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From Our Special CorrtEpoAdeHL
WAsHIHGroS, December S0,-CiVil ser
yiys is repudiated at every step in Wash
ingtbn. First Assistant Postmaster.Gen-
ersl Hatton may have brought down upon
him some criticism from outsiders when
he taid civil service was fraud and fail
urp, but he only spoke what almost every
official who has to do with II, thinks An
oid shiet Of division In the Poste flee De-
partment said the pther day:
81 have heard nearly oil ol those who are
In the service, and who could have NO
prejudice fglinst It, say that there was not
The first element Of practica6ility In It
The CSngressmen who made the law tc
shift the annoyance Of applicants ios places
may have pleased themselves in doing 50
buf the condition oi the service now Ia MOI
20 cood as before. Before men and womeE
were kept In their positions through merit
Now they are kept th0Ie by law"
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Bcayer HuniInk Tor natural Cav.

BEAVER, December SO.-A company has
Just been organized here, with capital ol
$4,000, divided into 100 shares Of SlO0
each, for the purpose Of putting down test
wells to find natural gas. The first well
will be sunk on the farm Of Jacob Wagner,
near Phillipsburg, which is thought to be
on the gas belt extending from the Butler
gas.producing district to East Liverpool,
Ohio. This theory is strengthened by the
fact that on this same belt are two wells
that have been producing large quantities
Of gas for years. If successful strike is
made, the use Of gas for fuel will be intro.
duced into the Pk9aix Glass Works, OF
Phillipsburg, at the earliest possible day.
Should this well fail, second test well
will be put down about mile west OF
Beaver, near the lime and clay producing
region about Yamport. The capital stock
has all been subscribed, and the services Of
a practical driller have been secured and
the work will be pushed without delay.
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THE pREsIDENI'1 RECEPTION
On Tuesday Expected TO be Very
brilliant Affair,

BrillInut AnAiF.
WASHINGTON, D, c., December SO.-Pres.
ident Arthur wilEhoH MS third New Years
reception at the White House on Tuesday
morning, and the ceremony this year will
probably surpass the brilliant affair Of last
year, which was so tragicalIy interrupted
by the death Of the Hawaiian Minister.
The members Of the Cabinet, the Justices
OF the Supreme Court, the members OF the
diplomatic corps, Senators, Representa-
tives, officers ci the army, navy and marine
corps, and heads OF b9reaus will bs re-
ceived in the order OF their official prece-
denCe from 10 to II, and at ] O'Clock the
general reception Of CitizeDs will begin and
last until o'clock.
Marshal MCMichael and Colonel Rock
well will make tue presentations, and q
party Of thirty.iour ladies', the wives Of
higher officials and personal friends, have
been invited to assist the President on
this occasion.
The wife OF Attorney.General Brewster
will receive at her residence on New Years
day after the ceremonies at the White
House and will be assisted by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Robert Koons, and Miss Koons,
Of Philadelphia, and by Mrs. Clayton Nc.
Michael and Miss Victoria Emory.
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WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
eooDcArcAEs SCARCE AT PRESENT.
EiIslblH ia the Ohio D,lsEluOu-PIIg', Hard and
LsFtus-nou Bsn ChAssta HIi Religion. and
Then Got L,ft-rhs Case Of CsI. Frank
Jimu-L Frsth BurtAa Broken Up.

