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The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13
THE FIEND.

Wednesday morning Milwaukee was
visited by holocaust, reports Of which
has startled the nation and shaken the
people throughout the land as they have
not been. shaken since the Brooklyn
theater fire The Newhall house, the
largest hotel in the northwest, was en-
tirely destroyed, entailing fearful loss
of life, the list Of dead being over 100,
accompanied by long list of wounded,
many Of whom seriously. The scene in
the city was one of horror, and beyond
description. The principal loss Of life
was among the servants, who were quar-
tered in the sixth story, out Of reach Of
the fire escapes. Many heroic deeds Of
rescue are chrOnicled, and a score Of
brave deeds will live long in the memo
rieS of those who witnessed them. 1t is
now conceded that the building was a
fire trap, and everyone is wondering why
the public were so reckless as to trust
themselves within it's walls. The wonder
to us is, why a city of the pretentions
and advancement Of Milwaukee would
so long be cognizant Of the death trap in
its midst and not take steps to have the
proper Improvements made to meet such
an event as that of Wednesday. How
easy it is for city authorities and COM
munity generally to see the pitfalls that
have existed in their midst for years
after the pits have been piled full with
a hundred lives. 1t is time some strin-
gent legislation was had on this subject,
and that the same provisions were made
for the escape of servants in large hotels
as for the well-to-do guests. The men
who have allowed the death trap at
Milwaukee to exist until it was made
the funeral pile of 100 precious lives, are
deserving Of the curses of the families of
the unfortunates and the world at large
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forwarded through third person us the work
OF nameless novice In literature.
4 ".

II We reckon from the date OF the publication
of The Macdermotts." Mr.. Trollope's literary
labors covered a period OF some thirty-flve
years during only twenty Ave OF which. how
ever. had they been In tho least remunerativc.
During this period lie produced nearly forty
long novels. besides four volumes Of short tales.
books Of travel in the West Indies. In North
America. in Australia and New Zealand and in
South Africa besides writing q great deal for
newspapers ESPECIALLY the Pal Mall Gdzette)
and for magazines tincluding the st. Pauls.'
which he cditcdl. For the whole OF his literary
work ho received about $35O.OO0. n result which
he chnracterizos as comfortable but not splen-
did. Unuuestionably the total OF his earnings
is modest when wo boar In mind that Walter
Scott, at time whom the number uf
English novel readers was fnr moro limited.
gained by his pen about million and quar-
ter of dollars. Az regards quantity. Mr.. Troll
lope thinks lie is justihod IN averripg that his
literary performances are moro in amount than
the works OF any contemporary English author
He notes. with II satisfaction Tor which men
who are themselves hard workers will not
blame him. that he has published much more
than twice as much as Carlyle, and consider
ably moro than voitare. including the latter's
letters. II is not OF course. to be supposed
that in making his humble boast ms to guam
titv. Anthony Trollope would lay claim to anv
lofty measure Of literary excellence. That In
the writing OF books. quantity without quality
il vice and II misfortune has been too mani.
fcstly settled tp leave n doubt on such u
matter" He protests. indeed. that ho has
lever slighted the task he undertook to do. but
has honestly sought to nut forth tbs best.that
WIS in him Not on that account does he VEN
ture to rank himself among those who may
reasonably count upon enduring fame. do
not. he sayR. think II probable thu. my name
will remain among those who. In tho next CEN
! tury. will be- known us the writors Of English
prose fiction But do Law claim" he elsewhere
says. to whatever merit should be accorded
to me for rsrseverins diligence in my profess
sion And make tho claim. not with Il view to
| my own glory. but for the benefit OF those who
may read these pages. and. when young, may
| intend to follow the same career. Nuild dies
! sine lined. Let that be their motto. And let
| their work be to them as is his common work
| to the common aboror. l WAS once told that
the surest aid to the writing OF r book was IA
piece OF cobber's wax ON my chair. believe
| in cobbler's wax more than In inspiration"
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see that senior clerk as he seized a quire OF
blottine paper and rushed msdly to the aid OF
his superior officer. striving to mop NJ the ink
and sight also to see tho Colonel In his agony
hit right out through the boiting paper at
that senior clerks unoffending stomach. At
that moment Ia came the Colonels private sec
retary with the letter and the money. and was
desired to so back to my own room" Among
other little incidents which. as tho author pn-
thoticaly remarks. were against him in the
Office. may be mentioned the following which.
with other OF his Post Oflico experiences. was
alterward to figure in The Small House at
Abingdon" young woman down In the
country had taken 1t into her head that she
would like to marry Trollopc. who protests.
however. that tho invitation had come from
her and had lacked tho pluck to give 1t a de-
cided negative; l had loft the house within
half an hour. going away without my dinner.
and had never returned to 1t. Then there was
q correspondence that can bo called
CORES pondencc In which all the letters
came from one side. A, last the mother
appeared at the Post offce. My hair
almost stands on my head now. as |
remember tho figure Of tho woman walking
into the big room In which sat with six or
seven other clerks. having n large basket on
her arm and an immense bonnet on her head.
The messenger lad vainly endeavored to per
suade her to remain in the ante.room. She
followed the man In. and. walking up the csntre
OF the room. addressed mo in loud voice:
Anthony Trollope. when nre you going to
marry my dauGhtcr2 We have all had our
worst moments. AMI that was one Of my worst"
1t was not till lSil when Trolops was 90
years old. that his circumstances took II
favorable turn. through his appointment
to q berth which nobody else would take.
namely. the position Of surveyors clerk
In Ireland. There was much hard work
and great deal OF travelling. but his
income. nfter paying his expenses. became
$4,000. This was 80 much more money than
h, had ever possessed before. that Trollopc
thought himself rich enough to marry. and
some years after his marriage. which took
place in lS44. ho was promoted tn DO sur
veyor first in ireland and then in England
with salary Of $1,000. 1t Ia no doubt to tho
minute knowledge of Ireland and IA large part
OF England. which he acquired in tho prosecu-
ton of his official duties, that ws are indebted
Tor the extraordinary typographical as
well as social accuracy Of the pictures
presented in his novels. We need say no more
OF his Official lfo. except to remark that it
terminated by resignation in 1867. when. not
withstanding the great services which he was
acknowledged to have rendered. Mr. 'Scuda-
more was appointed instead Of himself. to the
.,ili If IIndor
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"OId Psp'." New Exodus.
,om The u,..ouri R,putiicau.

