shown by the widely- extended and constantly ncreushing demand for these harvesters which necessifntes cach your, Inorcagcd ficilities for manufacture, Tho McCormick reaping and, mowlng’ mn- ofiines were nover 69 popular aa now, ald the Company, manufacturing them—the old or Now—neyer more prosperous than now, a WILLIAM DEEMING -Is the manufacturer of the celobrated Marah MLarvester and of self-binding harvesters for the binding of grain with bands of wire or twiie; also of the “Warrlor,” “G, & D.,” and “Deering”. mowers, .-Mr. Deering. suc- ceeds to tho business of Gammon & Nevring, of which firm he hag long been a member, Afr. Gainmon having recently retired from Paes sath Catan, a aati jou y act isatPlano My oes ene Br, Deeting’s ppectalty -is gruio-haryest- ing machine: No mach!ne ts better known or haa attained so enyinhle a repittation among the grain-growers of the West ns the old and rellable Marsh Harvester, the first or pioneer reaper of Sta class, and so successful and poptilar ag to have revolutfonized tho method of grain-harvesting. The silo and popularity of this machine {4 finmense, and such ay to have compolled all. the Jeading munufacturers to adopt its methods and ey tien machines bullt after this standard model, ‘This innehine has made Bosse the auto- matic Binding of grain, and this manufactur. er wns one of tho first to bring out n stecess- ful binder, using wire for bands, Last year ho introduced a successful self-binder that binds with twine, and will) this year produce a large number. Wo has sur- ceeded in keeping in the very ad vance of Improvements In this class of farm machinery, and his harveaters and self- Dinders hnve attained a reputation for axcel. lence that ts unequaled by any other m: chine of the same class In the country. ‘The demand for these harvesters {3 such as to tax the enpacity of the shops to their ut- most, and Mr. Deering will manufacture a mueh Jarger number for this than any provi- ous yenr, No manufacturer has sueceeded in makin n better Fepiladian for his machines, and thal they have had real and substantial merit be- yond {hatof other reapers ls proven by. tho act that all lending insnufacturers are Aban- doning the kinds heretofore made by them, and making harvesters in Imitation of these, ‘The mowers made by Mr. Deerlng have nt- tained a wide reputation as unrivaled in Hghtness of draft nnd casp of cutting. Io contributes his quota to tho grand total of the business of dis elty by the mantfacture of this class of farm-machinery, the sales of which for 1879 reached nearly two millions of doflars, and which, with a fair harvest for 1880, should execod thnt stim. WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS.: LAWRENCH: & MARTIN, Business energy and judgment joined to {arge cupital can work wonders, This is especially tho cage when the bustness house possessing these qualities denls in first-clnss commodities, and has 2 good field to build up tnide in, All these essentials were at the command of Lawrence & Martin when they opened their great wholesale Hquor, wine, and cigar establishment nt No. 111 Madison street, about three years ago. The result has been that they have pushed forward, in the comparatively brief {ime intervening, ton success and fame rare even In this Western home of all that is marvelous in business prosperity, They are now the conceded leaders In thelr lino of trade, carrying a larger and more varied stock than any stmilar’ con- cern {un this partof the country, and filling orders steadily to every portion of Chicago and all the vast and busy territory tributary: thereto. Messrs, Lawrence & Martin handle all the choico brands of Kentucky sour mash, rye, Scotch, and Irish whiskies, their snics of these being larger and more widespread than those of any other firm in the West. ‘They also deal‘ heavily In sherries, ports, brandies, rums, gins, clarets, and Rhino wines of all kinds, and are by far the most prominent Importers of champagnes outsiie of New York, They carry every known brand of these ever popular wines, and su, py, families, clitbs, dealers, and othors in nimense quintities. ‘The firm is also the most extensive Weat- ern iinporter of fine clgars. This department is in the hands of skilled connoisseurs, and it fs well understood by smokers everywhere that perfect elgars are n_certainty always in dealing with Lawrence & Martin, The honse has the closest of business relations with the most celebrated Havana producers arid Is thereby enabled to command tho best of clyars for Its trade at ‘terms un- attainable by other Chicago firms. A splendid exainple of what the great estab- Ushment of which we are now writing can accomplish when it bends its energies and resources fn nny apecinl direction Is afforded in ite phenomenal success with “Tolu, Rock and Rye, The chief physical afiiictions of America are diseases of the lings and alr passages, and nervous prostration resulting from over- work, Asn Nation we cannot’ change the peculiar climate which breeds tho former, and as 0 people we cannotsubdue the restless ambition and driving: (irglness. enterprise Which so often leads up to the Intter, But as individuals wo can all meet and overcome the troubles in question, with their whole fealn of atendans qvils, if afforded a fair op portunity. Messrs, Lawrence & Martin bave been quick to Appreciate this fact and to take ad- yantago of it in a way valuable ulike to then selves and the public, They have prs pared, with the assistance of eminent medical men, u prepartion of rye whisky, rock candy, and