NICARAGUA CANAL. DESCRIPTION OF A Tlin flnnl fute of tho Nicaragua Canal rojnet, will shortly lw decided, says tbe Now York Herald. Tlin Vnited Htnten gunboat Newport linn sailed away with a commission of mi fcineers appointed bjr tlin (Inverniiintit, unit their report nn to tbii feasibility of thn wsttorwny between tbn At hint io nml Paoifln will determine whether or not the United Htnten shall control thin great but Mill embryonic enter prise. llccnrds show that it became n neri- nS I IMlJ. afcj' J I'M.'tr- 'fcy I (I MANUHJArNICAItAmAl STREET MT.NK. onn mutter in the Innt century, but no definite plan of notion wnn ever adopted until a few years ago, when work on the ronte wnn actually begun. Hut thin rnnnl through the inlhmun in not n thing which can tin accom plished readily, nml there in nomo di vergence of opinion in regnrd to the best pi oo on thn isthmus through which to cut it. The l'Vennh hnve been working through the narrower strip nonr Panama, but no fnr there in no immediate promise of nuueenn in ih nuilertnking. Us" H BTONB IDOL, 1H1N OP 0,1'llKU'A. The American company ban chosen the longer, though apparently lenn difficult, route through thn (State of Nicaragua. On thin hue the natural water coarsen will be need extensively, nnd it in supposed by many to be, eon neqnently, a more practical undertak ing than the one through .the higher bill nenr Panama. At the eastern entranoe of the ca nal is the settlement of Oreytown. After proper dredging ami lights have made the harbor uavigable a ship ap proaching from the eastward will not KOUTE OF THE find the navigation diffloult. At the present time, however, the shoal water and the low country, partly hidden in the almoHt continual rain, make the approaoh rather dangerous. On entering the ship will proceed along an almost straight cut until tho Oohoa distriot is reached. Here an enormous dam cross the natural bed BZADI.AXD AT BBITO, PACIFIC OUTLET TO CANAL. of the Son Juan River marks the first fult where remarkable skill in engi- ---in j will be displayed. The ship J turned into the natural bed of ; i t z -', and will proceed urn a COSTA RICA ' . mm 1 GIGANTIC PROJECT. stowly Uh'oiihIi the jungle oounlrj nntil locked up to thn level of Lnkn Nicaragua. Thin will be about 11(1 feet nbovn the menu low water level in the Caribbean Hen, mid In rnllnil menu lnkn level. On entering Lnko Nicaragua the channel across the lnkn ruin straight townrd the point on thn opioitn shore where thn out to tbn J'nculu begins, Hin lnkn in lenn tbnn fifty mllen wide nt iln brondent point iukI in deep enough nt distnnco of bnlf n mi lo from the shorn to Hunt the (urgent ship. Hero thn sailor will have n breathing spell nfter hin cruise overland, nml nfter being locked down to the quint waters of thn 1'ncille, thn vessel will be free to proceed to hnr destination with a full realization of how well the quiet ocean deserves itn inline. The commission appointed by thn President to go over the proposed route during the winter of 1HSI7-H in to de cide certain questions in regnrd to thn cost nnd fensibility of the project, an suggested by the caunl company. It in composed of three of the ablest men in tho United Htnten for deciding these matters, nnd in supported by n num ber of naval ofllcers, civil engineers nnd assistants. Two men-of-wnr will aid the expedition and will assist in the hydrogmphio work in tho harbors on tho east and west coasts. Tho shore parties will have to goover many of tho old linen, nnd, nn tho jungle has long cloned those, they will have to cut their way through, an before, with thn machete. The OommiHsionern will return to tho Unitod Htnten in tho spring, and, nn their report wilt probably be flnnl nn to tho interest the Government will take in tho project, the civili.ed world will await them with nome impatience to know if tho greatest of ltepiiblins will decide to control the gutewny to the 1'acillo. I.ravr an Clootl ni Fruit. A Frenoh druggist, named Janque min, has conceived the idea that the flavor of fruits of shrubs and treon gen erally is generated in the flowers o( these plautn, and pannes from them in to the fruits. The fragrance which the leaves of the blanck currant bush give oft", especially after little rub bing, and whieh in so very similar to tho to the taste of the berry, has