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The members of the firm are honored and respected in their communities, and wield a powerful influence in the conduct of the affairs of their State and their cities, which is acknowledged to be for good. They have now wealth and honorable business position, and in the prime of life having attained unsurpassed success, can look back with satisfaction upon their past lives, and point the young men of this day to the path they have trod, in exemplification of the truth that no true business success is to be attained without hard labor, and a strict observance of those unchangeable economic laws which prevail in the commercial world, and will not be set at defiance. A few words must be given to the store-rooms of this firm in Sacramento, located on the south side of K street, between Second and Third streets (the old 54 K street of historic memories). The front of 80 feet is of recent erection, and is ornamented without being extravagant, and massive without being involved in columns or pillars. A recent story has been added to a portion of the building, thus giving three floors to the west forty feet of frontage 160 feet deep. The east 40 feet is 80 feet in depth, and has two floors. This latter contains the offices, counting-rooms, and massive vault and storage rooms, for tools, nails, shovels and wire. Beneath, on the basement floor, are stored woodenware, trucks, straw and hardware papers, black-lead crucibles, and crates of heavy goods. The west 40 feet front has a 100-foot deep sales and shelf-room, for house and light hardware, bolts, ship chandlery, tents, blacksmith goods, chains, etc., headlights, bolts, nuts, cutlery, etc. In the midst are the entry, receiving and stock clerks' offices, and lines of display counters, with their tops setting at angles of 45 degrees to each other. Besides the front lights, a spacious well-hole, beneath a lofty skylight, is immediately above the sales offices. Cut off by an arch brick wall, there is to the rear of this section a 40 by 60 store-room, packed with gas-fittings, wire cloth, brass goods, heavy hardware and tools of all grades, horse-shoes, blacksmiths' supplies, axles, springs, belting, hose, rubber packing, etc. In the basement beneath the whole, 40 by 160, are heavy hardware, nails, spikes, handles, etc., all in boxes and bundles, and ready for shipment. Upon the upper or third floor, lighter tools and hardware, and traps, kitchen and farm hardware, pantry utensils, guns, pistols, sportsman's goods, novel implements, light cordage, shears, house cutlery, etc., are stored. In all these departments every inch of space is utilized, and compactness and economy of space is the constant rule. Elevated platforms, double counters, arrays of pigeonholes, double shelving, etc., are noticeable on all sides, and even the ceiling is used, from which hang many varieties of goods. The alley which runs between the K and L street buildings is upon a level with the basement stories of both structures. The grade rises to Second and Third streets by easy inclines, and thus goods can be taken from any floor directly to the truck with remarkable ease which renders the handling of goods a matter of greater facility than is usual in such large establishments. The L street building is reached by a neat bridge spanning the alley. This warehouse is 100 by 160 feet in size. No adequate description of its admirable internal arrangements and the novel devices and machinery employed for handling and storing the tons of iron here kept, can be given in the brief space to which this account is necessarily limited. Here, in short, are stored, in the east 60 by 160 feet, in admirably arranged racks, and fitted for rapid transfer to railway tracks which run here and there in the warehouse, vast quantities of black sheet and galvanized iron, bundles of gas, steam and water pipe, wrought iron, lap welded, etc., all marked with the manufacturers' guarantee tag. Norway shoe-shapes and Swedish bar iron, Norway round, square and oval iron, frog and blister steel, round machinery steel, planer and drill steel; lay, tool and cast steel, heavy, flat and square tool steel (all in bundles), refined iron, steel and bar iron, punched, strap or track iron, bundle band hoop, oval, half oval and half round iron, etc. The west 40 by 160 feet of this building is the coal house, and has from its alley level floor an incline for carts leading up to the L street grade, 12 feet above. On either side are the coal bunkers and the storage spaces above for cask coal. Here, too, nails and barbed fence wire are stored in vast quantities. On the edge of the city limits the house maintains a magazine for the storage of the Oriental Powder Mills' product, amid also that of the Hazard Powder Company. Such, in brief, is a sketch of the vast store-rooms of the firm of Huntington, Hopkins & Co. in Sacramento, where are employed actively thirty-three persons as salesmen, book-keepers, price clerks, receiving, shipping and stock clerks, porters and draymen. The San Francisco house has spacious store-rooms on Market street, at the junction of Bush street, a description of which cannot be entered upon at this time.

