The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-29
OUR BUSY MEN.
Here and There Among Our Hives Of
Industry.

R. W. Clark, of Gallipolis, has con-
| tracted with au indianapolis firm for a first
class three-run new process steam mill
David Todd will increase the wages of
his men at his Brier Hill quarry, Youngs-
town, O., from 81 75 to 81 per day on the
1st of April. -
The Wellsville, o., Rolling-mill has been
Pa, and they will at once put it in opera
ton. The price paid is said to have been
$17, 900.
w. J. Jones' the well-knOwn architect
has removed his Office from Ninth street
to the northeast corner of Fifth and Main
streets. We wish him success in his new
| location.
| Mr.. Obermayer, of this city, has pur-
chased two runs of buhrs and appurten-
ances to increase the capacity OF his facing
mills, of Nordyke 81 Marmon Co., of In
danapolis, Ind.
Messrs. A. 4 H. Knorr are putting on
several new wagons this season. From
present appearances our people need not
fear any scarcity of ice this summer or that
the prices will range exorbitantly high.
Contracts can be made for the season at 60
cents per hundred. ...
Louis Voight & Son report that their sea-
| son has commenced two weeks earlier. than
usual They are doing large amount Of
work in the suburbs having several first
class houses to paper entire. Anticipating
large trade they this season carry larger
stock of wall papers than ever before.
1t is something unusual for our house
keepers to make their contracts for their
years stock of coal so early in the season,
but many are reasoning that the unprece-
dented mild winter we have had has
brought coal as low now as it will be, and
are already giving their orders for their
year ssupply.
w. H. Bristol is putting his carpetshak-
ing establishment in order, preparatory to
the spring trade. This is one of our city's
institutions which housekeepers would be
| very sorry to lose. He has more than
doubled the capacity OF his machinery since
last season, making it now larger than ali
Others in the city. .4
No one OF our city's industries received
more attention from our Southern friends
than was bestowed upon works of the
Western Manufacturing Company. ltwas
certainly novelty to them to witness the
operation OF making the Company's spe-
cialty, butterine, an article which has be-
come so popular at the South as to be fast
taking the place of the ordinary butter of
com merce
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| Mr.. F. A. Schwill and Mr.. NJ. F. Thomp-
son, two gentlemen well known in the
business community, the former from his
long conneet,oh WIN lne seeu traue ana
the iatter as a. iaeely "enloer VI 'ne nin VI
heasirI " 1hoinpson' uiussiS.S, ha'e as
soclatea themselves .osetnel iol tne pul-
pose OF DONG commission business IN
grain, seeo' Prouuce anu asricultulai I'm
piements a. inc new nrlh ph,: na'e ieaseu lilis
store' mo. ~ on tne rupiG Lanulhs' anu
nave every IaG'i,ty .or puslness. tney
Will ouy ana seil uilec! aiso recelVs COLI
signmehts Oh any 'ning In 'neir 'ine'
The nonforfeiture system, as incorporated
into the policies and plan of the Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Company of New
ark, N. j., is a step in the right direction
and one Of the progressive. This company
has always been distinguished for dealing
fairly with its policy holders and this new
evidence of liberality towards its clients
can not result otherwise than in q large
increase of business. To all those contenl-
plating the availing themselves ofsthe pres