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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
A North Carolina Elopement.

A romantic elopement took place at
Greens borO IN. C.) Female College a few
days ago. Ed HeiHg, OF Mount Pleasant,
N. c., was a suitor for the hand of Miss
Matte Kindley,of the same place, aud OBJ
iections seemed to have been interpo So d
by the eyoung lady's parents, who dis
patched theiridaughter off to the boarding
school. hoping to break off the attach
ment. Young Heilig went to Greens borO,
procured a ladder, mounted to the girls
window, and in the darkness Of the night
carried her off and took her TO Sails bury,
where they were married.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

We illustrate herewith convenient and
serviceablc plant protector, iuvehted by Mr..
Joseph Harris. 1t consists Of two pieces oG
inch board, each ten inches widean fifteen
inches long, to the ends and one side OK
which is tackled strip Of light cotton cloth
fifteen inches wide and yard long. This
is drawn smoothly and Lailed TO tho edges
Of the side pieces, leaving narrow flap at
each extremity Of the cloth, upon which
earth may be placed TO prevent the ingreBs
of cold air or insects. Two narrow, thin
sticks are cut to a length which enables
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
Mississippi knights Of Honor.

The convention of the Mississippi
Knights of Honor was held at Greenville.
The following grand officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Past grand dictator
w. r. Trigg; grand dictator III. S. Van
Eaton; grand vice dictator, Pat Henry;
grand assistant dictator, g. G. billiard; /;
captain, E. D. Miller; reporter, A. II.
Coleman; treasurer, G. A. BrouSher;
guides, J. L. Root; guardian, I. J. Bin
ford; sentinel, d. l.. Burch The next
annual meeting is to be held at Jackson.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
A NARROW ESCAPE.
a Train-Load OF Cincinnati Excursion
lists Saved by a Chance,

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 31.-The Cincin-
natl excursiOnists to tsburgh on the
Midland railroad, came near meeting
with a disastrous accident yesterday
morning. The train runs exceedingly
fast and when about thirteen miles from
Columbus, the engine struck two rail-
road ties and a stone which had been
placed on the track by some bastard
The engine was derailed aud the train
ran fully One-sixth of mile with the air =
brakes on and the lever reversed. Fort
unately the wheels of the front part Of
the engine went on the outside of the
rails, and the wheels on the rear on the
inside. This prevented overturning and
rolling down a high embankment and
making a terrible accident.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
A hnl,e Wei nnne.

Buggings-Mrs. Grubber, this steak Is
rare.
Laudlady- Well, don't understand how
IL could be so, Mr.. Buggings, it was suf-
acient time on the Gr@.
.'That may be, Mrs. Grubber, but strange
to say, tits quite tender, and tender stcalss
yQu know, are very rare in this housaa"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

Judge-You are charged with breaking
up a meeting and striking this woman.
What have you 70 says
Prlsoner-It was this way, Judge 1t was
a spiritualistic meeting, and this woman
was the medium, when she exclaimed Il
am happy" / could not resist the tompta-
tion TO strike a happy medium just once in
nv lfe.-Texas SiftinCs.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
Only a Hoax.

There is no truth in the press telegram
sent out from Birmingham, Ala, about
two negroes being seen hanging to limbs
a few miles from Meridian, Miss, and
supposed to be the two negro editors of
the Selma (Ala.) Independent. Bryant,
one of the editors, was in Meridian, and
an attempt was made to arres him, bu'
he escaped.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

op of the Louisville (Ky.) diocese, has
order ed the closing Of st. JOsePh's Col
lege at Bardstown, KY. The reason is
that faculty such as desired could not be
made up for the ensuing year. Rev. Q. j.
O'Connel1 resigned the presidency some
time ago to give his time to his duties as
priest. The school is one of the Oldess
and best known in Kentucky.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
SOUTHERN GLEANINes
Two children Poisoned.