tolu. Tho curative propertics of all these are so well understood that {tis wholly un- necessary to entor into any praiso of them, Taken singly, thoy have nlways been ad- mitted to be remarkal ful. It 1s astonishing that nobody hns evor before thought of combining them into one ‘and preparation, and, now that Lawrence Martln’s gentus hins resulted in foing just that thing, everybody ls wondering that It was not done long before, Totu, Rock and Rye, as propared and sold by this firm, 1s. a speedy and certain eure for coughs and colds of every kind, sore throat, bronchitis, Influenza, quinsy, weak lungs, and Hint worst of all modern diseases, con- sumption. ae It {s 9 pleasant drink to the taste, and, while It is highly medicinal, la also a lus f clous beverage. ‘This fact is pasttenincly bone- ficial to persone sufforing from the troubles in question, ‘Their ‘stomachs, instead of being weakened by unpalatable rugs, are strengthened Ve an nerecable tonic. indeed, Tolu, tock and Eye ls, specially to bu com- monde asn curative for dyspepsia and kine dred complaints, besides being o teful drink for family and table use, fp avpe- pune: strengthening, and altogether delight ‘This admirable compound has been caro- fully analyzed by a fending Chicago chemls Prof, G, A. Marfnor, who-has pronounced | porfectly pure in its ingredients, and cal- culated to do preeisoly whut is claimed for it. ‘The preparation fs really ono of the most im- ortaut that las ever been pat upon the mar ‘ot, for it combines in a hitherto unapproach- ahlo dusree the essuntials of belng a positive ctre for off innladies of the fungs and aft MissAges; & restorative for worn conatitu- fons and cnfcebled systems, and a, bevernge grateful to the priate of the most fastidious, Tolu, Rovke and Ryo yuplneed before the world by Sawrence &:Martin only nfow months “age. But such ts tho ‘energy of the firm in question, and the. un- qualified meri: 'of the Compound, that {t has Jumped {nto {aimedinte and enormous suc- cess, ‘The pubic: has appreciated the worth of Tolu, Rock ava Ryo from the. outaet, and the demand for ft has boon huge and flatter ing, } When Tre TrnvyNe conmisafoner. visited Lawrence & Martin’s establishmont recently, he found that fine, In curlous temporary: redicanvent. ‘Lhe orders for Tol, Rock and Jee sl rushed fy go ‘iawittly, and in auch Hime quantiies, that the vast stock of quart pottles eapecluily-intd fi: for stich an emor- eney had been oxiinuated, aud for a fow days there wns nothing sobtaiiable in which to’ put up that excellurat ptenaration, ‘The ofty was ransacked for badtles of the requisite alze, and, until the orders tolegraphed by the firm to the Eastern glass nywnutactories had been filled, the demand for rtiis peerless mocl- {eine and beverage could rot be fully mot. But the bottlemakers now 1ndorstand the amguitude of the task before ttom, and agrea to keop Lawronce & Martin Yully supped hereafter with the necessary ruceptactes for Tolu, Rock and Rye. 1 There Is no doubt whatever that. the splendid preparation is deathyed to a world-wide fame, and to a. sh ‘groater than any compownd known (o tho’ vide, at ors fs now obtainable of iiruyisists antl dvorywhere, and is-indarsus by inedjcal men and ‘the public genorally, ‘Those yrho have already used Tol, Rock and Rye will need no {neentive to continue doing 803: thoxs who have not, lave only to test It onca and then Day will be Itefirm admirers aver aftervvarda, ‘The: year just closed has been one of ox- traordinary prosperity to Lawrenes & Martin. When tha revival of bushiess came throughout the country It fouyd them In superb trim to reap great nilvantuge from it, They had a wall-established tracks, ‘wenty of capital, and the hest of relatfor allke'with producers and consumers of the: West. This placed thetn In decure position , w promptly avail themselves of the general inorease 1 business, and the result they have added fuumensely to a trade which was theady the biggest in ‘its Hine In this purt of Their. custom now, extends to- every: ‘Western. State’and errttory, and wher- isan admiration ‘Yor the fincat wines, Uquors, and-:o! elgn production, there we ate ature to find) wrence & BMartln’y goods in the largext de- mand, They are our chlef merchants tn tl reat business, and aré; Avorthily entitled tee woud auecess thoy have BO SWIftly at alned, BTEUREN COUNTY WINE COMPANY. Tho Sncreasc in America’s apprectation of the purity and worth of native wines Is strik- ingly shown by the success of this Coinpany’s admirable vintages, The wines produced by them have now come to be regarded, alike by connolsseurs and the general public, 98 standard and unequaled, ‘The cholco dry and sweet Catawbaa, fine ports and gherrics, rich family brandies, and ineamparable cham- pagnes are meeting with chormous sales, and are unqualifiedly” commended by all_who use them; and Inspection hy Tim Trin UNE representative of the well-stocked cellars and = warerooms of the Steue bon County Wine Company's Chicago establishment, No. 170 Madison street, to- gether with an examination of its yearly In- creasing huginess, hing proved conclusively that It is the leading Western house In its line of trade. ‘Tho use of native wines Is eco: nomical na wellashenithful. The prodtets of this Company constitute all that is perfect and amirable in American, wines and brandies. ‘This country hag at jast learned that its own inatelitess Catawba and other fine varieties of grapes yleld wines which In purity and bigh exeellence have no rival in the World, ait the Hon’s