met with very good success, his shipping facilities are good, being located near the I., B. & W. and L., B. & M. Railroads; the main building of the works is 100x200 feet, the whole containing an area of floor room of about 8,760 feet; he employs from eight to fifteen men regularly, and, during the busy season, many more. He has carried his business successfully through many difficulties; he is now ranking among the solid, successful manufacturers of the city of Bloomington. E. DILLON & CO., importers; Bloomington. Any man or set of men who engage in a business that builds up the reputation and aggregate value of live stock in any county are always considered as public benefactors; in the history of the business industries of McLean Co., E. Dillon & Co., importers of Norman-French horses, most certainly are of this class. Mr E. Dillon, the senior member of the firm, is a native of Ohio; he was born in 1816, and, in 1823, he with his people came West, locating in Tazewell Co. In 1864, he came to McLean Co., where he has since resided. They are one among the oldest importing firms of Norman horses in the United States. Their business dates back to 1857, when they purchased the famous imported horse old Louis Napoleon, the first imported Norman horse ever brought to Illinois; since then, they have imported and handled about five hundred stallions and one thousand mares; they have on hand now about eighty head, forty of which are stallions, eight of these being imported stock, and many of the balance native full-bloods; their stock farm is located in Normal Township, though they also have a stable of fine stock on North East street, Bloomington; mail will reach them directed to either Normal or Bloomington. They sometimes turn out with a four-in-hand of fine dapple-gray stallions, each of which will weigh nearly two thousand pounds; it is a sight that causes any and all to stop and wonder at the beauty of the animals. Mr. Dillon is a citizen that for many years has been well known to fine stock-dealers and breeders; he is a man who has been honorable and upright in his business transactions, and has won a name and reputation of which any man may well be proud. The members of the firm are E. Dillon, the subject of this sketch, Levi Dillon, I. Dillon and A. Dillon, all of whom are thoroughly educated horsemen. The establishing and successful conducting of the business has been the result of their energy, industry and good financiering.

L. C. DILLINGHAM & CO., peddlers' supplies; Bloomington. In Bloomington, almost every line of business seems to have a representative. The above firm are successfully conducting what is known as the Peddlers' Exchange, located at 322 S. Main street, the members of the firm being L. C. Dillingham. of this city, and C. W. Fish, of 120 Lake street, Chicago; the firm is known here as L. C. Dillingham & Co. Mr. D., the subject of this sketch, is a native of Green Co., Ohio; he came West in 1872 and located in Bloomington, engaging in his present line of business here, by energy, industry, and good financiering, they have established a good business. Their line of business is peculiar of itself and requires a man of good ability to conduct it successfully; they have had many difficulties to contend with and obstacles to overcome, but Mr. D. is one of that class of men who seldom fail to carry any enterprise through successfully; they have now seven wagons on the road and are doing a business of about $12,000 per year under his supervision, they bid fair to double this amount in a few seasons.

D. DRIGGS, pattern-maker; Bloomington. The subject of this sketch is a native of Hartford, Conn., where he grew to manhood and received his education; after completing his literary studies, he began the study of law; after completing his course of study of the legal profession, he began practice; but, as it proved, unfortunately for him, himself and partner in a short time had established a business that was more than they could attend to; the consequence was, Mr. Driggs' health failed and he was obliged to give up the practice of his profession. Thinking some mechanical trade better suited to his state of health, he learned the trade of a patternmaker in Cincinnati, Ohio; he worked there some time, then moved to Canton, Ill., where he remained one year; from there he removed to Peoria, where he was at work at his trade for three years; then went to El Paso; there he was engaged in running a foundry until 1873, when he removed to Bloomington, where he has since resided, engaged in the manufacture of patterns. He is a man who, had not his health failed in early life, must surely have become a prominent member of the bar. Whatever his position may be in life, he easily holds the reputation of being a gentleman and a scholar.

