The Campbell House.
Every person who ever visited El Paso by rail or otherwise will recognize the picture here presented. The Campbell House was erected by Mr. Geo. H. Campbell in 1862. Mr. Campbell was at that time agent for the Central, having held that position from 1858. When the building was finished it was leased to Smith Johnson, who managed the hostelry until 1870, when Mr. Campbell, under the advice of his physicians, who thought he had consumption, resigned his position and took up the management of the hotel and ever since has personally conducted it and by his own hard work and close attention made it the popular hostelry of the city. Where "Cap" Campbell and his hotel aren't known in Central or Northern Illinois we'll warrant isn't much of a place. A portion of the building is used for union waiting rooms and ticket offices and there are no better kept waiting rooms on any road than may be found in El Paso. The only hotel of which the city could boast prior to the Campbell House, was an eating house run by Count Clopiski, a Polish exile, and quite a distinguished character. He kept a hotel in a modest little building near the old station in the south part of the city. In 1867 he died and was decently buried in our city cemetery, far from his native land.
Dr. M. V. Gunn.
Dr. M. V. Gunn came to El Paso Jan. 1, 1895. He graduated at the Medical
College of Ohio March 5, 1885. While attending lectures he pursued his
studies in the office and under direction of Dr. Robert Stewart, assistant
professor of diseases of children Ohio Medical college, visiting physician
and pathologist to the Home of the Friendless, thereby securing many practical
advantages and unusual clinical facilities. He served four years on the
board of pension examiners under the Harrison administration. His native
home is Olney. Since locating here he has built up a very excellent practice,
with bright prospects for an increasing clientele in the future.
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