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INWALL, JOHN J., proprietor of "Our Corner" saloon, corner of J and Front streets, Sacramento, was born in Cincinnati, December 5, 1844. In 1861 he went lo Indianapolis then to St. Louis, then to Leavenworth, Kansas, then to Virginia City, Montana, then to Salt Lake City, and finally to California, arriving in Sacramento in 1866, where he has resided continuously ever since; he made a trip East in 1877 by steamer. He married Miss Anna W. Kripp, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, March 30, 1870; she was born October 25, 1852; they have a son, John Henry, born February 7, 1871.

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JACOBS, ENOCH, lives in Sacramento city. He was horn in Worcester Co., Mass., in 1819. He engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1849, when lie came around the Horn in the ship Edward Everett, as a director of the Edward Everett Company, of 150 men, of which J. A. Benton was Chaplain. The company went to the Mokelumne river and soon disbanded, and but few of them are now living on this coast. Mr. Jacobs began forwarding and teaming from Sacramento to the mines, and in 1859 commenced farming. He owns 1800 acres of land, valued at $25,000. In 1857 he married Miss A. S. Rich, of Boston, Massachusetts, who died in 1860. In 1870 he married Mrs. A. Phelps. He has one son, W. S. Jacobs. Views of Mr. Jacobs' farm, and property in Sacramento are given elsewhere.

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JELLY, SAMUEL, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, December 29, 1827. He embarked on the brig Christiana August 15, 1849, for California, and arrived in Sacramento February, 21, 1850. The brig was but twenty-one hours in making the trip from San Francisco to Sacramento. He embarked in the watch and jewelry business on Front street. He moved to J street, between Second and Third, and was burned out in the great fire of 1852. He went East in October, 1853, and in August, 1854, he married Miss Carlton in Salem, Massachusetts. She died in 1856, giving birth to a son, Arthur C., who is now in Harvard College. He went East again in 1857 and returned in 1858. He moved to the corner of Fifth and J streets, and from there to his present store, a few doors below. He went East again in 1864. In August, 1865, he was married in this city to Miss Cushing, of Boston. At his store on J street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, he has a complete assortment of watches, diamonds, jewelry, silver and plated ware. His residence is on Second, between O and P streets.

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JOHNSON, Hon. GROVE L., was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1841, where he remained till 1863. He came to California and has been and now is engaged in the practice of the law. Mr. Johnson was married at Syracuse, New York, to Miss Annie de Montfredy, in 1861. His wife is a native of Onondaga County, New York. They have two boys and three girls. Mr. Johnson has held the following offices Deputy Assessor, Clerk of the Board of Swamp Land Commissioner, of Sacramento county, Assemblyman from Sacramento county in 1877-8; and now holds the office of State Senator from the same county. Post Office, Sacramento.

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JOHNSON, MATT. F., Attorney-at-Law, Sacramento; was born in the State of Arkansas, in the year 1844; emigrated to California in 1852; settled in Sacramento county in 1862, and has been a resident of the county and city ever since. Studied law in the office of the late James W. Coffroth; was admitted to practice at the Bar in 1867, and since that time has been regularly engaged in the practice of his profession. He held the position of Deputy Attorney-General under Jo. Hamilton. In 1871, he married Miss Clara Jones, of Sacramento; they have one child, a girl, living. Mr. Johnson is at present a member of the Board, of Education of the city of Sacramento.