share of credit for accomplishing iis great work of popularizing American wines seems us to be due to the’ splendid productions and sterling business enterprise of the proprictors of the Steuben County Wine Company. MILLINERY GooDs. GAGE UROTIERS & Co, In no line of business hns the increase heen larger during the past year than in mll- Mnery and its collateral branches, suchas fancy dry gonds, notions, und knit goods, of which Gage Brothers & Co, are the leading representatives in the West. In the course of his rambles among the leading wholesale houses, the reporter dropped into the house nbove-named, and, after elbowing through acrowd of country merchants, had a: five- minute talk with Mr. Albert 8. Gage, Un Which time he obtained solfd facts cnough'in regard to the surprising business growth of Chicago and tho Great West to fill several colmnns of Tire ‘Tninuxe, “Tf you don’t belleve Chicago is prowing,”* sald Sr, Gaze, "Juat step this way.” And, fol- lowing in his wake, the writer made a tour of this lurge establishment, Many changes were noted since the writer visited the house one year before, Tha large fivestory. building Sajolniug on the north had been added ta the aren of the establishment, making it onc of tho largest in its Mne in the Union. ‘The fres- coer hasapplled hig brush withexquisite taste and good judgment, A lighter or more beau- tiful wholesale house there Is not in the city. This fact Is parfleularly Appreeinted by the visiting merchant who has uccnsion to éxam- ine, npon the first floor, the delicate ribbons, magnificent velvets, and black dress silks, 08 well ng millinery, for which this house Is esnecially noted, The display of these arti- cles Is not excelled In Chicago, and probably not in America, Tho Messrs. Gage obtain thelr velvels and silks direct from foreten Inanufncturers, and may be sald to be the lending houso in tho city in these specialties, We pissed, vin the elevator, to the second floor, and thenee successively upward unti) the fifth floor was renehed, Upon the varl- ous floors are displayed In successton ladies’ hats, felt and straw, in innumerable varicty of shape, corsets piled to the ceiling, and knit woolen goods of every description known to the trade. “Your real-estate editor,” sald Mr. Gare, “ ta apt to look for the growth of Chicago in the subdivisions of rea) estate, transfers, and new buildings. That's all well enough; but, in my opinion, quite as Jnportant, ‘as these {gs the growth of the established business houses on which the prosperity, and, in he city depend.” fact, tho population, of oN ce millinery exclusively, fo not handle Tpereelve.? | “No, sir. “In what respect docs your trade show the largest inereasu?” “Our millinery trade has expanded far be- yond our expectations of two years ago, but our Inrgest Increase for the past year is shown In our corset and fancy dry-goods de- partments, and In our department of buttons and imported novelties, We handle the larg- eat stock af corsets west of New York, being the second house in America in that line, Our knit goods, embracing sll kinds of use fu) and fancy articles, stich a8 hoods, leg. ings, ulsters, nubias, ctc,, is not surpassed TOLER RT ts are Sur Reseed The growth of Gaga Brothers & Co,’s business during the «past threo years Is one of the interesting © top- fea _of conversation in the commercial workl. It is an old house,—established in 1856,—but, until of Inte, has been content to do business on the “let-well-enough-nlone” plan, and, having a Jargo and never fluctuat- lng class of customers that assured n hand- some profit at the end of the year, the firm took its case, and made little effort for new bly curative and health: | of native or for- |: on! | tes fer ready aupply at the lowest business. But recontly new and very im- portant additions to fts stock have ‘beer made, ns stated; new patrons have been nulded to those that have dealt with Gago Brothers & Co. for tho pee twenty-threo, yeurs, and the result is that Increased room hag to bo provided every twelvemonth, The trade of the firm in 1878 exceeded the trade of 1877 by 25 per.cent, but in 1879 it will show an Mnerense over 1878 of 3334 per cont,—n very: gratifying exhibit, It will be interesting ta our readers to know that this firm has com- Jeted arraugements for misnufacturinye In hieago this spring ona large scale Indies’ hats, corsets, and artificial flowers of alt idady, using adjoining Jofts for that purposo aud employing in the neighborhood of 100 hands, W. 1. HAGEDON & CO, Tho yoar just passed has been gratifyingly Prosperous with the above firm, The writer called at the beautiful exhibition rooms, Nos. 42 and + Madison street, and was bowildered with an artistic display of the most exquisite novelties in millinery. Mfeésrs. Hagedon & Co.’s wholesale ‘department embraces tha four upper floors of the building above men- toned, It Is stocked with a varied assort- ent of all tho muititudinous articles of mile Unery to ba found in any store in America, Thelr trade, both wholesale and retail, ex- fends to the Far West, and embraces among its patrons the best dealors in that Vino, Messrs, Hagedon & Co, have the reputation of keeping the most clegant goods and of selling at modorate prices, During the past. year their trade shows an incrensu of fully bs per cent over the preceding twelve months, WHOLESALE CLOTHING. A. L, SINGER, wholesalo manufacturer and dealer in chil- dron’s, boys’, and youths’ clothing, found his old quarters at Nos, 83 and 8 Wabash avenue too cramped for his rapidly increasing