The usual distinction, in common lan
gnage. is between hard and soft coal. Ail
hard coal, without reference to its quality,
is usually styled anthracite with ns, while
in fact it may be highly bituminous. The
true anthracite comparatively limited,
while the varieties less pure are innumer
able. And still they are all classed alike
in western markets. There is no tariff
Ux on anthracite as such, bat on all other
grades it is 75 cents per ton. Nova Scotia
geologists have not, we believe, classed
any of their deposits as anthracite, and
yet for all purposes they are quite as good
as an'i mined in Pennsylvania.
lowa County Democrat.
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Accidents and Failures.
The P. J. Marqua Manufacturing com
pany in Cincinnati mad* an assignment
Wednesday: liabilities, $65,000.
Three young boys were drowned,
Wednesday, by breaking through the ice
on the river at East St. Louis.
A heavy failure is reported in the Mas
sachusetts boot and shoe trade —that of
C. C. Farwell <t Cos., of Danvers; liabili
ties over $200,000.
The Apollo Building of Pittsburg, Pa.,
a large four-story structure on Fourth
avenue, was damaged by fire and water
to the extent of $25,090.
Near Winona, Minn., the old Mosquito
mills, one of the historic landmarks of
that region, have been destroyed by fire;
loss, $67,000.
Wilkesbaebe, Pa., an explosion has
taken place iu the Wyoming colliery
Five men were badly burned, two
of them probably fatally.
The roof of the Ordinance building in
the Navy Yard at Washington, D. C., has
fallen in, under a heavy weight of snow.
Loss, $90,000.
The extensive works of the Collins
Paper Nanufaoturing Company, at North
Wilbraham, Mass., have been destroyed
by fire; loss heavy.