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KATZENSTEIN, GEORGE BLOOM; was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 28, 1848, where he remained to 1853, when, with his parents, he came to Marysville, California. Here he resided, with a brief residence in Nevada county, till 1867, when he removed to Sacramento, his present home. The duties of clerk, bookkeeper and Insurance Agent, have each engaged his attention. At this time he is a member of the firm of Rowland, Mills and Katzenstein. Mr. Katzenstein is a prominent member of several Fraternities, holding high positions in their societies. In 1871 he was chosen Secretary, by the Grand Lodge, Independent Order Good Templars, and by his great clerical skill and experience he soon systematized the work on a favorable footing. He still holds the office of Secretary of the Grand Lodge, I. O. G. T. Mr. K. is a strong and vigorous writer, and has been a contributor to the Press for several years. In 1869 he married Miss Ida M. Richards, of Lowell, Massachusetts, by whom he has three sons. Post Office, Sacramento city, California.

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KELLOGG, MISS L. J., M. D., office and residence, Nathan's Building, con. 7th and I streets, Sacramento; was born in Haverhill, N. H., in September, 1841; when a year old her parents removed to Springville, Erie county, New York, where she was brought up and educated. She is a graduate of the 'Woman's Homeopathic College of New York. After graduating she spent some years lecturing in Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Iowa, to ladies, on Physiology and Hygiene; came to California in February, 1874, and after lecturing in San Francisco, Oakland, Napa, Sacramento, and some smaller places, located in Sacramento for the purpose of practicing her profession. The Board of Trustees, in the spring of 1879, appointed her a member of the City Board of Health, and the Board of Health at its first meeting thereafter elected her Secretary of the Board. She is probably the first woman in the United States who has been honored with a similar position. Her practice increased so rapidly that in the fall of 1879, she associated with herself, as a partner, Miss Alice Burritt, M. D. from New York, and a graduate of her own Alma Mater.

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KELLOGG, LEONARD, was born at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1823, where he engaged in the stove and tin business till 1849. Arrived in California, July, 1850, and at once began the wholesale and retail stove and tin trade at No. 819, J street, and has ever since conducted business at the same place. Mr. Kellogg keeps a fine stock of plated and glass ware, crockery, carpets, and furniture; he has held the office of President of Board of Delegates Sacramento Fire Department. Post Office, Sacramento.

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KELLER, W. B. G., Attorney-at-Law, Rooms 7 and 8, Sacramento Savings Bank Building. cor. 5th and J streets; was born at Peoria, Illinois, February 28, 1846; came across the plains in 1852, with his parents, and he has resided here ever since; he was married to Miss Sallie Burnett, in August, 1864, by whom he had two children: Frank L., born May 31, 1865, and Joseph C., born March 7, 1867, of whom Joseph C. died in infancy. Mrs. Keller died of consumption, March 16th, 1868. Mr. Keller was again married to Miss Maggie Fritsch his present wife, June 1, 1871, who bore him three boys and one girl: Wm. C., born March 4, 1872; Howard H., born March 13, 1874; L. Burnett, born July 18, 1875, and Alice Maud, born June 23, 1879. The child Howard H., died in infancy. Mr. Keller studied law in the late firm of Coffroth & Spaulding. Was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court, April 6, 1868. He has taken considerable interest in politics and was nominated by the Workingmen's and New Constitution parties in 1879, as a member of the State Board of Equalization, but was defeated by the Republican nominee by a small plurality, he himself beating the Democratic nominee in the 2nd Congressional District, 7,553 votes.

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KILGORE, ELLIS, was born in Sacramento County, California, in 1855. When twenty years of age was engaged as book-keeper for George Cox & Co., grocers. In 1878, he formed a partnership with T. M. Tracy, and bought the business of his former employers. Mr. Kilgore was married, May 5, 1878. His wife is, like himself, a native of California. They have one child, a girl. Mr. K.'s Post Office is Sacramento.

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KLEBITZ, EDWARD, resides in Sacramento City. He was born in Liebnitz, Silesia, Germany, in 1817. In March, 1851, he arrived in California, having come around the Horn. He mined in Butte County, and then kept store in Volcano, Amador County. In 1854 he entered into business in Sacramento City, which he has since continued. He is married and has two daughters.