busi- ness, and so he secured and oceuples tho spacious and elegant establishment at Nos, 68 and 70 Wabash nvenuc, Jn this capactous five-story and basement structure hy {a doing a heavy business, hls, trade for 1879 belng more thin double that of, the pigredis , year. With his present large facllithea and extensive trade, he is able to afford peculiarly advantageous terms to the retailers nnd Jolie bors of the West. Ile makes an almost enil- Jess Narluty of his line of woods, and his atock has always been noted for tho excol- Ieneo of the materinl and perfect style of tintah, A stock as largo ns any of Its class tn tho West, and prices aa Jaw as any market ean show, nre certulntics in dealing with Mr, ngor, z MEYIEN, RTRAUAA & GOODMAN, wholesale ‘clothing dealers, is ono of the leading firsns In this ne In the Northwest, and have recently removed to the elegant and commodious five-story: bullding, espec- fnlly erected for their business, at the north- ‘west comer of Fifth ayenue and Monroe treet. This house, established In 1871, has a large capital invested, and carries as com- plete a stock of clothing ny any other wholo- sale establishment west af New York; its business Inst your amounting to over a mill- fon of dollars, [ts constantly-inereasing strade has demanded the removal to the pres ‘ent extensive stores occupied by the tirm, a looslity neknowledgei to be the most eligi- lo in the city, During the past month, among other new facilities for Fapld Due facture of goods, this house hag intro- ‘duced into their establishment two of" Fonno’s latest patent cutting-nmnchines of; Inrge capacity, aid one of Ward's cuttory, ihe three muektnes having a capacity of 8,000 rinents a day. ‘Tho building occupied by 8 tir presolits an almost solld tront of ithe dnest English plateglass, representin; sover 8,000 square feot, the number of fee! occupied by the five main and basement foors, buing over six amount ee house, Jn anticipation of thelr removal 40.41 + wo pleud pi ir large store, have invested largely in vious to tha date slvanced tn tho inayket, and will therefpre be able to offer not Fay SeahtseaPasing, Oat (nie i be > of ovy Ww ; petition with the old-established houses In +| ing.of tho Chicago house of S, Brainard’s Messrs. Meyer, Strauss & Goodman have aligmented hefr Olilo, Indiana, and general Northwestern trade, until it has not only be- comen staniard feature of the house, but also an fmportant clement In the prosperity and business of Chieago. In fact, no Weatern wholesale clothing house possesses ®& more favorable reputation for honorable dealing, completenéss and variety of stock, and extensive business connections than, this old and reliable firm, The new stores have every modern ansiliary to the successint roscention of their trade, and their stock will he found to contain the newest and most complete assortment of clothing manufact- ure BIMON, STRAUSS '& CO, ‘The wholesale clothing firm of Simon, Strauss & Co., located at the northwest cor- ner of Franklin and Monroc streets (known a5 Farwell Block), report that their business for the past year has been lnrgely in excess of original expectation. ‘The Indfeations are that this Increase of demand will continue, and Messrs. Simon, Strauss & Co. have made extensive purchaser, before the ndvance in the market, of n large stock of gnods for their apring and fall trade of the present year. New facilities for mannfacture and farge cash purchases enable the firm.to offer re- markably superior inducements to the trade everywhere. ‘ PRICE, STRAUSS & KAUN. This, the old house of Price, Levi & Strauss has been forced, by Its rapidly-increasing business, to take new and enlarged quarters at Nos, 133 and 135 Wabash avenue, where it now carries one of the finest stocks of over- ally, shirts, and imen’s furnishing goods to be found In the West. ‘Their double store is devated to the handling and sale of one of the inost extensive and varied siowings of this line of goods ever offered to the tule. The Increase of Messrs. Price, Strauss &: Kahn's business for 1870 over tat of 1878 was About 40 per cent, and the firm isin every way worthy of the fine trade it has so ener- getically built up, MUSIO AND MUSICALINSTROU-. MENTS. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO, The Western branch of this celebrated house js doing a magnificent bnsiness, a8, In- deed, all of Its branches are, home and for- eign, The General Western Agency, Nos. 250 and 258 Wabash avenue, has for sume time really been unable to incet the demands made upon It for its world-renowned instruments, n fact which [sn superior testimonial alike to the genulit:ness of the trade revival and the Inrge populnrity of the Mason & Hamlin or- mans, ‘The business of the house for 1879 was extraordinary {n its dimensions, and THe Tuinune Is Tn position to know that it will be even larger in 1850. PELTON & POMEROY, ‘This energetic and plucky firm came to Chicago from Freeport, Ill., a few years ngo, and, though the trade depression was then at its worst, they had the nerve to launch into the piano tind organ business in direct com- thatline, But Messrs, Pelton & Pomeroy Possessed capital, Judgment, and enterprise, and soon took rank with the foremost deal- cre in musical instruments in the West. A. good exaniple of thelr progress has just been shown in the fact that the Western agency of the world-famous Chickering pianos has been Placed with them. The misfortunes of an- other firm In Chicago made it necessary for the Chickerings to change their agency here, and