From Our Special Correspondent.
WAsuINoroE,;D. @. December SO.-Thsre
is considerable agitation among the ladies
Sho'hayo come here to spend the winter
in conae Quence Of the departure for their
homes, to remain until after the holiday 5.
OF most Of the members Of Congress and
Others attracted here during a session oi
Congress. Some Of the ladies who have
made extensive preparations for receiving
are spprehensive that there will not be
many desirable callers here. A majority
Of the young members and those who are
considered good catches" left the city i'm
medistely after the adjournment Of Con.
eriss for the holiday recess, on the sd
inst, and are not expected to return until
1t Is time for Congress to again convene.
THE OHIO MEMBERS.
0fthe Ohio delegation but two members
will be in the eity-Messrs. Seney, Of the
Tifin district, and MI. Murray, Of the
Dayton district. OF the Democrats Of the
delegation there are but three Of them un.
married. David R. Paige, OF the Akron
district, who is a widower with two little
boys, who are now attending school.
Frank Hurd is a bachelor, as is also Ben
LsFeyre. OF the three LeFevre Is the only
one who hes weakness for ladies society.
Paige, since his arrival here, has been busy
In the Senatorial contest, being one Of the
Payne managers. Hnrd gives all OF his
time 10 his profession and to studying up
questions that are likely to come before
Congress. LeFevre ut present is the object
OF all Jokes and ii is therefore doubtful
whether he will feel like coming to Wash
ington and entering society 30 soon
after his sad experience in the Speakership
contest, having also been 30 degraded in
the organization OF the House committees.
It will be remembered that he ives taken
of the Appropriation Committee and
placed upoa another where he will have
no opportunity to distinguish himself or
deceive his friends. Both Hurd and Le
Feyre are members of the Catholic Church.
The former never misses attending services
at ST. Matthew's Church on Sunday while
be is in Washington, unless he is too i'll to
get out. In fact he rises earlier on Sunday
morning than he does on any other day in
the week. Hisiriendssay he is isconscientious
in his religion and is Catholic from
conviction. On the other hand, the gos'
alps say that LsFevre's connection with
the Catholic Church is the result OF love
affair. He is q convert, and the way he
was converted, 80 the story goes, was that
an ,raa mr., ;1kar Nth a uaalthv ynunU ladV
and had proposed 10 her, but she declined
because he was not a Catholic, whereupon
thegay Benjamin joined the church. But
in the meantime the young woman mar
ried a handsomer man.
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only sketch of their official career, and
the date and place Of birth. Those who
have more ambition than judgment speak
OF their scholastic aud military records
with enthusiasm. The Biographies that
appear In the Directory are nothing. less
than sutobiographies, as they are written
by the subjects themselves. There is q
streak Of vanity running through the most
Of the pages, but as experience fosters
shrewdness, the biographies grow less as
the subject grows older in the public ger.
vice. 1t is noticed in the last issue-just
out-that some men who were in Congress
years ago, and who have been returned,
have simply revamped their old sketches,
but in doing 80 have cut down the words
like veritable night editors.
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soFr SWAPS.
How the Supervising Architect Broke
Up u French Bureau.

How the Supervising Architect Broke
Up French Bureau.
From Our SpeeiG! Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. O., December 30.-An
instance Of how ''soit places" may be work
ed under the Government, is that just un-
earthed in the Treasury Department by
Supervising Architect Bell. 1t is small
matter, comparatively, but it is Of sufficient
consequence to afford good example.
Several years ago a Frenchman was en-
ployed to work in the modelling room OF
the Supervising Architects office. French
men, as rule, are efficient draughtsmen,
when they try to be. Soon this man rose
10 the foremanship Of the division, where
about dozen men were employed. He
began at once to discharge Americans and
employ men Ci his own nationality. In q
little while theie were none but French.
men in the modelling rooms. When an
American was sent there by the super
yising Architect TO work, the foreman
found fault with him and he went out.
The Frenchmen spoke none other than
their own language in the presence OF the
men sent to them to work, and it became
almost impossible for any other than Q
Frenchman to remain there, even through
the influence OF the Supervising Architect.
These French msdeit unpleasant for others.
A dozen men turned out no more work,
SAYS Mr.. Bell, than three or four should.
The nest is broken up, however. They
could not deceive the new supervisor.
It is said that there are coteres ol this
kind in nearly all OF the departments here.
Men get control Of division and fill 1t with
their friends. Their song is, "You tickle
me and III tickle you" They are retained,
wear in and year out, and the older their
combination Of sinecures grows the more
dificult Il is to detect or break It, and it Is
seldom there is turn that will destroy it.
| Il has always been SO where experts are
employed, or professionals who are kept
al intricate work. They make themselves
secure in their positions, then defy then
superiors. ITO steal from Uncle Sam Is nc
theft at all"
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AMOORISH ROMANCE.
Drama Recently .bnactGd-Ihe Whip.
ping OF jewish Women.

