The National tribune., 1886-03-18

they are members. workmen X the
Lehigh Stone Works, at Lehighton, Pa, l.Sye
struck for an advance of 90 per cent-1he
Knights of Labor have decided to sustain the
striking employees of the Mccormick Reaper
Co., of Chicago, and a boycott has been Off
cially declared against the firm.--TheFe is
prospect of an early break in the great railroad
strike in Missouri and Texas During the past
week no freight trains have run over the roads,
many cars ladened with perishable goods being
side-tracked. The railroad shops in Texas
have been reopened, and before many days are
over it is expected that au agreement will be
reached between the strikers and the company.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Miss Belle Finch, of Covert, N. Y, has been
an invalid for over two years, suffering from
some nervous disorder. For more than so days
past she has been in a semi-conscious state and
has taken no nourishment whatever. The case
is regarded as very singular and battles the
skill of the physiCians.-Mrs. Benjamin Har-
ris Brewster, the wife of ex-Attorney General
Brewster, died of pneumonia on the 9th in
Philadelp hia.-A strange disease has broken
out among the horses in Campbell County, Va.
Over 70 fine animals have died within the last
few weeks. The disease is called brain fever
or jaundice.-Peter Hawn, n bachelor, aged
S. of Juniata Township, Huntingdon Co, Pa,
was adjudged insane last week. He has been
giving farms away TO strangers for nothing.
He own a large number of bonds. mortgages,
and stocks, and has an interest in - farms
The greatest coal strike the country has yet
seen is now under way, and it is estimated that
at least $4,000 men are out in what is known as
the third federated district, comprising the soft
coal regions of Southern Pennsylvania, Mary
land. Virginia and West Virginia. They have
struck for uniform advance of 10 cents per
ton throughout, and the fight is bitter and
determined-Snce the first Of the year
NOD RI how oft
Carolina for the South and for Arkansas,
to be engaged as farm laborers.-Mrs
Nellie Hickok, of Niles, Mich, who had
been deserted by her husband, saw him on the
street at st. Paul, Mimi, on Saturday last, and
beckoned to him. He started to run from her
and she followed, but dropped dead before she
had taken more than step or two. The lady,
who is highly connected was married to
Hickok one year ago, and was worth $4,000.
He gambled it all away and then deserted her.
The sale Of the Morgan art treasures has
been going on some time in New York, and so
far the grand total of the sale amounts to 81 ,151
800. 1t will be some days before all the pictures
and articles Of virtu are sold.-Myron Now
land, aged 10, while in school at New Boston,
Mich, Monday of last week, printed some letters
on the back Of his hand with red ink. Later the
hand and arm began to swell rapidly, and soon
after commissions set in, continuing until Thurs
day, when the boy died.-Dr. Austin Flint
ST., a noted New York physician, died suddenly
from apoplexy On Saturday last. He was "a
years of age.-The City Engineer of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, has compiled an official report
of the building operations in that city in 1885,
which Sums up in value $l,237,O00 and in
cludes 260 new residences II business blocks,
seven churches and II manufactures
steamer San Pablo sailed from San Francisco
for China on Saturday last with 1000 China
men on board,-Great excitement has been
caused by the announcement that gold has been
discovered Oh the farm OF Geo. Long, near
Green Castle Pa. The ore has been analysed
by assayers, who pronounce it geld, but it has
not yet been aScertained whether paying quanti-
ties of the valuable metal can be found