The National tribune., 1883-08-30
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The Supervising inspector general of steam
vessels repors thar during the fiscal year ended
June 80 Isl the total number Of accidents
rasuitine In loss Of life was 81 Of which I2were
from explosions, ) from fire, IL from collisions,
and from saags wrecks and sinking. The
total number Of lives lost by accidents from Va
riuus causes during The year was 2-i Of which
90 were from explosion accidental escape OF
steam. - from collisions, 45 from fires. % from
wrecks or founder. 33 from accidental drown
ing. and from other causes. As compared
with the previous fiscal year the number Of ac-
ciacnts 10 steamers Vs less, while the loss g. life
was greater. The total number Of accidents to
steamers resulting in loss OF lie III I,oz Vas IL !;
in 1853, 81: decrease, e Total number Of lives
lost il IoSZ, PES; in lsoa 254; increase, ~.
A company. composed Of siock-raisers and
practical butchers, has organized st cheyenne,
Wyoming. as the Wyoming Meat Company, Tor
the purpose OF shipping dressed meat 10 the
East. The comPaDy wil operate in whatever
pertains TO the grazing. raising Strengthening
and marketing Of live stock, game, &C. They
wili erect a large refrigerator ID which the
meat caH be kept from ten To iitccn DAYS. The
company has furnished ranch OF 10000 acres
for grazing purposes. and have ample capital 70
carry ont All The work.
The eastern and the western ends of the
Northern Pacific Railroad net al Independence
Gnich Deer Lodge Valley, at o'clock on the
afternoon OF August 3. The point OF junction
was iiity-six miles west Of Helena. Oh the Pa
cific slope. A ETge company from Deer Lodge,
Missoula. and Helena were pr sent when the
last raj was laid Delegate Maginuis delivered
al address ia VII Oh he briefly reviewed the
history o, the road and paid glowing tribute
to Tic contractors
Articles Of incorporation have been fled at
Albany T. Y Of the Electrical Conduit Con-
cfr s,e
Sl,004090 The iucorporat0rs are IL ". Pope,
a. j. Chandler. Il. ~. Fairbanks, c. 4. Brown,
S. 4. KneeiaGd, Prof Elisha Gray and ID. \.
Hurlbut, OF Chicago. The OiiJcJ Of the com
pany is the construction of underground tele-
graphs and telephones, under the patents of ID.
n. Hurlbut, OF Chicago.
The enormous -timbcr raft which Captain
Ellis dispatched from Portland. Me-. a few days
AGO, reached the Erie basin, south Brooklyn,
\. y Saturday morning. The raft IS 1890
3eet long BY thirty iect VIDE The lumber Is
piled 10 a depth Of twelve feet in thickness, of
which four are above water The chain en-
circllng it is a thiity-foot one having diane
ter OF TWO inches and circumference Of six
inches.
A charter was granted at Harrisburg, Pa,
August =, 10 the Philadelphia Traction Com
pany. Of Philadelphia. with a capital OF 50 000,-
Cos. The directors are Wm. II. kemble. Peter
a. MiceneT, M n. l.. Elklns, George Il. Narrow,
George w. Elkins aud George D. Widener.
The object of the company is the construction
Of cable motors and other appliances for trac-
tioa passenger railway.
Dispatches TO the New Orleans Time Democrat
from al sections Of the cotton belt show a con-
siderable falling off in the crop prospects as
compared with last year, except In Tennessee
and portions Of Texas The decrease is esti-
mated IN some cases at 33k per cent The corn
crop also is reported considerably damaged by
drought.
report Gas made 10 the Chicago Board OF
Trade, August =, on the subject of adulterating
lard. It censures Fowler Bros. for the employ
ment Of secEet pipes. 4scs. in the manufacture
Of prime steam lard, as laying the firm open 10
the suspicion OF nsing c0tt0n-seed oil and other
substances in making lard.
The directors OF the Farmers Bank of Rich
mond. Ind, have given notice thar the affairs
OF the bank viii be closed up, but that depos-
itO-s viii be paid in full after September Sd.
The glass manufacturers Of the West Will
meet in Chicago Wednesday, the 29th, to take
definite action in regard TO ordering general
reduction il the wages Of their employees.
The annual exposition in Cincinnati viii
begin September ., and VIII continue Till 0cto-
Der :. The pageant Of the Order of Cincin-
natus win take place on the night Of September
6, and VIII comprise twenty-four floats.
There was frost al St Johnsbury, VT, On
Sunday night