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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-12

HARRISBURG, April lin the Senate a
bill was introduced TO prohibit the manu-
facture and sale OF internal machines and
devices TO destroy life and injare property
A bill was also introduced preventing an '
attempt TO personate or represent any be-
ing recognized as divine in the New or o d
Testament in any show or other theatrical
porfnrmanra
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Appointment of a Receiver.

STEtBESvILLE, April II The Wool Grow.
srs' Exchange, TO dsy, appointed John W.
Trsnier receiver. The liabilities are 49,
90, and the assets sufficient to paw eight
per cent The creditors are farm. r. living
in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
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DR.. Marshall Released on b all.

PIrrsBURGH, April ll.-Dr. G. H. Mar.
shall, the alleged blackmailer of Mary An
derSon, was released on twelve hundred
dollars bail to-day for his appearance be-
fire the United States Commissioner on
the nine teenth instant.
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WASHINGTON.
TIE Postmaster General Takes
the Oath of Office.
Governor Butler Bulldozes the District At
tOrney and Gets Big fes--A
New Presidential Ticket-Sher-
man Won't Have Ii.
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES,
Special Dispatch to tie Register.

WASHINGTON, April 1l.-Judge Gresham
took the oath Of Office and entered upon
his duties as Postmaster General to-day
The honors Of public place seem TO sit
lightly upon him and it is hoped he will
prove a valuable member of the Cabinet
He will not find much, however, to make
a record on as the Department comes into
his hands in good condition.
Governor Butler swooped down on the
Attorney General and Commissioner Raim
yesterday and affected a compromise in the
case of the Government against Bsyeaud &
Peraud. of New York. These are the gen.
tlemen who, for series OF years. received
the crooked whisky of Bush, the Massachu-
sstts distiller, also a client of Governor
Buffers. The New York partners In the
conspiracy had so little understanding
of their own case that they plead.
ed guilty. They then offered s2O-
OCO compromise, and on this being re-
fused they concluded they were not guilty
and asked TO be allowed to withdraw their
plea. When Commissioner Raum said
NO" to this, instead of packing their
trunks for the PenItentiary they seem to
have turned instinctiyely to Governor
Butler.
The discharge of the colored messenger
Black, from the Navy Department, for re-
fusing to perform household duties for one
Of the Government officials, has resulted in
several indignation meetings of colered
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Public Lands.

Representative Holman of Indiana, in
an interview with q reporter here speaking
of public lands said: Il would not con-
sent to the sale of an acre. AS We are
drifting this generation will see the public
land adapted to agriculture substantially
disposed Of in the hands of cOrpOrOtion
and private parties. No, sir; | would not
sell an acre Of public lands adapted to agri'
culture tsuhieCt to grants for education) for
the simple purpose of securing homes to
bona iids settlers. This is the whole land
grant system. The time has long since
gone BY when our Government could al
ford to permit speculation in public lands.
Ard let ne tell you, our people will never
appreciate the value of our public lands
until the General Land Office is closed up.
The land monopoly feature of this land
grant system is the most odious ever de-
vised in any country, already il is creating
imperial land estates. | see the Northern
Pacific Company has sold six million acres
to an English syndicate. We are to have a
taste Of baronial possessions.
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Brutal Assault.

UxIoNrowS, Pa. April ll.-On Sunday
niSht two unknown men broke into the
house of an old woman named Mccoy,
about q mile south of this place, and bru.
tally assaulted her. She is feeble wauan
as years old. The brutes escaped and
uof6ieg is known OF their identity.
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SWORN IN.
PosImaster-General Gresham Takes
the oath.

WAsHINGTON, April ll.-Judge W. Q,
Gresham arrived at the Postottice Depart
ment at II o'clock to-day, accompanied by
J. W. Foster, Minister to Spain. He pro-
ceeded at once to the Postmaster General 5
room, where in the presence Of the post
office officials he was sworn in by the ven
cradle Judge LsurenS, one Of the depart.
ment officers He took the iron.clsd oath.
He is the thirty-frst Postmaster General,
beginning with Samuel OSgood. Judge
Laurens has sworn in every Postmaster
General since Cave Johnson, of Kentucky,
in ISIS. The clerks of the department were
then introduced to Mr.. Gresham.
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a Fatal E.cAnaiIR-

CAnBRIrGE, o., April IA young man
of this place named Birney Snit got on a
drunk and hang on a Baltimore and Ohio
railroad train, but losing his hold fell under
the m. els and was killed almost instantly.
His hody was cut to pieces and his head
eonapiticly severed.
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Indian NlaUGhSeV.

