The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-11-25
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

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[ "A laborer who has been seeking
work in Los Angeles County, Call,
writes warning others to stay away
from there, as the, ranchmen employ
Chinese in preference to white men.
Christian Piefer, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
has brought suit against his employer
for $l48 for extra work that he did on
Sundays. The defendant resists the
payment on the ground that no recov-
cry can be had for labor performed on
the Sabbath unless it is u work of
necessity, which is denied. Pittsburgh
Chronicle
There is not room enough in Louis
vile, KY. to hold last years crop OF
tobacco, and the tobacco men do not
know what they will do when this
years crop comes in, as it is unusually
large. Farmers are not expected to
get enough for their tobacco to pay for
the raising Of it when this years crop
comes in.--Louisvitte Courier -Joussaa'.
The attempt to produce sugar in
the lower part of New Jersey has been
abandoned. The soil was supposed to
be well adapted to the cultivation of
sorghum, but after five years of careful
experimenting. aided by encourage
| ment from the State in the shape of a
| bounty of one dollar for everyiton Of
| cane raised and one cent for every
pound of merchantable sugar male
therefrom, it was concluded that the
business is not a profitable one.-N. Y.
Sun.
There has been no great boom in
the progress of Manitoba during the
past four years, although the advance
| ment has been substantial. In 1884
| hardly any wheat was shipped out of
| the country-at best, not over 1,0O0,-
| 900 bushels. The past year there were
| 4, 100000 bushels, over one-half of it
damaged by frost. This year there
| will. it is estimated, be upward of
6,000.0 900 bushels for export. Mont real
| Witness.
| Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
is the banner county of the United
States in the value of its agricultural
products, which are set down at over
S5, 10000 Monroe County, New York,
| in which is situated the city of Roches-
| ter, is the second in rank. There are
| thirtv-three counties whose annual
products exceed $1,000. 900, of which
| fourteen are in New York, seven in
Pennsylvania, six in Illinois, two in
California, two in Massachusetts, and
one each in Michigan and Connecticut.
/ Philadelphia Press.
| The builders trade in Germany is
one of the most dangerous to life and
limb, and accidents to those engaged
in it reach an enormous figure. The
Bavarian BGugewerEs Genossensclsatt
reports that from the 1st of October,
1885, to the end of June. 1886, there
occurred within its jurisdiction 1905
accidents, of which $50 resulted in a
/ cure within thirteen weeks. 96 in
capacitated the persons concerned for
a longer time. and Al termin ated
fatally.
Preparations are under way for
the beginning of the work of building
the great bridge across the Hudson
river at Poughkeepsie, n 7. The
structure will be 2,750 feet long be-
tween the shore piers, and the viaducts
on each shore will make the bridge
about one mile long. There will be
five spans, each $50 feet long, and the
| structure will be 1856 feet above the
water. The bottom of the rail will be
about 200 feet from the water. The
roadway between the side ratings is
to be about 80 feet wide, which will
permit the laying of two railroad
tracks, with at least five feet of path
way between the outer rails and the
balustrade. The company is also fig.
uring on carriage-way. It will be the
largest double-track bridge in the
world. Albany Journal.