Daily Republican., 1881-09-09
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
Notes Of Interest from . rravel.
ling WILMINGTON Artist.
Special Correspondence OF the REPUBLICAN,.


Special Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN.
HAzELToN, Pa, Sept. 9TH, 1881.
The drouth still continues in this To-
cality, and we are suffering very much
from want Of rain. Everything is
parched and burned up, and the water
supply is nearly exhausted. Citizens
living in the upper part Of town are
without water, and unless rain comes
soon the wAole community will be N
the same situation. Water is selling at
q cent gallon in Mahcney Plane, and
scarce at that.
Destructive forest fires of a most seri-
Gus character are devastating the TIM
ber of this and adjoining counties. The
fires are caused by careless berry pick
ers. Hundreds OF men are fighting the
flames. Extensive Improvements are
being made at the steam grist mill of
A. Pardee u Co., East Broad street,
mine.
Inspector w. s. Jones states that the
Butler Mine fire, which has been raging
at Pittston tor nearly i've years, is now
under control The company sur
rounded the burning area with ditch
which isolated the fire completely. A
peculiar phase of mining is shown in
the fact, tLat while the ire ragged in the
upper vein, tho miners worked in the
vein directly beneath, anil at times the
water dropping from above WIS scald-
ing hot.
The members of the Anthracite coal
trade are at this time very much inter
estel in its future. The trade moves
along smoothly and the demand is very
good. While the production is so large
as to be exceptional, the supply in the
Philadelphia market is enly up to the
demand. In New York the aceumula-
ton is large. Price. are well sustained
at this time, because all the product
is being fixed but dealers are apprehen-
sive of danger, and declare that the
present rate OF production must stop or
disaster will come sooner than expect
ed
The amount produced to date is over
| II 7,0O0, 900 tons against about 1900 900,
at the same tine time last year an III
crease OF nearly 4,O00,oOO tons At this
rate of production the total output for
the year will closely approximate "a,
600, 900 tons. 1t is generally admitted
that Il suspension of or 10 days this
month would quicken the demand and
sustain the prices. The New York
companies are TO be petitiOned to join a
movement of this kind and the Head-
ing Company urged to do the same, al
though the latter claims to have all the
market they can accommodate, aud
have no reason to suspend 10 sum
up, there is boom i'll Goa! now, and
| lne trade is able 10 protect Itself, be-
cause of increased prosperity t. the
manufacturers causing Increased de-
mand
Farmers who supply this market re-
port that they will have no surplus po-
tatoes tC sell this fall outside of what
they require for home use and seed
next spring; in fact, crops have suffer
| ed to such All extent that flour and
grain Of all kinds, d, well as farm and
GARDEN vegetables, have gone up IN
price considerably.
The public schools opened on Monday
last to the delight OF parents. There
are some very I!Ee school houses III
HazletOn. AT Il meeting OF the Borough
school board held last Tuesday evening
the salaries of the different teacher:
were fixed ns follows: frral5 teachers,
first class, s44 ser month ; second class,
S3s; third class, S35. Male teachers
first class. S63 per month second class
sjG, and third class, S4S. .
The members of St. Paul's Nj. f
church OF this place are holding extra
services every evening for the conver
sion of sinners. Tie meetings were tt
have been conducted by th. Rev. Il. j
Prettyman, Of the Wilmington Confer
enre, but death and sickness IN his
family prevented him from coming.