The Irish standard., 1888-06-02
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

| TIE new coal mine ct Lenzburg, Ill,
ready for shipping
VEIN of coal three feet thick, lately DIS
covered at Hope, Kan, in Dickerson county,
while digging a well, is causing cons1deraole
excitement
KENrucKY's whisky industry produces
| SC, 00O.Oo0 year and gives employment u
| 400 GOO persons. Fifteen million gallons are
produced every year.
A BOLT and nut company has been formed
at Kansas City, Mo-, with capital STOCK OF
100000. New York and New England par
ties are the ,ncorporators.
| A sEvEN-rooT vein of soft coal was found
near Lawn Hill, Ia, at a depth OF ESQ feet,
between layers of solid rock over ~ 1ncnes
thick. and is regarded as wonderful 11io.
| "A COOPERATIVE glass factory is beng
erected at Stoneboro. Pa. The town DO
mated a site and loaned the operators SIR
O0O This is said to be the first cooperative
glass-works.
Mr.. HENRY HORN, Of Duquoin, ILL.,, has
recently purchased 400 acres OF coal lana
near that place and will sink shaft at once.
This will make eleven coal mines in and
around Duquoin.
THE Pennsylvania Coal Company, at
Pittston, Pa, has adopted a new system OF
paying their host of employees, and instead
Of going to the company's Office q pay car
has been provided.
IT is said that German parties have con-
tracted for the whole puddlers' cinders out
put of Scotland, which will be about 5o,00c
tons this year. The cinders arc used with
fresh ore to make raw iron.
BENTON (Arls.) knights run cooper
alive stoneware factory. a. cooperative
store conducted by colored Knights is s sue
cess at Helena, Ark, and stores at Quebec,
Can, and Toledo, o., are also prosperous.
! a TRACT of land a mile square, recently
purchased near Keolxuk, Ia., is to be used
for extensive powder mills for the manu-
! facture OF blasting powder. 1t is sa1a that
| the plant will cost, when finished, s25O, Goo.
! THE Independence iMo) Gas and Coal
Company recently tested a vein OF coal four
miles southwest CT Independence. The vein
IS 26 inches thick, 500 feet underground,
covered by a ledge Of sandstone Is feet
thick.
| THE Meridian Gala, Ne,us in an article re-
viewing the wages paid coal miners il this
country, noted the fact that miners in Ala
| banla, with one exception, We're paid higher
wages that in any other State in the year
! 1881.
| GEoRGlA's late acquisitions are: An addi-
ton of COCO spindles and 176 looms to ths
King Conpany's cotton factory and saw
! mills at cambridge and Emerson. The cap
! ital stock Of The La Grange cotton mill will
( be increased from $40, 900 to $4,000.
| Union briclzlayers at Hamiltoll, Can,
have contracted for 100000 bricks at $3.50
per Thousand in spite OF the efforts Of the
Builders Exchange TO induce the brick
makers not TO sell to the strikers. A num-
ber Of the employers have granted the re-
quest OF the men.
!, "A FURNITURE factory will be erected at
| Danville Va: iron mines Will be developed
| at lleesville, Va, and the Eagle copper
| mines in London County will also be worked.
Other factories in Virginia are to DC putup
as follows Lovely Mount, lznittin mill and
! q sash, door and blind factory: North Dan-
vile, wagon factory, and al saltpeter Cave
a canning factory.
The Post Steel Tubular Company will
build Works air Northeast Minneapolis,
MINI. The works will consist Of {. main
building 450xGo, with wings on each eud
! 500x5o Between the TWO wings will be To-
Gated other buildings: including the engine
house, which will supply power to the Gu
| tire plant. It. is estimated that s250Co0 wiA
be required to establish the plant.