Church review . ff. Ezra s. Hamill Stillman& Co., then Prancis & Grldley, hard-ware; C. S. Weatherby >li Co., dry ods occupied the flrsl floors of Hills Block, the last building shownon. the right. The Bteepll in a i i 1 re of the picture is that of .he Melodeon the stoics are m ire modern. I have not alluded to the tenants of the buildings above I Boor, but at that time many prominent families e,i thereabouts, especially on the Bide of Main stn et. WEST i Mil A WARD. HO! Is having aban ?.( irba and Porto Rico politically, manycitizens of the United Stales will betempted to settle in one oi
Church review . ff. Ezra s. Hamill Stillman& Co., then Prancis & Grldley, hard-ware; C. S. Weatherby >li Co., dry ods occupied the flrsl floors of Hills Block, the last building shownon. the right. The Bteepll in a i i 1 re of the picture is that of .he Melodeon the stoics are m ire modern. I have not alluded to the tenants of the buildings above I Boor, but at that time many prominent families e,i thereabouts, especially on the Bide of Main stn et. WEST i Mil A WARD. HO! Is having aban ?.( irba and Porto Rico politically, manycitizens of the United Stales will betempted to settle in one oi the other Of the islands with the int-nt to better their condition; either by making by the same amount of labor heretofore employed, or an equal ount of moin-y with less labor. Formoney lei us substitute tlu- necessitiesaid comforts which money will buy,.?inc. hundreds of thousands of famil- go through the year in these islandswith the use of hardly any money atall. A few facts set forth by one who. ROYAL PALMS, CUBA. building, which prior to 1850, was thethe Fourth Congregational churchand stood where I. Wise & Co. noware. It was occupied by many firms inits day, the earliest being HoraceJohnson the weather prophet, whokept a large and assorted stock ofalmost everything likely .o be calledfor. also was auctioneer. In frontprojecting from one of the up-stairswindows was a large banner, on whichwas painted a big cannon, dischargingbargains, from which he was after-ward known as Big Gun Johnson. In this hastily written article (writtenby request) I have only mentioned oc-cupants of the stores on the first floor,and in all probability have omitteds ime names. Almost without exception the firmnames have changed in these 35 yearsalthough some merchants are in bus-iness at the same old stand. Withone or two exceptions, the fronts of has lived and traveled in the WestIndies may dispel some of the illu-sions which the people of our North-(in states have always entertained toa greaier
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