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LOUIS F. WALTHER, merchant, Higginsport. This gentleman is the junior member of the firm of Bainum & Walther, which firm dates from March 1, 1882. They are the successors of H. Bainum, and are doing a fair business — both young men of business talent. Mr. Walther is a native of Germany, born in the Province of Saxony April 26, 1855, but since eight years of age, a resident of United States. He received his elementary education in Belleville, St. Clair Co., Ill. Subsequently, he graduated from the Commercial College of Portsmouth, Ohio, and finally took up the study of law under the faculty of the Cincinnati Law School, but not with the intention of practicing. His location in Higginsport dates from 1869. In November, 1878, he was elected Magistrate of Lewis Township, re-elected in 1881, and now filling that office. Almost his entire life has been connected with mercantile pursuits, having in his earlier life represented some of the large wholesale houses of the West, viz.: J. Kespohl & Bro., of Quincy, Ill., and J. E. Houtz & Co., of Bloomington, Ill. With these advantages and experiences, we would, in his present capacity, predict for him a successful future. Mr. Walther’s father died in Higginsport, Ohio, in 1876, and Louis now resides with his widowed mother.