i
/ ping OF jewish Women.
NEW YoRH, December S0.-The Tele
gram prints the following from Cas0blanca
Morocco: The following little romantic
drama, illustrating the condition Of affair
in Morocco, has just been brought to con
clusion: About year ago well-to-dc
man died about thirty miles from thii
town, in the province OF Uled Hedriz, gov
erned by the celebrated tyrant, Absalam
Bershed. He left three grown up sons and
Ia beautiful daughter OF fourteen. The eld'
est son had managed to procure American
protection in order to escape rapine and
robbery by Bsrshed and his clique. They
all resided together under the roof belong
ing to the eldest brother. Recently the
uncle sold her in marriage to brute old
enough 10 be her father. She remon.
strated against the action Of her uncle, and
her brothers put in an interdictioa. Fail.
| ing in his undertaking, the uncle straight.
way went for the assistance OF the
rapacious Governor, Absalsm Ber-
shed. A certain sum Of money was agreed
upon and paid TO Bsrshed Tor his assist
ance in taking the girl by force from her
brothers. The soldiers went and made q
demand for the girl. The brothers expostu.
lated in the strongest terms and the sister
declared she would not be taken alive.
Finally, the soldiers being made 10 under
stand that the girl was living under the
same roof as her brothers, who enjoyed
American protection, and that there was q
Consul in Casablanca who would see that
protection respected, after due considera-
ton returned to the Governor and report
ed their i'll success. The eldest brother
lost no time in making his report TO his
protector in Casablanca, and Absalam
Beished received notice to the effect that
any further Intervention in this matter on
his part would give bin trouble The re.
suit was that the would.be husband failed
to get the girl and the uncle lost the money
he had paid to the Governor for his inter
vention in the matter.
Amiel, the interpreter oi the British Vice
Consulate, who recently returned from q
visit 10 Palestine, has decided to make q
second pilgrimage to the Holy Land in con-
sequence Of the circulation in the journals
OF paragraph stating ION authority" that
1t was at his instance that the eight Jewish
women who were aoggcd some time ago
received that brutal treatment
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BRIEF TELEGaAMs.

Sergeant Mason has signed contract to
exhibit himself at Philadelphia for $500 q
week.
David ]. Feeley, 19 years old, committed
suicide at Essex, ILL.,, yesterday by shoot
ing himself.
The War Department has received ad.
vices that General Hancock has recovered
from his recent illness,
Wilmer Lyons, aged II, in a sudden
Quarrel near Fort Wayne, shot and killed
his brother Otto, aged l6.
President Cline, Of the National Window
Glass Workers Association, has been re-
elected for the coming year.
Point Pleasant, W. Va, hiss been made
A third class posLoitiCe, and the salary oi
the postmaster fixed at 81 GOO.
AT Denver, Saturday, Sullivan and Pete
Mccoy had row, and the latter smashed
chair over the champions head.
John Farra was !0oling with gun al
Lexington, KY, when 1t was accidentally
discharged, instantly killing Jessie Bryant
It is rumored that another American
cardinal will be appointed, and Arch
bishop Gibbons, OF baltimore, Is named.
Thomas II. Wheeler, paper stock dealer
New Haven, Conn, has committed suicide
Business difficulties are believed TO be th'
cause.
Adam Hartline, q peddler, was shot By
hiQhwaymen near Catawissa, Pa, ant
fatally injured. The thieves secured SS5I
and some jewelry.
The board convened to prepare plal
for the next Greely relief expedition vii
lInyite q number Of prominent. Arctic ex
/ plorera to appear before them and expIes
their views on the subject.
Rose Horan, formerly lady's maid Il
4 Lady Mandeyille, has begun suit in New
York TO recover $4,000 damages for fals
arrest and imprisonment at the instance
lord and Lady Vaudeville, who chargeI
the made with larceny.
During storm last week John Frank
discovered at the roots Of an oak tret
which had been blown down, In Wilke
, county, Ga, about peck ot gold and
large quantity Of jswelry and preciou
stones, consisting Of diamonds, ru6les an
pearls, valued in al st $4,000. It Is bt
|. tieyed TO be part Of the treasure lost by th
. Confederate Cabinet during their aigt
. through that section.
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WHEELING, WEST vA MONDAY MORNING. 81 1888

knotty verses read the story. This led
my mind to the teacher who used TO thump
me about over the school room because l
could not remember the difference be-
tween the first and third conjugstions.
This teacher was Captain ]. ]. Peterson,
who, ! believe, edits newspaper in Hun
tington, W. Va. As was coming up the
river from Cincinnati some time ago, on
the steamer Andes, l stopped at Hunting.
ton to tell my old teacher that have par.
doned him; and, We will forget the drub;
bings Of other days. But, could not hnd
him, 80 did not tell him.
Thus, this range Of red hills refreshed
nv memory on many things; and, II the
tourist will look out Of the eastern window
Of the car about the time he passes through
Fresno City, be can see the red crest Of
Sapguemont, little to the right OF Round
mountain. II. N.
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THE RICR on rae AWARD.
Talk with Operators, niners aud the
Umpire.

