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Show EASTERN . PARKS. Secretary HichauUon bad a long conversation with President Grant on Sat unlay. The Harrisburg, Pa., puddlershave abandoned the Union, and gone to work at reduced wages. The New York bank statement for the week showeel a net decrease in the reserve of 1,300,000. A premature explosion in a sand blast quarry, at Allen town, Pa., on Friday, killed two workmen. The Kansas Pacific R. R. has been awarded the contract for carrying government supplies over what is known as route No. 2, in Colorado and New Mexico. Tlie wool li.it factory of Chas. H. Terry A, Co., with a quantity of stock, burned at Methune, Mass.on Saturday. Satur-day. IxiHP. $.30,000; insurance, $2j 0X10. One hundred and fifty hanels thrown out of employment. |