led this raau to adopt this opinion. He goes further, and nays that the pleas ant taste of the apple, pear or grape is prepared in the leaves of the respec tive plants, aithoug he admits that it PROPOSED CANAL. in hardly noticeable with these, and by far not in the same degree as with the black ourraut. Jasquemin places apple leaves in water ooutaining from fifteen percent of sugar; then he adds yeast. During the process of fermen tation there is an odor of apples, and when the fermentation is finished and the yeast has settled, a straw yellow liquid is obtained which possesses the fine "bouquet" of the fruit of the re spective trees from which the leaves were obtained. With vine leaves the results are still more prolific A beverage tasting and smelling strongly of wine is obtained, and finally brandy may be distilled from it which is equal to the best oognao. Ingeulon Street Lamp. Street lamps can be mounted on new telesoopio post to make i them easy to reach for trimming and filling, a seUorew engaging the central shaft to hold it iu a position with pulley and weights set in the post to counter balanoe the lamp, pusS5 'S ENTHANCH TO I'ANAb, Itl'.TT O WN. AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. cabby Potato. ftecent experiments have demon trated beyond a doubt that potato scab is produced by a speelflo form of fungus whieh infests the soil. Plant ing strictly sound need on new ground and avoiding manure from stork fed on scabby potatoes in a sure preventa tive. Treating the send with corrosive sublimate is an effective but highly dangerous remedy. A safer and prob ably an eirective a remedy in an appli cation of flowers of sulphur at the time of planting. America! Agriculturist. (land tlarn I'M. To make a cat a good moiiser il should never be allowed around the house. To Iln near thn ntovn nud bs fed, without doing anything to earn its living, makes a cat laity, fat and goml for nothing. There aro always in the burn enough vermin to givn n good cat constant employment, and shn will rarely need other food than what shn can herself procure. Hiich cnt in easily worth $10 to f!20. On most farms it will make big interest on these sums every yenr in grnin nnd grain bags and fruit which a good cut will nave from being destroyed. Iln Not l..lr..T Hi Hints. It is nnid that nil nrdiliary caterpil lar increases 1(1,01111 times in bulk thirty dav t from thetiine it is hatched; Hint t tin I l it grown on Is vegetable, nnd that . ',000 caterpillars could de stroy n'. the grnsn on nn acre of ground. The insect population of n single cherry tree infested with aphides wan calculated by a prominent ento mologist to be 12,(100,000. Cultivated country districtn are supposed to con tain from 700 to 1000 birds to a mile, (neb of which consumes hundreds of insects each dn.v. If not wantonly de stroyed, the birds will keep thn bal ance between plant and insect life. Troughs tti Winter. iJuring the summer tlin water foun tains are the best utensils to employ for providing water to tbn fowls, but they should now be stored away and water given in woodon troughs. Foun tains will break when the water in frozen, but thn troughs cannot easily bo so injured, nnd eau also be cleaned. The water trough or fountain in the most important utensil usod by the poultrymen, nud demands daily atten tion, an it in the source from whieh all sontugions diseases are spread among thn members of the flock. Tho bent method of providing wntnr without in curring such risk in yet an nnsolved problem, but cleanliness will prevent many disoasen, Keeil Htnlka In tVUtr. We have never seen nn explanation nf thin by tho experts which was satis factory to nn, but we think it is causod by nome check in tho growth at an early stage. Wo hnvn bud a similar trouble among beets nnd carrots which were sown no early as to get hurt by tho frost after they cumo up, while tho samo seed sown later gave a satisfac tory crop, lint a morn probable can so in many cases is that it wan sown too early under glusH nnd wan forced too much, making a rank, spindling and tender plant, which was not nufllcinnt ly hnrdoned when net in tho field to go on and grow at once.. Wbon it be gan its aooond growth, like tho carrots and boets that had boun put back by tho frost, its natural tendency wan to begin as obiunnial