Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-30
CHICAGO coRREsrosDEscE.


Northwestern Horse Nail Co.,--Emecf
of the Frsnco-Pr1ssiarWa War--Beldin
Bros, & Gothic Parks--Musfcal MAJ
ters---Woman Suffrage Meettns--
Amusements.
CHICAGO, March Is, ls71.-Sunshine, war;
weather, winds, clouds, rain, thunder an
lightning, snOw-fakes and no frost in th
ground. sunshine again-this is the record o
the week. The indications now are in favo
of an early spring.
No is quoted at sL25, with an ac:iy,
market.
Ia abundant for legitimate business. anc
regular customers find 10 difficulty in gettine
discounts at the banks.
BUSINESS
Shows signs of considerable activity, and
| though it is yet early for the opening of the
spring trade, there are good many mer-
chants in the city purchasing supplies. The
country is said to be quite bare Of goods.
and the promise of large trade this season,
at remunerative prices, is better than last
year.
MANUFACTURES
have contributed largely to the prosperity
of Chicago. Many manufacturing establish
ments have grown from small beginnings to
mammoth proportions, sending out their
products over all the land. Articles, triiing
in themselves, vet of prime necessity, plav
an important part in the industrial and COM
mercial progress of the country. The
simplest instrument often undergoes a great
variety of processes before il is transformed
from the raw material into perfect shape.
ready for use. Take the manufacture of
HORSE NAILS
by the Patent Hammering Machines, for
illustration. They are made of "Benson-
iron-the best Norway iron-imported into
Boston IN bars an inch and one-eighth
square, are there drawn into bars three-si1-
teenths by seven-sixteenths of an inch. and
nine feet long, and in that shape are brought
to Chicago. They are here taken to large
factory. heated red hot in coke-blast furnaces
put into patent hammering machine, which
holds the bar, feeds it, strikes it eighteen
blows, and then cuts it of perfect nail, all
In the space of one second, and this process
is repeated till from eight to twelve nails
are made, when the bar is returned to the
furnace. and another taken out. They are
essentially hammered nails, being drawn from
the end OF the rod on the same principle that
the blacksmith makes them. One man tends
machine and keeps eight rods in use and,
as ne takes little time in changing rods, he
can make only about fifty nails minute.
There Is one foreman TO five machines, to
grind the dies and keep everything IN order
These machines are operated by shafts making
main shaft, which is driven By steam-eneine
OF 75-horse power. When the nail rods are
worked up till about two feet long, they are
taken to forge, the ends heated and four of
them welded together by machines. which
straighten them and make the welded parts
Of a uniform size with the original bar and
then they are worked up as before, so that no
ends are lost. The nails, as fast as made, are
dropped into an iron box, which, when full. is
carried into the separating room and emptied
upon iron-covered tablas. where all the imper-
feet nails are picked out and thrown aside as
scrap iron The nails are then packed in Is
N boxes and labeled fof market. There are
six sizes, numbered from to 10 inclusive, 8
being the medium size
The only Horse Nail Mandatory in the
West is that of the
NcRTHwEsTEBy HORSE NAIL CO..
All 56 TO 6s West Van Buren street. Chicago,
established iR 1862, but was incorporated in
1864, and has working capital of about $780,
600. The officers of the company-N. Cor
with, President; q. L. Smalcy, Superintend-
ent, and A. W. Kingsland. Secretary.-are all
stockholders, and the nails are made under
their supervision. Mr.. Smalley superintends
the factory, and understands his business
thoroughly. Mr.. Kingsland. one OF the orig
inators of the enterprise, manages tie hnan-
cal department and the general business of
the company. He was bred to the iron man.
ufactuTing business, and utilizes his knowl-
edge and experience for the benefit of the
company and the public. They have the most
perfect machinery, give constant employment
to some so skillful workmen, who, by long
practice-like those employed on particular
part of a watch-become perfect. The MAX
ers of their iron are under heavy bonds that
every bar Of iron furnished shall be perfect.
Their style of nails is adapted TO the Western
trade and their sales extend over all the coun-
fr-- of ha 1ol nd of he
Alleghanies. And as they spare no pans or
expense to make every nail perfect, and every
package is warranted. no other horse nail has
the reputation of being so uniformly good
and of so desirable shape. Ii is the most
popular and reliable horse nail in The country,
is staple article with all leading houses, and.
as it is sold at New York prices, il supersedes
all other kinds wherever its merits are known.
They run twenty-five machines, day and night.
most of the year, and can make two tons of
nails In ten hours. They made 600 tons last
year. but will exceed tnat amount this year.--
The establishment is not only curiosity and
a credit to Chicago-it is public benefaction.
EFFECTS OF TIE FRANco-FRUssIAN WAR.
The Franco-Prussian war has destroyed and
disabled so many skilled laborers, and inter
rupted the manufacture of French and Ger
man goods, so that there will be a scarcity,
especially of silks and Ito finest fabrics, for
some time to come. The first eff set of the
war was TO throw largo quantities VI these
goods on the English market. thereby lower
ing the price. But now, though peace is re-
stored long time must intervene before pro-
duction will reach its former amount, and
these goods must necessarily advance in pr1ce
Fortunately, some of our leading silk manu-
fact1rers anticipating this state of affairs.
laid in a large stock OF raw silk at ante-war
prices, and will, for the present, supply their
customers at the old rates, and purchasers
should take advantage of this opportunity to
lay in supplies. At the head of this class is
the firm of
BELDISG BROS. ASD CO.,
the largest manufacturers of sewing silk and
machine twist in America The sales of their
wholesale houses in Chicago, New York and
Cincinnati, last year, reached $50, 900, their
taking the lead. Purchasers should always
ask for Belongs sewing silk, noted through
out the whole country for being the best in the
market.
The largest wholesale millinery house in
this city, devoted exclusively to the sale OF
Head Gear, is he firm of
GAGE BROTHERS d Co,
Importers, Manufacturers and Jobbers Of
Millinery Goods, 7s Lake street, UP Stairs.
celebrated all over the Northwest for their
large, well-selected and fashionable stock. al
ways fresh and attractive, and of the latest
styles. Other millinery houses swell the
amount of their sales. by keeping depart
ments for notions and furnishing g-goods, but
this house sells of Head Gear alone, three
quarters of million dollars worth year
They are large manufacturers, having in add
ton to their mandatory of hats and hat
frames, of which i wrote last year, hundred
girls at work making cactus, hair and fancy
braid hats. which enable them TO supply job
bers, at Eastern nanufscturers' prices, and to
offer unusual inducements to retail dealers.
The miIliners of the Northwest will here
find the most desirable goods for their trade.
of every conceivable fashionable style, at
the lowest prices. GAGE BRoTHERs Co. are
authority in matters of fashion and taste,
and what they cannot supply the trade In
the millinery line is scarcely worth looking
for. They are among the most substantial
and responsible houses in this city, and have
built up immense trade in Head Apparel,
by using their abundant means, in the most
sagacious manner, to produce and procure
the best goods at the lowest prices, by cour-
tesy, urbanity, prompt,sess iR filling orders,
and by giving their customers the benefit OF
their capital, skill and experience.
1HE PARKS.
Chicago is in muddle about her parks. The
Park Commissioners have used up all their