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TllE aIISSiSSIPPI..
Meeting Of tha Conv vension-Jbc Work or
n ItSGI JlFlf'tAe Cnllansission, -

Meeting oftlie CoMv CT, n,ion-Ibc Work Of
fH'the C"I,mis.!on.
From, 0ur srteial Correspondent. ~.
WASHINGTON, February 5-The Missis-
1ippi River Convention in session here is g
very interesting body, and ia likely 10 ac-
compiish fome coed work. The earnest,
Intelligent business.like manner in which
tho members OF tie convention .ske hold
Of their work and with Nhich they look ut
and .di;cuss tho sui jer. giyts promise Of n
most successful convention. 5.54
~ ihiuk 'hs convention " iii do us much
gocd,n said Central Kirs, CT Louisiana, in
speaking OF il sr,l tie ats # men rt which
it is composed <5tThis Ccns,e.sis, ! think,
inclined 10 liFst ite Missitpirpi i4irlv, hui
l have bean very a,yiora 10 srr ,Es con.
venlicn meet fer ,hrg, II =, !, would Fave
In Ehowipg 10 Copgrtts tho sirouu feeling
there 10 oil over the Mississippi Valley fol
the continuation OF the work as begun
there by the Mississippi River Commission
There are few people who understand how
much the experimental work by the Com
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FINANCIAL PROSPERITY,
A New York Finnnclcr's Cheerful View
of iha hifunilau


of the situation.
New York. February 5.--A bank presi.
dent said to-day, referring to the financial
situation: "The leading investment secu.
rites have risen during the last two
weeks come 8 percent, and the market is
still 1ieipg. The dangerous elements that
surrounded I'd two weeks agca-namely,
the Willard and other propersies-hays
fa'len into better hands, and this. fact has
cleaned out the most dangerous elements
in our financial situation, 80 that / believe
the Improvement Is permanent"
lis did not think that there need be any
apprehension that Congress would check
the improvement that has taken place.
from the fact that the Government con-
sisted Of three branches, 80 politically con.
situated that nothing detrimental to pros
peri!y could be carri,d d through. sThe
national banks" he added, will continue
rs heretofore; the silver question will not
be essentially disturbed, and the tariff will
remaln about IN slatu quo.
I'll the internal revenue laws are changed
at all, it will be in the direction OF relicf,
which will be ben. fetal rather than other.
wise. On the whole, prosperity is assured.
A good time has begun aud will continue" ="
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CINCINNATI, February 5.-The plan for
consolidating all the coal companies Of
Cincinnati, which has been under consid.
eration for several months, has failed. The
difficulty was in occurring IN appraisement
that. was satisfactory. Each company
thought its own property was appraised too
low and that Of all the otheiB appraised
too high. An amusing feature Of the mat.
ter is that property which it was main.
tanned WAS worth much more than the ap.
praisemen', is afsesaed Tor taxation for
about one.iourth the appraisemcnt, and the
large ideas OF the owners as 10 lis value
may work them trouble when the ASSESSOR
mskes his round again. The failure 10
agree relieves the city from the prospect OF
hayjng 70 purchase It's coal from q huge
monopoly. n flN.I -i. ~. u. s.. 49,
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Bcniil OF "A CcnienurInu.

HATEoEo, Pa, February 5-NIrs. Sarah
Temple, Of Chprchviile, Bucks county, died
yesterday. She YVES 100 yesrs old. She
was tho daughter OF Garrett and Catharine
KrewEon, and was born in Warninster
township, Bncks county. When Miss
krewson wss IS years old sAe was married
10 Andrew Temple, whose wid,w she was
at the time o! her death. Her mental fac
ulsies were pe.fsc,ly preserved, and her
physical condition wss such as to permit
her 10 perform her household duties within
short time Of her death. she WAS re-
martably intelligent and was very fond Of
company.
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TUE LEAf YEAR HOP
Given at tic EcLure i1ouxc l.nst Might
An Elexnut Affair,

