Daily Republican., 1888-01-27
NEWS SUM NARY.
Ooai Detlers MeetiuE-Iron Workers
Wages Redaosd-rrouble with the
Brewers, 30.


wages Redaosd with the
Brewers, &c.
public test took place a. tho Chester
rol ing mill, At Ohes5er, Pa yesterday
OF the Device for saving fuel and i'm :
proving iron, Invented by ]. G. MoCau-
ley. The process consists OF the
spraying OF hue coal, reduced By the
oyclone pulvertzsr 70 n powder, into q
ohamoer attached TO the furnAce, In
which the combustion is 50 perfect
thht All the waste hitherto occurring
IN smoke and ashes is.entirely ooviated.
Iho general result, IL 10 stated, sho wed
saving OF tween 10 and so par
cent. In tins Of heating the furnace
AND greatly improved quality OF iron.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland
lAat evening gave reception TO m ,m
bers OF OJngrsss and the Just oss of the
District aud Unitd 8 'ates Oonrts. The
manti1n was d cJratsd with flwers
and potted plants, As usual, aud musi /,
was furnished by the Marine BAnd .
MRS Cleveland waJ assisted In receiy.
Ing by Mrs. FAirchild, Mrs. Whitney
aud hrs. Don NJ. Dickinson, and the
presentations wsre made by OJlonel
Wilson.
After some discussion yesterday
morning the House Committee on b lnk.
Ing and Currency referrei to the snb
oom mittee Mr.. Weaver's bill providing
for the issue OF $40, coo. 900 In fractional
currency to meet the pub demand for
currency that can be readily nailed In
small amounts. The discussion tended
general y to develop . sentiment in
favor ofemitting about twenty million
dollars In currency OF this descript lion.
-.Dr. d. Hayes ARnew last night nd.
dressed meeting Of the ID. Hayes Ag.
new Surgical S1olety of the University
OF P.nnsy lyania He reviewed the
history OF the University and It's
grad uAtes, and said that It was only q
matter OF tew years before the meii-
cal curriculum OF study would bs
Increased By the addition Of another
year TO the course.
The bl-monthly m setting OF the East.
ern Goal D,alers Association was held
rhursday In New York. No advance
In prices was ade, as It was believed
that the Rea1iBg strike would end in q
few days. The Western dealers also
held meeting for routine business,
Several IN ,m bers said that no strike In
the mines controlled by the Western
syndicate was probable.
Miss Maria BAtsford, 60 years of age,
who lived alone in Ssy mour, Conn ecti
Gu, was found dead In her house on
Thursday. It iS thought she hal been
dead for two weeks, as tt has been that
long since she was ssen on the street.
she had considerable propertJ but lived
In mlserly way.
A tramp, identified rs George Pep
pers, who Is said to have made q fortune
In the early days OF the Peunsy lvAniA
oil discoveries, and who then squAuder
ed upward OF $500. 900 In Wall street
speoulatiOne, died on Wednesday at
sarooIte, Missouri, from the effscts Of
exposure
All the brewery employees In MilwAu.
kee, Wis have declded to retain their
memb ,rship In Brewers' Union, No 8.
AS the employing brewers gave them
Dotioe on Tuesday that they must either
leave thelr employ or desert the union,
general lockout Ia expected.
The Blandon Iron Company, which
opsrAes lsrge furnace ct Blandon,
Pa has notified It's employees OF a ten
per cent. redu,t In WAgeg, to take
efsot Febiuary 1, owing TO the great
decline 10 the selling pr . OF iron,
The total value OF the imports OF the
United States during 1881 was s7O8,.
S07, Sll, ag, / lst $66} 429, ,189 during ths
preceding year. Tho total value of last
wears EXPORTS was S7l5 800. .956, against
bE3. 404 .02l during 1885.
The total number of Immigrants who
arrived IN the United States from
foreign countries, Canada and Mexico
excapted, during 1887, was 500 28l
5e6,6Sl during the previous
] ear.
The ice 10 the Delaware river was
very heavy yesterday. II Is said that
los lat No. l, the steamers British
King, H5pstoWn, Brixham and Earn.
oooor aud three tugs were fass In the
Horseshoe for neAriy four hours.
Mrs. Auna Parmlee. who was born in !
Vermont April 20. 1874, died yesterday |
near Clinton, N. Y. Her maiden sister, |
thankful Stanton, died two years ago |
~ the age OF 80.