Bessie Wood, aged eight years, and
Mamie Parker, aged three years, while
playing at Nashville, Tenn, swallowed
pills containing arsenic and strychHine.
Each took seven of the pills and soon be-
came very sick. Mamie Parker died, but
Bessie Wood will recover. The former
was the daughter of Charles Parker. The
latter is the child of B. G. Wood.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
nIormon EIders WhIpped.

Three Mormon elders, named Engel,
Taylor and Laird, were whipped by reg
ulators" in Marion County. Ala. The
elders had refused to leave the county
when notified to do so, and then were Wis
tied by party of masked men, who hung
them 10 trees by their thumbs aud pun
ished them severely.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
A MISSISSIPPI Assassination.

James NJ. Newbaker was assassinated
at Satartia, Miss, being riddled with bull
lets as he was entering his own house.
Newbaker was a prominent politician,
and a candidate for the State Legislature
before the last Yazoo County nominating
convention. About year ago an attempt
was made to assassiHate him.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
No Place for Mormon Elders.

The Mormon disturbances have arisen
again in Wilson County, Tenn. Deputy
Marshal Ballou, who has Just re turned to
Nashville from that county, says that re-
Gently a small party of masked men went
to the houses of several MormOns and
notified them that if they in any way har-
bored another Mormon elder they would
be summarily dealt with
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

or sandal the names Of the people they had
vanouished. The purpose of this was that
in their walks the names might be i'm
printed on the sand, and thus literally as
well as typically become trodden under
foot.
This custom of engraving the sandals
with portraits or names was not however,
by any means exclusively confined to war
rIors, for in these early times lovers en-
graved upon their heels the names and
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

Wilson Howard. who successfully re-
sisted Judge Lewis attempt to arrest
him near Harlan Court House, KY.
is wanted in Missouri for killing
and robbing a deaf man, near Spring
field. He was captured by the sheriff of
Cass County, No.. but escaped by killing
the sheriff ahd a constable. He is only
twenty-four years old.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
A aEcrRG 80 rnorEcToR.

them TO be slipped tightly into the inside to
hold every thing in place. When notin use,
the stretchers are removed and the protect
or is folded together, as shown at the right
hand OF the engraving. A large number
can thus be packed away in limited space.
Any one can make the protector for a few
cents, as 10 is not American Ag.
riculturist.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

It IS reported that Governor Taylor Of
Tennessee will remove to Chattanooga at
the expiration of his term of Office as
Chief Executive of the State and become
a candidate for Congress from the Third
district. Henry sSnodgrass, of Sparta,
is mentioned as q prospective Congress
sfonal candidate in the Third district, and
it is further said that Hon. Creed F. Bates
will be in the field.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

content with ornamenting their boots with
precious stones and jewelry, but that they
must needs also embellish in an equally Law
lsh manner the slippers they wore in the
house, and that not only the upper parts,
but, to be in the fashion, they encrusted the
soles of their shoes with pearls and gems.
In considering this apparently absurd
fashion of lavishly decorated soles, we
must not overlook the fact that the Tecum-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
NT.ssissInnI IEarmers, AIliance.

The Mississippi Farmers' Alliance met
at jackson, DR.. r. 7. Love, president
presiding. The alliance remained in
session about three days, and many
matters of Importance to farmers were
discussed. chief among which was the
bagging question and the establishment
of a bagging factory at Jackson. Near
ly ever county in the State was repre-
sented.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
A Big Contract,

The firm of Mcdonald. Shea g Co,
composed of Memphis and Knoxville
(Tenn.) parties, has received the contract
for the completion of the entire unfn-
ished part of the Charleston, Cincinnati
& Chicago road, between Marion, N. c.,
and Minneapolis, Va. The estimated
cost OF the work is over 50, 600, 0O0.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
A NobIeman's Foot

