. Mount Morris: past and present; an illustrated history of the township and the village of Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois, in their various stages of development, together with a local biographical directory . ble, however, and the buildingwas taken down and removed tothe east side of Rock river, op-posite Oregon, where it stillstands. Orville N. Adams, of Ga-lena, opened a general store inMount Morris about 1850, andafter about eighteen monthstook in Prof. D. J. Pinekney asa partner. They also managedthe grist-mill on Pine creek for one year. After that time the partnershipwas dissolved
. Mount Morris: past and present; an illustrated history of the township and the village of Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois, in their various stages of development, together with a local biographical directory . ble, however, and the buildingwas taken down and removed tothe east side of Rock river, op-posite Oregon, where it stillstands. Orville N. Adams, of Ga-lena, opened a general store inMount Morris about 1850, andafter about eighteen monthstook in Prof. D. J. Pinekney asa partner. They also managedthe grist-mill on Pine creek for one year. After that time the partnershipwas dissolved, and shortly after the mill was burned down. A copy of the Mount Morris GazeMe, dated January 23, 1851, preservedby Samuel Knodle, furnishes some interesting items in relation to thebusiness of the town at that day. Mount Morris was then one of themost important business centers in Ogle county, as the general import ofthe paper plainly indicates. Among the advertisements, Bryant & Petrieadvertise their hardware business; Wood & Petrie advertise dry-goods,groceries, crockery, glassware, paints, books and stationery; Brayton &Baker advertise general merchandise; William Little & Son inform the. FREDERICK B. BRAYTON. 1222054 THE GROWTH OF THE VILLAGE. 35 public that they are prepared with seasoned lumber to extensively manu-facture wagons, etc., and do all kinds of blacksmithing; George Bray tonadvertises to do all kinds of tailoring with neatness and dispatch: JohnAnkney announces the discontinuance of his business, and T. C Ankneyadvertises his cheap auction store; Drs. B. G. Stephens and E. W. Myerspublish their professional cards; William Hedges advertises to do allkinds of coopering; S. N. Beaubein advertises to make harness, saddles,etc., and trim carriages in the house formerly occupied by W. S. Blair. Anotice of the Amphictyon Society appears, announcing that the followingresolution will be discussed: Resolved, That the political and intellectualcondition of Europe is imp
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