1. DUDLEY, railroad agent, Bloomington; though Mr. Dudley has been a resident of Bloomington but four years, he is, probably, as well and favorably known as many of those who call themselves pioneer residents; in 1848, he began his first railroading, on the Concord Railroad, of New Hampshire; since that time, he has been engaged in railroading most of the time; previous to coming to Bloomington, in the employ of the L., B. & M. Road, he had been with the Pan-Handle Road for ten years. From 1862 until 1864, he was in the Railway Department of the civil service. He now has charge of the Freight and Ticket Department of the L., B. & M. Road at Bloomington. The general verdict of the people is that he is the right man in the right place.

IMRI DUNN, druggist, Bloomington. Among the thoroughly reliable druggists of Bloomington who have had many years' practical experience in the drug trade, is Mr. Imri Dunn, whose establishment is located corner Center and Front streets; he is a native of Bloomington, and was born June 14, 1847; he first embarked in the drug trade in Macon, Ill., in the spring of 1865, remaining there until 1871, when his store burned, with many others, at the time of the Macon fire; he lost by this misfortune about $4,000. In the spring of 1872, he removed to this city and again engaged

in the drug trade, where he has since remained; he also carries, in connection with his full line of drugs, a fine assortment of clocks, watches and jewelry, and makes repairing of clocks, watches and jewelry a specialty in this department. Mr. Dunn is a thoroughly-educated druggist, of fifteen years' experience, and a close student of the various properties and qualities of drugs and chemicals. The enterprise he has exhibited, his neat and tastily-arranged store, a fine line of pure drugs, fine toilet goods and perfumeries and a case of the choicest brands of cigars, coupled with a fine prescription and family recipe department, are all conducive to his success; but these no less than his good judgment in buying, thereby enabling him to sell cheap, and his strict adherence to a cash system in buying, makes his establishment, if not so large, as thoroughly reliable as any in the city of Bloomington.

J. DUNN, physician and surgeon, Bloomington. Dr. J. Dunn, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Fulton Co., Ill.; he was born May 14, 1840, and began the study of medicine in 1861, with his father, Dr. W. A. Dunn, of Greenfield, Ill. He had pursued his studies but a short time, when he enlisted in Company D, 32d I. V. I.; he entered the service as a private, but was promoted from time to time, until he rose to the rank of Captain and Acting-Assistant Inspector General of the Illinois Brigade. At the battle of Bentonville, he was complimented by his Brigade Com mander, Gen. Belknap, for gallantry during this action; he was engaged in many of the heavy battles, remaining in the service until the close of the war. After his return from the army, he again began the study of medicine with his father, and in the winter of 1866-67, he attended lectures at the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago. In the spring of 1867, he began praeticing with Dr. J. A. Wakeman, of Centralia. ; in the winter of 1868-69, he again attended lectures, and graduated at the Homoeopathic Medical College, St. Louis; returning to Centralia, he followed the practice of his profession until the fall of 1873. removing to Peoria, Ill., where he only remained during the winter; in the spring of 1874, he located at Bloomington and began practicing. He is a member of the McLean County Homeopathic Medical Society. Since his residence here he has devoted himself fully and exclusively to his profession.

MCCANN DUNN, physician and surgeon, Bloomington; Dr. McCann Dunn is another of the old reliable physicians of Bloomington; he is a native of Frederick Co., Va., was born April 7, 1821; he began the study of medicine in 1847; attended his first course of lectures at McDowell's Medical College, known as the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis; graduated at the Medical College, Chicago, 1862. In 1850 he began practicing in Knox Co., Ill., where he remained three years; though in 1852, he began the practice of homoeopathy, believing this to be the true science of medicine. In 1853, he came to Bloomington, where he has since resided, devoting his time exclusively to his profession. He is President of the McLean County Homeopathic Medical Society, which was organized in 1878; he also helped to organize the Illinois State Homoeopathic Medical Society.