a number of leading piano-lealers were competitors for the honor and profit of handling these celebrated Instruments. But Pelton & Pomeroy'’s remarkable success was recognized by the manufactur- ers, and henceforth the renowned Chickering pianos will be obtainable in Chicago only of this firm. Messrs. Pelton & Pomeroy are also agents for the admirable Hazelton Brothers, Decker & Sons, Ernest Gnbler, Kurtzman, and Pelton & Pomeroy pianos, and superb organs of the best makes, ‘The firm’s headquarters are at Nos, 150 and 153 Stato street, and the business transacted the past year has heen Inrgely in excess of that of 1878, THe TrmuNe Knows of no house in any line of business in Chicago which has shown greater entorprise and judgment, or is more Worthy, the continued favor of tho publle, than Pelton & Pomeroy, 8, DRAINAND'S SONS MUSIC PUNLISHING MOUBE. An Important addition to the music trade of Chicago and the Northwest was the opon- Sons May 1, 1870, at 158 State street, Messrs, S. Brainard’s Sons ara among the largest publishers of sheet-music and muslo-books in tho world, and the only extensive music pub- lishers west of New York. They have large establishments in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Chicago, and special neies for thelr pub- Neations in nearly all the principal cities be- tween New York and San Francisco. Im- medintely after the great fire Messrs. Brain- ard’s Sons purchased the entire music and book business, nnd the iminense catalogue {plates and copytiehts), of the old Chicago rm of Root & Cady, whose legitimate sue- cessors thoy sre. Mr. 0, M. Cady Is now the New York agent for their publications. Messrs, Brainard's Sons publish over 15,000 different pieces of music and hundreds of standard and popular music-books, and are daily issuing new muste by the leading com posers of Europe and America. -Thelr stock of American and foreign music is by far the largest and most complete In Chicago, and their store Is becoming headquarters for mu- siclans and music-lovers in the city. Dealers and teachers throughout the Northwest will do well to send for thelr extensive catalogue. Vi td also here call attention ta Briin- ard's Musical World, a monthly magazine issued by this firm, and which probably has a larger circulation than all the other “musical monthiles” combined, Of the December number $2,000 enples were sold, W. We KIMBALL. W. W, Kimball, corner ‘State and Adams strects, is the most extensive wholesale and retail dealer in pinnos and organs {nthe ‘Weat, He is one of the oldest established merchants In his Ine of trade in Chiengo, and his business has been pushed with an energy and judgment that has carried it to, every Western State and Territory. He has for Years been the general agent in this part of the country for the Hallett, Davis & Co., Hale, Emerson, and Kimball bianos, and the Smith, American, Kimball, and othor organs, Ho ts by far tha largest individual dealer in those adinirabie and well-known makes of Pianos and orgatis in the United States, and Jils, of course, has given him the closest and most satisfactory relations with the manu- facturers, thereby enabling hin. to sell in his turn to jobhers and retailers nt the lowest of prices, His business for 1870 was remark- ably extensive and prosperous, and for 1880 Mt WHI bo even greater, just as it ought to be. STORY & CAMP, the leading Chicago piano and organ dealers, have increased the annual trade of this clty during 1870 by over $1,500,000, the increase in business for the past six months being 50 per cent. This firm deal only inthe best musical instruments of standard make, {eluding the Decker Brothers and popular Mathusek pl- anos, ani the fur-famed Estey organs. Their place of business, No. 183 and 190 State atreot, sconventent, central, and sufficiently commo- dluug to adinit of keeping o large stock con- stantly on liand, Dealers and retail purchasers will find acompletelllat of jnstriments toselect from in all the varied styles and at different grades of price, A practical know! und Jong. experience in the business of the musi¢ trado in all its departments ennbies Messrs, Btory-d& Camp to purchase at tho Jowest price, and thelr past record of success ful bualness warrants curront frices and tho assurance to the purchaser that all goods bought ut this or their extensive St, Louis establishinent are exactly as represented. J. BAUER & CO «t It is only necessary to mention this house to remind tho reader that it is one of the Teading houses {n pianos and musical Instru- ments in this country. Thetr handsome silosrooms, at 183 and 181 Wabash avenue, are stocked with the most perfect instru: ments of all kinds, Including the world- famed Kuate and Baucr pianos) of which they sre sols agents, Bir, 3, reporls his sales for 1870 double those of 1878, J, HOWARD FOOTE, “Importer and wholesale dealer in band and orchestral instruments, No, 81 Malden Lane, New York, and Nos, 188 and 100 State street, | Chicago, reports the volume of business for: 18i9 fully W por cent.In excess of uny pre: ceding Year since the house was first estab shed, ‘forty-one yaars siuce, The Chicago: branch haga coniplote and varied stock of the fineat European musteal goods, including. |: and orchestral instruments end geu- eral musical merchandise, ‘Thiy house fy tha exclusive agent for the orgulnette, the popu- far wusiealinstrument, the demand for which far exceeds the supply, and which Is fas becoming an article of ornament and enter- |: lumen} with all musically iucliued people. |, » Foote opens