Given at tie Ncl.uEo i1ousc l.Ast Might
An Elexnnt Affair. e
The leap year hep given at The Mcl.ure
House last night was au unqualified sue.
cesf; how it could have been otherwirc,
when it is taken into consideration tina. i,
was gotten up and all the little details at.
tended TO blythe ladies, it would indeed be
difficult to conceive. It was an event that
bad engrossed the attention Of large
number ot Wheeling's society people, and
by Them been pleasantly anticipated for
the past week; it was the closing link in a
chain .ot enjoyable social events in the
way OF germans and private hops that have
occurred this season, for nov, society as.
sumes sombse sir and observes, or at
least is supposed to observe, the forty days
abstinence from worldly pleasures i'm.
posed by Lent, only to waken at the cioge
OF tnat period for a briet gay spslI bsiors
warm we,,her eusu"s. 30 - ! /
The guests were late in arriving owing To
the abominablo weather. 1t was nearly 10
o'clock when the Carriages ceased rolling
up and hramers excellent orcheatra OF six
pieces started the opening waltz. Th.
north dihlng room was, as usual, reserved
for the dancing. Il presented a very at
tractive appearance last, night. The ladies
were in unusually handsome costumes and
the gentlemen asa rule, in full dress In
the parlor and broad halls the prom msaad.
ers enjoyed themselves. The german was
not danced, a cleyerly arranged dance pro-
gramme being substituted. At u o'clock
supper WIS served in tho south dioipp
room. a more delicious one was never
set in the hotel. 1t wss perfection ilseli.
and served in m excellent manner. After
supper danCirg was resumed and contin.
ued until 3 o'clock A. NJ
Those there, were: Misses Alice Kelly.
Gene Pendetop, Cara Fisher, Ida Harden
Laura Harden, Jessie Bruce, OF Cumber.
lind, Mary Campbelt, Minnie Loring, Lucy
1oring. Dora Hildreth, Isadore POLLOCK,
Jessie List, Ssdie Logan, Hattie Glass,
Lulu L,ughlin, Get,ie Caldwell, AIies liolI.
tnau, Of Circleville, Miss Roddy, OF Pitts.
burgh, Mrs. Z,ch Robertson, Jennie
Woods, Mama Woods and Ne ars. j. O.
Golfer, J. Z. Adama, Hon. ]. j.
Woods, Sam. Haze!t, S. A, Miller.
FL Haz et., J. g. RiheldafI.r, Gnorye
laughlin, John Posue. Harry Wiis2n.
Harry Coen, Howard Norton, OF Irontop:
George Baird, Jr John List, John g
Baker, Brcss List, Psobles Ta,um. W.
hooif, .. B Harrison, a. A. Franzheim,
Tom Howell, Charlss B. OF, DR. 4 ,.d
MeC; Baird, Clarente Il. Swea,inpen, OF
Pittsburgh; D, Garter List, Ad. raIlmap,
md Mr.. and Mis- Jacob Berger, Mai II ana
Mrs. Thomas Norton, Mr. aud Mia. Fred
ktr.on. 80 -
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a 'rRUp;CAL OAhIE
In tho Mi'lSt OF Fields OF suow--s,ni.
So. 'f VA stniby noIcs. al'sI' i = - +