HERN.srIIA, MEXioo, April lI.-Ninsty-
three have been killed IN this State since
the Apache outbreak, Of which twenty.
seven were Americans. II 10 believed
many were killed who were not reported.
At falTer Ranche ton Wers hilIed last
Tuesday. Three bodies were horribly
manplcI
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Death Of. ,.ro..I..ss Nss.

WAsHrSGror, Pa, April II.-One OF our
most prominent citizens. John McElroy.
died yesterday evening For many years
he h,s been buying and selling grain. lie
war the founder and ownsS of the wAsh.
ington isnnery. which ba, been 10 opera
ton twenty FIVE years
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The PeriIs Of Coal Mining.

New PHILADELPHIA, o, April ll.-rheO.
dore Lennox one of the coal diggers in the
Bsrnhill coal mines. a few miles from
here was buried beneath huge mass of
earth while digging coal, and was fatally y
Lurt.
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Railroad Accident.

DETROIT, MICH, April 11.-Last night an
EXPRESS train over the Flint Pere & Mar.
quette railroad, from this city, collided
with stray fiat car at the County Line
Station, sixteen miles southeast of Sagi.
nav. The train, consisting of baggage,
mail, smoker, first-class and parlor car,
was thrown off the track. Engineer John
Hewitt and fireman, Rhodes, were seri-
ously injured, the former having three ribs
broken and receiving internal injuries.
Rhodes was injured in the bowels and re-
Ceived an incision in the abdomen, but
will probably recover. Geo. Eli and P.
Heyser, Of Detroit, were considerably
bruised and confined TO their rooms at the
hotel There were fifty passengers on
board 1t was miracle that all escaped
without further injury.
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CaVySs .sSOgaPAaa.

WoRcTsrEE, Mass April u-In thscisy
pigeon shooting, Carver broke W out Of 100.
BORaTfnh So
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Unsafe 10 Predict.

Several names have already been mention
ed, among them Foster, Butterworth, Nc
Kinley aud Lawrence. Many of the coun-
try newspapers have had considerable to
say in favor of Judge Lawrence, and he is
known to be in the field for the nomina-
ton. In many respects he would
be a strong candidate. He has been
a long time in public life, is good
lawyer and a man OF unblemished charac'
ter and unqCestioned integrity, but the Re-
pubhcans OF Ohio are not gsing to be cap.
tured by any boom this year, and so it
would not be safe to predict the nomina'
ton of Judge Lawrence or any other man.
Gov Foster, have good reason to believe,
does not desire to be a candidate for re elec'
ton. Mckinley would be very strong
candidate in my opinion. Major Butter.
worth has good many friends who would
be glad to see him nominated"
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AnOfherTicket. A

An zening paper publishes an inter
view with a prominent Indianian, who
says ex-senator Mcdonald, of Indians, and
William \. Wallace of Pennsylvania, is
one OF the strongest teams that can be
run at the head of the Democratic ticket
in 1884, and gives these as his rea-
sons: because the business men and
business interests generally would
have no fears OF their doing anything to
disturb the prosperity Of the country. The
man who represents the great corporations
OF the country would not be afraid Of them.
know that Mr. Vanderbilt would support
that ticket; in fact, he would prefer Wal
lace at the head Of the ticket, because he
and Wallace are warm personal friends,
but he would support the ticket with Joe
Mcdonald at the head, know"
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Righteous Indignation,