A wholesale exodus Of negroes t. the ialai.d
Df ,,pru. IN the Mediterranean under the GOy,Tni, II
~ the british cmlirs and IOpuintei with Iurkr
Jews and sbr h"sr"A from Nnrth"rn Afrru ~ trl' 'r
IT hy rour-l people VII" d"pt Ike The sup. ia,s
drrIsi,tn un the Ii,i Rights bl
The bland - ~ uIii.s III length and nhuu p, ~.
breadth lvnthirls NJ "a. island IN H.,
lr 80" ni - r"ynl'!. of sustaining several 'tHl' ~,
pfr"it population II hes III SEM roplCai
aud 'Hrrs mAnN advantages 10 the indusirinns litu
grant. The iipiigutur of the Kansas EH,N, A.
"oi Zap" whose real inins IL Brnisln sItgl-'Du.
now settled III 'Aru. ss ih. mex, land or pr"nlse ~
has made appeals 10 lhIlInthIOpsts for ussisiuI,
LIS lrlI.IIIe.
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A qu iet citi2en was astoni- he'd the other u!e M
a. ~ Ighi on FOURTH aNeuue group of pr.It, .,,M
were sthiiY on III. sidewalk naII nae a.u,
leading lackas- on her. r"uI-t J.rry hsrrs Jsrr,
tue glf1 nll sang "ni and thru Ihsv up and
aud raushsi ihv JnrA ass. AMI seemed d,lIshi-1 q nj
the Iri,t ciin'n tstn I" ths II TrAnlap ana butI-
hhG wondering " lie had l IA. fgiTIY. M.
larkast having l'r-n sutiirnt fOn,i,d wa, al .I.t,
lrd AWAY the rris crying "ut after hin ti""i b Der
r. g'~dps. .JrrIy!' NcSt norDing IN. gni.t Ctsel
ms, Informed ihst the Eri. w-r. Iar, yrl. Lii
they ani ths IAckAA great IOrit. belonged u tiu
same troupe tut had 10 be separated during III.
travel They were About to undertake
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ii.