A Nobleman's Foot devotion was not
wear 500 Years Ago. frequently in those
by gone days, as it would be now, very
opposite illustration of the transient emo
ton aroused by some fair face and form. 1t
must have been awkward, to say the least
of it, when some gay Egyptian spark sub
stituted thus prominently the name of some
fresh divinity for one become less precious
10 his sight.
Sandals with points elongated and very
much curved back were apparently, in
Egypt, exclusively the prerogative of roy
atty.
Amongst the Greeks and Romans the use
Of sandals buskins and shoes was for a along
period exclusively reserved for the upper
classes; and, judging from vases and
sculptures, even among these both men and
women were frequently bare-footed. Slip
pers, however, were in use in the house
and we find Anacreon, in one of his delicious
odes, wishing to be transformed into a va.
riety of things in order to be near his favor
te lady, and concluding with the saying:
"Oh, that / were a sandal (or slipper) only
that you might trample me under your
feet.'' In the Odyssey we read Of 'gold-
en-sandaled juno" and Thetis is celebrated
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
War to the Dea tn.

There is a factionaI war to the death in
Harlem County, KY, in which a half
dozen men have been killed, and prepar-
ations made for the murder others.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

Judge a. NJ. PuIliam, who was convict
ed at Brandenburg, KY, of the killing OF
James Miller, and sentenced to fifteen
years in the penitentiary, has been taken
to prison,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

LTUEeU
the eagle en- broIdercd IN pearls and jewels
was frequently displayed But as regards
form, judging from sculpture and other
records, they were all made to fit the foot
with ease, and the soles were broad and
serYiceable In shape, and betrayed none of
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

Annie Rawlett, Of King George, Va,
with her infant child, disappeared mys-
teriously. Her body and that of the
child were found on the hank Of Poplar
creek badly mutilated by hogs and dogs.
Foul play is suspected.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
ANCIENT BOOTS AND SHOES.

History OF FOOt-Gear from the Days of
the Egyptians-C Curious Shoes and San
daIs How the Ancient Greeks and
Romans Were ShOd-CuriOus Fashions
of the Sixteenth Century-ROyal EngliSh
Buskins.
That the habit of going barefooted
was, 50 late as the sixteenth century in
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

sometimes the por-
traits Of their be-
loved one, as a token
that as at each step
the impression of it
was made upon the
ground, equally so
was it with their
hearts. We may be
permitted to query
If such a readily-ef-
faced token of their
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

indeed, II Herodotus
is to be believed, the
entire revenue of a
town was assigned to
an Egyptian Queen for
her shoes.
A curious custom
prevailing in ancient
times was for war
riors to have engraved
on the sole of the shoe
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

10 homer Tor her Ilt-
tie silver slipper, and
as the silver footed
goddess she is fire.
quently designated in
the "Iliad. "
Pliny, IN one Of his
epistles, afnrms that
the ladies were not
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

GREAT damage has been done at Da-
kayama, Japan, by disastrous storm Of
wind and rain which lately flooded the
district
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

es worn by the ladies
of the same period.
Parti-colored hose
were also worn dur
ing the fourteenth
century, and appar-
emily the greater their
contrast the greater
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

THE Maryland Republican State Con-
trail committee, on the 2Sth, appointed
October 1 for the holding Of the State
convention at Westminster.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
SUBSCRIPTION: Sl.OO Per Year.

the eccentricities which crept into use a feN
centuries later.
In the ninth and tenth centuries person
ages of distinction in England wore we'll
shaped, rather tightly-ftting, black leather
shoes, finishing off at the ankles, and above
this cloth hose or bands of cloth bound
crosswise round the leg. Very high black
leather boots with turnover tops, greatly
resem bling the tOp-boots of the present day,
were worn over the bare leg in the four
teenth century.
Low strap-shoes, of natural as well as
black leather, were fashionable in the IF
teenth century. These were worn over
brightly colored hose, and impress one
with an idea of comfort as well as comeli-
ness. Nearly all the figures in fine MS.
copy, dated 1405, of the Bible written by
Petrus Comestor are thus represented.
In the fourteenth century shoes gradual
" increased in length, until the prolonga-
ton Of the toe rivaled in absurdity that of
the towering peaked and horned head-dress-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

THE drivers Of the London mail carts
made a demand on the post Office au-
granted
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

