Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-03-10

Crawford's farm failed TO find the pay
streak. and the well has been abandoned
as 8 failure. --- Nine carloads Of oil, about
200 barrels. were shipped from Toronto
yesterday. Toronto Tribune.
AT the -Ena mill the puddlers made
their Saturday mording turn yesterday for
the fret time inquite long while. Here
toi0re they have been making only five
turns a week. The improvement is due to
an increasing business.
The North Wheeling Bottle Company
has closed down its factOry indefinitely, on
account Of slack business. his concern
works on hollow ware exclusively, AMI
makes every thing from fruit Jars to the
huest bar decanters.
Andrew Simms, a laborer at the EDa
mill, mad one foger mashed oil and another
seriously torn by catching his hand in the
ccgs Of the muck mill crane yesterday
afternoon. DR.. j. NJ. Todd dressed the
injured members.
Word was received in this city yester-
day to the effect that MI ". II. Grant,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent OF
the O.. /. * W. r. x. was IN such crit
zeal condition that mis- life is despsired OF.
Cars on the electric railway will run
through 20 Beuwo1d on next Saturday. A
large force of men were set a. work yester-
day putting In the crossings over the B. X
%. railroad a. BCgys run snd at BenwOod
The Riverside furnace and steel plant at
Benwocd are on full and making good
product The tube works started Up IN
part last Monday, and it IS reported will
70 on full one week from tomorrow.
The new Ellison Electric Light plant of
the Reymsnn Brewing Company. which
viii be used TO light all parts of that i'm
meuss establishment, is well under way
ard Will soon be ready for use.
About fifty years ago the people OF the
eli y of Pit;sburg burned q man in etigy
T because he sneered at the title Birming-
ham OF Americs, which the people of that
city point 90 with pride
New CumberlCnd is enjoying quite a
boom The monster plant of the Chelsea
China Company will be pnt into operation
in 8 few weeks and will add much 70 the
property OF the town.
All the window glass factories in Bellaire
are running on fair time, eXcep. the Bel
laiFe' factory, which has bsen closed down
since the new hea. producing process
proved a failure
The workers claim that the Master
Painters under this schedule will only EN-
ploy men who work at 20 cents an hour,
AID bat few first class men will be given
employment
ArcAitect +. w. Wells has now in his
office in course of preparation plans for a
new school house for Grafton, and some
additions to the school buildings at Mar
TINS Ferry.
a lsdy cigar roller, in one OF the Beslls-
Vile, OHIO, factories, recently rolled 600
cigars IN one day. This is quite a feat;
and few men can keep up such record
tor a week.
4 large consignment o. stone for the
Union bridge arrived from the Tippecanoe
quarries sud was unloaded at Paige
Carey & Co.'S stone yards at Martin g
Ferry.
Business with the .E.ra Iron and Steel
Company has been exceptionally good dur
log the past year, and, barring the usual
+ jullness Of the season, is still good.
The contract for the new Catholic
church st Martins Ferry was given TO B.
Exley & Co. of Martins Ferry yesterday.
+ The contract price was s. go.
Vice President ~ d. Woodford, Judge
Terry and several other members Of the
official corps Of the W. 81 L. Z Il. r were
IN the city yesterday.
+ Toe excavation for the shore pier of the
Unicn bridge on this side Is down almost
10 river-bed level 1t viii not have TO be
sunk much deeper.
The BenaoOd furnace is running to its
full clpacity but is stocking its product,
except email part, which goes 20 the
Bellaire steel plant.
The Whitaker mills are running full and
while not pushed with orders, the pros
poets for improvement in trade are datter-
ing.
Meister Bros, Of Bridgeport, are doing
quite an extensive cigar business. They
now employ ten cigar rollers.
A slight fire occurred at the Belmont
Glass Works in BellaiTe on Friday night.
The damage was slight.
The new pottery at Toronto, o., of the
Toronto Pottery Co., viii be IN operation
in q few weeks.
Phillip McGuire, Of the Island, roller on
sheet mill No ., at the -Ena, is laid up
at bis home
The Spauldiag mill at Brilliant still con-
tinues 10 make iron as well as steel rails
The Benwood nail mill is again idle.