.4# ..|
4 correspondent OF tho, phiI!ppi Plaiu.
dfdttr s,yL: 20 the NOM tain near wners
NE Middle Fork enptss Into the 1vrsri,a
valley river, several hnLdred feet above thu
iovpl CT the river, there ID ab9ut ta!f m acre
Of eronnd on which snow me!ts soon ss it
falls, and even du,iog ths c Id w,a,hcr We
ha7s had there has Not been Il Iuttice of
s"ow on ik'aspct Thtrs IL cont uaIly ps.
cfndtRs lh'cs vspor toaewtat ,tsembiinp
emaXc, which can IN tau wintcr time b. seen
lor miles around. tletprjnG and simmer
there Is nothing noticeable scout th,ssrot.
save that IN The spring ve.tta,ion sud tho
leaves on tbs trees are much eurlie. than that
OF hdjoining lands" "'rns17Ff -, -
David Fisher, Of Mooroe toyrsi;p, Guern. 7
sey comfy, coumitt'd suicide last sUnlsy
morhip2 whi.c h:s siie wls! at church. ;by
taxing strychaihe. ue was fa;mer. pppd
about u. and IVES the pegset,or Of oyrr nm
nrrss nt lad and estimated to be worth $40
coz. lie was married tY!cs, his tl,s: vile
dying wO Years Hro. 6ittts9tt05 'TitgIIt-SIs
OF the crooks who picked tho pccxet Of
johnson Mooney, u! SIeu6eayilia. tast weak,
ona wAs Identified bya Ei,taburgh detective
as Ed. ct e!e, Gnd alctHes ~ Ben Miller.
bo'h PROFESSIONALS. stee!e is wanted In .r;tt,.
bu.gh TO answer for pocse. picking there,
aud Miller for q robee'y ut thu Hutton hoat
Esce. They ares sid to have operated In
C!evelend AID Ds.foit daripe the pa,t wear.
cleveland detective will come on 10 tske a
look At them. - !, = = = y : =.
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DALLAS, TEX, February 5.-Easten and
Commack, the supposed cotton swindlers,
now'in>jaii, wcre placed in separate cells
previous to heing taken be!ore the grand
jury TO prevent eny cnlluilon in reference TO
their statement. Il nov tranapires that
the prisoners frustrated the ohjact OF tho
separation by constructing Telephone OF
sufficient length 10 reach iron one cell to
tho other, through which they had COM
municat;on ut night, this tube being taken
down aud drawn mp, after tho fashion Of 4
jugglc,'s sword, in tho day time. This has
been going on without the knowledge Of
the jailo. up 10 tonight. az. 9S5. gS.E.>
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soTnAr 4 CERTAIN lie" might be mailed
and ctiuchel," our aupple neighbor tie
Htyh'D prints the testimony Of its Wash.
intou correspondent that hc sent "the first
ecc9ant' Of the Berkeley county man.
woman css., printed in the Register OF
january y. There is and has been no
doubt Of TINT, and 10 credit that Is due the
correspondent ie Withheld from him.
10 further mail and clinch" and "hurl
back" the zane "lie," the Manager
Of the Western Union Telegraph
o!lieo in Wheeling ia asked to certify that
he received the dispatch, and tho gentle
manly manager SAYS that he did receive it.
There is and has been no doubt OF that.
Bat this is not the special" We have
been talking about. The INTELLlGEScEe
hes not made any point on tho ".frst &c.
count" being tho Especial" OF the 25, which
was not stolen from the New York World,
sa! & later account OF the 20 which YVES
published in the Baltimore Sun OF the oSth
and credited to the New York World OF the
".5-ihe Especial" whereof this paper made
bold to doubt the "si,nullaneousness," and
which wac uader Winchester date OF the
ssSlh--and the Washington correspondent
OF the Register eighty miles away!
Let the Register call on tho manager OF
tho Western Union to certify that "spe.
eial." 1t won't take long to reach him, and
he is always polite and obliging. At the
same time lot him be asked to forward to
this cilice the bill Tor the Winchester
special" that tho INTELLIGrScRR may
have the irexprcssible pleasure Of paying
lor that and for ita base slauder OF an en-.
!erpsisiny cotelnporary. That will mail
the lie" and "cAnch', it so that it will stay
c!iAched. Since certificates arc in order
nothing is gained by stopping hall way.
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Driven Cry ~ by Lnwscrs.