and led him to exclaim, "Can such thing.
be?" In the closet small as it was, were
al the "bar" features on a small scale,
while sink with a hole in the centre large
enough to allow the passing down through
il of a jug was somewhat uncommon and
Portland feature. From the opening in
The bottom of tie sink tunnel way led to
the cellar, and overhead was some sort OF
an arrangement connected with rope, the
exact nature of which the good man could
not at first make out. A pull at the rope,
however, solved the mystery, for q
heavy weight-it was found later to
weigh seventy-tive pounds - fell from
overhead and made its way through the
hole in the sink, and down the tunnel to
the ground below. The plan had evident.
iy been TO, when alarmed by the coming OF
the officers or suspicious of the approach
OF danger, send the liquor, whether In Jugs
or bottles, TO the ground below, and then
to send the heavy weight after it, the
weight of course smashing the jugs or bot.
ties at once A considerable quantity OF
broken glass was found in the bottom OF
the cellar, thus showing that the trap" as
il and like arrangements would be called
here, have been often used. A very large
number of similar, and in some instances
very much more complicated,
Schemes 10 Evade the Law
are in existence here. They are not always
in use, but are fallen back upon when the
officers commence to enforce the prohibi.
tory law with extra earnestness. There is
a man here who devotes the most of his
time to the construction of these traps"
and some OF his devices are said TO be mar.
yels of their kiRd. He stated recently,
when little talkative, that he had made,
all told about 200 of these "trapsn OF
which number only about thirty have been
found. In the mentioned case the trap
was complete surprise to the owner Of the
building, and doubtless there are many
private houses in the city that are provided
with similar fixtures, and the result is that,
in two many cases, children are made ia.
mlliar with the sight and use Of liquor
from the time they commence to walk. In
the above case it is estimated that the
trap" cost about $50. The owner of the
building ordered it taken out, which led a
gel tleman in the trade" to observe: Sure.
an its bir pity to spoil so good bit o.
work "
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DRINKING IN MAINE.
Ingenious Devices TO Evade Neal Dow's
Strict Law.

PORTLAND, April ia very singular IL
lustration Of the fact that the liquor traffic
is still carried on in Maine, and that in the
most unexpected and unlocked for places,
was recently given, much to the surprise
and indignation of man who is not in the
habit of giving much comfort and assist
ance to evil-doers and law-breakers. The
gentleman in question was called upon to
make some repairs in house from which
tenant had just moved, and while looking
the property over found closet door that
did not open. The door was forced, but
not without considerable difficulty, and
then the good man saw sight that filled
his soul with
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OHIO.
Gossip About John sherman and
Other GubernRtOriaI Possibilities.

Ofher GubernatoriaI Possibilities.
WASHINGTON, April 1l.-In conversation
with a friend to-day Senator Sherman said
he would not be a candidate for the Re-
pnblican nomination for Governor of Ohio.
He thought to nominate at this time would
be unwise, and did not think he could
agree to be candidate even il the nomina-
ton should be rendered.
While the reasons which Influence Sena-
tor Sherman in regard to this matter were
not disclosed by his friends, one of them
was probably fairly stated to night by Con-
gresham Robinson, of Ohio, to your cor
respondent.
Gen. Robinson said: Senator Sherman
cannot afford to be candidate for Cover
nor this year, nor can the Republicans
afford to nominate him. Suppose that he
should be nominated and elected, and that
q Democratic majority should be elected To
the State Legislature; the result would be
that in January next two United States
Senators, instead of one, would be chosen
BY that Legislature, which would be equiv
aieut TO giving control Of the United States
Senate to the Democrats during the next
two years.
Who will probably be the Republican
candidate.for Governor, them asked the
correspondent.
ssTbat would he very
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IA A d RiHislenfl.

Barr MORE. April 1.-THE Ba,.imor, &
Ohio Railroad Company declared a Sc nj.
sn1nai dividend of i've per cent.
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NEW CASTLE, Pa, April 1.-THE P. & l..
+. freight depot, situated in the Fourth
ward of this city, was set on fire about
o'clock yesterday morning, and at the same
time the ten pin alley, in the rear Of the
Courant printing office, run by Henry
Waiter, was also fired. Both buildings
were frame and were burned 10 the ground
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-12

BALTIMORE
CleyeIsbds..-.1 l i Is
Philadelphia o 0 ! 80
NV YoEK-
BO-tOOb ''''.'.''''''''
MsuopOlitans
The hest Spring medicin. kuo.a Is thai
Hopdertul tonic, B1oNG's Iron RItsrs.
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A tFue tCniCIrsdiCiEe. s blessing iu every
ktu<1l old, is Browns lion BiIters.
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FIRE RECORD.

