Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-29
NEWS SUMMARY.
MISCELLANEOUS.


York viii 60 into lie IidatiOn.
R. A Armitage, merchant, Utica, Miss,
allied, with liabilities of $4,000
John Booker, one of the Oldest commits
sion men in Richmond Vas failed.
Duncan c.. Ross, the wrestler, has chal-
! lenged any man IN the world 70 IussIe-
A National convention of the tanners
and leather and hide dealers met IN ST..
Louis.
Eight carloads of AIaryland's exhibits for
1 the New Orleans Worlds exposition are en-
route.
sc. Baker, an extensive owner Of iron
and coal lands, made an assignment at Al
/ JOOna, Pa.
James W. Booton, New York, importer
| Of books, made an assignment With prefer
ences Of $4,000.
The members of the South American
/ Commission left for San Francisco, via the
a., 7. & s. F. road.
At Canton, NJ J. Stadeker and son, a large
mercantile firm failed. The total hablll-
/ ties exceed $4,000.
The schedule in the assignment Of
Robert Titus, New York, shows liabilities,
/ $33 900; assets, $4,000.
BradstreePs weekly review shows no i'm
]
! throughout the country.
So Virulent is the hog cholera in Iowa
that the recent losses in Mills county alone
| are estimated at $14,05
! aThe Merchants wooden mill in East Ded-
ham, Mass, will make a ten per cent. re
/ ductiOn Of wages December 1.
The annual meeting of the stock holders
/ of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was
l held in Baltimore recenLLV.
! There was no legislative session of the
/ plenary council at Baltimore, but services
were held at the cathedral.
Meyers and Cohen, cloak manufacturers,
| New York, have filed an assignment with
References amounting to $4,000.
! Miss Pearl Tyler, daughter of President
| Tyler, was united i'm marriage at Richmond
/ Va, with VIM. MumfOrd Ellis.
Boston has at last. organized an opposition
gas company, which pledges itself to
/ charge only $3.50 per thousand feet.
William B. Fitch, an extensive dealer in
stone at Kingston, New York, has made
an assignment to secure liabilities of $3.50 .
600.
The net earnings of the Baltimore and
| Ohio road for the fiscal year were 81, 760, OOO
The aggregate surplus fund is now $47, 7O3,-
796.
The American Racing association, in ses-
sion at Chicago, ordered that hereafter no
/ boOk-maker be allowed to start or enter q
horse.
| A land syndicate in Utah is having pap
ers made ready to purchase sixty thousand
| acres of land from the Central Pacific rail
road.
All the men in Hoyt's large shoe factory
at Haverhill, Mass, quit work because the
proprietor refused to Ieinstate a discharged
emPlOye.
The eighth annual meeting of the Amer
lean Humane Association met at Pittsburg,
Pa. Delegates were present from all parts
of the Union.
The Banking house of Adams and Leon
ard at Dallas, Texas, has closed its doors.
1t is believed the embarrassment will be
| but temporary.
Judge Utt of the Dubuque, Iowa, Circuit
Court, has rendered a decision under the
new prOhibitOry law in favor of the liquor
men. An appeal will be made.
Sullivan, the slugger, wants to spar "for
the benefit Of sclence," since the police are
about to prevent the knock OUT that has
been advertised in New York.
The Joint executive committee of the
Trunk Line Commission met in New York
and decided to restore east-bOund tart
rates as adopted last July,
Milwaukee is discussing the ACCESSIBILITY
of erecting Jail with better accOmmOda-
tons, and q leading undertaken of that city
announces reduced rates for funerals.
Fourteen members of the Illinois Mill
tary Commission went from Chicago to
Wilmington, and inspected four fields
deemed suitable for State camping
ground.
Farmingdale, Long Island, is excited over
the elOpement Of Mrs. Elizabeth Bayley,
aged 20, with John Barnum, a good look
ing young peddler, with whose appearance
she was smltten.
At the National Stockmen's convention,
held in Chicago, the following officers were
elected: President, Dewitt Smith, Spring
field, IL; Secretary, ThOs. 6turgis Chey-
enne; Treasurer, John Clay, Jr., Chicago,
At Philadelphia the reduction of wages
of the ingram carpet WeaVers viii affect
probably twenty thousand persons. An
the manufacturers say that the reduction
is necessary to compete with Eastern man
ufacturers.
In Buchanan, Wise and Dickinson coun-
ties, Va, many deaths have occurred re-
Gently. 1t is thought the cause is a disease
brought on by the impure water there. In
some cases as many as four cOrpses were
found in a house.
The Evangelical Alliance of the United
States met in New York for the first time
since the international Conference at COpen-
hagen. Rev. d. Philip Scbaf, fraternal
delegate of the American Alliance to the
Conference, made his report.
An immense school Of Blacklist, which
recently made its appearance inside Cape
Cod, was pursued 10 Well6eet Bay by a
heet of whale boats, representing every
village from Dennis to PrOvincetoWn. The
last fish was killed. The catch is valued at
$50, 600.
The Omaha White Lead Works are in
formed that I. H. Reed, 8 discharged en-
plOye OF their company, has been travelling
among its customers in Minnesota and