The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-18

The !, 500 looms in the cotton and wooden
departments of the Columbus. Ga. Eagle
mills are driven by water power the sup
ply coming from the Chatahoochie river.
The contemplated doubling OF the equip
ment OF the Lynchburg cotton mill at
Lynchburg, Va, will be considerably has
tened by the management The present
mill has q 500 spindles and 726 looms in
position.
An estimate Of the gold taken from the
mother lode Of California since gold was
discovered in that state exclusive Of the
placers partly derived from 1t. places the
total sum at between $40 900. O0O and $780,,
600 900.
At Furth. Bavaria, all classes go TO work
at O'Clock; quit at $50 for lunch: 20
back to work at 9; quit at u for dinner;
come back at 1 except clerks AID book
keepers, who do not come back until p;
quit at 800 for lunch. back at til S.
"St Louis still stands third among the
wool markets Of the United States" said
B. Harris. wool buyer. our receipts for
last year were more than for 1896. being
about 90 O00.o0O pounds; in 1896. l5.0ooo1o.
1885. q. 900. 900; 1874. =. 600 Ooo.0o0.
Advices from Glasgow. Scotland. report
a boom" in the clyde shipbuilding indus
try Fifty thousand tons were ordered In
February against o. 90 tons in January.
and the builders have raised their rates
for new work. while they will not promise
any delivery within eighteen months.
An order Of 70 carloads OF bottles Is be-
ing manufactured for the state Of South
Carolina at the clean Glass Company
factory, Port Allegheny. Pa The bottles
are OF a handsome design and have 4 PAL
netto tree ornamenting the face when
a South Carolina citizen wants n drink he
goes TO a state dispensary and IS Supplied
with bottle OF liquid by an Official ap-
pointed by the state. No licenses are
granted
SIX goods. woolens. wines. butter. ar'i-
fetal flowers, feather dressed skins. eFga.
timber. spirits and raw sugar are the prln-
cipaI item France exports % England .
What goods France mainly buys from
England are coal. chemicals. nachinery, F.
xooIens. cotton yarn. ships. carriages.
wool. copper. etc. etc and her purchases .
OF these were Jess in 1871 than in -. .
with the exception q the two items FIRST .
named.
The first zeal effort IN tire direction - 4
securing a franchise for a. independent .
telephone company IN Indianapolis and ~ 4
using Il as a mammoth exchange % sa-
tablish a system % telephone couDunl-
cation between she large number q towns
fl the state % Indiana. whore iaaspenf-
ent telephone companies operate. vas
hearing Which took place before fHs bad 4
OF public works AZ the city hall .szt week
The Indian Head cotton mills. cOrdoTa.
Ala. which were erected ~ Arthur I'm
o-r ard associates Of Boston - a5oat
ready 20 star Ire Advantages q thss
rsrporztlca over ffs New England states
competitors are. coal a. the oooT. which
vii coRt - csafs Per ;o5. the snp.9yes
~o-k from p q - per cent H5s,e hagys
f7r . pr cent less wages Thsy hzvs ben
gwen ire HI ate free FROM e0ss. aat
free from taxes
TIE trade Of France, ths total q uhseh.
inwxEd are Onward. amounts % o. 20
% 500 - 3 Sc 90 20 pr sHnsn - vsFT
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rear ysaa IL 90 ws-s imports ard T71z-
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more snaz Hsssg8arn. Germany aE9 ss.ts-
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