MRS. ROBERT r. HAMILTON, who fatally
stabbed her nurse girl at Atlantic City,
N. j., is held without bail awaiting the
result of the girps injuries.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

bent position Of the
wearers, at their fire.
q uen tly prolonged
banquets, afforded an
excellent opportunity
of displaying the pre-
cious metal of which
they were made and
the gems encrugted
upon them. Upon the
upper portion of the
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06


surdly wide ones Our Forefather's Shoe.
which had supplanted them became modi-
fed to very sensible proportions. Under
his successor, Henry VIII, close-fitting
slashed shoes and buslrins with broad toes
were worn. The latter soon probably be-
came of absurd proportions, as they were
publicly proclaimed during the reign Of
Mary,
In the reign Of Queen Elizabeth shoes
were worn exquisitelY embroidered, and
provided with extraordinarily high heels,
which were connected to the toe Of tho shoe
by an under-sole. A pair of shoes of this
kind were worn by Queen Elizabeth and
left during a royal progress at the Earl of
Essex's, were lent by Lady Hamilton to a
recent loan exhibition of ancient needle
work, and a similar pair which belonged to
Mary Stuart were lately exhibited amongst
the relics of that unfortunate sovereign at
the New Gallery. The passion for lace
which ragged IN the seventeenth century led
to its adoption as a decoration for boots, the
tops of them being bountifuIly trimmed with
the most exquisite Venetian and other point
laces, whilst broad bows decorated the
fronts of the shoes.
Of the Regency boots with hussar heels,
sported by some dashing bellies; the demi-
broquins or quarter-boot, with lacings Of
the same, put aside for the half-boot by
those fashiOnables who loved to preserve
the fine rose on their cheeks by wholesome
exercise, the plaid slipper, the blue kid, the
Ievantine the pea-green and other dainty
chd1tsslres affected by the Daeyuetlcuse whom
we might possibly claim as a grandmother
space permits but this passing mention.
Welll-proportioncds shoes, with broad soes
and uppers affording ample space for the
development Of tho foot, should be carefully
insisted upon by all who have the care Of
young children, and no persuasion on the
part of the bootmazer should ever induce
an adult to permit his or her foot TO be
pressed into limits too circumscribed for
health and ease. With solcs of moderate
substance, and a sllghtly-raiscd heel pedes
trfan exercise can be enjoyed with delight,
and a graceful gait insured. For indoor
wear slippers or house shoes should on no
account be coustrictC I over the toes. Tho
vanity which prompts such a condition viii,
if INDUCED, but too surely and speedily
meet with its sclfiHcurred punishment, and
weariness, pain and Inconvenience replace
the comfort enjoyed by those who disdain TO
place themselves in the ranks Of fashions
folly-guided slaves.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

some countries, ad-
hered to even in con-
junction wit h a II
otherwise elaborate
costume, is proved
by Scotch and Irish
manusC ripts an d
drawings preserved
in the British Mu-
scum and Bodleian
libraries. In a MS.
at the British Muse
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

ONE THOUSAND tons OF mutton rotted on
ships lying at the docks in London in
consequence of the dock labOrers' strike,
it being impossible to procure men to
unload it.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

THOUSANDS OF tailors in London who
have been victims of the sweating system
are rebeling against it and organizing a
strike for payment at first hands.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

REPRESENTATIVE OWEN, who was at
Deer Park on the 26th, reports the Presi-
dent as saying that there will be an extra
session Of Congress called to meet on the
2OLh OF October.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

TIE Swiss Government has decided tc
prosecute the authors OF the recent An
archist pronuuciamento.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

The city of Boston has been selected as
the place for holding the next G.. A. r
National encampment.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

GENERAL RUSSELL A. ALGER, of Mich
igan, was chosen Commauder-in- Chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic for
tlse ensuing year at the National en-
campment in Milwaukee, Wis, on the
2Sth.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

THE Department of State, was, on the
2Sth advised by a telegram from the
Consul of the United States at Colon that
the steamer Adirondack had left that
port for The United States with yellow fe e
yer on board.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