Thus far there had been little promise In
Trollope's life. and the next seven years were
scarcely more nuspicious. In 1884 he obtained
a cerkship in tho London Post Oliice through
friend OF his mothers. who two yearS sarlier.
had published her book on the domestic man
ners Of the Americans which had given her n
certain reputation. and enabled her TO relieve
tho more pressing wants of the family. This
clerk ship was very far from being brilliant
situation, the salary being $3.50 year. on which
tho recipient was to live In London. keep no
his character as gentleman. and be happy.
" That l." he says. should have thought this
possible mt tho aga OF nineteen. and should
have been delighted at being nblo to make the
attempt does not surprise mo now: but that
others should have thought it possible.
friends who knew something OF the world. does
astonish mey During tho whole OF his seven
ysurs in the General Post ONCE Trollope was
hopelessly In debt. ant wns often unable to get
his dinner. He fell into the hands Of money
lender and for one debt Of hundred dollars.
which grew monstrously under repeated re-
newals. no had ultimately TO pay over thou
sand dollars. Il cnnnot think now" ho tells
us how | conlh have lived and sometimcs
have enjoyed life with such a burden OF 'luns
as endured Sherif's officers with uncanny
documents OF which mover understood any
thing were common attendants on me. Ana
yet do not remember that ] was ever locked
up, though think WAS twice u prisoner. In
such emergencies some ono paid for me-
Trollops was always. too. In hot water In tho
Post once. and continually on the eys of be-
ing dismissed IIo had very soon achieved q
character for irregulnriy. and como to be re-
ghrded us black shoep. On ono oc-
casion. In tho performance OF my duty.
| had to put u private letter containing bank
notos on the Secratary's table. which letter
had duly opened as IL was not marked private
The lettsr WAS seen by the Secretary. Col
Mabery. but had not been moved by him when
he left the room. On his return 1t was gone
In the mean time had returned to the room
again in tho performance OF some duty. Whom
the letter was missed was sent for. and there
| found the Colonel much moved about his
letter. and q certain chief clerk who. with q
long face. WAS making suggestions rs to the
probable fate of the money. The letter has
been takon' said tho Colonel turning to me
angriy. and by G- there las been nobody In
the room but You and L. AZ he spoke he
thunderel his fist down upon the table.
Then said !. by G. you have taken IL.
F, aud also thundsred my fist down--but acc-
dentnlly not upon the table. There was there
| a standing movable desk. at which presume
4 was tho Colonel's habit To write and on this
movable desk was d large bottlefui 6f ink. My
! fist unfortunately came down on the desk. and
the Ink at once new up, covering tho Colonel 5
face and shirt front Then It was sight to
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SOME NEW ROCKS.



since MISS Martlneau told the story OF her
Own hGrdworeing ii'e no book has been given
20 the world SO repete With interest and
wis., advice to the toilcrs with the pen as tho
.if'""N"phD W .lnWonv JrOloDc reprinted By
'hr ila'iHrs. This book is not pat forth as an
ethduHiive narrative Of the authors life. but
only MS M account Of his literary career, in
cluihg. "f course. those incidents and inilu.
tn fs Wilch served 20 prepare him for his work.
~ which :"ndca tn thwart or further It aftcr IT.
N"' iriTiy hogun. Aside from tho information
g. q rtatlrhl aud professional kind. and the ill.,
au "'!a'Io hairfal suggestions that 1t contains.
t,'- autobiography will leave two convic-
tons deeply impressed upon the nind .! evory
th"n.htiui reader, In view OF this mans ex-
peilehcc and honorable achievements IL is
iihpossuJle To dnnbt that literary labor may
ana ,loGii. in tho great majority of Instances.
be rs peslectiy sys;c!natlzud as any other form
of industry or business. While this lesson.
moreover. is inculcatsd unob,rusivcl, yot con
oiusiVc!y Dy tho patient aid uuremittinE
eiIoris of the writer III vocation on which
there still rests. in the esteem Of the com
munity. Il trace Of The old stigma OF Bohemian
improridencs. irrcguarity. aud license we
find ourselves nt the same time conccivinI
warm regard and sincere admiration for
Trolope's character as man. HIS
childhood. youth. and early manhood
were darkened and embittercd by srieis.
hardshps. and dcgrada,ions far more
severe anu poignant shan those which 10 1t
'thaekera, permanently sourcd; yet in Troll
iope tho milk "i human kindness was never
turned to gall. The recollection III hia own
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ing testimonial Of love and respect. Tie ac-
cident has cast gloom oyer the entire com
mliniy. While the people were returning to
their homes from the funeral Mr.. George
Alser received telegram from Richford an
nouncing the death by drowning that after
noon OF his brother Harley son of Mr. Edison
Alger of that place.
Sunday morning about o'clock during a
severe thunder storm a current of electricity
passed through one side of the residence OF
Mr.. William II. Blake I'd in such quantity
as to affect quite alarmingly for time Mr.,
Edward bradley, who was sleeping in that
part of the house. The shock was so severe
as to extinguish lighted lamp and affect
somewhat other members of the family in
that portion OF the house. Dr. Wilder was
called and succeeded in relieving Mr., Brad.
ley in a degree, although he suffered consd-
erably during the day from its effects.
Some boys raded the cellar of Shedon's
drug store by the back way, some day last
week. and carried of some of the old liquor.
belonging.to the town which had been stored
there for safe keeping, We suppose 1t was
used for medicinal purposes.
The industries of East Fairfield are thriv
ing. Among them we may mention the lum-
beI and saw-mill under Mr.. r. S. Reads
management. The mill has capacity OF
10000 feet per day, employs six hands and
hasa fine water privilege. Messrs. Burton
& Brodie's Touring and grst mill having
been thoroughly rebuilt and put in repair i.
doing thriving business, employing from
two to four hands. Corn and wheat are
bought and stored by the car load. The firm
| of Green Il Soule, patent medicines, have
dissolved. DR.. Green is moving into new
quarters and will carry on the business alone.
W. q. Prou,y, manufacturer of felloes, fills
many orders out of the State. He also
manufactures chair stuff for market.
The Ransom Guard of st. Albans have
received from the Citizens Corps of Troy,
n. Y, as an evidence of good will and
appreciation, handsome imported pla que,
| some twenty inches in diameter, on which is
painted the corps badge, containing the
words "Iium tiuh. 1roja est" The plaque
is in u beautiful frame of gilt ard velvet, the
whole thing being about thirty inches square.
Attached to the plaque, in neat frame, are
appropriate resolutions,
The reported strike among the railroad la.
borers at Alburgh was confined to half doz-
en- men, who under a worthless and drunken
boss demanded more pay Their demands
were not complied with, and they struck fol
half day. They all applied for work Mon.
day, but Capt Hawley of Gallup Il Hawlcy
would not rehre them and ordered them to
clear out. About eco men are at work on
the new road
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RUTLAND.


