The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-11-07
Science and Industry.

der the daily influence Of ladies'.
Science and Industry.
The Massachusetts mackercl schOOn-
err have lost money this season.
Coal has recently been discovered near
Golden. Colorado. II j. hard and bright
in color.
The Sacramento Beet Sugar Factory
this year will make 500 barrels Of sugar,
valued az over 100000.
The ~an Francisco Chronicle SAYS that
state pays Sl.Do.OOO per annum % SCOT
land for " heat bag, which ought 10 be-
made az home.
"A Michigan manufactures has eighteen
thousand broom handles nady for ship
ment. This ought To >et husband, To
thinking about coming home carly.
There j. glut of oysters at Balti-
more. and the american says that some OF
the oy>termen threaten 10 throw their
cargoe- overheard into deep water.
Twenty thousand bales Of cotton have
been raised this year in the counties OF
Dunklin. New Madrid. PemiscOt. Missi.-
Sippi. scott and ~toddard. Missouri.
The Grand Trunk Railroad recently
changed the gauge of IT, line between
~tratiorl and Montreal 10 I feet u inches.
u make IL correspond with thar Of leading
lines IN this country.
Owing 20 the present condition of
financial ailair~. the lyanhoc Paper Mill of
Paterson. y. H.. has been closed and one
hundred ami twenty-five persons are thus
thrown out of work.
Massachusetts .nd- II impossible to
ut Young men 10 work her farms. The
state established an Agricultural College
ar a cost between S.Do.tsD and $4,000.
ami has graduated ten farmers.
Many laborer- are leaving the Michi-
gan lumber regions. Whore they ~ee but
little prospect tor winters employment
iu the pinerie>. and are going 10 Canada.
wllerc there l. reported 10 BE- a scarcity 81
hand, and good wages.
Miss sarah +. Fuller. OF New York.
has received au award of merit from The
Nieuna Exposition for excellence in wood
engraving. ON the strength Of that the
Government al Washington has given hor
the contract OF illustrating Prof. Ray
mOnd'- work on mines.
cincinnati pride. itself on being the
cenrer ~ The peanut industry. II j. Il great
distributing point For example. Of the
Tennessee. crop Of G75.O0u bushels for this
wear. Cincinnati received 10000. Her cN-
ports for the past year were 10000. and
the stock on hand At the close OF last month
was 6o0.00y bushels.
The manufacture Of starch from poia-
toes j. the leading industry OF some To-
talitic- iu Northern New York. Vermont
and NV Hampshire. The factories are
small. employing no more than six men
each. and arr IN operation only during the
THREE last months a the year. The process
j. simple. and water power j. generally
used.
The Black Brook cranberry marshes
in Pine county. Wis. have furnished 800
bushels 81 tive berries for market this year.
and the company engaged ia the business
propose 10 ,hip 5000 bushels next year.
They have entered 300 acres Of the swamp
lands 20 D. cultivated in cranbcrrie~. and
are preparing IA erect dry-h0u-es. cleaning
mills. etc.
Il report was recently read by com
mirtce Of the Master Mechanics AsSocia-
ton Of Baltimore. ia which il i recon-
mendei that on railroads trsiversing lime
districts il would b. an economy To con-
struct rain sheds and reservoirs fOi the col
lection Of the water 20 be- used in the loco
motives. and 80 avoid the formation OF in
erustations and the expense OF the repairs
required in consequence.
~ paper mil Tor the mauuiaciurc OF
paper out Of rae weed. j. about 20 he start
"a az Alton. III. Rag weed j. a vegetable
growth. Of which large quantities are
plOWed in every year ~ the farmers. and
which j. likely Ia BE- brought into extern
Siyo use for papcrand rope.
Reductions 81 wages begin 10 bc IN
Order. and come first la the iron manufac-
furc. IN the interior ot Pennsylvania
wages in the furnaces. mills and nail Eict-
orieS have been reduced from II 20 - per
cent. without oc.i>ioning strike. the
plain alternative being general >u~pen-
sion III work for the winter. On the upper
Susquehanna. reduction OF - per mt.
will 70 into effect. November I. The iron
manufacturers Of Troy. whose suspension
wa announced. offer instead 20 keep along
al a reduction of wages. and announce -
per cent. III There j. usually winter re-
duction Of per cent