The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-15

gin of fire unknown.
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION.
Last night rs the train from Baltimore
due in this city at ll:3O ?. NJ, arrived
near Moundsvillc, an explosion OF the
locomotive occurred, which threatens to
be Il serious accident.
The baggage and Il passenger car were
thrown from the track, the latter being
upset and thrown down an embankment.
Upon examining into the accident, 1t
was asccrtaincd that the engineer, Morris
. Hustled had been killed; the fireman,
Alexander Flynn was thrown of some
distance, and though still living, very
badly scalded and seriously injured.
Fortunately, inthe passenger car there
were but few passengers, of these two
grown persons and three children were
taken out unframed.
The Express agent and baggage mas
ter happened to be in the car ut tho
time. and were slightly injured.
The engineer, we understand, was
very worthy man, and leaves small
family, consisting Of Il wife and two
children, IN this city.
Although this was a very sad occur
renee. there is great cause for rejoicing
that it WAS not much worse.
L. 5. DlSrEIcr CouRT.-This Court
met at the Court House yesterday after
noon ut , o'clock, Judge Jackson presid-
ing.
The case Of the United States rs. ThOs.
Sweeney, in bankruptcy, was commence
ed, but was not concluded at the close of
the session.
The court adjourned until this morn
ing at 9 o'clock.
COUNTY CouRT-This Court met at
the usual hour yesterday morning, Judge
Cochran on the bench. Very little WAS
done.
Some witness were examined in the
case of the State rs. Ludwig Blum, in
dicted for felony, and the case was con-
tinucd unit! this morning.
The Court adjourned until this morning
at 9 o'clock.
VALUABLE Among the
numerous tools and instruments of differ
ent kinds for lcsscning labor, improving
work, and chcapening production, that
have been invented and patented during
the last few years, none are OF more
merit or greater utility than some i'm
proved tools for the use of coopers which
/ are made entirely Of glass, except steel
/ bits as heretofore, Tor which Messrs
| Young. Bags " Co., of Bridgeport, have
/ recently received patents. Of all all the
mechanics and tool manufacturers who
have examined them, not one has
been found who has not unreservcdly
/ pronounced them Il success in every re-
| spect. They run with greater ease, do
the work more uniformly, and moreover
! do not wear out, and are warranted to
give general satisfaction.
The chimes can be made of any re-
quircd length, short or long, if desired,
in minutes time. The Coopcr's levers
and floats are faced with glass; the stalk
howl guards are also faced with glass, the
board being entirely Of glass. All kind
and sizes Of crows are made entirely Of
glass. the bits warranted to be Of gen
uinc JoSip steel.
Ifthcre are five hundred men working
in the same shop the work turned out
will still be- uniform rs with the use OF
these tools, every man will do the work
precisely the same rs his ncighbor.
Variation in work is utterly impossible.
No difference how careless or inattentivc
the workman is, he cannot knot deeper
crows nor make Il deeper bowling than
he should II the slaves are not of uni
form depth, the chimes will still be of
the same length.
Mr.. 4. H. Bags is one of those me-
chanics who have assisted so materially
in making our country what il Is. He Is
II thorough mechanic in glass, and eX
pert IN the use of the tools necessary To
mechanics when he commenced life, but
not satisfied with what has been done,
he Is continually striving to do more, and
the tools of which we have been speaking
are evidence of his mechanical ability
and his inventive talent.
Besides this, he possesses unusual abil-
tiles rs Il manager. He and Mr.. Briton,
the Secretary of the Company, have to-
grther conducted the business of the La
Belle Glass Works with an ability and
success that has seldom been sur
passed, a fact to which the business men
of Wheeling can bear testimony. To
put it in IL way expressive, at
least. if not cuphouious, "What Mr..
Bags don't know about glass will be of
advantage to no one else
The object of these tools is to do away
entirely with the wooden tools in the
cooper business, and their superiority be-
ing 80 evident there can be no doubt
that the most brilliant anticipnions of
McSsrS. Young, Baggs X Co., will be re-
allied. 1t is their intention to push the
! IlaluldClNlf anu iuNl bNIiNli'i VI lIItII
tools so vigorously, that it will be as much
AS the largest single glass house in Amer
lea can do to supply the demand for
them.
We may mention in conclusion, that
McSsrS. Young, Baggs X Co, are manu-
featuring all kinds and sizes of coopers'
crows, stalk howls, floats, and coopers'
/ levers. and that il is their intention 10
make coopers tools Il speciality.
At present the bits are manufactured
bv the Sandusky Tool Company, and arc
milled out, instead Of being planed out,
an advantage that machnists and coop
crs will appreciate. They can be seen
any day by those Interested, at either the
Lancaster or La Belle keg factories.
The gentlemen are now engaged in
cnlarging their works by the construction
,f u,t,f h.r flruarr this StrO l9Viur been