The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-10
Labor and Industrial Notes.

Philadelphia Record.
A powder factory nearly erected st Tien Tsiu,
China, is one Of the largest in the world,
An ocean cable to be the longest in the world
is to be laid from Canada to Australia, $500
miles.
natives that agricultural implements are not
evil spirits.
In Holland women do the tagging for the
railroads. They also DO many kinds of the most
laborious work.
The Clark Thread Company. of Newark, N.
j., will give it's 5000 employees free excursion
to Asbury Park on Aug. H.
At London a machine which takes the place
Of the Rlassblower has been patented. 1t does
twice As much work as the man.
We consume e. 0OO, 900 barrels of our annual
70. 600. 600 barrel production of flour At Mime
arolis 30. 600 barrels are made per day.
The biggest tree in Ohio has been cut down.
1t was near Taylorsville. Its trunks diameter
was IL feet inches, and its height was 240 feet
On the California railroads they are using
steel rails from England. 1t is cheaper to pay
the duty than to pay the freight from tho
East
In Lancaster, Pa, there are three cork fact
cries. The annual production is $50. coo. 900
corks, or one-half Of this countrys manu-
facture.
The deepest artesian well in the world is said
to be in Barceldine, Queensland. Its depth is
69l feet9 inches, and it spurts about 567. 600
gallons day.
A gold mine near Sitka, Alaska. is said to b
the greatest producer in the world. The month
~ output is worth So O0o, and the beds look as
if they will lie good for 400 years.
The colony of confederates who went to Next
CO got along Iretty well at first on raising cot
ton, but lately things have been poor, and they
will come home when they raise the money.
Mrs. Sarah Norcross. of Lowell, Mass. aged
seventy five years. some days ago Yves presented
with gold watch and 500 by her employers.
the Boot cotton the iftieth anniversary
Of her employment by the firm.
LowelIs cotton-mls are busy. The WOODEN
factories dull. The weekly output of the
mills is 5000 900 yards of cotton CLOTH 3O.0O0 of
wooden. GO. 600 of carpets. 1850 of flannel
cloths and 1000 pairs Of hosiery.
T.. Daw, japanese civil engineer, has been
up to the Connellsville pal cokeo ovens getting
points about the MANUFACTURES for copying in
Japan. where ovens will be established. He
has also inspected The coal mines and the manu-
| facture Of iron.
In 1888 there were 800 steam boats, $50 Iocomo-
| tive and 1860 stationary engines in the United
| States. Pennsylvania had 1888 stationary en-
gines, more than any other State. Louisiana
| was rext with 274 and was followed by Massa-
| chusetts, New York and Ohio respectively.
| They have natural gas and petroleum ia
Japan but not our methods of getting the fluids.
| There men dig the hole and buckets carry the
| product The daily production Of the S74 wells
in 1879 was nearly 2, 500 gallons, and the depth
of the wells averaged III feet. The deepest was
| $50 feet
The Italians of Los Angeles, Cal, have held
| q mass meeting, at which the overcrowded con.
| dition of the labor market was discussed and a
| resolution was passed declaring that the people
| who induced the great immigration to that
city under false pretenses deserved the hang
| mans rope
The Scandinavian Society, of Providence. r.
l., held mass meeting some days ago, at which
| the Governor. an Ex-Governor and other celeb
rites we're present There are 10000 Scandi
| navians in Rhode Island, and DR.. Haller de-
| clared that they hold the balance of power il
Minnesota. Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansaa
| and New York.
Last year the United States sent 19, 700 00(
pounds of soap, worth $57. $50. to other countries
| Hayti took the most, and England consumed
| the second largest portion of the export, which
| reached the United States of Colombia Brazil
| Mexico, Scotland, British Guiana and British
| West Indies. Australia uses the largest part oil
| our toilet soap export.
An exhibition of the work of the pupils of The
manual training schools of Germany. which are
free and under the supervision of the govern.
ment. is now open at Berlin, and every trade il
| represented. The schools are open every even
ing and Sunday morning In Germany the Law
| compels the attendance OF children at schoo
from their sixth year to their fourteenth.
The Florida Times Union says: I'VE believ
| that the time is not far distant when the manu-
| facturers of the South will not only supply tn,
home demand for their products-a demant
which in most lines is now supplied almost ex
clusivey from the North-but that these prod
ucts will be exported very largely to other coun
| tries. and that our commerce will be o grea
| factor IN the trade OF the world"