Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1884 — NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. Iron mills at Pittsburgh employ at present 7,000 men less than last year, and the depression is greater than for several years. Coke operators in Pennsylvania are loud in their complaints about the dullness of the trade. Over-production is the cause of the present depression. The assignee of Commodore C. K. Garrison, of New York, reports nominal assets of $17,697,928, of the actual value of $3,974,818, and liabilities aggregating $1,471,228. Texas fever and pleuro-pneumonia have appeared among the herds in the vicinity of Lancaster, Pa. The infected herds have been quarantined. At Connor’s Station, Pa., five persons were driving across the railway track, when a locomotive cut the carriage into fragments and killed four of its occupants. Holmes, Lafferty & Co., dealers in live stock at Pittsburgh, have made assignments, with liabilities of SIOO,OOO. Pittsburg distillers are shipping their surplus stocks to Bremen to avoid paying the tax. Shimer, Pretz & Co., proprietors of the Home Woolen Mills, Allentown, Pa., have failed. Liabilities, SIOO,OOO. L. H. Kent of D. H. Dent & Co., Philadelphia, is reported to be embarrassed, individually, to the amount of $150,000. Three men engaged in posting Socialistic proclamations in New York were fined $5 each, and Justus Schwab took the amount from his vest pocket and set the offenders free. A severe shock of earthquake was felt along the Atlantic coast on the afternoon of the 10th inst., extending from Philadelphia to Portland, Maine, and as far inland as Cleveland. The shock lasted about ten seconds and caused very serious alarm, particularly in New York City. No serious damage was done, though houses were badly shaken and some ceilings were cracked. Tho people in the tenement-house districts were almost frightened out of their wits, children screamed, women fainted, and prayers and imprecations were mingled. Before the shock heavy, dark rain-clouds appeared in the sky and there was a rush of wind such as usually precedes a heavy rainfall. It was some hours before the people got over their fright. Many nervous persons were prostrated by the occurrence. A second shock was felt at several places.