plant would that had been wiutorod in the cellar, to mako itn seod crop. Wo havo never seen a bionniul plant making a seed stalk the first year which wo could not account for satisfactorily, to ourselves at least, by nomo check or break in tho early period of growth. Boston Cultivator, , How to Vattnn Poultry. ' I have fattened for the market thin soason over 100 oockerols and have settlod on this method as best, writes Clarissa Pottor, in tho New England Homestead. They are confined in a pen, given plenty of room and air, but where drafts can not strike thom. Low roosts are provided, a dust bath, though I have never seen them nse it, and boxes of grit and oyster shells. 1 make low benches of overturned soap boxes on which I place their pans ol food and milk, that they may not readily bo soiled or spilled. I feed three times a day. A warm breakfast of boiled potatoes, pump, kius or squash, crushed when hot and thickenod with corn meal. This it seasoned with salt and pepper. A noon feed of the same on alternate days. The other days they receive the same as at night, whole, bright corn. Nothing musty, soured or solid is allowed in their feed pans. The pen is kept dark except when the fowls are eating. This is accom plished by hanging a thick covering over the windows. The pen is so dark they move about but littlo between meals. At feeding time the curtain it lifted and they are fed all they will eat but no more. A pan of sweet skimmed milk is kept before them, and thn pen floor is clean and supplied with fresb bodding. I discourage scratching and crowing all that is possible. A crow. ing bird fattens slowly, if at all. Light encourages crowing. The corn is fed in pans, or scattered, and the eurtaig is dropped as soon as it is eaten. Cut green bone and meat wbets their ap petites and should be given every thiri! day. ' I fatten from nine to thirteen dayi and the carcasses, since following thii plan, seoure quiok sale, being' plump, firm and yellow with fat. If, for aui reason, jsoine oockeral fails to fatten ii this time, its flesh feeling lean and flabby, it is turned loose in the yardi to run with other fowls two weeks oi more, and then the fattening procesi is repeated. Tobaooo-ohewlng members of thi Methodist Churob iu Albertsvillo, Ala., have been levied upon by the steward! lor speoial tax of 910 year.' HE STATE mi BUSED GREAT YEAR IN COKE. 0vr 911.000,000 Worth Fronoi la the Coantllivlllt Reg Ion. I'onnrllmvllle coke operators shipped ft.(ir,or2 tons nt cuke In ISH7, for which Ihey received an averaKc price esti mated st II. Sli per ton. The product therefore yleliled n gross revenue of ll,4ii!i,s:in. Measured hy dollars thin la one nf the lilnitent yenr'n business the ('oiiiiellsvllle region ever did. The out put wan Krenler In IKtin, R.l!44.4;i. tons, iuit the price reullKeit wan only $1.2.1 per ton, ylehlliiR $10. MO.nr.K, over a million dollars less limn Inst year. There In no reason to douht that the present rate ivtll he kept nil during txx. The yenr saw the successful opVta lion of the liy-nrodiict nlnnt of the Initi- I hi- furnace Company nt Ininliar, where Ml Heniet Holvey ovens lire npcr nt' it. It h the eoiupiiuy'n Intention to double the capacity III the spring. The oiily other new lit.it In niklni In Kr'd (' Kclnhlcy's "conllniioiis mke oven," a lest of which In lielim uncle nt Oliver works. The lilnl oven Is imikluK cuke tills week. New tliliis In the revlon have nddi'd 7411 ovens to the list nnd M ovens have been Mddeil by the old companies. Mm, Takacn. of Oliver, wan awnkcncil by n crash and fnum! n blu lu'Kri sliindluir by her I ed nnd lino her euier- Iiik Ihi'iiUKh the window. They bound tier feet nml hands nnd tiled to k.ik tier, the woman all the time Hi ieninliiK for hi-ll. Ilefore III V ciiu'il nn iiiiii.IIkIi th object nf their visit lii'luliliiiis RHthereil nud the men Jumpeil throuKh III ' wind ow iiml not a way. Hi v. ral Imure liter, when the men went to the ovenn to be Kin to ill a w coke, they fnund "ne of the men lyliiK there nearly dead from loss of blnii'l mikI lyliiK In n bin pool of It. A roiiHl'ible was sent from I'nlontown lo nrrest htm. The man (rivo his name nn William IivciiIiiks. and nays he cut hin hips on the glass In the window nn he Jumpeil out. Iln has a deep iiiihIi and Is very weak from loss of