The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
s been considerably damaged by drought

has been considerably damaged by drought
and blight. The total wheat crop will
probably be 435, 600 900 bushels against
357, 900 900 bushels last year.
As shown by the monthly statement of
the condition of the blast furnaces of the
United States, issued at Pittsburgh on the
9th, there are 80 furnaces with a capacity
of 121 $50 tons in blast, and 335 furnaces
with a capacity of 6s,015 tons out of blast.
OF the furnaces in blast SO are charcoal
furnaces, 119 anthracite and 132 bituminous.
Those out of blast are 15S charcoal, 80 an
thracite and 81 bituminous. As compared
with the 1st of June last there are 5 more
charcoal furnaces in blast, less anthra-
cite, and 1 more bituminous, making q
total increase of furnaces in blast during
the month.
A nest of six boilers at No. 8 colliery of
the Delaware & Hudson Coal Company at
Plymouth, Pa, exploded on the Sth, de-
molishing the boiler house and damaging
many buildings in the vicinity. Edward
Scott, fireman, was fatally scalded, and
Michael Gilligan, engineer, was seriously
injured. The loss will reach several thou
sand dollars.
The steamship Nevada, which arrived at
New York from Liverpool on the 8th, had
on board four hundred Scandinavian con-
verts to Mormonism, bound for Utah, in
charge of the usual complement of elders.
Eighty six vessel owners, captains and
shipbrokers, representing the whole ship
ping interest of Philadelphia, met in that
city on the Sth to take action against the
combined efforts of the Eastern coal re-
ceivers to reduce the freights below the
minimum rates. 1t was voted to tie up all
the vessels controlled by the association
rather than to submit to q reduction in
rates.
In the s., OO0, 900 suit of Receiver Farms
worth, of the Bankers & Merchants Tele-
graph Company against the Western Union
Telegraph Company for the destruction of
the plaintiffs wires Judge Lawrence in the
Supreme Court of New York on the Sth
denied the motion of the counsel for the
defense to dismiss the case.
DIR. W. s. McCollum, of Niagara Falls, N.
Y, was found dead in his unfinished house
in that village on the 9Th. Twice within
six months he had been mysteriously
burned out, and he was at the house watch
ing for incendiaries. Investigation showed
that he had been murdered by some un-
known party.
Captain Samel Packard, who commanded
a company of militia during the war of
1912. died at Maiden, Mass. on the 9th,
aged one hundred years and five months.
The employees of all the blast furnaces in
the Pittsburgh district have decided to de-
mand an advance in wages of twenty per
cent. The matter will probably be arbi-
tratsd.
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seven days ended the 9th number for the
United States, 159; for Canada, 90; a total
of 179, which is above the average of the
last few weeks.
At Altoona, Pa, on the 9th two children
named Chamberlain, aged respectively two
and three years, were struck and terribly
mangled by stone train at a railroad
crossing. Both will die.
A fire at Tonawanda, N. Y, on the 9th
DESTROYED several business houses, causing
a loss of s5O,G00
The most important matter considered
at the convention of window glass workers
at Pittsburgh on the 9th was the question
of reducing the assessments for the defense
fund. The Eastern delegates favored the
reduction, but the measure was defeated
by the Western delegates. This fund
amounted to about S25.O00 last ye ar.
The Financial Chronicle reports the earn
ings of fifty-ffve railroads in June, 1886, at
s19,90S, 1852. Compared with June, 1885, this
shows an increase of 50, 133,992 The gross
earnings of fifty-seven railroads from Jan
uary to June 30, were s125, ,2S7, 1853, against
S117, ,934, ,SS1 for the same period last year
showing a net increase of SO, 352, Az.
1t is believed hat Lesley and Wilson, the
defaulting officials of the Chesapeake &
Delaware Canal Company, sailed from New
York July Bon the steamship James Gordon
Bennett for Brazil. Two men answering
their description were among the pas
sengers.
Messrs. J. & W. A. Beall & Co., of New
York, extensive operators in cotton, whose
suspension was reported short time ago
have resumed business at the Cotton Ex
change, having settled up their accounts il
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