Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-09
sTEUsENVILLE.
Steubenyiile Industries-The Pottery
Local News-PersonaI.
Special 10 TIE Sunday RsofSter

, Local NeWb-fersOnal.
Special 10 the Sunday ReQister.
STEUBEXvILLE, May S.-Not the least b,
any means OF our prominent industrial es
Establishments is the Steubenviile pottery
Ga the contrary, it takes rank among tn,
leading and prosperous institutions in tb,
OHIO Valley. The first step taken toTGrC
the establishment of the pottery business
in this city was on November 10, 1879
when the project of stock company wal
inaugursted. and on the 10Th of the same
month, all the stock was subscribed and q
charter obtained. Operations were com
menced in January, 1881, and the first
kiln was drawn in the following April. The
works started with three kilns, but alter
running two years fourth kiln was add,
ed. The capacity Of the four kilrs is $780,.
600 worth of ware per year, three-fourths
Of it being white ware, and one-fourth deco.
rated ware. The works furnishes employ
ment to ITO hands, nearly the entire mum.
Der being natives of Steubenville. The pay
roll amounts to $4,000 per year. Bust.
mesa has certainly increased; this year the
sales were much larger than III any former
yesr, the demand was much greater than
the capacity of the works, the company
being compelled to draw on reserve
stock to fill their orders. Nineteen
hands are now employed in the decorating
department, where formerly only six or
seven were employed. They have FIVE de-
signs in toilet sets, and two designs in din
ner sets, and the management is constant
ly devising new styles to suit the taste of
the public, at the same time using their
best endesvors to manufacture goods that
will meet the popular demand. The off.
GERS and directors Of the Institution are
President and General Manager, W. B
Donaldson; Vics. President W. r E Ell.
lott; Secretary and Treasurer, Alfred Day;
while Hon. R She;rard, Hon. j. Dunbar,
Dohrmsn j. Sinclair, aud David Myers,
constitute the balance of the Board of Man
agement.
Tom Kahn, the genial Panhandle bag
gage master, left Saturday for trip to
Chicago.
r W. Mshon is making improvement,
to his property on the corner of Fifth and
Washington streets.
The old Viers block on North Fourth
street is being torn down, and will De re.
paced with handsome three-Jtory struc-
ture.
Capt. B N. Lindsey, of this city, men,
Der of the old 9Srh Ohio regiment, has
been elected Junior Vice Commander of
the G. A. r in Ohio.
Ivsnhos Div sion No. I, N. R., X. OF P,
held regular meeting on last Wednesday
night, at which twelve applications for
membership were received All the appli-
cants are young men, members OF Steuoen
Lodge No. l. Quite a number of other
applications will be ready to send in at
the next meeting, and the outlook is that
10 the near future Ivsnhoe Division will
have the material from which to make one
of the crack drilled Divisions in the State.
She will then BE- in good shape to uphold
the honor and credit of Stcubenville and
Eastern Ohio OF the meeting OF the Su'
preme Lodge of the World, 10 be held at
Toronto Canada. newt JuIy.
II hos become almost q certainty that
natural gas in any quantity that this city
will ever have will be piped from some
other field. Dry holes are the rule here.
aboats, and the last Gill we'll Is no excep-
ton.
1t is claimed that the Allikams Iron
Works Company ore discharging their
American lsborers and filing their places
with Italians.
The Sheriff on Thursday found two saws
made out OF case knives on John Coss, the
Martins Ferry man who is charged with
burglsri2ing Noan's saloon at Mingo
Coss few days ago sawed two bars out OF
u window and came near effectinga whole.
sale Jail delivery, but his hsudlgork was
discovered in time to prevent his OBJECT
Circuit Court will convene on the 18th
o this month,
Miss Flora Batting, daughter Of A. H.
Batting, Esq has been re-eugaged as as
sisrant principal of the Toronto public
schools
Frank Bone. the Rush Ran murderer,
and George Eskey the Mingo murderer,
we're safely lodged in the penitentiary this
week by Sheriff Burns
Twenty thousand dollars was taken in
for freight at the office of the G. x P. rail
road in this city during the month OF
April.