blond. but will Piolialilv reimver. Who hin confederate lx cannot ! learned, ho having left no trace, and I.ovcnlnRn will not tell. live well-ill i.jmi.1 robbers liindo n olil attempt Friday noon to rob the Parnassus bunk, at raruiiasos. on the Alli'Kheiiy Vnllcy railroad, 17 mllen from I'HIhImiik. That they were on- su ssful wan due to the fact that the nlliht watchman of the bunk happened to lie mi duty In the daytime. The robbers were surprised whlle trylnx In break Into the bank, nnd fled down the railroad tracks to teKann Ferry, where Ihey jumped Into a skiff and In thn swift current of the swollen Allegheny river rowed five mllen, while excited people tore along the river banks trying to capture them. They abandoned the skiff at the north side of the river at the new rittsbiirg, llessetner and I.nkv I'.rle railroad, nud were there lost night of. The mysterious lire In the Ferguson mine of the I Hinder Furnace (Totnpnny, II Is believed, will burn Itself out on the body of coal now burning. The coal all Around the spot has been cut away, thoroughly wet down, nnd the opening sealed lip, no It In believed the lire can not spread. The I re started In no abandoned working, nnd the men who discovered It were overcome by gas. iieuig missed, h rescuing party wan sent and brought them out. .Mining In spector c'liminrs thinks the Urn was caused by spontaneous combUHtton of sulphurated hydrogen, formed by the exliiiust steam from the mine pump disintegrating the sulphur of the coal. 'I' he lire started half a tiillii down the slope. H anticipations are fullilled thin will be the greatest year In tlin hlstnry of Masontown. Next Knurl li of July the centennial of Masontown will be ob served. It will bo KM) yearn since John Alasun laid out the site of Oermaulown. nrierwnrds changed to the present name In honor of Its founder. The cltl- xrnn are already taking nctlve steps to- wurus tne ccicliratlon. Hpenkers have been engaged from I'hllndclphln and I'lttsliurg. The town council has acted, committees will noon be appointed and a big Hum Is looked fur. William Khlrley hun returned frnn the Klondike nfUr a even-m:ithn' ab sence, with a fortune estimated at tlOO.fniO. He went tn the gold He'd hut May ami struck a r ch c aim. Ills via t to Mercer county, his former homo, wan to nettle upon his aged moih r, w ho Uvea In (Ireen townxh p. Slu.iiOi) for life, lie also put In trust for hin sin ter. I.ydla Hhlrley of Noble enmity. Ind., Ifi.'i.UOO. lie will return to Klon dike with a company nn Muri h 1. 11! sayn provisions ore plentiful in that region. Kdwln K. Meyers, former Htate Print er, and one of the best known men in Central Pennsylvania, was found dead Krliluy morning In the stable yard ad joining hin home, three miles above llarrishurg. There was a bruise over hin left eye. It In supposed he was thrown from hin carriage a short dis tance from the yard and wan draggid to where ho wun found. Th annual series of three farmern' Institute In thin county began Mon day nt Hurvernvllle, with W. H. H. Kiddle, President of the Western Penn sylvania Fair Association, presiding. The institute will be In session two days at Harversville, two at Kama City, and two at Went Hunbury. The annual report of John Hamilton, deputy secretary of agriculture and di rector of farmers' Institutes, has Just been submitted. The cost of holding farmern' Institutes In Pennsylvania during the past two yearn wan 1I.1.0MI, exclusive of the director's salary and traveling expenses. While kneeling In prayer at family worship Thurnduy night, Philip Dun tan, of Mutter, a veteran of the war, aged 52. wan stricken with apoplexy and died without apeakinn. He was a member of the rilxth Heavy artillery, and Is survived by several children. The body of an unknown middle aged man was found on a burning culm pile at Plymouth Monday. He had made a bed for himself by burrow ing a hole in the dirt bank and was then slowly suffocated. John Htewart. of Went Middlesex, who was crushed by a lump of ore weighing half a ton at Bliarpavllle, died Monday, He leaves a bride of five months. The barn of Peter Kbberts, rear Mer cer, containing of large amount of hay ana grain, was aestroyeu oy nre. Lost, U.W0. . . Linus Harnett died Monday. Last Thursday he left home tor a distance part of the farm. At noon he did not