RANGooN, April IA disastrous fire
broke out to, day at NJ ndalay, Burmah. A
thoUsand buildings were destroyed, in
Guiding the residences of several cabinet
ministers. Two prisoners were burned to
death in their cells.
BooTHRAY, Me-, April 1.-THE extensive
works and storehouses of the kniCkerbock-
er Ice Company were discovered to be on
fire at l o'clock. Eleven great houses, the
engine house, all extensive runs aud the
shops are destroyed, and the fire at 5
o'clock was still raging terribly with the
wind blowing a gale
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Grist Mill Burned.
Incendiary RIre,

SlHrwICH, ILL, April 1.-THE three
story stone grIst mill, owned by A. McCul
lsH was burned here Yesterday morning
Loss. Sl5, 900: insurance. s. 900
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The Diamond Mine Affair on a
Smaller Scale.
cAvE-.N or A MICHIGAN ORE MINE.
Eight Men Carried a Distance of 1000
Feet and Buried Aliye-IerribIe
Experience ofan Ocean Steamer
Out From New York.

DETROIT, Mich, April 11.-An accident
the most disastrous to human life that
ever occur red in any OF the Lake Superior
mines happened at the Keelridge mine, IN
the Menomonee range iron district, yesser'
day afternoon, when about ninety feet OF
ground between the main engine-house
and No. / shaft caved in. The engine
house in which were nine men and all the
mine machinery and four large boilers,
went down distance OF from one to two
thousand feet. All the men were killed
outright or buried alive, excepting Ed
ward Wicks, who went down 100 feet and
then remained on top Of the debris with
his leg broken at the thigh and one OF his
ribs fractured. His recovery is doubtful.
A pump and boiler must be put in before
other bodies are removed. 1t will take q
week or more.
The mine was about TO be abandoned, as
the ore body was exhausted. All the men
were on the surface, hoisting the steam
pines out OF the shaft. The work OF rescu.
Ing the buried victims was resumed this
morning. Crowds of people have gathered
from all points in the neighborhood, and
volunteers to aid in the work OF rescue are
numerous. Every effort is being made to
get the bodies OF the Unfortunate men out
as soon as possible.
The names of the killed as now ascer-
tanned are: Patrick Egan, Richard Will
Iiams, VIM. Jeffrey, w. Henderson, John
Morris, VIM. Pollock, Thos. James and A.
Helmer.
Another Account.
EscANABA, MICH,, April ll.-A cave in oc-
CURED at the Teelridge mine, between
Quinnesec and Iron Mountain, soon after
o'clock yesterday afternoon, carrying down
an engine house and eight men as follows:
Patrick Esan, Richard Williams, W. Hen.
derson, John Morris, Thomas James, Ell
ward Wicks, VIM. Jaffrey and VIM. Pollard.
Up TO s O'Clock last night only one man,
named Witks, had been rescued, and he
vas fstally injured. These men were on
the surface. None were at work in the
mine. The mine is located two miles west
OF Ouinnessec. The cave-in embraced a
space rs by so feet. Besides the men it
engulfed it took in all the machinery, in
Guiding four large boilers, falling dis
tance OF 200 feet. At the present writing
it is believed that the lives of all the men
are lost, and it is estimated the recovery
of the bodies will require week or more.
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TO change the day in the election years
under the existing constitution, vas pro
posed by the Legislature to the vote OF the
people a. the general election TO be held on
The second Tuesday in October. 1894, in order
mot to change the election on that day,
for it sppoints and confirms IL as such day },
but change the election dsy in election
years, which will fall in in future years
The amendment bad. by the provision OF
the constitution itself. ss q necessity TO it.
effect 70 be submitted for ratification OF
rejection at the next general election. and
It's adoption must be based on the admis
sion that the October elrctisn, in 1884,. i,
the next constitutional general election
after the legislature proposed the sulsnd
uent. To deprive the day of that chrac
ter is 10 show the amendment nnE 4 no: b.
adopted. lhUus- ...e gAU.e leJI.s yoiet
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and all difficulty il avoided. This Atera.
ton Is universally acceded to. IL Is m
over sight, and the connection becomes .
necessity TO avoid an absurdity - In the
present case.
The election laws was one subject which
the constitution seems necessarily or do
signedly 10 leave 20 the perfecting and sup.
plineutary power Of the Legislature, ant
the position Of the Governor, Mr. Morros
and perhaps Others. thst the amendment
will not &C, ~ pr-picss yisore, but await
the sction Of tie next Legislature 10 gise u
form. life and application. seems 70 he cor.
rect, and furnishes a very plain road oG. oil
any muddle.
Hoping ths, the amendment will he
adopted and that the general spirit OF ths
constitution ~ one clsuse OF IL gives up the
ghost On the second Tuesday Of October
1854 will se, all right In peace and harmony
lam yours. DC,
A. r. WarTL
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-01
How Did Maine Get Its Name?