W. A. ELDER, physician and surgeon, Bloomington; every city has its representative men in all professions. Of the great number who represent some profession, and more especially that of the medical, there are comparatively few, who, by hard study, almost constant practice and time devoted wholly to their profession, have reached a degree of eminence placing them in the mind of the public, and by the verdict of their societies among the first. This position has been attained and earned by Dr. W. A. Elder, of Bloomington. He is a native of Waterloo. Seneca Co., N. Y., and was born March 3, 1826, and a descendant of Samuel Elder who came from Scotland in 1740, and settled in Hampden Co., Mass. After pursuing collegiate studies three years, he began the study of medicine with his uncle, Dr. Samuel Elder, of Fairmount, St. Clair Co., Ill; in 1847, he graduated at the Medical Department of the University of Missouri, at St. Louis; after finishing his studies at college he was appointed resident physician to the Marine Hospital of St. Louis; this post he held one year; during the next three years he engaged in private practice in St. Louis and San Francisco, Cal. In 1852, he located at Bloomington, where he has since resided, giving his time exclusively to the practice of his profession. He is one of the original members of the McLean County Medical Society, of which he was elected the President in 1875; he has also made frequent contributions to the different medical journals. In his practice he has been most untiring, working with an energy seldom equaled by one of his profession.

JOHN W. EVANS, planing-mill, Bloomington; another of the old residents of this city and one, too, who has been directly identified with many of the changes and improvements made in Bloomington, is John W: Evans, contractor, lumber-dealer and manufacturer; he is a native of Cambria Co., Penn.; was born in February, 1828, and came West in 1852. After traveling over the Western States for a few years he, in 1855, located in Bloomington, where he has since resided; he had learned the trade of carpenter and builder in the East; in 1856, he formed a partnership with Mr. Hayes and engaged in contracting and building; their business grew to such proportions that from 1870 to 1873, their contracting amounted to about $160,000 per year. Since the death of Mr. Hayes, in 1874, Mr. Evans has conducted the business alone; he has been an energetic, hard-working man, and now owns a good property, which is wholly the result of his own industry and good financiering.

THOMAS EVANS, grocer, Bloomington, of the firm of Evans & Patrick, was born in Bloomington, Ill., June 1, 1854; son of Robert Evans, who was one of the early settlers and a prominent

business man of Bloomington. Thomas has received a good business education, completed at the Wesleyan University; was clerk for his brother for a number of years, and began business on his own account in 1875; he now enjoys a flourishing trade; his store is located on the corner of Front and East streets.

R. F. EVANS, grocer, Bloomington, of the firm of Evans & Bro., was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, Feb. 22, 1842; he was brought to McLean Co. by his parents, Robert W. and Harriet C. (Cradlebaugh) Evans, in 1852. His father was prominent among the first business men of Bloomington, and a native of Virginia; he died in April, 1864. The son has had many years of experience in mer. cantile life; he learned business while with his father, and began on his own account in 1865; he is a careful and reliable business man; his store is located at the corner of Main and North streets, and presents a neat and substantial appearance; he has twice met with severe losses by fire. He married Miss Nellie, daughter of E. B. Collins, Esq., of Fulton, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1871; they have a family of two children-Robert H. and Florence.

MAJ. R. N. EVANS, book-keeper, Bloomington; another old resident of Bloomington and soldier in the war of the late rebellion is Maj. R. N. Evans, who is a native of Cambria Co., Penn.; he was born ——, and in 1856, came West and located in this city, where he has since resided, excepting five years spent in the army. In 1861, after having been in the employ of the firm of Hayes & Evans, he enlisted as private in Company C, 20th I. V. I., and, by four promotions, rose to the rank of Major; he passed through many of the heavy battles, and lived through an experience that can be fully comprehended only by an old soldier; at the battle of Shiloh he received quite a severe wound, which, for a time, disabled him for service; upon the close of the war, he was mustered out of service at Louisville, Ky. Returning to Bloomington, he again engaged with Hayes & Evans as book-keeper, and, in 1878, he accepted his present situ ation of book-keeping for the Bloomington Stove Manufacturing Co.; this position he has filled with ability and to the satisfaction of the company.

ABRAM EVERSOLE, grocer, Bloomington; was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, July 16, 1831, where he was raised and schooled; he came to McLean Co., in 1856; his first business experience was at Heyworth, McLean Co., in the grocery business; he removed to Bloomington in 1860, where he has since remained, engaged in his present business, at 229 East Front street; here he keeps a well assorted stock of goods, and aims at securing the best patronage; he has always been interested in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the community. He married Miss Ellen Allen of Mercer Co., Ohio, May 6, 1856; they have a family of four.