YouSos1owS, February 5-Abe Altschul,
formerly Of Springfield, ouio, who LAS
been reading here fer several montha, was
committed to jill to-day on warrant Of
lunacy. Altsahul wa7 ri d before q magis.
trate BY 4 liverymau on MI account fer tue
hire OF a horse, bnt the defendant claimed
that hs had taken ,kc horse TO cell on com.
mission. The GEO was tried day or two
ago, and counsel Tor plaintiff, rta!cting on
the character Of AI.scbnl, calling him q ihiei
and unworthy ef belitf. AS Aluchul had
alwnya sustained All excellent reputation,
the IT Il 'c!ions cnss upon him affected his
mind, and ho became violently insane.
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The NU,tern Eruit Outlook.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, February 5.-The POSI-
DHpeath publishes this afternoon cxhaus.
tive reports Of tho condition OF the fruit
crop Of thc Mississippi Valley, which it
summarizes as follows: Illinois-Pc
fStop entirely killed; cherries badly injured;
elassbertiea AMI black raspberries killed
70 the snow line; pears touched 10 came
extent, but red raupbesries, Strawberries,
apples and other fruits are in good condi-
.A: n.oA: Kentucky Peach crop severely
;Mash'ed; others promise fair yield. Miss.
ii1,ppl-fsnit buds NIL right, but. fears are
N'l OF wet ltosss, in tho sprtng, -. AZ N
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PlrrsEuRau, February 5-E iward Nor
rison, the miner who was shot in the breast
and badly injured by man named Smp.
son, in December, 1852, was run over by a
train on lbe, 3. 4 O.:railroad, Mt Coultc,s,
vile, on Sunday, aud killed. Morrison
vas e man Of many adventures. uewus
expectedrtoy die three times from his
wounds, bat finally recovered. He vas
tried in court aftergarda on charge OF
ielonious assanlt mala by Simpson, but
was atqai.ted. Since tha, time be was
struck Uy IN enginp on the Pennsylvania
Central road, aud alnos. killed. Since bis
recovery he had not been seen by his
friends until his death. m
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Ghe 5ntelligettftr:
- - n.". ~ r,cr",n s'' Get
Tnrre 10 in ugly Look on tho bosom Of
~ ,;Iur river. Let us hope for tho beat
,,l p,epsfe for the w0Fas'

,,,rs IA another railroad proposition.
rtsp, ". 4 ny. has one already on file.
Tim FIN wheeling K Harrisburg says It will
.ano .~ bs able to come to,he front. Now let
WV y son uhe,her ,htse and all matters per.
,ai,io, " 10 the home railroad problem can.
~, w bs discussed in good temper, calling q
.n,ss IN" fpaar, ifneed be, bit not calling
a,O,es which counts for nothing as argu'
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Roscoe CoNEI.ISG,

BETHANY COLLEGE lays 1t CAGE before
The public and asks for aid. 1, is an ap-
peal lhat oEgh. to NEE. with prompt re-
spo1ss. Bethany has done noble work In
istiu", aud, tus for the lack OF funds, was
ueyor in better condition than now. 1t
needs and well deserves IN endowment
lhs. shall place it ona sound and sure
basis, 50 that tie unaelil.h men who devote
their tins and talent to 1t Rhall not be emf
barrasssd in their labors. Most is expect.
ed Of tho denomination to which the col.
lese belongs, but its work is broader than
any denomination, and 30 ehould be the
rsspouge. Bethany college is 8 credit 10
the country, and it must not go down.
Whatever is to bs done should bo done at
once, tina! the Trustees may know what
they can depend on.
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A LONG hI.EEl'EhDED,
a Nnn Dltn Gner hetUE Unconscious T
Non " fl'fvn iVnnrS =.IaL.f.

Nnn Dltn After hets,E Unconscious for
HenrIy Two Years. q
BUFFALO. N. y, February 5.-The case
Of Anthony Kamm, who has Just died an
inmate Of the almshouse Of this county, is
q remarkable one. Nearly two years ago
he was employed ut the soap mauutactory
Of II. W. Bell l. Co., and one morning, at
his boarding house, it was found impossible
to rouse him from sleep. He continued in
o state Of totpor, or aomnolence, and was
finally removed 10 the poorhouse. The
Cliicials there cay that he never woke UP,
or manifested any knowledge ei what was
going OIL around him until hall an hour be-
!ore his death. when ho Suddenly rose up
in bad and asked for pencil and paper
and wrote his name, also that .of his
brother, u. Kamm. OF Hamilton, Ontario.
The sleeper was 80 years old and unmar-
rinl ' ~
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Ono CovsTY wool growers, following
,,s poeA example Of Brooke, have called Il
nee,iup ior next Tuesday. There ought to
be nm outpouring oi The farmers, that they
may declare themselves and arrange to
,,ts mar, in tho State MaEs Convention to
h. hell in Wheeling on the 2O;h inst.
Tht, ia matter OF bread and butter, and
M, ought to be sufficient to insure n large
meeting. Let every farmer see that every
o.ber farmer ID acquainted with the timc
aad place. 1.-THE wool srawels stand to.
,sLcr and act promptly Congress can not
ni.upierstand their position.
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o..
A RIlsrJiibS SYSUnpkTSr
Mr.. Charles n. aehler lIonOreu by HI,
a@.4 FrirnslS l..xt Night.