return, and later he was found uncon sclous In hba sled. He never regained consciousness. Mrs. Frank Toushofskl, of NantI coke, died suddenly last week, titia was insured for a large amount ol money. Her sister alleges that the woman was poisoned, and the bi dy will be disinterred and an inveallgMllon made. A tramp entered the school house at Whitney, ordered the teacher, Miss Faussold, out of the chair, and played pedagogue till big boys and cltlsens put Dim out. CONGRESS, sastf. Washington, Jan. 10. Among the bills reported In the senate to-day and placed on the calendar was one to pro hibit railroad companies from charging more than thrvp cents a mile for carry ing pnssengern through the Indian lT rllory. Washington, Jan. 11. The opening nklrmlsh on the Hawaiian treaty yes terday has ilea red the air tn some ex tent, and the treaty In In a better po sition I hun It hss been since It wan submitted o the senate. It Is1 ststed that every rtcptihllcait except Henntor .Morrill will vote for rat I Ilea Hon, The friends nf the treaty now claim l votes, but a more conservative esti mate given them ns, or two less than the required number. This li In com posed or 42 Itcpuhllcnns. three Hllver Iteputilli nns, live Populists, one Inde pendent and seven Democrats. Tliern nrs four doubtful Henalors. all liemo- crnts. Mr. Oelllngcr (rep.), clVlrinnti of the committee on pensions, reported buck mlversely a bill lo grant n pen sion of IUKI a month each to the two laughters of Mat. Meade and moved Hint It be postponed 'mletlnltelv. Washington, January 12. The senate, on motion of Mr. I'uvls, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, went Into executive session nnd Mr. I Hi vis continued hin speech on the Ha waiian treaty. The objections of Japan, nn the ground that Its 1 1 in I y with the Islands would be violated, wee,, ridi culed. Henalor Allen (Pop., Neb.) fol lowed In opposition lo the lienly, call ing attention lo the necessity of de- friiillng the Islands In case of war, whb h would reipilie u large Meet. The 1 1 -I i II In 1 1" ii being about one-half Chi nese nud Japanese, would be unlit for detchoiid. At 2.fV th" senate adjourned. Washington, January 111. The meas ure reported to Hie Henate was the pension nppn prbillou bill. It was placed on the calendar. At the conclu sion of the morning IhimIimfs the lininl- criillon bill, the iinllplshi'd business, was taken up. Washington, Jan. 14 - A f'soliillon Wan presented by Henntor Hoar tn change the Inauguration day from March 41 to April ;i. Hcsis. Wnshlnulon. J.m 10.-ItepreMentatlve iMiVener, of Wheeling, W. Va., Intro duced a resolution In the house to day providing for the Improvement of the lllg Handy river between West Virginia Slid Kentucky by the erection of locks and iln urn, also a resolution providing for the Improvement of the West Fork river In West Virginia. Mr. Cooney, of Missouri, continued the civil sol vice discussion In regard lo the policy of Hecretary tinge In creating a civil service pension lint for super annuated employees of the trensury. It wan. he said, entirely in line with ins present Interpretation of the law. which wan for life tenure or ntuce, nml ilaced a premium on Incompetency. I If facetiously suggested nn amendment t" tho law to create another civil service committee, whose duty It would be to grant degreen nnd certificates of In competency. Washington, Jan. ii.--imiiiMiuiiciy after the rending of the Journal In th house Monday, Mr. Ciinuon. of II Ino'n reported from the e mmltt e rn ap r i prlatlnn nn urgent di-llcic y bill, (liv ing not ce that ho would ask thn honxi to consider It Tti"sduy. Mr. Moody, ! Massachusetts, in charge of the Ii g s- Intlve, executive urd Judicial appropria tion bill, moved that th" debate on ths civil service ouestlon be closed at f o'clock Tuesday. Ills motion was agreed to. Iteprescnlallve (.onnell, of Hcrunton, Introduced a bill In the House, which provides for the establishment of a new judicial district In Pennsylvania. )'. Iireseutntlve Arnold, of nullols, Intro duced a hill to amend the national banking laws so as to prohibit bunk olllcern from acting an executors, trus ctes, etc., of a lunatic or minor. Washington, January 12. The hous to-day passed an urgent deficiency bill carrying 11,741, K4.V One of the Items authorising