The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1898-02-11
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The Wheeling (W. Va.) Iron and
Steel company has posted notices of an
immediate reduction running from lO
to 20 per cent in the wages OF all the
plate mill hands, and demanded an in
crease of one heat per turn in the work
to be done at those rates. A strike was
the immediate result
One of the most remarkable birth
records has occurred near Pollard, Ala
Seven years ago Mrs. j. d. Pettis gave
birth to three chlldren-two girls and
boy A few days since she gave birth
to four boys, all now living. Two OF
them weigh 81, pounds each and the
other two 6 pounds each
A plant is being built at Davenport,
Iowa, for the purpose of making an
thracite coal out of soft coal 1t is
done by process of heat and pressure,
and is only in a small way repeti-
tion of the process used ly nature to
the same end TIE D,OLuut is much
cheaper and better than the best an
| thrarite coal.
M44 .ons of locusts have been de-
stroyed in South Africa by sort of
toxin made by grinding up bodies OF
locusts which have died Of disease.
| The resulting powder is mixed with
| water and smeared over tie bodies OF
| few hundred locusts, which are re-
| leased. The disease soon spreads, and
the swarm perishes.
Alfred Riedel. of Baltimore has been
| in conference with President Daniel
G. Gilman, of Johns Hopkins Univer-
,ity, with reference to an expedition
to the North Pole in a submarine YES
sci. He proposes to sLbmergo the boat
at the permanent ice pack, $50 miles
from the pole, and to emerge in tho
open sea around the pole.
Champion Pugilist John L. Sui
livan. while in the act of stepping ON
the stage ut Ferguson Thcater, Shen-
andoah, Pa. discovered oIe Of the
wings on fire, snatchcd an overcoat,
and smothored the blaze. The theater
was packed with people, and but for
Sullivan's GOODNESS and Judgment
there would have been panic, with
fearful loss of life.
A will two centuries old, made by
John Coffin. bequeathing two houses
and lots near Sunderland, England to
his daughter Mary. and bearing the
seal of Oliver Cromwell. Lord Pro-
tcctor oe England. dated March 3. l646,
was drawn from Bad Luck Pond, near
Worcester, Mass, Oh the hook of
fisherman recently 1t was i'll raw
hide case, and well preserved
One days buf1eting by tie sea was
enough for five of Il party OF gold
seekers who sailed fro Philadelphia
for Alaska on the little schooner
Thomas e. Bavard. The little vessel
pat iNto Cape May Point the following
day. and five men were put ashore.
The remaining five men and one
woman remained on the vessel, which
continued her long voyage around
Cape Horn.
The Cuban General in-Chief, Gomez.
replying to Gen. Blanco's offer to fur
nish a steamer to transport him from
, the island and maintenance for life in
foreign country, Indignantly spurns
BlancOs offer and says: I'm not in
position which requires that | should
be looking for steamer to take me
from the island. You had better look
for a steamer for yourself, for of the
two you need it most y
!, A crank created wild panic in a
: bank in Denver Monday by demanding
,. of the paying teller S., 900, 900. The
office force instantly sought their re-
volvers, windows were closed and
money drawers locked and the place
put in order to repel "a raid. However.
the expected raid did not materialize.
} and the crank. a harmless fellow, was
taken in char, by officers and
, marched to poll . he dqualters.
Daisy, the gin Te .elonging to Bar
: nun e Bailey c'9us, was killed
J during the recent voyage to England,
where the show is now in progress.
During the pitching and rolling of
, the ship the giraffe was thrown for
: ward, with her head down, and her
! neck broken Her skin was preserved
, and will be sent to the Museum of
Natural History to be stuffed and
mounted. She was the only giraffe
in America
! A unique case is being tried in the
!. divorce court Of Boston. Mrs. Flor
ence 9. Treadwell has rought suit
! against her former husband, Horatio
w. Southworth, for the restoration of
alimony allowed her at the time Of
her divorce, but which was withdrawn
upon her marriage to Treadwell. She
: alleges that her present husband is
not able to support her. The judge
decided to consider the case, but said
{ it must be an extraordinary state of
affairs when man could be compelled
to support another mans wife.
2 Little Boy-Mamma, they call all
S the Wall street men bulls or bears
S Which is papa
Mamma-Oh. dear Willie, don't ask
: so many questions. go and ride your
velocipede
y Little Boy-Well just want to know
a whether am calf or "a cub.