Lisle Manufacturing company, a company that employs over 100 workmen and whose pay roll is over $5,000 per month; it has three newspapers, a cold storage plant that does quite a large business, and has the “Slarinda Poultry House,”which ships its products to almost every city in the world and whose sales amount to three nvllion dollars per annum.Around the city are extensive coal mines which furnish fuel for the city and surrounding country. There are two large and prosperous brick yards and tile factories. The city is located upon two branch railroads and is surrounded by one of the best farming lands of Iowa.r\ e ii.. / l £__: