Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-16
GENERAL NOTES.

GENERAL NOTES.
Morris l. Wheat, who was elected Worthy
| Foreman Of the knights of Labor at In
| dianapOljs, is reported TO have worked in s
glass house in Mulville, n. j. He ais;
taught school there.
VIM. J. Dillon, Secretary of the Ameri
can Flints, is delegate to the convention
of the American Federation Of Labor now
in session at st. Louis.
There were 5000 barrels of flour
shipped from Minneapolis eastward during
the month Of November.
l. is said that Pittsburg has 100 mill
ionsire citizens whose wealth is estimated
from 81, OOO, 600 to $50, 0OO, 900 each.
The United States produced 217,OOO,-
600 bushels OF potatoes this year sgairs:
134, 900, 900 bushels asst ytaE a
Il Is said that the :tt:Sl.&s,.Cg alt Com
pauy has leased all tie salt erritcry il
Western Pennsylvania an6 Ohio, anC
that syndicate will be formed for the
purpose of oygsnizinga salt trust.
San Francisco is now chipping her sur
plus wheat to South America aud the Cape
of Good Hope district, which have hereto
fore received it from Australia, but are
now shut ont on account of the shortage OF
the crop IN the latter country.
Tie career of the famous Little Pitts
burg mine near Lsadyiile, furnishes good
example of the vicissitudes of mining
Once stocked for $50 600, 600 and paying
dividends on the vast capital it has recently
been sold on Judgment for $4,000.
THE rich men," says Jay Gould,
throughout the country get along some
way, bnt if these railroad troubles con-
Gnue New York City and New England
will suff.r great loss, for the wealth Of
eastern people, especially of the smaller
investors, is invested in railroad securi-
ties."
The exports from the United States TO
Bremen have increased from so, 0S3, $50
in 1871 to S42, 8S1, 312 in 1897; and the
imports from that country to this have in
creased from Sic, 6O7, 1S8 in 1871 to $20,-
O5S. I75 in 1851. The chief articles of ex-
port are cotton, petroleum, tobacco and
lard.
Nine mining companies OF Montana have
paid dividends amounting to So &c., 900
for toe first eleven months of the year.
This is over one fourth OF all dividends de-
clared by mines OF the United States and
Mexico for the same period, and sprpasses
all previous records for one year.
In 4 review of the traffic for 1888 by
boats on the lakes the Cleveland Plain
dealer says that the season has been a most
prosperous one; that il has been unusually
free from fatal storms, and shows large
decrease in loss of property. OF the lost
boats only As were abandoned "a total loss,
and these aggregate $439, 400.
According to the report of the Director
of the Mint, the production of the pre-
cious metals was, gold, ine ounces, l, $780,
315, coming value S33, 000,G 600; silver,
ine ounces. Al, pos, 3O5, coming value,
S53 80, 900. Same in calender year 1886,
gold, fine ounces, 1881, $50, coming value,
S35, 900, 900; silver, fine ounces, 39f445,-
3l2, coming value, S51, 100000.
The great coke crusher of the J. NJ.
Shoemaker Coke Company, at their
works at Browntield, which has been IN
dergoing alterations on account of q faulty
plan, Is completed and tested, and proves
q success. 1t was started to work Mon
day morning, and will be run to its fall
| capacity. the. company having orders
enough on hand to keep it going regularly.
Its capacity is 400 tons per day or 20 cars.
Calico mad its origin way back in the
cary ages and possibly ante-dates the
b1lldlug Of the pyramids. Itoriginsted in