The business industries and enterprises of the village consist of a number of large dry goods and clothing stores, several shoe stores, nearly a dozen grocery and provision stores, two or three bakeries, confectionery establishments, flour and feed stores, several builders' machine shops, three saw mills, three grist mills, furniture stores, three large hardware stores, the railroad machine shops, round-houses, carriage factories, coopers' and blacksmith shops, three drug stores, two well-equipped printing offices, each of which issues a carefully edited and well patronized newspaper--_Herald and Democrat_ and _Oneonta Press_. There are two banks--the "Wilber National" and "The First National"--both of which are doing a large business and are under prudent management. There are a dozen or more lawyers and as many physicians. Three roomy hotels care for and furnish entertainment to the way-faring public, and another hotel is in course of construction. The village is rapidly growing, and new industries are multiplying. A desirable water power could be furnished to drive the wheels of a large manufactory--a subject that must sooner or later attract the attention of some capitalist. Well-shaded streets and well-kept roadways add to the attractions of the village, while its surroundings of cultivated fields--of hill-side and plain--of wooded slopes and mountains--render the scenery as grand and diversified as can be found in the Susquehanna valley. [Illustration] * * * * * ESTABLISHED 1853. HERALD AND DEMOCRAT. ONEONTA, N.Y. A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER, Devoted to the interests of Otsego County, of the Second Assembly District, and of Oneonta in particular. The most thorough local and general newspaper in the county. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT _$1.50 Per Year!_ BY YAGER & FAIRCHILD. * * * * * W.L. & R. BROWN, --DEALERS IN-- HARDWARE! STOVES, RANGES, _ENGLISH, GERMAN & AMERICAN_ CUTLERY, Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iron Ware. PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING. * * * * * Edwin P. Chapman, _THE JEWELER._ Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WARE, GUNS, REVOLVERS, CARTRIDGES, CUTLERY, MUSICAL GOODS, Toys, Fancy Goods, &c., &c. Fine Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing a Specialty. EDWIN P. CHAPMAN, ONEONTA AND UNADILLA. * * * * * WILBER NATIONAL BANK ESTABLISHED 1874. DAVID WILBER, President, D.F. WILBER, Vice-President, GEO. I. WILBER, Cashier, E.A. SCRAMLING, Ass't Cashier. _AUTHORIZED CAPITAL_, $300,000. Capital Stock Paid in, $100,000.00 Surplus Fund, 49,000.00 Amount of Deposits reported for Quarter ending October 2, 1883, $452,948.10. While the business of this Bank is conducted in a safe and economical manner, the managers aim to please and protect their customers. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited.