, 1882-07-08
All Sorts.

A char factory al Marietta, Ga has
sold $50, 900 chairs IN the past year.
West Virginia produces nearly one
fourth Of all the nails used in the United
States.
Florida fruit growers are now intr-dGe
Ing cocoanut plants iron Centera Amer
lea
Out Of 525, ,000, ,G0G cigarettes made iii
this country last year, l00,GG0,O0 were
made in Rochester.
Steel works, manufacturing by the
basic process, are L. be located a. liar
rison, Jackson county, Ill
De kaib county, Tenn, Will thus yetr
grow s2GO, 900 worth Of cotton, Ten years
ago it grew 5000 worth
Philadelphia turns out 81 .rt0 800 worth
Of stoves annually and giyes employment
to 1900 per.Ons IN thai business
More land is to be planted 10 tobacco
in Wisconsin this year than ever before.
Last years yield was u ,809, ,U1J pounds
There are now in Wythc and Pulaski
counties, Va, fifteen blast furnaces en-
gagged III maxim. OF colih!ast charcoal
iron.
Twelve million bushels Of corn we're
list year made into glucose ia The United
States alone Brewers were the iars, st
consumers
Thirteen hundred and Gfty-two miles
of railroad We're constructed IN the S..uth-
ern States during the frr months from
January Ist To June lst
Tennessee has twenty five copper fur
naces that turn ont 100000 pounds ot
copper each year. The state also has is,
000, 900 acres Of unimproved land.
1t is estimated that from 3io, 900 To
100000 pounds OF grapes will he shipped
from the vineyards III the vicinity of
Chattanooga, Tenn, the coming season.
The Chariestown Ns,rS az! C'r,ricT, as
4 pleasant proof Of the growth Uf home
Industries, mentions TIE building If a
steamer and the cons .ruotion of all her
machinery ia thl; city
The construction If the new glucose
works al Proria, ILL.,, Is Icing pushed for
ward rapidly. An army If men are en-
ployed Oh the structure, and the first
building viii he ready irr nperating on the
new corn crop.
Washington county, Pa, produces an
nually 1900, 900 pounds of wool, worth
in cash 81 900, 900 fer the wool alone, be
sides the sale Ct fine sheep for breeding
purposes, and mutton sheep and lambs
for the meat narketi uf the cast
The Alchohol works at Des MONS, ana
there are various such worhs throughout
iowa, consumed during the month Of
May 25, 81 bushels Of grain, mainly corn,
and produced 5S.3l7 wine gallons of
spirits, the revenue tax upon which vas
S97, ,0i2.
Five firms are engaged in P,ttsburg,
Penn, Ia the sand and cobble-stone busi
ness, an invested capital of over Sloe, 600,
employing upward of one hundred men.
From the beds Of the rivers between o1,-
600 and 900, 900 bushels of sand and
gravel are yearly taken.
In the seven states Of Georgia, Alabama,
tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana ahd the !
two Carolinas there has been an Increase
IF 2Gl 900 in the number of cotton SPIN |
dies during the year, representing Pn addi- |
ton 10 the manufacturing industries OF
nearly sI0,OO0,0OO.
The manufacture of textile tabrics IN |
Maine is said to be rapidly increasing, as !
well as the ship-building interests The
tonnage for 1880 was 1854. 10, and tor
1881 1t was 59,992 a3 For the present
year it is claimed that the shosing Eiil
be even better. The increase In 1851 over
1880 was q, 1873, or an increase OF 10
per cent.
During the past year the Alta, H.,
cheese factory, in Peoria county, has re-
oeived l,20G,7 $50 pounds of milk, from
which was manufactured l24 ,S1l pounds
Of cheese. This amount OF finished
article sold for Sl4, ,G3.- 10 The msDu-
faeture of each pound Of cheese involved
the use of " pounds of milk The aver
age price obtained for the cheese during
the year was liz cents