the your with the most ex-' ‘one to Which no berta of National reputation, -Blovators Offered In ‘compat! to “evin, b } mach tensive stock of musical goods he Has ever presented to the public, evory ntticle offered being of superior make, tha best material, and. Placed nt prices which compete favorably with the leading Enstern houses -in this line. THE HERSHEY ACHOOL OF MUBICAL ANT, Jocated at Nos, 83 and 85 Madison strect, de- servedly enjoys a Nattonal reputation for its almnal success as an institution where profi- elency in all the various branches of vocal and Instrumental music may be recured from the beat tenchers, and In n scientific ane thor- ough manner, and its list of patrons hins in- Eroastdt fully 100 per cent during the past aT, PAINTS, OILS, ETC. C, T. RAYNOLDS 4 CO, The firm of C,T. Raynolds & Co., color makers, and represented in this city by C. Ti. Cutler, restdent partner, at No, 9t Lako . Street, occupy a leading position as manu- facturers and flealers in a Ine of col- ors and varnishes which have been awarded an enviable popularity for purity and excellence wherever sold. The house is perhaps the oldest and most relinble in the trade {nthe country, and occupies a large establishinent at Nos, 100 and 108 Palton street, New York, besides having extensive Sactories nt Brooklyn, and at Bergen- or, Ned. The Sin’ Francisco branch, No. v Front street, and the Western wholesale depot in Chicago, annually exhibit a largely: inereaging trade {pure colors, house and villa paints rendy for the brush, artista’ ma- terfals, superfine colors for coach and car- painting, white lead and zinc, palnters’ and decorators’ materials of every eseription, and 9 genoral stock of palnts, olls, and yare tishes not ta be competed with fn quolity, variety, ond prieeby any other Western house, P. C, IANFORD & CO, In tho course of his rambles Tre Trmunxe reporter dropped Into the establishment of P. C, Hanford & Co,, embracing Nos, 1,3, and 5 Wabash avenue, and Nos. 61 and 63 South Water strect. It !s hardly necessary to state what {3 so generally known,—viz.: that this is ihe most extensive wholesale paint and ofl house In the West, its tmde in standard illuminating and lubricating ofls reach- Ing out over all the Western States and Territories, and, In fact, extending more Ba moro cach year through the Enstern wiles, It will Interestourreadersto know thattheir trade {n petroleum and its products, during the past year, unmounted to over 90,000 barrels, while they disposed of fully 25,000 barrels of resin, and about 10,000 of ‘turpentine, The Accessories of thelr trade, such as white lead, varnishes, Aste axle grease, pine tar, etc. are given'the sume elaborate attention, and meet with the samo extensive sale. Their business for the year just closed was fully 25 per cent better than for 778, CHICAGO ENAMEL PAINT. The snecess which the Chicago Enamet Paint met with In the ten years just passed since tts manufacture,last year developed Into a large-sized “boom.” ‘The demands upon Mesers. A. H. Holden & Co,, its Tanne ers, for this superior quality of paint, Includ~ ing their excellent railroud tron paint, hes been such ns to tux their extensive factory at. Nos, 255 and 257 South Water street to Its ut- most capacity, and necessitate largely tn- creased facilities, while the warerooms_ and headquarters of the firm at No. 236 Laka street have exhibited an activity never known, before, Th olrorders from the entire West have been very large. Their enamel paint is alike adapted to the use of dwellers in civilization and to the needs of the pioneers of the plains and mountains, as {t is ready for use, and when used forms a perfect paint-covering that is beautiful, easy of application, and en- during, besides being much more economical than any other paint made, and can be put on by any person. It is undoubtedly tho best enamel paint made. Weare authorized to State that the trade of this house for the three months just closed wil! exceed that of any other three autumn months in its history by 40 per cent. ‘SEWING MACHINES. WHEELER & WILSON. Perhaps the strongest indorsement wo ¢an give the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine is to repeat the words of Mr. Fred A. Porget, one of the judges at the Centennial, in his report to the English Government, who sald: * Of a)) the machines we tested, the Wheoler & Wilson New Machine was the most com- pletely successful, failing in nothing that was given it.” Add to this the unanimous report of the Judges*of the American Institute, Now York, who sald: “We do not hesitate to declare It the best sewing apparatus in the world,” and the commeniation becomes as powerful as could possibly be bestowed. Tre Trmuxe also remembers that those In- comparable machines were awarded the only grand prize for sewing machines at the Paris Exposition of 1878, where upwards of cighty Taanurneturers competed, a fact which stamps them as absolutely perfect in all re- spects, Tho Western branch of this Company, which hag been located since their fire, in No- vember, at No, 149 Wabash avenue, will this month be removed to tha rebuilt store at tha old place, No, 155 Stute street, WILLCOX & OMBS “NEW AUTOMATIC.” Tits excellent sewing machino fs ns greaty favorite with the ladlesas over. Theothersew- ing machinesscem to have not yet appronched it In Ughtness of running, nolselessness, ant the antematic action of the thread which dacs away with tha tension. The Chicago oftice of Willcox & Gibbs, No. 200 Wabash avenue, reports sales for is70 ‘as 80 per cent