mr.. Charles II. aehler IInn0re,l by IIlR
i@sa Frirusl< l.-st Night.
Yesterday sthe torty.third anniyersary
Of the birth OF Mr.. Charles R Bebler, and
last night bis friend, of the Wheeling
Pioneer Society surprised him by calling
accompanied by few other friends. and
bearing with them an elegant little writing
desk, lifted up completely with gold peu
ink stande, pen rack: pencils and pencil
cases, and every article Of any uss in con.
necron with a, writing desk. Mr.. O. L
stiiel, the president, formally presented this
10 MIR. Bshler, accompanying the present.,
tion with a happy address Of copgra,ula,ion
on behalf OF those present. Air. Bebler
WAS taken entirely by surprise, but man.
aged 10 express his feelings very lcIicitoua.
iy. a eat,stantiat lunch aud Refreshments
wera thin strved, and the hours passed
inerrily until alter midnight. a pleasant
feature was . magnificent flute solo by Mr..
James Hickey, ol the "Her 'A,onen,ent''
military band, accompanied by Prof. 7,
Vaas, director Of the Opera House Orcheg.
tra, on the violin. No. ~ - :
Mr.. Behler was also made tho rscipjsoi
81 an elegant chased silver goblet, gold
lined, prerent from Mrs. ]. Il. Holrirgn,
ST.. ii SIS h III q GIEi, y - :
Among the guests present were Nj. and
Mira. Peter Etb. To day ID Mrs :Erb's lorty.
first birthday, which TACT becoming known
as. soon as the stroke Of twelve hal:sounted
Col. Jake Nunga called the aysprnblv.5,tn
gether and rendered Mrs, Erb@aS foaat
which was drunk standing. - = !. n
Altogether the event was one Of iht
pleaaantest Of tho kind seen Tor years. ~
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pUDDLINa IMPROVEMENT,
An Inveution for lruu Mills to Lease
3TI the COst or PrGdnciiou,

An Invention for lrun Mills to LeAscn
3T1 the Cost or Prudnctio.. T1 81
BETHLEHEM, February IAN improved
pudding furnace was started last week IN
the puddle mill Of the Bethlehem Iron
Company, after plans made by William
stubblebine, foreman Of that department.
An addition has been built 10 a pudding
furnace, aud, while ono heat IL beinp
worked in it, the pig iron for tho next heat
is heated by what ia called a stove, which
Is in the furnace. When the first heat Il
drawn the heated iron for tho next il
pushed into the working chamber, and in
short time is also ready to be drawn y
BY the improvement an hours time Il
saved in the working Of each heat, and
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B. B. Pos.lsthwai,o, Bherif Of Weiz.l coun.
ty, with O. w. Rsrrack and John Obars, yps-
terday delivered to Superintendent Wesf at
the Moundsvilie 'peni.entiary, twqprisoue.s
whose convictions were noted in yesterday q
IwrKrL,o EscxR- R-Benj amin franklin, who
gets two years for Grand larceny, and Charles
". Smith, aenteuced for ono year for CT ting
with intent 10 kill. IN, VI
Charley R9as, colored, was recaivel At the
prison q few day 8 ago, from CAbsll county, 10
serve faur years for malicious shooting. n b.
Tbs institdtlon now contains 2i3 maleiaud
female convictE. A 4 q, :
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7hc valley usoa,, ttopppd,

PAnKEnspuaa, ". yA.i February 5.-At
I'm. the river was :wcn,y.ciyht feet and
rising. Two bridges arc down on tae Vii.
ley railroad. and a!) trims abandoned.
LATEST rRcM BEL.w ~.
At midnight tho gauge at Cincinnati
showed IS ieet i inchee, a rise Of 0 inches
in two hours. N1I @
At Lawrenccburg, Ind, people are
moving out Of their houses. ~,
AT n. Pleasant, W. Va, at midnight
there was 80 feet Of water. =.
At H,nesville the Muskingum was rising
rapidly, and the Taylorsvils bridge, cost
ing S2S. 900. was ewept away.
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: k'Nni Minc,h, un> cMllnn.

