The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-12-31
Industrial.

Industrial.
Butter is seyenty-tivc cents per pound
in Florida.
-Ashtabula, Ohio, is engaged in prep
arations for the manufacture of cheese
to weigh fourteen tons, for the Centcn-
NAL.
busters and the like is fast becoming an
important feature among the industries
of Detroit.
ALI the iron and steel works and the
lock factory in Norwalk, Conn, employ
ing over / 900 men, are now idle. About
500 men connected with building and
quarrying arc also idle.
"A recent patent for a map consists
in having those portions intended to rep
resent the rivers, lakes and oceans filled
with actual water. This is done by at
taching the map to back of wood of
sufficient thickness. The rivers, etc, arc
dug out, filled with water and glazed
Such maps may be hung upon the wall in
the usual manner.
The coal field of Indiana covers near
ly 1000 square miles of the southwestern
section, capable of yielding 10000, OOC
tons, and is traversed by five Western
railways. All qualities of coal are found
in this field, from the block"-a min.
eral charcoal, free from sulphur and
-phosphorus-tO the strong steam and
gas making bituminous
The jute cloth which enters so large
~ into the manufacture of grain bags in
this country, especially in California, is
mostly made at Dundee, Scotland, where
there are fifty-ninc immense mills, ono
of which employs 5000 workmcn, en-
gagged in the manufacture. 1t is esti
mated that 10 per cent. of the value OF
the California wheat crop is expended in
the purchase of coarse jutc, cotton and
linen bags.
Prof. Dana, of Yale College, has been
making geological tour through por
tions of Connecticut, and recently visited
the region of the great swamp on the
Housatonic Railroad, where he dis.
covered indications of the great glacier,
which biologists believe made its way
from Canada to the ocean, and marks of
which are found all over New England
Some rocks, just uncovered by the open
ing of a new road, showed the scratches
distinctly.
The Lynchburg Viryinian says
"AtAIA tAC Al0AAOly VI tlC OlOcSL III
habitant there never was anything like
the influx of tobacco we are having now.
The town is daily inundated with it. The
warehouses are all over-run with the
weed, and the streets are blocked with
wagons. The sales are protracted into
the night and it is difficult then to get
around. Notwithst anding the manner in
which the market is crowded, the prices
keep up, and the planters are reaping a
harvest"
An improved "starter" for horse
cars was recently tried in Baltimore
The invention consists simply of a
grooved iron cam that is attached on
each side of the axle near the Wheel
This cam extends above the axle and af-
fords leverage of twelve inches.
Through the grooves on the top of the
cams run two wire ropes that are at
tached to the gooseneck and double trees
The cams, by means of a heavy spring,
resume their upright position whenever
the car stops, and the leverage they offer
in starting lessons the work of the
horses.
"A printers tournament recently took
place at Washington, d. G. There were
eight entries in the first class: type, non
pariel; time, three hours The first
prize, solid gold composing-stick, was
won by S. N. Bennerman, who set 5,O7O
ems. The second prize, solid silver
composing-stick, full newspaper size,
was won by r. A. Mclean, who set 4, 998
ems; the third prize, Menamin's Encyclo
pedia of Printing, was won by W. w.
McCollum, who set 4,720 ems. In the
second class-time, one hour and thirty
w. Maloney was awarded
silver composing stick, newspaper size,
having set 2,278 ems; Frank A. McGill,
German silver composing-stick, full size
1880 ems; H. NJ. Hartman, Harpel's Ty
pograph, 2,187 ems. In the long -primer
one hour and thirty minutes
j. r. Mcbride was awarded the first
prize, a solid gold composing stick,
breast-pin size, he having set 2,128 ems
G. J. s. Hunnicut, an "American En-
cyclopedia of Printing" 2,O37 ems; and
H. G. Turleton, thermometer, 1888
ems.
Religions and Educational.
The reputed grave Of St. Patrick is
marked only by an unsightly hole"
but the Pilot suggests way to remedy
this neglect: "Half a dollar apiece from