Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-08
NEWS SUMMARY.
MISCELLANEOUS.

/ At ShamOkin, Pa, hog cholera presalIs
I to an alarming extent on the farms IN that
/ section.
/ A National Hold Carriers Union has or
ganized at Pittsburg, Pa, its object being
mutual benefit protection.
At New York, Adams & Allen, dealers
/ III WOOlens, 142 Grand street, made an as
I signment, giving preferences of $27 600.
The schedules in the assignment of John
! Gilmer Speed, author and journalist, show
/ liabilities $32, 900, actual assets s. 700.
/ At Providence, the jewelry manufactur-
/ ers adopted constitution for the ManuIact-
uring jewelers. Board Of Trade, for their
mutual benefit and protection.
At Syracuse, N. Y, SkOpelowi,h Bros. &
Co., wholesale jewellers and diamond ner-
chants, have failed for $40 600. Eastern
manufacturers are involved $4,000.
At a meeting of the business men of
Louisville it was resolved to hold an expo
sitiOn in that city in 1885, and arrange
ments to that effect are being perfected.
At New York, the schedules in the as
signment of Edward H. Nixon to George
SkOt of New York, show, liabilities, $26 600;
nominal assets, s., 600; actual assets, $4,000
James Jenking, a contractor and builder
of Kansas City, aged fOrty-hVe years has
disappeared mysteriOusly, and his friends
are quite exercised over his unexplained
absence.
At Augusta, Ga, George T. Jackson & Co.,
millers, sold out to Thomas A, Scales, sub
ect to liens of creditors. Liabilities, $lOO,
600; nominal assets, 1925, 600; preferred credi-
tors, $4,000.
At Milwaukee, T. A. Chapman has de-
cided to rebuild the magnificent dry goods
loss OF $5OO,OUO The work will begin i'm
mediately.
At Lewiston, Me, on account of the shut
ting OOwn Of the mills, there is much dis
tress among the operators. The OVerseers
of the poor report that the applications for
aid have increased rapidly.
At Pittsburg, Pa, H. B. Scott & Co., barb
ed wire manufacturers, have notified their
800 employees that their wages will be re-
duced ten per cent, to take effect immedi-
aJely. The reduction will be accepted.
Sylvester T. Smith, of Kansas City, has
been appointed General Manager Of the
Union Pacific, to succeed S. Il. Clark. J. o.
Brin kerhOH is made General Manager OF
the Kansas Pacific, vice Mr.. Smith, resign
ed
II. D. Cooke & Co. have made an assign
menJ to Horace r. Cummings, Of the law
hrm Of Cummings 81 Baker. Mr.. Cooke
says this action is taken in order to protect
the interests OF all concerned until the firm
can arrange for resumption OF payment.
The corner stone of a 100000 Court
House for Pettis county, Mo, has been
laid at Sedalia. The ground upon which
it is situated comprises a whole square, the
gift of the founder Of the city, Gen. Geo. R.
smith, whose memory viii ever be revered
by the citizens Of Sedaia and the entire
county.
The steamer Henry Frank which left
New Orleans for Memphis, was burned to
the waters edge near Davis CreYasse. The /
boat and cargo is a total loss. No lives
were lost. The Frank was owned by Capt.
Frank Hicks and ALT GrOssOn, valued at
$4,000 and insured in Cincinnati and Lou
isville for $4,000.
At Rochester. New York, a schedule of
the assets and Liabilities of Joseph w. ROs-
enthal & Co, wholesale clothing manufac-
turers, shows the total assets to be: Nom
inal, one hundred and eigh ty-tWO thousand
dollars; actual, one hundred thousand. To
tai liabilities, three hundred and ninety
one thousand.
At Syracuse six members of the Salvation
Army were sent to the penitenUiary from
the police court for violating the city Ordi-
nance. They were released under decis-
ion Of Judge Kennedy that the conviction
was illegal. The Common Council has
passed a new ordinance meeting the
Judges ruling.
At New Brunswick, n. J., the centennial
of the TheOI OgiCal Seminary OF the Reform
ed Church in America was observed. The
services were very interesting. About the
gallery Of the church hung the portraits OF
the past Presidents of the college and the
professors of the Seminary. Over one hun
dred delegates were present.
The Kansas City Union Base Ball Club
have dis banded, and the players have left
for their respective homes. Manager Sui I
there remains to the Union profit of 81,
600. The Association intends securing
more extensive grounds next year and
erecting commOdiOus grand stand.
at the meeting of the American Academy
of Medicine in b fillmore recently, Albert
GiOhan. of the United States Navy, was
chosen president. A number of interesting
papers were read, and a resolution adopted
recognizing IN generous terms the munlh-
cent gitUOf 500 600 by VIM. H. Vanderbilt
to the College OF Physicians and Surgeons
in New York.
The strike among the coal miners of Colo
RADIO. commenced some time ago in a small
way, is becoming general. The reports
swell IN numbers, and the strikers to the
number of 90 are causing the suspension
OF operations IN nearly all the principal
mines of the States. The supply Of coal in
DeoVer is becoming short, and some appre- /
tensions are felt. Delegates representing
the miners of twenty -nine Of the leading
mines are held a meeting at Denver. A
state menU Of their grievances and demands,
which are varied, was presented to the
mine owners, and in all probability, all
the differences will be amicably adjusted
and work resumed. The miners every
where are peaceAble.
A Galveston cablegram from Valparaiso
20 the Associated Press cOrrects the enron
eOus publication OF the death of Vice Ad-
miral Don Patricia Lynch, the naval hero
of Chill. The Associated Press cable on
the Goth brought the information that the
Chilian war ship Esmerslda had arrived az
Valparaiso bringing the remains of Admiral