a further expenditure id t'lK'MXM) for (lie Holdlers' home at I'an- V II If, III., for which xi.vi.ikki was appro priated In the last sundry civil bill, win used by Mr. Do Armond (Dcm.. Mo.) us a bitter personal attack upon Chair man Cannon, whose home 1h In Dan ville. Mr. Cannon said there wan need for thn appropriation, an lfc.flOO old sol diers were without comfortable quar tern, sleeping In cellars, corridors nnd attics. There were enough of them In poorhousen to fill tho new home. Mes srs. W. A. Ktone (Hep., Pa.) and Hen derson (Itep., la.) spoke In favor of the establishment of a new Holdlers' home In the Mississippi valley, Mr. De Ar rnnnd's motion was defeated. There was nlso a lively dehatn nvet thn provision in the bill requiring thf owners of bullion herenrter to pay the cost of transporting bullion from assay offices to the mints. Mr. Hell's motion to strike out the proviso wan defeuted -12.1 to 110. Washington, January 13. The House completed the consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill In com mittee of the whole, and then adjourned upon the motion of those opposed tn the printing of another edition of the famous "horse book." There wan the annual fight over the question of free seed distribution to the farmern, but the effort to strike out the appropriation ( $1.10.000) failed as usual; the majority against it being 1 Washington, Jan. 14. In thn h oil mi the most of tho day was consumed In a filibuster against a bill to pay th publishing house nf the Methodist Kpiscupal church, south, at Nashville, 'lenn., 2IOi,00i for the seizure) and use of the property during the war. The Agricultural bill was passed. TRAVELING P0ST0FFICES." Additional Authority Far Karal Mall Carriers Proposed The benefit! derived from the extension of the rural free delivery of mall matter, It is expected, will be Increased as sooa as authority ean be obtained on the subject. At the request of the House Postofflee Committee, Mr. Heatb, First Assistant Foatui aster-General, In preparing aa amendment to the appropriation bill giving to carriers in rural districts authority to receive cash and money orders for pntront and to receipt for registered letters and de. liver them. This additional duty ean bt readily performed by the carriers, who .will if the scheme Is put In operation, be come, "traveling poBtonioeu." 'Country Ipeople therefore will have nearly all th benefits enjoyed by residents of the city la this regard, as the carriers now are per mitted to carry postal card and stamped envelopes for sale, ttbould this new ar rangement work well the department will be enabled to abolished many of the small postofllue along star routes. Extermination of Peats. On aooount of the presenoe ot various In aeot pests and fungus diseases, th most important of whloh are the Han Jose seal and the peaolt yellow, la many orchard iu Maryland, it bas been deemed advisable. after oousultatloa with many promlueul Iruit grower and numerymeu, to hold a eouvantloa la Ualtlroore, lor the purpose of eonuderlug and reeommendlua ouie ap propriate legulatlon lor the protection tadustrie. INDUSTRIAL NEWS. Hw l.afora Cottea Milt Hands Will (MM idtr a risa f Attioa. A call wnn Issued Wednesday ask Ing every textile union In New Hertford to send representatives to a meeting; Hiinday morning which will be attended by the lending textile departments, and It In the purpose to agree upon nomei Plnn of action for the strike which will be begun next Monday. The Kxecutlve committee of the Cotton Weavers' Prn tectlve association called a mass meet ing Friday evening lo discuss the pro pared reduction of wages. LABOR MOTH. PriM-cnllngs have been lasen In the courts In foreclose a morlgsKe of 2NA, (Hki against Hie Htnndard Plate disss Company of Holler held by I tin Hnfe Deposit nnd Trust Company of Pitts burg, The notice wan given by Fred J. Kllnglcr of llollei, who owns 201 of the ilf.0 coupon bonds Issued by the HHindiird plain 'Has Coinpjny In 1SH2 and secured by the second mortgage ' held by the Hnfe Deposit nud Trust Company. K Kegel's claims amount tn 1x0,400, or which only $r,,(Km i due. The wages of the rolling mill workers will remain nt 4 a ton for the present quarter, beginning Jauiiary I, I hum. As the wages are bnsed nn the selling price of bar Iron, Kecretaiy .la meg II, Null, of the Men hunt Hnr Iron association, nnd President M. M. tlarlnnd. of the Amalgamated Anoclatlon of Iron. Htee mid Tin Workers, have reported no prol"ihh Increase. 