The Pharmaceutical era . tate Asso-liation, of which he waspresident in 1891, andlias been a memljer ofthe State Board of Phar-macy since 1893, now oc-cupying the position ofsecretary. Mr. Evans wasborn in North Wales in1855, and came to thiscountry at the age of 12,locating at Waterloo,Wis., where he com-menced his English edu-cation. In 1873 he Ije-j;an the study of pharm-acy in the office of Dr. Moore, Braceville, 111., devoting his evenings to studyand the days to earning a livelihood. In 1875 he se-cured a position in a drug store, as he expresses it: Atthe munificent salary of bed,
The Pharmaceutical era . tate Asso-liation, of which he waspresident in 1891, andlias been a memljer ofthe State Board of Phar-macy since 1893, now oc-cupying the position ofsecretary. Mr. Evans wasborn in North Wales in1855, and came to thiscountry at the age of 12,locating at Waterloo,Wis., where he com-menced his English edu-cation. In 1873 he Ije-j;an the study of pharm-acy in the office of Dr. Moore, Braceville, 111., devoting his evenings to studyand the days to earning a livelihood. In 1875 he se-cured a position in a drug store, as he expresses it: Atthe munificent salary of bed, board and $1 per week,with a years contract, and how I ever succeeded iustaying with it for a year and saving $ has beenmore of a mystery than a problem in chemical equa-tions. Mr. Evans is one of the pioneer druggists ofhis section, having located in Hastings twenty yearsago, and in growing up with the country has grown inthe esteem of his fellow citizens, as has been shown bytheir choosing him as Mayor of the HERB AND THERE. Dr. Wm. Honey will open a drug store at Jackson-ville. Fla. T. A. Moulton, of New York, is fitting up a hand-some drug store at Mount Vernon, N. Y. Charles E. Wheeler has purchased the Old Corner Drug Store of Dr. E. K. Guenthner at Portland, Me. Dr. T. D. Barnell, late of Lincoln, Ind., will have charge of the new drug store of C. B. George & Co.,Winchester, Ky. In a disastrous fire which occurred at Monrovia, Cal., June 14, the drug stores of W. Stewart and B. P. Crewswere burned down. Both losses were partially coveredby insurance. Otto Blocher, a drug clerk of Ceylon, Ind., was way-laid and fearfully beaten by unknown parties on thenight of June 29. The motive is unknown as his valu-ables were untouched. The Moran pharmacj^ at Atlanta, Ga., was damaged by fire June 27 by the explosion of a barrel of alcohol inthe prescription department. It is supposed that the ex-tremely hot weather was the cause of the explosion. Edward Musser, a drug cle
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