larger than in 1678, ELEVATORS. .W. EB. ALE & CO, . Among the niany time and Iabor saving do- vices that have been given to the world by the genlus of Amorican inventors, nono haye come so rapidly into general use, or have come fo bo regarded as indispensable, as passenger and freight clevators, In large cittes, especially whore the In- creasing valuc of land had become a serious obstacle in the way of bullding, the introduc. tion of the cleyator has been followed by the erection of lofty buildings, all parts of which are rendered equally accessible by this tm- portant invention, . ' The demand . for elevators has, however, brought into the market 9 great, many mu- chines of imperfect construction, the use of which has been attended by terri- blo accidents, The frequent, loay of Nfo and _destructlon of property resulting from auch accidents, os well as the finpossl- bility of employing, with any certainty of safety, steain as a motive power forelevators, lias led to 9 very caroful and thorough inves- tigation, by users of elevators, of all the dit- ferent kinds, with the view of definitely do torimining what elevators aro alarplest in con- ‘struction, most economical In operation, and, above all, possess thoind{spensablo requisites of nbsoluto sufety, Chicago gs casontially a elty of elevators, moro of th8in belng in use hero than in any other inetropolis in the world, and the «de- inand in thts and other Aimerican cities is continually growing. All new bulldings of magnitude here and elewhere are planned for elovators, and old buildings are belng arranged to allow :eleyators to be put in them.’ Owners. of bulllogs almost: Invari- ably decide to use only. the Hale levator, its wnany exealisncles puttlng it above and be- yond all competition. It is with great satisfaction that wo aro on- abled to announce that: the only machina combining all the inportant roulsltes ig now unlyersally conceded. tobethodiydraulio Elovator manufactured and sold by Messrs, W. E. Hale & Co, No. 81 Stata streot, Chi- cago, and thatacsreful examination of the record of all the different kinds of clovators in use develops the followlng Important facta; 1, Tho ale Wydraultc Elevator !s the only dent of any kind has. happoned while carrying elther passengers or freight, Pe ‘the inte Tytraute BUDETEO other o! evators I the United States, Elevator ts rapldly assenger El- and {gs 1g" brought into general use In Europe. Tall competitive tests where the Halo Hydranlie Elevator has been compared with other kinds, the verdict of experts has Invi! One, toa 4 ear et the, adoption no - Of a teal ‘f of Elevutors' for the use of the United States Government, and, after 9 thorough examination, by a connulttae of ax- of all kinds of i py the Coui- iuittes say, In concluding thelr report: * Bo- ferye au suet au Smit soupare wii a cure el a upg cli y no 80 should be spared to insuro the safety antl comfprt of the many Individuals who witl use the eleva \ > tors, and for the reasons given Above, Wa Con: fidently recommend the ueseptanes 6 ithe bla of W. E. Hale & Co., of Chicago)" ' Thus approved by all experts and by the tee universal experience of those. who jtse them,- : the tole Elevators have become the standard,” : in America, and soven-elghtha of all pas" senger elevator now. put up in the, United States are of this manufacture, Semin y That these machines are entitled to pope’ © Jntand universal approval no one at all > versed in mechanics will doubt after a care ful examination of them, and 9 fal unier- standing of the novel ant simple way the Inws of Nature aro made to nsalst in operat: * Ing them, 80 a8 to make them not only serv: iccable, but absolutely safe, Y CONFECTIONERY. “THE BIG CANDY MOURE.? caer: Its by the above title that the establish” | ment of John C, Neemes, Nos. 28, 30, 52, and $4 Michigan avenue, ts best known to the trade, It has the reputation In the Enst of being one of the largest. consumers of sugar In the country, as n thousand barrels of sugar ata time fs not an unusual order for It to givo on Enstern refineries. : ‘ The house was founded by Charles W. Sanford twenty-two years ago. In 1871 the business passed Into the hands of Brooks & Neemes, but Mr, Brooks retfred about one year ago, since which time the house has, © been known as John C, Neemes & Co., and; has grown toinammoth proportions. Mesars,_ Neemes & Co. manufacture and sell upwards’ of half a million dollars’ worth of goods an-' nually, employing the year round over 200 hands and all the Inbor-gaving machinery of. the day. ta Klevutor, -|* 4 iz option ‘No, 160 State street, fs the great Western cj mods offered. For tho year of 1870 this house's trade has! been simply tmmense. In December last, the “boom” carried its trade to 50 por cont,’ more than on any previous month {n the his- tory uf the house, The prospect for the curs rent year ts equally good. Messrs. Neemes; & Co,’s factory Is one of the institutions of wel Chicago and the Northwest is justly roud, : M. Es PAGE & CO, i ‘This great wholesale confectionery house = * has been estabfished over twenty-five years, Itoccuples a large and admirably-narranged « five-story building, Nos. 211 and 213 Lake street, where tpwartls of 200 employes are at work dally preparing the choice and pure candies which havo given the firm such a widesprend reputation. Good confectionery is one of the most healthful of staples, and that it Is fully appreciated by the general public ls shown by the hugo business done” by Messrs. Page & Co, This deservedly es~° teemed frouse now: inanufactures