Umpire.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, December S0.-The re-
fusal Of the coal operators to accept the
award Of the umpire created considerable
talk among coal men yesterday, and the
question OF the benefit Of arbitration was
freely discussed. The operators have moi
fully decided upon what action they will
take; a meeting will be held on Monday
afternoon vixen it will be definitely de-
termined what course to pursue. The
miners also hold a mass convention al
Woods run, on the same day, in order tc
make the price awarded uniform in the
Fourth pool and to enforce the Scent rate
The operators seem confident tnat it is i'm
possibie for them to work at 8 cents, One
Of them stated yesterday that none oil the
pits running in the pool were paying more
than Q? cents. at is impossible for US to
mine ut that price, and that settles the
matter. have lost all faith in arbitration
and could not be induced TO go into II
again. lam satisfied now there is no fair,
ness in any such settlements. When
have any work to do hereafter intend tG
nav lust what can afford, without regard
70 umpires' decisions, miners associations
or ANYTHING else, and, II they let me alone,
/ will insure you will never hear q word
from sny Of the men. Since we have been
running at % cents the men have had
steady employment and all the work they
can do. Now they are all idle or nearly 30.
In an interview with Mr.. Flanneryl
Secretary Of the Miners Association, the
Question was asked, "Was the agreement
had with the operators written or yersa
une?"
"simply verbal one" he replied:
"Was It binding"
ave considered It 80. II the employer
do not, then 1t becomes the miners duty Il
make It binding"
GThen as the operators have been pay
ing but q cents there is | Of q cent due. tht
men since the 10Th Of last month"
awe understand that there ia"
"Will there be an effort made 10 co!lec
the / OF q cent back pay which Is due thI
men according 10 the agreement?
"The convention on Monday next O.
Woods Ron will determine that"
dHave you lost your faith In arbitration
az A means Of settling difficulty?"
mo, we have more confidence than tina
| in the employers word Of honor. Opera
tors sre not all dishonorable."
Mr.. Weeks was asked In regard 10 the re
fusal of the operators to accept the award
but be declined to cay anything. VI va
chosen umpire" he said, moi oi my owl
seekinp. but at the earnest request OF u
Arbitration Board. They submitted to m
the testimony and l made my decision
nv answer to all inteTogatories is In ths
award"
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pI.nslrou, Flrs In /. hIeago.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, December SO.-A fire oc'
Cured this evening at ll9 and l2l Monroe
street, causing loss Of nearly halfa million
dollars. Bradner. Smith d Co., stationers
and Book binders, lose sl95,OOO; insured
for $4,000. The National Printing Com
pany, one of the largest show printing
houses in the country, loses $4,000, in.
suranCe $4,000. The Shober &
CoIqueville Lithographipg Company,
loss 100000; insurance $4,000.
10 100000. Z. b. Myers loses sl2, 900, Sam.
usl A. Grocer So, 900, and John B. Jeffrey
5000. The nine.stoEy Montauk building
was damaged by water to the extent OF
Sl0O0 ...H.
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CINCINNATI, December 30-DetCCtives
yesterday arrested VIM. Berner, Alderman,
and Joe Palmer, colored, fer the murder Of
W. II. Kirk. Palmer soon confessed the
crime, and to-day Bsrner made confession
that tallies in essential particulars with
that made by Palmer. He has broken
down completely, and is very penitent.
He was visited BY his father, and there WAS
an affecting meeting between them. Pal
mer shows no contriticn. Mrs. Kirk, the
wife OF the murdered man, is at the City
Hospital, Frustrated by the shock. Her
condition is serious.
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ATcnIsoS, Ks, December SO.-A dread
ful calamity occurred here tonight. About
half.past 10 o'clock fire broke out in the
elegant new residence Of Charles E. Styles,
agent Of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and
in a brief time it was totally destroyed.
The wife and childof Mr.. Styles persisted
in the flames, and he himself was quite se-
riousIy burned. The origin Of the fire Is
believed to have been the explosion Of q
gasoline machine in the cellar.
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A Noted Feniau Dead.

NEw YoRK, December J0.-John Nc
Carthy SculIy, the well.known Irish-Nation-
alist, was found dead in his bed this
morning. BE died Of heart disease. He
had been in failing health for several
months. His death was accelerated by
severe literary labor. He was instrumental
in founding many Fenian organizations in
America, and was the chief organizer Of
the Land League movement in New York.
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General Information About the Steam.
ers aud Bank Briefs.


