The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-06

Thursday, the 18th day OF November
next, the people meet in their res
pective places of worship to make
their acknowledgements to Almighty
God for His bounties and His pro-
lection and to offer to Him prayers
for their continuance.
In witness whereof I have hereun-
to set my hand and caused the seal OF
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city OF Washington
this first day of November, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty, and of the in
dependence OF the United States the
one hundred and fifth.
(Seal) r. B. HAYES.
BY the President,
VIM. M. EvARTs. Secretary of State.
BIBLE REVISION COMPLETED.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The Ameri-
can Bible Revision Committee have
completed the revision of the Eng
lish version of the New Testoment,
and transmitted the result of their
labors to England. The British
Committee will meet in November
for final action and the University
presses of Oxford and Cambridge
are expected to issue the revised
New Testament in February, 1881.
The Old Testament will be published
two or three years after. The Amer
lean revisers have given their time
and labor for eight years without
compensation, The necessary ex-
penaes have been provided for by
voluntary subscriptions.
MARRIAGE OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. JR.
NEW YORK, Nov. Ulysses S.
Grant. Jr., was married this morning
to Miss Fannie j. Chaffee. daughter
of Ex-senator Chaffee. The cere
mony, which was quiet one, took
place at the house of the bride )
father, 26 west 5Sth street. Rev. DIR.
Newman officiated.
FIRES THAT CANNOT BE QUENCHED.
POTTsvILLE, Pa. Oct. A.-The
failure of all the -atlemps to extin-
guish the fire which has been raging
in the Kelley Run colliery for sew
eral weeks, it is feared, will add an
either to the perpetually burning
mines that now exist in the Pennsyl.
vania anthracite regions. The great
est of these is probably that in the
jugular vein, near Coal Castle, in
this county. This has been burning
since 1885. Lewis F. Dougherty
opened this vein in 1888. The upper
drift of the nine was above water
level, and huge fire was kept in a
CRATE at the mouth of the mine in
winter to keep the water from freez-
ing in the cutters. One night in the
above year the timbers of the drift
caught fire from the CRATE. When it
was discovered the fire had been car
ried down the air hole to the lower
drifts and was beyond control. Two
miners entered the mine, hoping TO
recover their tools. They never came
out. The mine was abandoned. No
effort was maze to mine any of the
coal near the burning vein, although
it was considered the best coal in the
region, until 1856. Then John Nc
Ginnis put in slope en- the east side
of it. below water level. He struck
the vein at a place where two miners
could keep large breaker supplied.
When 400 yards of gangway had
been excavated the heat from the
burning Dougherty mine began to
bother the miners. McGinnis at
tempted to open an air hole. The
heat became so great that the men
were paid double wages to induce
them to work. They worked entire
~ naked, and were relieved every
ten minutes. Finally the heat be-
came so intense that work WAS aban-
doned. The mine was flooded. AT
ter being pumped cut. men could
again work for few days. Tho mine
was flooded nine times. McGinnis
finally failed, and the mine WAS then
abandoned. The fire has been raging
i'm thu vein ever since. An area OF
half a mile in every direction has
been burned. No vegetation grows
on the surface. In places the ground
has caved in, forming chasms hun
dred feet deep.
There is but thin shell of earth
over the pit of fire. At night blue,
sulphurous flames issue from the
crevices in the ground. 1t is dan
gerous to walk across the spot. Sew,
eral persons have mysteriously dis.
appeared in the vicinity during the
past twenty years. 1t is believed
that in a majority of the cases they