Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10

suppose Hayes to be q mere man of
putty, who can he manipulated by
traders aud oilicc.mongers, and
made mere machine of for others
to grind, will find themselves mis-,
taken. lie is u strong, scll-rcliant,
self-willed man, who knows all nbou
the Government, and who will run
it. lie has fight on his hands,
but he will win. lie has the conf
Ilcnce Of the people, and can afford
to antagonize the trading pO,iti
clans.
FIGE-rRoor BUILDINGS.
The fire in Bond Street, in which
two millions of dollars went up,
shows how little sense there is IN
builders. The building was buill
by the Wallham Watch Co., and
was intended to he iire'proUf. The
walls were massive, the front was
iron, the beams and Orders were
iron, and everything was done t.
make the receptacle of millions Of
property absolutely safe. But the
floors were laid with Georgia pine,
which is about all roSiu, and the
castings and all the interior work
was made Of wood. A fire got into
it, how, no one knows-and this
iirc'prool' went up about ms quickly
as Il common frame barn. The III.
llamablrS inside made a heat that
curled the iron supports like pipe
stcms.and actually melted the walls.
The brick and iron afforded no re.
Sistance to the fret licked it up
about as readily as it did the wood
And now the architects are figuring
on buildings which won't burn.
They never will do it, if they make
the outside of brick and iron, and
hen put enough Georgia pine in
side to melt il.
FRIGHTENED CROWDS.
Another terrible accident took
place Thursday night. A series of
meetings are being held in ST. IA.
vier Catholic church, for women
and children, under the direction of
il Jesuit missionary, who is a won.
derfully moving preacher. He was
dwelling on the horrors OF purgato-
ry and had the congregation OF wo-
men-there was twenty-five hun
lrcd of them-ter,ibly excited. One
woman lost control of herself. and
>hricking, tainted. Some equally
frightened woman shriekcd fire, and
the mass made Il rush for the door.
The strong trampled remorselessly
over the weak, and when the build
ing was finally empticd, it was found
that Fix women and four or five
children had been tranpled to death.
Nobody seems to he to blame, but
it does seem as though in buildings
Intended for such purposes, some
provisions should be made for these
constantly occurring accidents. The
trampling killed as many people in
the Brooklyn theatre as the fire.
JOE CoBUnN.
There is some hope for New York.
Joe Cobnrn, the pugilist, and Dem
ocratic politician, discharged his lit
tie pistol at a policeman IA few weeks
ago and wounded him. The law,
which men of the Cohurn kidney
have heretofore laughed at, took
hold Of him. and Joseph was not
only convicted, but sen fenced to ten
years in Sing Sing. This rutliau
has been he terror Of New York for
years. lie has been il prize. .hter
a keeper of all sorts of crimiua! re
SORTS. and has been arrested hun.
drrdS Of times, but he was so use
ful to the Democracy in handling re
peate.s, and in organizing the sloul
dcr-hitterS, for election days, that
he has Away been let off without
nuch punishment. But the days
of these fellows is over. Public
opinion has got at last some inllu-
ence with Judges, and they dare
not compromise with scOundrclS
who are so we'll known as this Co.
burn. And so, Joseph. much to his
disgust, goes up for ten years, am,
his fellows shake in their shoes. Joe
GosS, another one of the fraternity.
who was concerned in the Allen
prize.feht in Kentucky, and was
employed by the ID emocracy in stuff
ling the ballot boxes in Cincinnati,
was taken out of the city on Il re.
QUESTION from the Governor of Ken
lucky, and he will lanSuish in the
prison of hat State for Il while
The sky is Frightening.
BUSINESS
Is improving for certain. The no.
tells are full of merchants. and,
thank heaven, they are buying
The big importers are rolling out
bales and boxes in the most cheer
full way, and the heart of the truck
man is made glad. Now. good peo-
pie in The interior, take a little heart.
We are not going to have war. We .
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