The Centre Rutland marble company is
building new eight gang marble mill on the
west side OF the Rutland railroad near the
double road crossing
The total taxes for all purposes upon in
habitants of Rutland village for 1888 amount
10 III cents on the dollar of the grand list, as
rial hall, 10 village 20. special village for
sewers, 5 : highway Is, graded school 25,
State school 7. The total taxes amount to
Sll. 20 upon each thousand dollars of assess
ed valuation.
i. w. Marshall, assignee of Geo w. Hill
lard, insolvcnt debtor, has disposed of the
stock of dry goods for $500, being 80 per
cent Of the inventory price. 1t is under
stood that the store will soon be reopened in
charge of Mr.. billiard.
The Albion, Columbian Dorset and Yer
mont marble companies and the firms of Gill
son j. WooIdn, Ripley Sons and Sheldon
Is Sons, pay little over one fifth OF all the
taxes paid in town.
The blackmail or extortion case against III.
w. Love before Justice Wayne Bailey was
concluded Saturday, after three days hear
Ing. John ID. Spclman prosecuted for the
State, while the respondent was represented
by ex-Judge Dunlon and c. b. Eddy of Bel
lows Falls. The case was brought under Sec.
412l of the REVISED laws which makes 1t an
oifeuse punishable with fine not exceeding
$500, or Imprisonment not exceeding two
years if any person ''malcousy threatens
TO accuse another of cine or offence, or
with an injury 10 his person or property with
intent to cXtort money or other pecuniary
advantages, or with intent to compel the per-
son 50 threatened to do an act against his
will" The complaint alleged that Love
threatened to accuse Benz, II Wooley of the
crime of selling liquor, etc, aud extorted
from him, etc. Wooley tesliiies that Love
came to him and told him there were war
rants signed for seizure and search for liquor
against him and that unless he (WoOley) paid
him novc) the warrants would be served and
that he (Love) controlled the warrants Love
claimed on the stand that Wooley agreed to
and did pay him money II he could get word
to Wooley of the contemplated raids and
would look after Woolcys interests so that
he might escape prosecutions for liquor sell
ing Love says he took the money so as to
connect Wooley with the notorious rum
saloon that Wuoley ran in the names of his
clerks that he had attempted and tried 10
get lauor there, but whenever Wooley treat
cd he always paid 80 that nothing could be
fastened on Wooley, Love says that all his
doings were reported to the committee un-
der whose direction he was prosecuting and
their testimony corroboratcs Loves. During
the trial it turned out that the grand jury in
yesligated this whole affair last September
and failed to find II true bill against Love.
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SWANTON.
The Drowning of Jesse Bradley.