THOMAS ERWIN, butcher, Bloomington; is a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was born March 10, 1837; he came to this country in 1843, with his people, settling in Onandaga Co., N. Y., where he lived until 1854, when he came to Bloomington; he began on his own account in 1864, in the butcher business; he is located at 204 W. Front street, where he keeps a fine market and the best of meats. He has married twice, first to Miss Mary Foy, April 14, 1849, she died in 1869, leaving a family of five children; he married his present wife in May, 1872.

JAMES S. EWING, Bloomington; was born on the 19th day of July, A. D 1835, in the same year as his business companion, Mr. Stevenson; he was born, nursed and cradled in a log cabin, relic of the pioneer days of Illinois, when the "Star of Empire" had just begun its journey westward, located at Panther Grove, in what is now Woodford Co., but was then embraced in McLean. He accompanied his parents when they removed to Bloomington in 1840, and has remained for nearly four decades a citizen of this city; the rudimentary principles of education were obtained in the old-fashioned schoolhouse of that day and stage of Western civilization; over the boys and girls of the village, most of whom attended this school, Dr. W. C. Hobbs ruled in the old-time, pedagogic simplicity and dignity; later young Ewing entered the school opened by the learned Rev. Reuben Andrews, in the old Methodist Church, and from this humble beginning developed the present Illinois Wesleyan University; Mr. Andrews' school was attended by Ewing until 1853, when he began a course of study at Jubilee College, located in Peoria Co.; in 1856 he entered the Junior year in Centre College, at Danville, Ky. Mr. Ewing graduated in June, 1858, and in January following (1859), was admitted by the Supreme Court of Illinois, to practice as an attorney and counselor at law; at that day aspirants to legal honors were cate chised, examined, and their intellectual capacity for the law sounded at Chicago, a committee of "experts being appointed for that purpose by the Supreme Court; on this occasion the awful presence consisted of the learned Norman B. Judd, Ebenezer Peck and Corydon Beckwith, each of whom was at that time a distinguished practicing lawyer. His license is signed by Sidney Breese (recently deceased), Pinkney Walkner and John D. Caton, the gentlemen who at that time occupied the Supreme Bench of the State; cotemporary with the names mentioned was Judge David Davis, who was then Judge of McLean County Circuit Court, and the following resident attorneys, the only ones in active practice: George O. Robinson, Walter M. Hatch, R. E, Williams, M. W. Packard and E. M. Prince. Mr. Ewing formed a partnership with the Hon. John B. Cohrs, now of Pekin, with the style of the firm Ewing & Cohrs. After a year of prac tice, the alliance parted company by mutual consent and individual permission, Mr. Cohrs to go to Pekin, and Mr. Ewing to Philadelphia, where the latter entered the law office of Hon. John C. Bullitt, and worked for a salary for about one year; he then returned to Bloomington where

he has since remained. In 1869, Mr. Ewing formed the present partnership with the Hon. A. E. Stevenson. Politically, the subject of this sketch is a Democrat of a pronounced type, though not a bitter partisan; in the earlier days of his professional career he took a lively interest in politics, but he has never been a candidate, and with the accumulation of business, he has to a great extent eschewed politics.

