Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-03-08
EVIDENCES OF PROGRESS.

"GATu," in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
tells OF a stock and dairy farm at Pros
pect Hill, near Franklin, Pa, which is
the completest of its kind in this country
THE Chattanooga TrGdesman saws the
new Citico furnace at Chattanooga will
blow in in few days. The large furni-
ture concern OF Ristine & May, of Loudon,
Tenn, and Atlanta, Ga, will remove to
Chattanooga this year. A wooden dish
factory, with 100000 capital will be put
in operation at Chattanooga this summer.
UNDER law in Missouri, passed in 1888,
requiring all railroad companies to keep
depots opened, lighted, and warmed ut
least half hour before and after the ar
rival and departure of trains, the city OF
Warsaw has sued the Wabash, St Louis
and Pacific Company in test case. There
are thirty counts, and the penalty iE each
counC is $1,000.
THE sorghum cane yields crystallizable
sugar, no doubt, but the trouble seems to
be to get enough of it to pay for the rails
ing. The Agricultural Department, on its
little plantation of sixty-fve acres near
Washington, has been experimenting with
a view to increasing this yield and simpli-
flying the process of eXtraction and it has
finally come to the conclusion that, after
all, alcohol and alcoholic liquors are the
most profitable productions OF the cane.
TIE silk Culture Association of Cali
fornia is at present sending cuttings OF the
white mulberry to all persons in the State
who are interested in developing the silk
industry. The number of applicants is
very large, and, if even a fraction per-
severe of those who appear to desire to at
tempt the cultivation of the mulberry and
the raising OF silk-worms, the spread of
the industry will be considerable. One of
the pleasantest things about silk culture
is the scope it gives for the healthful en-
ployment of children.
THE Manufacturers Record publishes a
statement of two months progress in
manufactures in the South, showing the
amount of capital invested in the South
ern manufacturing and mining enterprises
during January and February. The
amount is placed at SOS, 100000. Kentucky
shows the largest aggregate, ST, 1S5, 200,
while Alabama is second, with S5,210,000;
Virginia, S3,S30,000; Texas, S3,593, 600:
Georgia, S2,074,00 Maryland, S2,Ol5,-
600; North Carolina, 81 ,227, 600; West
Virginia, S9lS,000; South Carolina, $90i,-
600; Tennessee. SS46, 900, and other States
a little less than $500, 600 each. This re-
markabie increase is made up OF wide
diversity OF industries. The cotton-mills
hO" cuItuAS anu thau&uiatSu SINCE me
first OF January will cost over 81, ,250 900,
and viii add more than 100000 spindles TO
the number now in the South. As show
ing their faith in Southern cotton manu-
featuring, number of well-established
Southern mills propose to largely increase
their capacity. The Eagle and Phoenix
Mill, of Columbus, Ga, intend to erect a
new 81 100000 mill. The Rome, Ga, cot
ton factory viii spend 100000 on a new
mil The Riverside Cotton-Miil Com
pany, Danville, Va; the Matthews Min
Company, Selma, Ala, and the Brnine-
ham, Ala, cotton-mill will each expend
about 100000 or more on new mills,
while IN addition to these there are
numerous other cotton factory projects
being worked up.