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KLEES, JOHN, of the firm of Nash & Klees, manufacturers of Nash & Cutts' Grain Separator, 906 K street, Sacramento, was born in Tioga county, Pennsylvania, in 1832, and in 1845 he moved with his parents to Ohio, and soon after to Wisconsin. In 1849, he came overland to California, arriving at Weaverville, October 2, 1849, where he mined for a while, and then moved to Sacramento and engaged in wood cutting and teaming; he then kept a hay-yard for some years in connection with a ranch. In 1854 he went back to the mines in Grass Valley and vicinity; he kept hotel and mined. In 1857 he went to Orleans Flat; in 1860 he returned to Sacramento and kept a feed store and hay-yard; burned out in 1864, and two years later moved on to the Norris ranch; was burned out there in 1867; came back to the city and started in the teaming business, and in 1870 entered his present business. In 1871 he moved to the present stand, and in 1877 he and Hiram Nash became sole proprietors. In 1860 he married Victoria Cooper, a native of Canada; they have had six children, of whom one son and two daughters are living.

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KREBS, CHARLES HENRY, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1832; worked at painting, glazing, and learned how to make paint, varnish and brushes. At sixteen he came to St. Louis, and in 1853 he came across the plains to California. Bought an interest in the business of Fredericks and Franks, and in 1854 the firm was Fredericks and Krebs, and so continued till 1863, when a branch store was established at Virginia City. The business was soon divided, Mr. Krebs taking the Sacramento store. This he conducted alone till 1877, when his nephew, A. H. Rott, bought an interest. Married Charlotte Miller, of Sacramento, in 1860; they have five children, one boy and four girls. Post Office, Sacramento.

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LAGES, CHRISTOPHER, resides in Sacramento. He was born in Germany in 1838, and emigrated to New York in 1852, where he was in the grocery business. In 1854 he removed to San Francisco, and continued in the grocery business until 1869, when he came to Sacramento and embarked in the malting and milling business at Nos. 1018 and 1020 Fifth street, between J and K streets. In 1868 he married Anne Bergmann, a native of Germany; they have one son. A view of his residence is given elsewhere in this work.

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LANDES, F. L., was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1846, where he remained till 1852, when his parents came to California, and located in Sacramento. During the year 1855 he went to the gold mines of Nevada and Sierra Counties where his home was till 1860, when he went to Dutch Flat and engaged as clerk in a book store. 1863 found Mr. Landes again in Sacramento where his home has since been; his first employment was as an apprentice in a sash and blind factory, (where he had a hand crippled in a machine). From this he went to college at Benicia, (paying his board and tuition by teaching) and then to teaching in the public schools. In 1874 was married to Miss Frances H. Dippel, a native of California; they have two children living, a boy and a girl. Mr. Landes held the office of County Superintendent of schools from 1876 to 1880, and is now (1880) city Superintendent of Sacramento City. His home is worth $4,000. Post Office, Sacramento, Cal.

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LANSING, JAMES, was born in Lansingburg, New York, in 1826, where he remained, engaged in farming and manufacturing, till 1849. At that date he came to California; located in Sacramento City, where he has since resided. Mr. Lansing was elected to the police force in Sacramento in 1853; was elected Chief of Police in 1856; City Marshal in 1857; Chief of Police again in 1858; was Deputy Sheriff in 1862-3, and elected Sheriff in 1865. Mr. Lansing was Superintendent of the County Hospital in 1873. At the election of 1875 he was chosen County Assessor; in 1866 Mr. Lansing was the proprietor of the Union Hotel, and is now the proprietor of the

International Hotel in Sacramento. Married Mrs. Mary W. Russell in 1868. They have one boy and three girls. Mr. Lansing owns 170 acres of fine land worth about $20,000. Post. Office, Sacramento.