The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-10-28
The INDUSTRIAL WORLD.


"A laborer who has been seeking
work in Los Angeles County, CAL,
writes warning others to stay away
from there, as the ranchmeu employ
Chinese In preference to white men.
Christian PETER. of Pittsburgh, Pa.
has brought suit against his employee;
for $t48 for extra work that he did OF
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 a 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
got enough for their tobacco to pay for
the raising of it when this years crop
comes Louisville Courier Journal
The attempt to produce sugar III
the lower part of New Jersey has been
abandoned. The soil was supposed to
be we'll adapted to the cultivation of
sorghum, but after FIVE years of cGteful
experimenting. aided by encourage
ment from the State in the shape of a
bounty of one dollar for every ton of
cane raised and one cent for every
pound of merchantable sugar made
therefrom, it was concluded that the
business is not profitable one.-M 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 l,000,-
600 bushels. The past year there were
1900, 900 bushels, over one-half of it
damaged by frost. This year there
will. il is estimated, be upward of
5000, 900 bushels for export. Montreal
Witness.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
is the banner county of the United
States in the yalue of its agricultural
products, which are set down at over
$5, 800. 900. Monroe County, New York,
in which is situated the city of Roches-
ter, is the second in rank, There are
thirty-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 1t reach an enormous figure. The
Bavarian BaugeWerkS- Genossenschatt
reports that from the LIST of October,
1885, to the end of June, 1886, there
occurred within its jurisdiction 1,095
cure within thirteen weeks. SO in
capacitated the persons concerned for
D longer time, and A terminated
fatally.
Preparations are under way for
the beginning of the work of building
tho great bridge across the Hudson
river at Poughkeepsic, N. Y. The
structure will be 1850 feet long be-
tween the shore piers, and the viaducts
on each shore will make the bridge
about one mile long. There will oe
hNc sPdhs' odui ooO leee iohS, anu tho
structure will be 1875 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 viii
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. 1t will be the
largest double-track bridge in the
world. Albany Journal.