Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

Seventeenth and Washington streets, Pitts
burg, has sold all its pressed glass mould.
to the Canton, O., glass factory, and will
hereafter make nothing but tableware.
An island in Vermillion Bay, on the
coast Of Louisiana, has q solid mass of salt
| at . depth of twenty feet, 90 hard that Il
requires to De mined with dynamite and
ground in steam mills. About two hun
dred tons day are taken out
The new addition to the Central Glass
Works is fast taking the shape Of an i'm
posing building. The owners Of this in.
dustry are determined not to be behind
the times, and expect to have one OF the
finest buildings in this section Of the
country.
Capt. Berry's nsH boat has had all the
machinery on her. and che will be ready
for trial by the middle Of next week.
Messrs Sweeney i Son are busiiy engaged
getting everything in frst-c!ass order. and
expect to make very speedy stern-wheel
packet.
The brickmssons are busily engaged on
the new machine shop building al the L
Belle mill. portion of the window an
door frames have been set, and before tn
next week passes round, this building viii 10
Mt ar y completed, that is the brickmasons'
portion of il.
Robert HoEsett, OF Uniontown. la ha'
purchased from Messrs. J. P. Hanna al
Thomas II. Rabe. of Pittsburgh, their hal
interest in the Lemont Furnace property
situated three miles north of here. The
consideration is not yet known. Mr.. Hog
seit now owns the whole of this property,
which is valued ct over 500, 900.
The Riverside furniture factory is very
busily engaged. The gentlemen manag
ing this establishment deserve great prai Sc
for the able manner in which they have
conducted the business OF, this establish
meat. All through the dull season OF the
year they have had plenty Of work for
their men to do, filling orders from foreign
ports, and also supply the home consump-
Everything at the gas works is running
along nicely under the able management
of Mr.. Dillon, who takes great pride in
showing isitors through the works. Quite
q number OF our citizens have visited this
| establishment since the new building
and machinery have been in operation,
and they all upon leaving express them.
selues as well pleased with the work, and
also under obligations To the courteous
manager, Mr.. Dillon.
(6pt. NOeeyi OF rtOTlua, COntrdcteu Win
Messrs. Sweeney Il Son, SEINE time since,
for new stern.wheel cotton boat, dupli
cate OF the vessel built for Capt. Sweeney
last season. The machinery and wood work
are nearly ready. and will be shipped to
| Florida next week. A. ]. Sweeney will 60
with the machinery and put it up in that
country. 1t seems that Capt. Cosey could
not get the right material for his boat in
| Florida, and hearing of and seeing several
built by Messrs. Sweeney & Son, concluded
to have the material furnished here ana
shipptd 10 Florida. Her machinery will
be inch BY ~ feet stroke.
Bodily Bros wagon making establish.
! ment is very busily engaged in fact, can
hardly meet the demand made for their
make OF wagons. The Southern trade Of
this industry is very large, and the same
| can be said of their home trade. Report
says the owner of this establishment viii
enlarge their building, making it extend
| from CbapIine TO Eofi street. At p-esen'
| their building only occupies little over
half of the square, and owing to the great
demand for their wagon, they will enlarge
as above stated. The new addition will
be magnificent four story brick with all
the modern machinery for making wagons