The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-15

CALIFORNIA; produced I, 600, 600 gallons
of wine and 100000 gallons Of brandy IN
1871. The. total area In vineyard Is about
10000 acre, md the gross yiend 10 the
yineyardists is estimated at 81, zoo, 900,
Tho price ofthe wine and brandy to con.
sumers out Of the State Is three times as
much as the vlneyardlsts receive.
TnE Denver Tribune says as a specl.
! men of hauling" It may DO stated that
one of tho narrow gauge freight engins
: drew forty cars, twenty-Cight Of them
loaded, from the Divide, one day last
week, bringing the train In on time.
Pho metal is still inclined upward and
scarce, 1t is thoughtthat the demand
will be greater than thecsupply for some
time TO come, and hence further advances
are anticipated Rates OF labor are also
advancing. -
, ONE of tho fruit growers near Holland,
Mich, has made O careful examination oil
the fruit buds In that vincinity. He thinks
the prospects for good crop this year
better than they have been in years. be-
fore. ~
TIE Columbus Gay Enquirer says
"Our cotton manufactures are crowded
with orders, A large merchant told us
it was with difficulty he could get o few
bolts Of goods, as tho mills had orders
ahead from every section. Our mills are
now running 10000 spindles and over / :
600 looms, and consume over ten bales Of
cotton per day. They have already Ia.
ken over twice as much cotton. as 10 same
date last year" s.ysyar.
SINCE 1898, when the Patent Office
was organized, there have been issued
100, 900 patents; an average for the past
year or two of over 1900 q year, out ol
about 10000 applications Previous to
that date, but 10,0S4 patents were Issued
since 1880, In EngiHndyHpto 1859, only
1900 patents were issued IN 1888 years,
and the average now Is about 1000 q
year. .9f,sra.Lf=-u -
TIE islands oil Alaska ore the summer
resort OF seals in immense numbers, but
where they spend their winters is an un.
solved mystery, Sufficient search has
been made for their winter abodes, with o
view of taking their skins, to show that
IIG1 w nOl luuA AZ Guy HULL
bers on any known ground. snE
TIE heaviest suffering in 1871 was in
the following States: New York, Cos
failures, liabilities $29, 7g1 900; Pennsylva-
! MIA, 1857 failures, liabilities $7,110000;
Massachusetts, 80 failures, liabilities 49,
241 900; Illinois, 172 failures, liabilities 50,
$4,000; California, 80 failures, liabilities
$4,2790O Ohio, 1S9 failures, liabilities
$40770OO ta
THE Massachusetts Cotton Mills were
incorporated in 1889 with q capital Of
100000, which was afterwards IN
creased TO 81, 800, 900 by the absorption Of
the Prescott Company. Homer Bartlett
was superintendent to 1S49 and since that
date has been treasurer of the company.
This corporation has six mills with o.
S12 spiIdles, and employs 1900 females
and 400 males, consuming in week $780,
900 pounds of cotton in making 100000
yards Of cloth.
OFFICIAL reports show in Ohio an an.
nual loss Of $3000000 in sheep killed by
dogs, and nearly $1,000 900 in injuries-a
loss equivalentt6B Q, 100000 pounds in wool
or tax Of two per cent upon the total
sum invested in sheep in that State. II
Is said that in two years, from 1868 10
1870, Illinois sank from the sixth to the
ninth rank among the States in the mum.
Der and value Of Its sheep, and this great
falling of is attributed to a proportionate
increase in the number OF dogs, and the
lack of proper legislation to prevent their
ravages among the sheep. The Legisla.
ture Of Maryland Is considering the sub.
jeCt The returns from five counties re-
port over l 100 sheep killed in one year
by dogs. -. g n
A TOBACCO buyer who was recently
figuring in Massachusetts, town came
across d man who had sold his crop for
fifteen cents. The buyer suggested to
him that he had not got enough, and
wanted to look at his goods, asking If he
was bound by money paid. Finding that
he was legally ireeIto sell again, heoffered
him five cents q pound more, and would
give him q hundred dollars to bind the
bargain, which the farmer accepted" AS
the buyer was about to leave he inquired
who had previously bought the tobacco.
On being informed, he exclaimed, Good
heavens, that Is my partner!"
TIE manager OF a furnace in Prussia,
finding himself without fuel, he resolved
TO try to keep the furnace alive as best he
might, he began at once to reduce the
charge Of iron ore 10 one.halt, keeping all
the while the usual charge Of coke, and
after the furnace was thus filled, tho blast
was cut of, and all apertures were closed
as Albright rs possible, and watched care
fully so for more than ninety days; anxiety.
A regular supply OF fuel being again; So
cured aller that time, the tuyeres, hearth,
and top were re.opened, the hot blast let
on, and twelve hours later the first clean
cinder made It's appearance, flowing over
the wall'stone, 10 lhe great delight Of all
concerned. |
A new metal has been discovered, con.
sisting Of an alloy, oil which the compost.
ton isa secret known only to the dis.
Coverer. 1t carries the color Of eighteen
carat gold, has the greatest ductility and
malleahility, and hence can be rolled and
1 spun, or cast, 10 advantage. II will not
corrode by water or the atmosphere, and
Is not influenced by the action OF sea-
, water, and thus offers advantages for
roofing. and sheathing for vessels, and
particularly for water.pipes. It's ductility
presents facilities for stamped, wares,
/ whllc Inc sharpness OF the castings made
from II render any finish unnecessary.
us cost IS twenty.six cents per pound In
ingots, as compared with the present
price Of copper, and will range about
three cents per pound under that Of ingot
copper. % 4
JouN B. Gouau tells the following
story, though the Joke be at his own ex.
pense. Once, while on a lecturing tour
through England, he was introduced to o
large audience in those words:
Ladies' and GentlemenII'y the 'onol
TO introduce the distinguished lecturer