Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-11-28
BEIIEAIRE.

This morning at 2 O'Clock we hap
pened TO pass by the National Glass
Factory, and the busy hum OF work,
tOgel her with the now and then voices
Of the operatives, attracted our atten-
ton sufficiently to pay d nocturnal visit
to this hive of industry from whence SO
many chimneyS are daily sent out by
which no doubt many IA CHRONICLE is
made readab BILE at night to the benefit
of your subscribers. a tempcr Try idle
man kindly escorted as around the
factory. ami much to our aStOnishment
we found sixty men aud boys all ac-
lively engaged in producing this very
necessary article OF our every night
life, bat much more aStOnlShed at wit
Messing the many processes through
which "A chimney had TO pass before
being ready for market. lSt, the ingre-
dients from which The glass is made,
had 10 be mixed by skiliful mixer.
ID, poured in carefully prepared pots
by competent fireman. 81, gathered
by boy who COM mences the blowing.
4th, the blower, with the utmost skill
and care tiaIsnes the blowing and
crimping. and 9Th, hands it over to the
lier man, who, after his duty is per
formed, sends il 6 h, to the heater. who
pours it through long, revolving
sheet iron furnace, and from there, 7th,
passes into the hands of the washer,
who turns it over, Slh, the cleaned
chimneys to the sOrter, who, after
throwing out all defective chimneys,
9th, he passes them TO the packer,t to be
packed ready for shipment, and when
at their destination, will sell at 10 to 10
cents apiece. After having gone
through nine original hands. besides
all the other industrial expenses of Q
factory, such as coal, teamsters, super
intendents, clerks, pOt-makers, DC, DC,
how ehimneys can be made and sold
at such price, we can't see-but tits
done, and of course, we suppose, there
is a profit in them. This facICry was
running II shops last night, each blow
er averaging $50 chimneyS a turn, two
turns in "A hours. This factory en-
ploys about 125 hands, and is running
on full time. The Messrs. Rodefers
are not only the owners, but also su-
perintend the leading departments.
Albert Rodefer, the chief, is an indom-
liable man, who don't recognize the
word fail, and in the manufacture OF
glass his motto is Excelsior
Last Saturday the Directors of the
Infirlnary gave the contract for medi-
cal care and medicines to the paupers
of Pultuey township, including Bell
aire, to DR.. A. j Sanders, for $144 for
one year. That contract will either be
hard on the poor or the doctor, one of
the two.
Things are lively about our Poatoffice
just nova number OF candidates
looking out for tine lOaves and fishes of
the Office. AT this writing the chances
for Mrs. Birdsong'S retention are good.
Last Friday, as we rode up Guernsey
street, in the street Car, we passed an
express wagon, in which was the body
of Eustace Knight, accom- panied only
ny the driver and undertaken, and
most certainly il WIS sadly impress
sive sight to witness a young man in
the very prime Of his liie-prIde of his
manhood going to his last home, un>
wept, unhonored and unregretted, an
OutcaSt aud outlaw, who in the last six
weeks, has attempted the destruction
of human life in not less than three
instances, and whose death has made
some breathe freer,a iervently thank
God for his taking away. To-day, res
are reported to have ia
ken up the body s0me time Sunday
night. So no it be. Some one wrote:
'The illustrious Caesar dead and turned to clay.
Might step hole 10 keep the wind away
And we can't help but think many
bodies might hc profilably utilized by
physicians and students in unfolding
the mysteries Of this human harp of !
thousand strings, sud thereby be thel
be ter enabled 10 attula It TO the tune
of lie.
An obStrPpeTous Bsnwoodcr got half
seas over yesterday, aud tried To drown |
himself IL the river, but Perry, the
kin i.hearted porter of the Glohe House
staud it to see life so reck !esslv
thrown away, interpOsed his six feet
two frame, between the man and a wa
terry grave. Perry then gently bore
him up TIE bank, chucked him into
and rolled him around
to toe lock up, where he wrs taken
care of, and this morning, after expia-
ting his offence both by money and
Ierling5, ne YVES permitted to pass over.
The river gladdens the hearts of ev.
cry one iuterested in navigation, there
heing 20 feet Of water in The chaunel.
with almost . certainty of good boat.
able stage until ice sets in.