H. A. EWING, attorney at law, Bloomington; was born in McLean Co., Ill., Aug. 9, 1841, and is the son of John W. Ewing, of North Carolina, who came to Illinois in 1835, and settled in what is now Woodford Co., where he remained until 1840, then, with his family, moved to Bloomington; he was one of the prominent and leading men of Bloomington, and held several offices of public trust; was Mayor of the city one term; he was also engaged in the manufacture of mowing and reaping machines; he was also for two years proprietor of the National Hotel of Bloomington; was also engaged in the milling business; he died, respected and honored, Nov. 14, 1855. H. A. Ewing, the subject of this sketch, is one of the feading attorneys of the Illinois bar; he received his education chiefly at the Wesleyan University, of Bloomington; he was a soldier of the late war, enlisting in 1861, as private in the 14th I. V. I., Co. E; he served three years and three months, and participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, siege of Vicksburg, Champion Hills, Jackson, and other battles and skirmishes, and did good service and was honorably mustered out at Springfield, Ill., in 1864, as 2d Lieutenant of Co. B. He was elected Sheriff of McLean Co., and filled this position until 1866, faithfully and honorably; in 1867, he was admitted to practice law at the Illinois bar; in 1878, the friends of Mr. Ewing elected him as Representative to the Legislature; this office he still holds, showing himself a man of acknowledged ability.

E. FALLIS, grain-dealer, Bloomington. Prominent among the citizens of Bloomington, and who have been instrumental in building up a permanent grain market, is Mr. E. Fallis, who is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio; he was born in 1815, and, during his early life, had but little opportunity of attending school, though by close attention to study what opportunity he had, he became a fair scholar; in 1863, he engaged in the grain trade, and, for ten years, bought grain through different parts of Illinois, making Bloomington his general headquarters: in 1873, he brought his family to this city and became permanently located; he is one of the largest graindealers in this part of Illinois; in 1865, he handled 3,000,000 bushels; he established the Board of Trade in this city in 1877, which is still in operation; he also does a general commission business, and is well known as one of the leading grain men of the city.

JOHN W. FISHER, dentist, Bloomington. The dental, as well as other professions, is well represented in Bloomington. Among those who have established a reputation for skill and neatness, is Dr. John W. Fisher, who has a neatly-furnished suite of rooms at No. 402 North Main street; he is a native of Belmont Co., Ohio; was born Oct. 2, 1829, and, at the age of 15, was left dependent upon his own resources for a livelihood and an education, both of which he secured; in 1856, he began the study of dentistry, and, in 1859, began practice in St. Clairville, Belmont Co., Ohio, where he remained engaged in practice for a period of eleven years; in the summer of 1870, he moved to Bloomington; since residing here, he has established a fine practice, which is the result of having done first-class work, and a close attention to business; he is a member of the Illinois State Dental Society, and a man of recognized ability in his profession.

M. FALOON, M. D., Bloomington. Another of the old settlers and physicians of Bloomington is Dr. M. Faloon, who is a native of Carlisle. Cumberland Co., Penn.; he attended and became a graduate of the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati; he also became a graduate in allopathy in Philadelphia; also has a certificate of attendance of a full course of the Eurescopian system; he is a thorough botanist, frequently having herbs sent to him from the laboratories of different colleges, for the purpose of learning their medical qualities; he is also the propounder of different medicines now before the public, prominent among which is Dr. Faloon's Tonic, Dr. Faloon's Instant Relief and many other well-known remedies. The Doctor has been in constant practice for twenty-six years, and has been practicing in Bloomington for the past nineteen years; he has many friends who can vouch for his ability and skill as a physician.

LYMAN FERRE, carriage manufacturer; Bloomington; is a native of Springfield, Mass. ; was born Dec. 16, 1825: his parents were Solomon and Margaret R. (Rumrell) Ferre. Being of a mechanical turn of mind he learned the trade of a wagon-maker early in life; his advent to this city dates back to 1840; among those who have lived in this city many years and watched its growth and helped to bring it to its present prominence is the above named gentleman; on arriving here he began working at his trade, which he continued until 1843, when he opened business on his own account, in a small way, but with the determination to succeed, and, through energy, perseverance and integrity has placed himself in his present position; as a mechanic and a manufacturer, his extensive business will testify that he is second to none; he is located at 108 North Center street, owning the whole of the corner property, which presents a neat and substantial appearance and adds much to the value and prosperity of his locality; here he makes a beautiful display of buggies, carriages and sulkies of his own manufacture. Mr. Ferre is one of the solid men of Bloomington and a much-respected citizen; he has always taken an active part in all public matters pertaining to the welfare and development of the city, including the establishment of the Street Railroad; he is also Vice President of the People's Bank; he has also