The National tribune., 1884-01-03

sex@county. Mass. asking permission to prose-
cute an appeal from the decree of the probate
court settling up the will of Junius Brutus
Booth, the actor, and appointing the widow,
Marian Agnes Booth, administrative. The
petition cites that the petitioner is daughter
by former marriage.
William II. Vanderbilt has paid 100000 to
Mrs. Belle ID. J. Worsham for a lot on the south
side of Fifty fourth street, 100 feet west OF
Fifth avenue. New York city. A restriction
imposed is that no structure other than bay
windows shall be erected upon the lot within
twenty years from date. Mr.. Vanderbilt owns
the Fifth avenue lots adjoining, and is build
ing upon them.
Gen. Thos. I. Kane one of the most promi-
nent citizens of Pennsylvania, died at his resi-
dence in Philadelphia on the 26th ult. During
the rebellion he was colonel of the famous
Buck Tail regiment of Pennsylvania. His
death resulted from pneumonia, from which he
had been suffering short time only. General
Kane was brother of Elisha Kent Kane, the
famous arctic explorer.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES
Three thousand employees of the National
Tube Works Company, of McKeesport, Pa. de-
cided 10 accept a reduction of from 12a to %
per cent in their wages after January l. the
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all the winter.
The American Fire Insurance Company of
1 Chicago, which was organized in 1855, decided
10 retire from business on January ]. ISL Its
outstanding risks, to the amount of 1877 600,
have been assumed by the Home Insurance
! Company of New York
The miners in the Conneusville coke region
met at scottdale, Pa on the 9th uit, and,
NO SnrinG aF rEeQigfIprG HPDnHnplnu
/ Hungarian serf labor. appointed a committee
/ to prepare petition 10 Congress requesting
/ the passage Of some law against the wholesale
! importation Of such Hungarians.
In accordance with a resolution adopted at
the last meeting of the Western Nail Associa-
ton. ali factories in the West were expected to
close down on the 10Th ult. for six weeks,
throwing 1000 men out Of employment. The
/ Jefferson Iron Works and the Spaulding Iron
Works at Brilliant. Ohio. refuse, however, to
shut down, and their action may result in the
resumption Of work by the other mills.
The employees in the tableware glass-houses
/ at Piftsburg, Pa, were notified on the 29th nit
I that reduction of III per cent. would be made
4 in their wages. to take effect on January /. In
s Pibtsburg there arc twelve factories which EN-
pIoy 1000 men and 800 girls: as many more
are employed in the West. The manufacturers
Il give as a reason for the reduction the dullnes;
in trade. 1t is believed the employees viii re
fuse to accept the reduction.
The RgiImay Aqe. in its next issue. will pub
fish summary Of the railway building in the
United States for the past twelve months. ii
shows that 5000 miles of main track have beer
laid at an approximate cost of SlG5.000, 900
making the total number of miles of railway il
the country to date about 10000. The con
struetion during 1882 was the largest in thc
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against 8. 500 miles the year before. The State!
and Territories which lead in construction thi
year are as follows: Montana, Alb miles; Da
k0ta 400 miles; Michigan. 406 miles; New
York. 375 miles; Pennsylvania, 800 miles
Ohio, 326 miles, and Mississippi, 3e5 miles
New Hampshire Rhode Island, Connecticut
Delaware, Nevada and Wyoming are the onl,
States and Territories in which no new roaC
was built.
4 few months ago a Mr. Watkins made
large purchase Of lands from the State o
Louisiana, amounting 10 nearly 100000 acres
situated in the parishes of Yermillion, Cam
eron and Calcasieu. They consisted Of over
flowed and swamp lands and were wholly IN
settled aud uninhabited. Mr. Watkins an
nounced at the time that his motive in making
this purchase was to improve these lands opel
them for agricultural purposes and sell then
TO settlers. The company engaged IN this tasl
have capital Of s., 10000 invested in Eng
land and this country. and is fully prepared t
carry out its undertaking. It has already pro
Eided Itself with dredge-boats, steam -plOughs
and other machinery necessary for the work
and il Is prepared 70 begin il II once. Us ma
! chinery IS Of the very best and newest charae
ter. and VII be able 10 accomplish the task Q
draining the ground in the very shortest tinlt
and within few months portion Of it wi
be thrown open TO settlement. The country
. is proposed to improve and develop street.-the
along the gulf for distance of one hundre
miles, exteading inward thirty miles. 1t cor
tains as fertile land az any Il the world, bu
il is for All this, dismal Hninhabitable swan
to-day. II few years, however, it VIII blool
Ike a gar1ea.