 the depot saloon and general merchandising the depot saloon and general merchandising osarep tue 3232010 1807 with his matrimonial predicament in the past arbeau bellande continued in his social life and successful saloon business near the depot several articles appeared in  the biloxi herald  of 1892 1893 and 1894 concerning his affairs  the old bellande building near the depot has been torn down and the foundation is being laid for a new twostory edifice   at the second grand king and queen ball at the magnolia hotel joseph bellande and miss emma johnson were participants their reign ended with the dance his brother antoine jr was chosen to serve at the next ball with his guest miss ollie caldwell   february 4 1893 p 10    messrs jos a bellande and alex redon ed gburklin and several others gave an elegant spread to a number of their friends last saturday night at the depot saloon the supper was a most tempting one and was prepared by a strictly firstclass cook and served in the best style the gentlemen were loud in expressing their opinion of the viands and will long remember the pleasant evening spent with their hospitable hosts    april 21 1894 p 8   our clever young friend joe bellande proprietor of the depot saloon this morning presented us with a package of the grand republic cigars and we unhesitantly pronounce them equal if not superior to any fivecent cigar ever sold in biloxi this brand of cigars can be obtained in biloxi only at the depot saloon    may 19 1894 p 8   by a card in the columns of the herald it will be noticed that jos bellande proprietor of the depot saloon calls attention to the fact that he deals in foreign and domestic   wines liquors and fine cigars he is also agent for the celebrated maple hollow whiskey a very fine brand joe always suits his customers as well as transients   may 26 1894 p 8  on august 22 1894 joseph bellande married marie alexandrine barthes  18761961 of biloxi in the nativity church with reverend father blanc officiating she was the daughter of french immigrant francis a barthes 18331898 and margaret alexandrine binet 18391877 the daughter of fredrick alexandre binet and augustine zephirine guilby who resided on main street in biloxi the ceremony was well attended as they were well known and admired in their native biloxi alex redon served joseph a bellande as his best man while brother august f bellande escorted ophelia barthes the bride s sister others in the wedding party were felix borries 18601937 and olaf thompson 18741944 ushers and a reynoir who escorted the bride the newly weds honeymooned in new orleans  the biloxi herald september 1 1894 p 8   this union produced two sons  joseph emmett bellande  18951974 and louis earle bellande  18971989 who were born at biloxi    depot saloon in the spring of 1895 joseph arbo bellande made an application to the city of biloxi to petition for a liquor license his request was to sell and retail in quantities less than one gallon the following vinous malt spirituous or intoxicating liquors at the depot saloon situated on reynoir street on the south side of the l n railroad track arbo s petition was signed by a large contingent of biloxi s registered voters he advertised his business as  depot salon biloxi miss jos a bellande proprietor dealer in imported and domestic wines liquors cigars etc of the very finest quality ice cold beer on draught at all hours agent for the celebrated maple hollow whiskey  the biloxi herald april 13 1895 p 5   by midmay 1895 joseph bellande had added a large arc light in his barroom he also was painting things green in and around his place that made it appear   as fresh as a daisy kissed by the   morning dew   the biloxi herald may 11 1895 p 8  general merchandiser in the waning years of 1897 joseph a bellande and his fatherinlaw fa barthes commenced a general merchandise store in biloxi on howard avenue and east of main street the business was called fa barthes company  the biloxi herald january 8 1898 p 8  after the death of mr barthes in april 1898 marie barthes bellande announced in  the biloxi herald  that she and marie a binet deveaux 18461917 her aunt would continue the mercantile business of her father  the biloxi herald june 4 1898 p 8  mrs deveaux resided at 228 main street she was survived by two sisters and a brother ca binet 18431923 she had married op white of wisconsin in december 1904  the daily herald april 24 1917 p 3 and the biloxi daily herald december 22 1904 p 5   the young family of joseph a bellande probably moved to new orleans in late 1898 or early 1899 as this was the time period the bellande s were dismantling their reynoir street properties the federal census of 1900 has them residing at 728 julia street in new orleans in january 1902 joseph a bellande was the contracting agent for the morgan line sunset route   the biloxi daily herald january 8 1902 p 8   at new orleans joseph was employed as a baggage master and mail clerk with the l n railroad the following article appeared in  the biloxi herald  of october 27 1902  joseph bellande of new orleans who for some time has been running extra baggage on the l n railroad is in biloxi for a few days the guest of his brotherinlaw mr jesse smith within a few days mr bellande will receive his appointment for a permanent run   jesse smith 18601934 married ophelia emily barthes on february 2 1897 in june 1911 joseph bellande came to biloxi to assist es clemens and frederick lund in installing a telegraph station in dukate s theater on howard avenue he returned to new orleans after the installation  the daily herald july 1 1911 p 8   joseph bellande made a career with the l n railroad after retirement he enjoyed himself by dressing well entertaining lovely ladies and dining out he liked good whiskey and the company of women traits which carried over from his youth in biloxi his wife marie barthes who was called steve left new orleans about 1915 after she divorced him steve moved to chicago where son earle was in the navy in later life she settled at homestead florida where she died in 1961 ironically the same year as arbo joseph arbo bellande died on january 17 1961 at the age of ninetythree years he had resided at 4701 marigny in gentilly with his daughterinlaw odie since 1939 his body was sent to biloxi for burial in the bellande family plot in the old biloxi cemetery on january 20th at 3 pm 87 views  