1'. 1.. Klmherly has transferred the Ireenvllle and Hhiiron rolling mill property to the new concern, I', I,. Klmherly Co., nt n consld"Millon of IIL'I.IKMI. This Is tin. largest propel ty transaction made In Hits county foi" years. The nnnuil convention of the Nation al Association of Hod Mill Workern, which was held In Clevel ind Monday, appointed n committee to decide on the question of nlllllatlou with Hie Feder iiIinI Wire Trades. A break-down nt lb" Homestead pluiil of the Cnrncgin H'ecl Company will cause thn X'i Iiii h mills to beenmn Inoperative for Iwn weeks. This will throw 4isj men out of employment for that time. Henry Hothscblld A Co. hnvn an nounced nn increase of so, per pent lit wngen nt their Trenton shin manufac tory, to go Into effect on Wednesday. They nre also advertising for more help. The old Meadow rolling mill, of Hcott dale, has placed a control t for a new L'O-toii electric crane to be erected at once. Th" crane and accessory Im provements will cost over f IIKI.IKKI, Two hundred opera Uvea of the flen eva mill lit 1'rovldcrice, It. I., owner! by thn Wnoskuck company, struck against the cot of wages. Toledo's street railway union cximIU d a member for undo" Indulgence lit thn Inebriating cup, Thn national convention of the liar tenders' League will be held at Detroit on Heptember 7. Members of the Ladles' Label League of Cincinnati will take part in thn La bor I my parade, It In alllnned by men In the hulldlna trades that the Italians make splendid union men. a Dundee (Hcotland) linkers demand the eight-hour day and municipal bakeries. The Hrotherhood of Tailors In New York and Hrooklyn has 14,000 members. (Ilnsa-blowing machines are being In troduced in Amerlea and Kngland. Mine Jnp Cadet fit. Latest advices from the Orient stats that the Japanese transport steamer Nara, ol U510 tons, hound to the Peof adores, was wrecked and about eighty live lost. The only survivors were live senmnn, who were picked np by the steamer Minimi re Maru. Cnptnln Vasuiln, of the Japnnesn navy, nnd nine cadets were among thn missing. The vessel struck nn uncharted rock, her cargo shifted and she went to the bottom. There were hrt'ccliloadlnif cannon aa) c ii civ as lliti". MAHKBTa PITTSBURO. Grain, ftour at.- j'aed. WIIKAT No. Ired I SO' tl No 2 red HH, VU COH.N- No. il yellow, ear 7 W no. i ynuow, euuiiaa si at Mlied aar :0 St OA'IH No. 1 white ill iitt No. 3 white 117 a im: No. 1 b'.l 64 r'LOUK Winter patent 5 00 6 10 fancy straight winter 4 ns la live Hour 8 41 S 60 JlAV No. 1 timothy 10 m 10 M Clover, No. 1 7 00 7 60 Hay, from wagon 10 00 10 GO JI KH .No. 1 Wliito lid., ton.. 70 16 36 nrowo nilJilllOK u on l ou llrsn. bulk 12 7S 18 a SI MAW Wheat A 60 00 Oat S 10 6 74 VKl)H Clover, 60 lb 8 6or 8 76 J'linothy, prime 1 86 1 60 Dairy Product. DUTTKft Elgin Creamery.... a) 21 33 Ohio creamery a i 31 fancy country roll 14 16 ('HLKriK Olilu, new It 10 New Kork, Dew 10 11 Frulta and Vegetable. Iirivu u,nj..i.i.ui k.. a t nr. in I'O'lATOKtt White, per bu.. 70 78 t AUHAOfc Homegrown, bbl. 1(0 100 ONIO.NH per bu t6 711 Poultry, Bto, CIII' KKNH, V pair SSty 45 ItllKLVH. i In 0 11 tliUH 1'a. and Ohio, trash.... 30 at CINCINNATI. FLOUR.... 4) 204i 4 40 WHEAT No. 8 red 08 M E No. a 4 41 COliS Mixed ax 18 oath a as EOliH 11 Hb'TTKlt Ohio erenmnry 14 30 PHILADELPHIA FLOUR a 4 6S5 4 90 WHEAT No. 3 red M 91 COHN No. 3 mixed 8a 83 OATS No. 3 White aa 3U JlUITEK Creamery, extra.... 2i 311 fcUOS fro. Hrt. 31 NEW TOBJL FLOUR Patent. . . . S OOtay 5 30 WHEAT No. a red 1 00 C'Olt.N No. 3 86 OATH White Western 80 ULTTEK Creamery 15 34 EUUtt (Hate of Peun. 33 36 LIVE STOCK. ', CIXTSAL STOCK lASDS, IAI UBBBTT, m CiTTLS. iTIme, 1,800 to 1,400 lbs $ 4 K& 4 75 Good, l.avo to l.iuM th 4 to 4 at Tidy, 1,000 to 1,100 tb 4 36 4 86 lair llgat iteer, WOO to 1000 tb. 8 75 4 30 Common, 7'J0 to Wk) lbs 3 6t 75 bog a. Medium .,..,...... S 70 t 75 Heavy 8 60 8 86. Houghs sad stags 8 35 3 00 SMBir. Prim, 96 to 105 , wethers... 4 708 4 75 Good, 84 to 90 Ib to) 4 t Fur. 70 to tO It..,... 8 IO 410 t'ummoa 8 35 8 76 Culls IN 1 t Tout to good lambs 4W 4 14
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