Hemingray Glass Company - Muncie, Indiana

Muncie Presser Notes.

MUNCIE, IND., Dec. 12.   —   Just a few lines in regard to the conditions of the trade in the Magic City and the arrival of a few notables.

Ball Bros. are working to their fullest capacity, and it is a foregone conclusion that they will run until the end of June, barring contingencies, etc. The success attained by the green blowers working the machines is remarkable. Eight more white liner shops went to work last Monday, making a total of thirty-two in all.

Hemingray's are very much in evidence they having an accumulation of orders.

The Port is working steady on fruit jars and prospects are promising, so says Bill ("Windy") Carroll.

The merchants of this city are cooperating with the flint workers in making preparations to receive the delegates to the next annual convention which meets here.

The sudden death of that hero, Jas. McNamee, was a terrible shock to his many Philadelphia friends throughout the gas belt.

Wm. Maneely, a brother of James Maneely, the well known green blower who died recently in Philadelphia, arrived last week. He and Willie Burns are paired to work on white liners. Among the other arrivals in the white liner department are John Murphy and Charles Knepe, of Hamilton, Can.

Pete Gormley blew in from Marion. He sports a bull dog.   —   Al Owens and James McVey are here working spare. Samuel Fleming, who was quite ill last week, is once more about.

James and John Patton are back again from Philadelphia where they buried their father.

How about that canvas back duck, Hugh? The big fellow is sore over the result.

Nucky McClosky, the Port Richmond song bird, blew in here last week.   —   FACTS.