In paper read before the American
Antiquarian Society Hamilton r. Staples
said that the name of Maine was given
to that State descriptively, since in the
original charter it was considered ''the
Mayne Land of New England" Mr..
William II. Smith writes to the Portland
Press, quoting this assertion and say
ing: 81 have heard that our State has
been named for Frankfort-on-the-Ma Maine;
for the Province of Meyne, in France.
Williamson says, Volume l., Section L,
of his history, ''that the Maine was
called Mavoshen or Mavooshen by an.
Gent voyagers and writers. In .Purchas'
Pilgrims Mr.. Haklynt describes it to be
"a country lying to the north and east OF
Virginia between the degrees of 43 and
45. 1t is forty leagues broad and fifty
in length, lying in breadth east and
west, and in length north and south. II
is bordered on the east side with a
country, the people whereof they call
Tarrentines; on the west with Ephistoma;
on the north with a great wood called
Senagloconna. and on the south with
the main ocean, sea and many islands.
In Mavooshen it seemeth there are nine
rivers, the westermost of which il
Shawacotoc (Saco). At the head OF
this river, to the northwest, there is q
small province which they call Croke
mayo, wherein is one town, probably
the Indian Peywaket.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-01
American Manners in Travelling.

An English snob, named Robinson,
writing about his visit over here, de-
scribes certain bad habits as character
izing the travelling Americans generally.
leading to the idea that at least nine out
of every ten Americans, when travelling
grab their food, and gorge and snort In
ways too hideously unpleasant for repe-
tition. This is tetotally denied by Mr..
Richard A. Proctor, the English traveller
and lecturer, than whom few persons
have had such extensive opportunities
of learning the manners of different
peoples, especially in travelling. He
answers Mr.. Robinson as follows:
II believe the truth to be that the
American system leads to a diminution
of otherwise prevalent bad habits-for
ninety-nine hundredths of the so-called
lower class in America will not suffer
any inferiority to be shown in their
habits in the presence of those whom
they regard as no otherwise better than
in having more money to spend. But
be this as it may, fair, unbiased COM
pariSon of the manners of the travelling
community, class for class, or compar.
show that-in some way or another-a
marvellous superiority has arisen on the
other side of the Atlantic. Such offenses
are the stolid, stupid staring so common
in England, even among well-to-do peo-
pie, rudeness to women or children,
carelessness as to the comfort of the old
and weak, ETC., are scarcely ever seen
on the other side of the Atlantic. If ]
were an American, with what pride in
my port, defiance in my eye should ]
be tempted to boast that young, mex
perienced and pretty girl, poor or rich,
in her teens, can travel across the length
and breadth of the United States alone
and unprotected, not only in perfect
safety and comfort, but with the GER
tainty that nine-tenths of the men-of all
classes-with whom her journey brings
her into contact, esteem it equally a duty
and pleasure to assist her in every pos
sible way. How contemptuously l mi ght
be tempted to remind the Briton that
for reasons too well known-tbe most
courteous and well meant proffer of as
sistance to such traveller In England is
apt to be looked upon with suspicion. On
the Continent, and especially in France,
it is even worse"