THE village of Kheinzorek, on the Rus
sion frontier was visited by "A terrible
earthquake, on the e6th, which destroyed
Tie larger part OF the town. Great fis-
sures opened in the earth aud in many
cases the villagers were swallowed mp by
dozens. So far 129 people are known TO
haye been LSried alive in this way,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

THE Vienna police have uuearthed a
secret Socialist society extending all over
the province Of Galicia, with members
among wealthy citizens in q largo num-
ber of the principal towns.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

NJ. BLOwITz Paris correspondent of
the London Times, telegraphs to his
paper that he is confident General BOu-
LANCER viii return to France before the
elections which take place next month.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

GENERAL BOULANGER will stand for
election to the French Chamber Of Depu-
ties in MOntemarte. Among the Bou-
langist candidates who will stand for
election is General Thiebaudt.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

THE State Department was Informed. on
the 29th that the Government Of Para
quay had accepted the invitation of the
United States to attend the International
Congress, and that delegate would soon
be appointed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

scarlet, and the cap
tain may well be
looked upon as a
typical beau of a by
no means uncivilized
norton of the conn
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

imposed for violation
Of the same by per-
sops under a certain
rank. With the reign
Of Henry VII the
pointed shoe passed
away. and the alb
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06


teenth Century. beau of the period re.
joicing in one leg being attired in brilliant
scarlet whilst its companion leg appeared
in blue; and even a boot on one foot and o
shoe on the other was occasionally sported
by those who wished to outvic their friends
in eccentricity.
Ridiculohs as such fashions may now APP
pear, are they, after all, any more SO than
those affected by the nineteenth century
masher and girl Of the period! the present
day pointed toes and absurdly high heels
being, if not quite so ridiculous IN appear
ance, certainly more injurious to health
than the old fad, which at any rate had tho
merit of afrording in its upper portion
ample space for the play of the foot.
When the wearers Of this form Of shoe
became tired Of them, they adopted the
fashion of finishing them of by bealS or
bill-shaped form four or five fingers in
length, whilst others, probably from
spirit of contrariety, fell into tho opposite
extreme of wearing slippers measuring at
least foot in breadth. So absurd were
reese fashions that laws were enacted for
the suppression of them, and heavy fines
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

SENIOR PACHECO has again accepted the
portfolio of Minister Of Finance of the
Argentine Republic, and Senior Zebalios
has become Minister of Foreign Affairs,
vice Dr.. Costa, who has been transferred
to the Ministry Of the Interior.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

THE nsw naval vessel Baltimore was
examined, on tho 27th, by "a board of en-
glneers and other naval experts, who ex-
pressed satisfaction at her cons tructiOu,
and it was announced that she would
probably be ready for an official trial trip
by September 3.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

Mr.. WAsHBURNE, the American Minis =
ter to Switzerland, has formally protested
to the Swiss Government against the
wrongful arrest of four American tour
lists at Berne recently. Heavy damages
are claimed by the injured parties.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

Freaks OF The SIX
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

THE first bale of cotton Of the season,
forwarded 60 New York City by the
Farmers Alliance of Jacksonville, Fla,
was sold at auction, on the goth, in front
Of the Cotton Exchange. Messrs. Will
lam 5. Black q Co purchased it at ten
and a quarter cents a pound. The cotton
is OF inferior qualitv.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

EMPEHoR WILLIAM in an interview, on
the 29th, with member of the Provincial
Council said that existing laws for the
protection Of laborers in Prussia were
deplorably insufficient to protect them
against the inordinats greed of their en-
ployers. Reform, he said, was highly
necessary.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

THE steamer City of New York, which
left New York for Liverpool, on the 2Ist
passing Sandy Hook at 6:39 p. IN. passed
Brow Head, Ireland, at $40 p. IN. on the
27th. Allowing for difference of time, the
passage was made in six days and five
minutes.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06

THE II. c. Frick Coke Company of
Pittsburgh, Pa, has purchased the entire
plants and interests of the J. NJ. Schoou
maker Coke Company, comprising 1096
ovens, together with a large acreage of
coal lands. The price paid is not stated.