Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-03-22
WHOLE NO. 1869.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Political Fire Proof Buildings - Frightened
Crowds--J0e Coburn-Business.
New YORK, March ~. 1877.

Tildcn and Morrissey played bold,
daring game for very high stakes,
they losl, and subside. All talk of
resistance has stopped, for it was
never meant TO be anything. 1t was
intended 10 prevent the inaugura
ton, if possible, but was not intend.
ed to 60 any farther. The business
Democracy are as We'll pleased as
the Republicans that the question is
settled, and they will give the new
administration a cordial and honest
support. The Wall street men held
a meeting, and resolved, and the
Union League Club did likewise.
Both bodies recognized Hayes as the
legitimate President of the United
States, and endorsed the policy
showed forth in his inaugural as full
| ly as he could have desired it. The
Cabinet is entirely satisfactory to
New York, and altogether there lie
a sort of political love.feast prevail
ing, that is not only pleasant but
encouraging. don't know which
party ID the best satisfied. 1t k oks
now as though Hayes would so
amaIgamate The warning factions rs
to make but one party before his
term is out. And let me put a word
in here. Go very slow in the matter
| of the Senator's UerSus the President.
Gov. Haye is gong TO be President
| himself. He went into office With
the promise that he would reform
the civil service, and that he would
DO the President of the whole coun-
try. He will surround himself with
the RICH; mon. He will urge the
right measures, and If tho politicians
refuse to support him, be will throw
himself upon the people. Those who
suppose Hayes TO be a mere man of
putty, who can bs'manipulated by
traders aud Office mongers, and made
a more machine Of tor others to
| grind, will fiGd themselves mistaken.
He is a strong, self-roient, aelf-will-
ed nan, who knows all about the
| Government, aud who will run il.
He has a fight on his hands, but he
will win. He has the confidence of
the people, and can afford to antag-
onize the trading politicians.
Fire-P Proof Buildings.
The fire in Bond Street, III which
two millions of dollars went mp,
shows how little sense there is in
builders The building was built by
the Waltham Watch Co, and was
intended to be fre-proof The walls
were massive, the front was iron, the
beams and Orders were iron, and
everything was done to make the re-
ceptjcle of millions of property per-
fec1ly safe. But the aoors were laid
with Georgia pine, which is about all
rosin, and the castings and all the in~
terrier work was made OF wood A
fire got into it-how, no one Knows
and the fire proof building went
up about as quickly as common
frame barn. The inf9mahles inside
mad q heat that CURED the iron sup
ports like pipe stems, and actually
melted the walls. The brick and
iron afforded no resistance to the
fret licked it up about as readily
as It did the wood. Aud 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 put enough
Georgia pine inside to melt it.
frightened Crowds.
Another terrible accident to K
place Thursday night. A series of
meetings are being held in ST. Xavier
Catholic Church, for women and
children, under the direction of a
Jesuite missionary, who is a wonder.
fully moving preacher. He wac
dwelling on the horrors of purgatory
| and had the congregation of women
there was twenty five hundred of
thom-terribly excited. One woman
lost control of herself, and shriekiDg,
tainted. Some equally frightened
woman shriekei fire, and the mass
made rush for the door. The
strong trampIed remorselessly over
the weak, and when the building
was finally emptied, it was found
six women and four or FIVE children
had been trampled to death. No.
body seems 10 be TO blame, but it
does seem as though in buildings in
tended for such purposes, some pro-
vision should be made for these con-
stantly occurring accidents. The
trampIing killed as many people in
the Brooklyn theater as the fire.
Jce Coburn.
There is some hope for New York.
Joe Coburn, the pugilist, and Demo-
cratic politician, discharged his little
pistol at policeman few weeks
ago and wounded him. The law,
which men of the Coburn kidney
heretofore laughed at, took hold of
him, and Joseph was no. only con-
victed, but sentenced to ten years in
Sing Sing. This ruffian has been the
terror of New York for years. He
has been a prize fighter, keeper of
all sorts of criminal resorts, and has
been arrested hundreds of times, but
be was so useful to the Democracy
in handling repeaters, and in organ
izing shoulder. hitters, for election
days, that he has always been let off
without much punishment. But the
day of these fellows is over. Public
opionion has got at last some infu-
ence with judges, and they dare not
compromise with scoundrels who are
so we'll known as this CobIrn. And
so. Joseph, much to his disgust. goes
up for ten years, and his fellows
shake in their shoes. Joe Goss, an
other one of the fraternity, who was