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REMIG EINSIEDLER, proprietor of Arbeiter Hall, Tell City, is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born February 14, 1854. He is the only son of Joseph and Benedicita (Benzinger) Einsiedler, natives of Bavaria and Switzerland respectively. The father came to America about 1848, and located in Cincinnati, where for several years he worked in a furniture factory. In 1858 he came to Tell City and worked in the factories at that place until 1872, when he built Arbeiter Hall, where he conducted a saloon until his death, June 6, 1880. He was recognized as an energetic, enterprising citizen, who took an active interest in all public enterprises. Renig was reared at home, receiving a good German and English education. He learned the harness-maker’s trade, and followed it in Tell City, St. Joseph, Mo., and Louisville, Ky., for six years. In 1875 he returned home, and managed his father’s business until the latter’s death, since which he has conducted the business for himself. May 15, 1879, he married Anna Schergens, a native of Cincinnati, and to this union have been born two children—Joseph and Lydia. Politically Mr. Einsiedler is a Republican. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and the Druids.