and sella over half a miltion dollars’ worth of Its ex- cellent confectionery annually. Its business for the yenr just closed has been considera bly lnrger tlian it was in 1878, a fact which gives gratifying evidence of. the general re- vival of business, as weil as the Svan erowine popularity of this firm's goods. Denlers an candy lovers everywhere can rely implicitly upon the uniform purity and excellence of all confectionery manufactured and sold by E. Page & Co, IMPROVED HOWE SCALES. BORDEN, SELLECK & £0, The year just closed was an exceptionally Prosperous one for the Hows Scale Com- pany, particularly in the West, where the business, since Jan. 1, 1870, has been in charge of the firm above named. The sales from the three great disbursing centres—~ Chicago, St. Louls, and Cleveland—repre- . sented by this house have been double what they were In 1878. Tre Tnipung has very good authority for the fact also that this very excellent showing is due not alone to the return of “good times” ond the consequent Increase in the general demand, but to Intelligent inquiry by merchants and others into the merits of the Improved Howe. We have at various times in the past alluded to the commendntory tes timonials this sente has recelyed at Inter national and State Expositions for the naw principles involved in Its construction—viz.; the support of the platform by chilled iron balls which receive the shock of the weight thrown upon the scale, thereby saving the knife edges (or fulcra) from quickly becom: ing dulled and throwing the scalo out of bal- ance, as is the cnse with every other scale that Is made. if the merchant will examino the pivots of his old-style scale that haa been Ir use n tew years, and compare their blunt Appenrance with the plyots of anew scale, hy will understand quite easily what we mean, and he will understand, ton, why his scale givessomuch more for'n pound than It used to. These plyots or knife-edges hays been wort blunt by the motion of the platform, that’s, all, thereby Increasing the friction, and hig scale docs not act qutekly any more. Ther, if the merchant compares his senle with an Iinproved Howe that has been in use the sane length of time, he will sea the differs ence In the principles of construction. The Jmprovell Howe does sivay with “ check-rods,”” which always tend ot o scale out of order, and, by receiving the shock of the weight, ns it is placed upon tho seal, Upon the balls beneath the platform, the del- leate knife-cdges are protected,‘and the scale kept for years as “ond ns néw? In its most yital parts. This hus been tested and proved: by most of or merchants and others, ca pecially by afl who use scales for heavy welghis, During the past year knowledge of this important principle in scale constrnuetion has been spread by disinterested reports on tho gublect, notably one by Prof, James A. Whitney, of New York, President of tho So- elety of Practical Engineering, written for Johnson's Untversal Cyctopedia, The Sel- entYfic American and other publications, in this conntry and abroad, have brought this great improvement to tho attention of thelr readors, and the World's Fair at Sydney, Aus- tralia, following the example of Paris and Philadelphia, gave tho improved ows the badge of superiority as the _ bes! sealo yet made. ‘The United States . Government — continues to show its + preforence for this scale, the Howe ScaleCome- . pany having been awarded the contmict for ” supplying the Treasury and Customs Depart‘ motits with scales for seyern! years ptst,— over 5,000 having been -soldd to the Govern: ment for {ts various departinents, ‘The establishment of Mussrs, Bordon, Sel- leck & Co,, nt the corner of Lake and Deare born, {s'woll worth u visit, ag $¢ In a sort of | musaum, whero avery kind of: scale and bal- ance under the sun may be seen, BOOTS AND SHOES. . JOSEPT I'RATT 4 CO., hah Jobbers and manhufacturors of fine grades custom-made men’s, boys’, woinen’s, nluses’, and children’s boots and shoes, ln orler to extend the facilities of Delt nat jusronstale business, have ramoyod to the fouratory an basement building Nos, 145 and 147 Wabash avehue, where they will keep on hand full nes of Eastern goods, ‘This house having the advantage of Inbor at 45 cents a day can urantes lower prices than uny otler cxtab- flatiuent BUEL, COOK & BEIXAS, ‘Tho growth of this excellont house during the past two years is one of the most notablo events we have to record, and it abundantly proves the value of doing business on neash basis, For the year just closed their sales were 100 per cont greater than In the year proced- Ang, and at the present time their Inrae and commodious establishmont at Nos. 911 and 213 Madison streot, ty taxed to Its utinost to supply the det a, being made. upon it. The gentlemen compesiig | roy are all ‘ thoroughly posted In the boot and shoe busl- ness, ad all thelr purcliases are made atrtetly Tholr manner of doing business, dispenses with travellug salesmen, and which does away «with bad debts, enables them to .make prices to the fou merebant at least 10 to 15 per cent lower than other dealers, . RUBBER AND FIRE DEPART: "| MENT GOODS, ETC, \) THE CABWELL VINE DEPARTMENT SUPPLY COMPANY, - porium for hose, firo- apparatus, and firo-io- partment equipments of every kind, and hes. & national reputation for the complctencess of its stopk;: the, standard quality of Sts com Pade wen seas He) iy SI Foptoscured by this finn includes all kinds of fin die aul tiie uniféims in use by are 1] coupunlees the supplies of which represent cm