During tine high water and ice the w. n.
Chancellor has been laid up in the KanAWhA
river.
Capt. James Murray, OF the steamer Iron.
sides, stopped off his boat ts she passed up
on her last trip.
TIE St. Lawrence leaves Cincinnati for
Pittsburgh tomorrow evening. Merchants
should telegraph orders to-day.
A letter from Captain seamon reports the
safe IrrivAl OF the Little Anna ct VicklbuHg
on the 2lst inst, where she IL doing 4 good
business in i1b towing.
Ths Sootlo, Pittsburgh 10 Cincinnati, pasFsd
Saturday morning with good "trip. The
next boat Of this limo 10 pass down will be
the Katie StockdAls, tomorrow.
Capt. A. Cas-, the cid time steam b oat pilot
who went South on the steamer Prince sever.
al weeks ago returned home Saturday. He
reports all Of the boys as being happy and in
good heal b.
The Little sAmpson OF the Robert PEBBLES
ToWboat Company, hss gone up the Kama.
WhA the company having been awarded the
contract for loving the coal from tbs Wini-
freds VorEs.
The Katie stoeklals passed up yosterday
at noon loGdsd Gown With about every
pound Of freight she could carry. In fact,
at every swell, the wster rose over her quad.
It was one Of the big trips Of the season.
CAPTAIN Charlie Muhlman dsnies that the
And run down the WGh City, and says she
was turned over BY some runaway barges In
Sand Creek When shs came into tbs Ohio
she was bottom side up, and nothing more
has bSen heard Of her. The Andes wss st
Ripley, two aud q half miles below, taking
on earn wien Band Crcek Eu he'd out,
The Andes iS due to-day from Cincinnati
for which point shs will leave tomorrow
afternoon, Capt. Charlie Auhlman command.
ing this elegant Stsrn wheel packet, and
NessTJ Soll and Knox, the clerks, are ~
! gentlGnGu!y set Of otheers ~ Is 70 DO found
on the river. TheiF aim 10 always TO please
and THY succsgd admirably. The facilities
!. PoAsssEd by the Acdes for shippers are un'
: surpassed.
on CIR, Pa, Dscsmbsr sO-Rlyer 2 isel
= 10 inches and falling.
0 MoRs, srovE, Pa, December sO-Rlyer
9 feet q inches sud illlin2; WeRthtr cloudy
thsnnsnSler 65',
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TmEpREsI D ENT ENGAGED.
Rumor that He Will soon Marry Miss
Patterson, of philadelphia.


PHILADELPHIA, December S0.-It is said
that President Arthur is engaged to Mics
Patterson, living at Twentieth and Spruce
streets in this city. 1t is also said that the
President and Mics Patterson were en-
gagged about TWO years ago, but for some
unknown reason the engagement was
broken of. When President Arthur was
here lastSaturdsy attending the New Eng
land Society's dinner he called on Miss
Patterson. 1t is said the marriage will
occur early in the new year. Miss Patter'
terson is daughter OF Gen. Joseph Pat
terson, president Of the Western National
bank, OF this city. President Patterson is
the oldest bank president in the State.
Miss Patterson ia thirty-thTee years Of age,
very handsome, and one OF the leaders OF
society here. She is well known in Wash
ington society, and was summering at Cape
May last summer at the time Of General
Arthur's visit there.
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IT may be, as the early dispatches said
that "neither politics nor race prejudice
figured in the Yazoo tragedy, but the "bet-
Ter element" has risen in lis majesty and
lyuched four negroes just the same. Il
those men were guilty Of murder the law
OF Mississippi ought to have been safe
reliance. But the white people, who make
and execute that law, seem to reserve its
operations for themselves. For the negro
Judge Lynch's tribunal is the shortest cut
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Tur coal operators Of the Fourth Pool

TIE coal operators Of the Fourth Pool
about which We have heard SO much, were
willing to submit to arbitration. II
seems now that they submitted with a
mental reservation-they would accept the
award II it fell on their side. II Mr.. Weeks
hsdsdrcided in their favor there might have
been suspicion, however unjust, that lie
bad been swayed by prejudice against labor.
Even in such case, having accepted him as
umpire, unless gross uniairness could have
been shown, the miners would have been
in honor bound by the decision. The
same rule applies now to the operators,
whose rejection Of the award places them
in very bad light. II they knew they
could not afford to recede from their posi-
ton they should have planted themselves
squarely on that and declined arbitration
Arbitration with mental reservation is a
mere waste time.