PlrEnukeu. February 5.-A district con.
yention ol river ceal minera will be held
hero tomorrow to consider tho advisability
Of demanding an increase in The mining
rate from 81 to 4 cents per bushel. II the
miners demand the additional / cent the
operators say they will no. Concede the nd.
vance, rs the depressed condition OF tho
trade will not justify higher prices. At
present nearly all the mines on the river
are closed. NJ. Z. ]. :, lL.t rs Z.
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/ Rtanry, Ptead. Guilty.

BlpDEroRD, Me-, February 5-O,car E.
B!aney, jointly indicted with Mrs. BarroWs
for the murder'of the latte,'s husband, re-
tracted his plea Of : not guilty.. and tho
court, hearing as testimony bis confession,
pronounced him guilty ;ol murder in the
frat degree, ~ f{.i-iFtil yllytu.st b5asi. 1t
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MADISON, .ISp February SIS p. ~
The river at this point bids fair to be as
high as the high water Of last year. The
river has risen attherate Of three and oue-
quarter inches per hour sirce neon to-day,
and only wants iour feet to overflow lis
banka r. the foot OF West street. Two feet
will bring it over the bank ut the depot.
People who lire along the river are busy
preparing for the worst. All factories
along the river are shut down.
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Destruction of, Torn In indiana.

EVANSVILLE, 1sp February ij5.-rhe
river rose two feet iu, the lust twenty.iour
houra, and is now 81 leet 0 inches Oh the
gauge. It trained hard nearly all day and
is still raining. It is thought The river will
90 higher here thhn in last February.
There will bo much corn oyerlowel.
Boat arc busy moving it, but will not get
tho half OF it OUT. . ...f 1850 r,z=.''7 !
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ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 5,-Mrs.
oa'he''ne 2. Pattison, mother OF Gov. Pat.
Tnson, Of Pennsylvania, died this morning.
NV; tattison was at her bedside during
aef last illness and at her death. 53l1i 3
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DIED,

:, ,eA%iHA-on % Tnesd,y morning. February s, 1854, /
Eliza Blyh', sg,d mouths and 10 days. - 80
Faas'al i'oa tho iesldeaee OF her ra,eats, No.
8? 1wen!ltth street, .ThuIsdsy stlsrncoa a, two
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WILLIAM MACKAY.
Remarkable Coincidenccs In the no.
nRuzn Kings catcer-Also tho kamc
Witlnxg,a 4 uc1 .IF .. s. ..#

"ANV" ANCHs
Eo1's Ilius,rdicd uut'
Dotno,, iibra y i, o.
sale in W,htaihy III
rldrp !.
lie had prevIousl,
known Food aud O'l,iicl
a ID illey were very Il.
fflends. They wers a
that time keeriuE III
"Aaest0n Lunch" Eiio0'
In San Francis.0 AM
MAcksy worke1 10 tn
miues. Ths two t,mOtt
acldsoi wealth tht,, wct'
tho California snd III
Consolidated VI,gInia
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also large amount OF coal. In the old
furnaces, when heat Of iron has been
drawn the furnace grows cold, and before
working another heat It becomes necessary
10 ira up, thus wasting some iorty.ilve
minutes. r
At the present time, when the iron mar.
ket is dull and wages are being reduced all
over the country, every new plan and
contrivauce must be tried In order to
cheapen tho working Of iron. Tho EN-.
ployes In the furnace department OF the
Bethlehem Iron Works have suffered no
reduction Of their wages, and the company
Is trying thus to cheaper the cost OF pro.
duction. The new furnace 10 doing we'll.
Tho day turn on Friday charged seven
heats, 400 pounds Of pig iron to each
heat, which yielded 1865 pounds Of bar
iron. The night turn charged eight heata,
lilo pounds Of pig iron 10 each heat, which
yielded $3.50 pounds OF bar iron.