The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Brandy distilled from the Juice of
lines and lemons has been made in
Tucson, A. I. -z'r. -.-i s- 81. .a-rs.. ..,
1t is estimated that S75, 900, 900
worth of fruit is grown annually in the
United States. ....r,.. f.-..-. ...,- .
The Japanese persimmon has
proved great success in Algeria, and
is being largely planted. t-'
Seven hundred thousand women IN
France and Italy are employed in the
manufacture of raw silk from the cocoon.
New and extensive coal mines are
to be opened this year on the line of the
South and North and the Alabama
Great Southern. F- "a. -7TEiH =.
Wool furnishes the largest single
item of eastward freight on the Pacific
roads. In 1880, 81, ,5S8. 900 pounds were
shipped from San Francisco, all do
mestic wool; a mere trifie,. 275, 900
pounds coming from Australia; i''' : 'l'l'
st. Louis is agitated over q project
to construct q locomotive works within
the limits of the city, to have q capaci-
ty for building five hundred engines per
year. A company has organized for
this object, with working capital of
81, 500. 900. 9r -f.'''..0 = 1"... -,
-Shipbuilding on the Clyde was un-
usually active last year. Two hundred
and forty-one vessels of all kinds were
launched, of a total of fully 239, 200
tons, an excess of a, 900 tons over 1879.
Their marketable value represents an
outlay of about $50, ,OOo, 900. - 't'-. "a
The manufacture of brick is one of
the most important industries of Ma.
con, Ga. The material furnished by the
land below the city in, the Ocmulgee
swamp, and tract extending across
the Brunswick Railroad, is said to be
unexcelled in the world for purity and
firmness. ........ ..- ,:-... ~.
The Nordenskjold, the largest tor
pedo boat in existence, was recently
launched at Copenhagen. She measures
215 feet in length and ~ feet in breadth.
She can make fifteen miles an hour.
Her steel armor is four inches thick,
and she carries an unusually large
breech-loading Krupp gun. =.
Never in the history of railroading
has the shipment of -baled hay formed
so important a feature of business.
Heavy shipments of baled hay are pass
ing daily to Southern cities and to New
York and New England points as well.
Most of it is forwarded from points in
Illinois. Ni- u. %" 7.'i-f-
1t is said that there are 24S spoken
languages in India, and. including diff
ferent dialects, $40. The use Of the
English language, however, is fast sup
planting them. particularly among the
young. From &, 700 to 10, 600 candidates
are annually examined at the three
great universities of India, and English
is the chief language employed.
An engineer of one of the Indianap-
oils roads says that he breaks the lump
coal as fine as nut coal before using it,
and claims that this gives an increase
of twenty per cent. in steam; also, that
his fireman pays special attention when
throwing fuel into the fire-box to DROP
| it where it is needed, the secret of firing
successfully being to have an even fire
all over the fire-boX. ....-.-..
The size of the cotton factory al
Piedmont, S. c., has been more than
doubled, and it is now the largest fac.
tory in one building in the South. A
correspondent of the Charleston NeUs
and Courier says that five years ago
there was not single house at tina!
place, and now there are LAT, besides
the factory building, which is to support
1900 people and house 10000 bales oi
cotton year. H,t-4% - T..' '-..t :"