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[[Start Page]] [[preprinted]] July, FRIDAY, 23, 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt + 70[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.28 @ 7 [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]] /a [[ditto for: Tempt]] + 72[[degree symbol]] [[ditto for: and Barometer]] 28.12 @ 6 Pm Pleasant this morning - Heavy Rain, accompanied by thunder and lightening this Pm - Not raining now (6 Pm) but 'tis very cloudy and threatening - Vulcan worked 10 hours; received 48 cars B Mtn idle [[ditto for: received]]] 0 cars Had some trouble at Vulcan Colliery, east side Egg Elevators - Delayed hoisting for about an hour - Will make up the lost time to-night - Few men working at Buck Mountain - Mr. Walters has been elected Prest. of the Lehigh Coal Co. The "Pennsyania" cars are scarce - Milnesville Colliery worked broken time this week - something very unusual - Papers announce that 2 pigeons, of Mr. Andree, the Norweigan Baloonist, have [[strikethrough]] been found [[/strikethrough]] returned with messages, to the effect that he and baloon crossed the north pole - [[end page]] [[End Page]] [[Start Page]] [[preprinted]]July, SATURDAY, 24. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt + 69[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.20 @ 7 [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]] /a [[ditto for: Tempt]] + 72[[degree symbol]] [[dittos for: and Barometer]] 28.19 @ 4 Pm Pleasant this morning although threatening Rain Raining gently this Pm Both Collieries idle. Received 46 cars - Will load about [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]] /5 of them - Everything quiet - [[End Page]]