The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-14
THE GOLDEN TIDE.

THE Skellenger and Coombs mines
near Ironia, N. H., have increased their
working force.
In the works of the Pittsburg Forge
and Iron company, Pa, about four hun
dred hands are running on double time.
A SINGLE order for 100, 900 doors from
England is occupying the time of Chi
cago establishment.
WILMINGTON, N. 9. lis about celebrat
ing with an industrial parade the revival
or hUI business.
The freight rate on grain from Boston
to Liverpool is now fifty per cent. higher
than it was before the hsrvests.
WE shall soon begin sending wine to
France. The wine product of California
a,one this season is estimated at 10000
600 gallons.
THE Juniata rolling mill, at Altoona,
Pa, has nav fifteen pudding furnaces
running on double time, making muck
bar.
A NEW pulp mill, producing three
tons of ground wood pulp per day, under
the Outterson & Taylor process, has just
been started at Falls City, Pa.
THE Williamsport (Pa.) Gazette and
BULLETIN says the Pipe Line company are
at present shipping on an average thirty
car loads $4,000 barrels) of oil per day.
EIGHT new pudding furnaces in pro.
cess of erection at the Pittsburg Forge
and Iron company's works, Werner Sta
ton, have been nearly completed. Sew
eral of them will be started up next
week.
ACCORDING to the Danville, Pa, Re.
cord, the Pennsylvania iron work at that
place have thirteen furnaces, eight of
which are in heat and running to their
full capacity, averaging over a hundred
tons of finished rails day.
SHERIFF & HAZEL, of Pittsburg, have
closed contract with the owners of the
Murraysville, Westmorelsnd county, gas
well, for erecting large carbon black
factory, requiring about four tons cast
ing and 1000 feet of gas pipe, with 5000
burners.
MEssRs. RAMSEY & MORLEY began
operations for iron ore on Bear Greek,
Butler county, Pa, on the LIST Of Septem.
Der, and have thus far mined 100000
tons, which will be shipped to Sharps-
burg. The number of hands will reach
100 by the first of next month.
A VESSEL which has been loaded with
corn at New York in single day takes
10 or II days to unload when she arrives
at an English port. The loading has
been done by machinery-the unloading
il done by hand work.-Lond0n Times.
THE Catawba Manufacturing company
near Catawbs, station, is now putting up
SO new looms in the factory. These, in
addition to the other machinery, will
make a fine display. This company is
now making some very fine plaid goods.
(N c. Press.
AN English weekly says that the fall
in paper makes a difference of $3.50, 900
year to the Daily Telegraph, and that the
New York Herald is in treaty with a
Lancashire firm for supply at a cost 50
moderate as cover carriage, and get be-
sides handsome margin.
OUR northern friends who may visit
Monroe should not be alarmed at what is
almost daily occurrence on our streets
wagon loads of cotton seed all marked
@. 8. A. We assure them there is no
rebellion in view, but that those letters
merely stand for Cotton Seed Associs-
tion.-Ouaohita Lay Telegraph.
The substitution of celluloid ivory in
the manufacture of billiard balls, combs,
backs of brushes, cane and umbrella |
handles, and great variety of other
articles, has become so extensive that |
the demand for native ivory has fallen |
ofr 40 az to effect the African market very |
THERE is an increase of 81 1886, 479 in
the value of the October exports from
AZ compared with the same
last year. The most important
item in the exports was American wheat,
only about 230,0 bushels of Canadian
wheat having been forwarded as yet.
ONE of the largest of the dry goods
stores of Paris was visited on one day
by 64,921 persons, and the
money taken amounted to 1927 ,O75.
There were sold $4,000 worth of silk,
81, 400 worth of umbrellas, $1,000 worth
artificial flowers, and $4,000 worth OF
ichus.
LARGE quantities of s0apstone,
brought here by wagon from near Muir
ply, N. c., is being shipped to Cincinns.
H. Two car losds have been shipped in
tho last two weeks. This stone is found
Ia great abundance in the mountains six
miles above Murphy. It Is worth about
s4O a ton, delivered on the cars at this
place, and 1t costs about $50 to put It In
tbe car. The stone IL raid to be of extra
Iuality.-Monroe, (Tsnn.) Democrat. ]