Marshall County independent., 1894-12-21
IN GENE

Construction of Il new race track ha:
been commenced ut Worth. Fiske Broth
ers are its financial hackers.
An automatic telegraphic transmitter
has been invented which. it is said, will
send 200 words n minute over the wire.
G.. u. Huntington. the railroad ma agnate,
is making Il bitter fight against the re-
election of Senator Perkins in California.
The Illinois Board of Worlds Fair
Commissioners report an uk>sXpended bal
ance of the Fair appropria ion of S5OS,
600.
If further restrictions ara placed upon
American trade with Germany, the Ad-
ministration will have recos.rSe TO the re-
taliation act.
Four games VIII be play.4 by the Uni
versity of Chica sc football rcam in Cali
fornia-three at San Fran ,,.co and one
at Los Angeles.
Joseph Truskey was haXged at Sand
wich, Ont. Daniel Robert ,en was hang
ed at New Bedford, Mass; Acc Williams
was hanged ut lIlberton, Gn.
The National. Water Purifying Com
pany, of New York, haa filed Il suit
against the New Orleans Water Works
Company for S134 900, thu alleged value
of a filter plant which they put up, guar
anteeing it to filter all the water required.
This the defendants claim the filter COM
pany failed to accomplish.
The remains OF Andy Bowen. the dead
pugilist, were inferred Mcncay, and with
his body was buried plize fighting in
New Orleans. The fatal termination of
Friday nights contest hs \ had the effect
of arOusing % fierce sentirlent against any
more ring battles. The newspapers edi-
tOrially demanded the abolition of the
contests. Mayor Fitzpatrick by his
prompt revocation of the permit for
Saturday nights fight between Ryan and
Dempsey showed that ne took Il serious
view of the situation. che Attorney Gen
eral has discovered that the so-called linn
ited-round contests are prize fights and
nothing more. and he has written Il letter
TO the Auditorium Club that he will en-
join any club which attempts to give an
other exhibition. 1T is said that the Gov
ernor is greatly scandalzed also. and it is
therefore certain that there will be no
more glove contests of any kind in New
Orleans until after the Supreme Court
gives its decision. and sporting men are
inclined TO think the end of pugilism in
America is near.
r. g. Dun x Co.'S weekly Review of
Trade says:
Duns review is enabled, by the kind
ness of several thousand manufacturers
who have forwarded statements of their
pay-rolls for November, this year, in
1893, and in 1892, to make encouraging
comparison of earnings for that month,
which shows an increase in total pay
ments of 1o.2 per cent. over last year, but
a decrease of 1873 per cent. in comparison
with 1892; 10.2 per cent. more persons
were employed than year ago, but Sc
per cent. less than in 1892. The average
of earnings for over 10000 hands is 1
per cent. larger than in 1893. but 14h
per cent. less than in 1892. In some of
the industries more hands are at work
than i'll 1892, but in others the decrease is
large. Neither the larger orders i'll some
branches nor the depression of prices in
others. afford n safe indication of the gen
eral movement. Eut the working force
does not lessen mere than usual for the
time of year. the demand for goods does
not seem to dimir ish, though i'll most de-
partments it is considerably below the
capacity of woras in operation. and the
volume of business transacted is Il little
larger in comp& rison with last year than
in November.