Jesse Bradley, drowned at Swanton, Fri
day night, was the son of Mrs. William
llousinger of Alburgh and of the late
Thomas Bradley of Williston. In company
with two Other boys abcgt his owl age,
young Bradley went in bathing in the Missis-
quot about half past eight. He could swim
some. hut was not expert enough to venture
with safety in deep water. In wading about,
the current, which is quite strong, swept
them into water beyond their depth, just
above the Portland and Ogdensburgh bridge.
Earl Green, one the boys with Bradley,
and quite . swimmer attempted to rescue
his companion, but was unable to do 50, be-
ing pulled under several times himself The
alarm in the meantime had been given and
several men were soon searching for the
body. Captain Ilawley, of the steamer Ma.
guam, who happened to be in town, recover
ed the body, which was in about six feet Of
water. Every effort was made to restore life
for over two hours, but with no avail. Young
Bradley was fourteen years old, a promising
lad, and a little gentleman lie had been at
tending school here and during the vacation
was clerking in the hardware store of w. III.
Blake. The funeral was held on Sunday al
p. M. at the Meth dist. The interment we;
at Swanton,
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ADDISON COUNTY.

Rev. George. S. Pine of New Canaan,
Conn, has declined the call to the rectorship
Of st. Stephens Episcopalian church in Mid
dlebury.
The scholars OF the graded school and
their friends held largely attended and
very pleasant sociablc in the hall on Wednes-
day evening, at the end of the years work
of the schools, A twelve weeks vacation
will be gwen the scholars.
The body of George Donohue, of whose
drowning in Otter Creek here Wednes-
day cyci lug you were informed by tel
egraph, was recovered from the water,
Thursday morning, after the search
had Leen unavailingly kept IN
late into Wednesday night. This is sad
bereayements to the lads parents, who some
seven or eight years ago lost another child by
drowning in II ciStcrn. 1t is curious fact
that during the past dozen years or 60 one or
more young boys have been drowned In the
river here almost every season, and still this
fact does not deter others from going into
the water when no one is near to give them
help if needed Tho only companion OF the
poor drowned lad at the time he went into
| the water was q little fellow not more than
| five or six years old. who Was utterly unable
| to render any assistance, and could do ne
more than carry the sad news TO the villaA
when help was out of the question.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mulcahcy and Miss
Katie Mulcahcy Of New York, formerly of
| Mddlcbury, are in town TO spend part of
the Summer.
Monday and Tuesday the final examina-
tions of the Senior class in college took place,
and the Seniors now have two weeks in
| which they have nothing to do but to pre-
pare their orations for the commencement
stage.
The project for getting up a Fourth of
July celebration here this year seems not to
have met with sufficient financial supper.
and has been virtually abandoned.
Several years ago Mr.. Nelson b. Douglass,
of Cornwall invented and had patented hay
aud grain loading machine, which was at
once seen to be very valuable acquisition
to the farmers hay making machinery. But
for some reason or other no business like at
tempts were made to push the loader into
such recognition among the farmers as ils
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TwENTY.ONE INFANT SKULLS
Found In an AbOrtiOnisys Cellar,

PnLADELPHIA, Pa, June 20.-Thc police
to-day found in the cellar of dwelling on
North Fifth street, formerly occupied by
DIR. Isaac Hathaway, an alleged abortionist,
the bodies of several children and large
number of human bones. Hathaway was
arrested in March, 1881, with Rev. Thomas
b. Miller for committing criminal malprac-
tice upon Mary Butler, a servant girl, whose
child died after the operation. Both were
admitted to bail and Hathaway fled. He,
however, returned some ago but has never
been re-arrested on that charge. Three months
ago his wife charged him with brutally
assaulting her and threatening her life. She
asked to have warrant issued for his arrest
but subsequently withdrew the charge. She
told the officials at that time that her husband
had performed several criminal operations
upon her and she knew that he had perform
cd hundreds of others. Up to four o'clock
this afternoon 81 skulls or portions of skulls
of infants have been found buried Ia the Gel
lar of the dwelling. Hathaway is now in the
county prison, charged with assaulting a rel
alive. The coroner has lodged u detainer at
the prison against him.