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New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
POLITICAL ODDS AND ENDS.
POWERLESs REPUBLICAN MAJORIr1ES.
TRICKS or NORTH CAROLINA DEMoCRArS-A TALK
WITH REPRESENTATIVE YORK.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

WITH REPRESENTATIVE YORK.
my TELEGRAPH To THE TRIDUSE.l
WASHINGTON, Dec 6.-Represcntativc YORK,
late Republican candidate for Governor Of North Caro-
lima asked yesterday whether the election In that
state was fair one lie replied:
So far the voting concerned the Republicans
generally who desired to vote permitted Ia do So
There was. however the usual intimidation In some
places. and many Republicans were prevented from
voting by the Democrats closing around the ballot
and taking up the time In challenges and long cxanina-
ons of every Republican who offered to cast his ballot
But leaving ont consideration the Of tissue ballots
and false counting, the election was about as far as
could have been expected"
Are not tissue ballots device in your state T.
"Yes but they used In the late election. ana Dr.
Mott chairman of the Republican state Committee ha'
evidence Of the Fact. Besides the count was false and
fraudulent The law provides that the County Com:ns-
sioners shall appoint the Judges or election two of whom
ut each precinct must be Republicans Each county mas
five commissioners. and there are nearly one hundred
counties, and yet in the entire state there Is not single
County Commissioner who is Republican. Tho people
Of tho several counties have voice In the cholcc OF
their commissioners, who appointed by the Legisla-
ture which Democratic In the selection OF the Re
publican Judges election for precinct the commission
every try 10 nd two mon. negroes pO'se,
who can neither read nor write Ilat being dohe io
preparation OF fraud Is comparatively easy an" s,lc
possible the Republicans ever to regain CON
tiol of the LEGISLATURE small Democratic county
now has cqual representation with large Republican
county. no regard whacy er being pad 10 population
"Wh,t was tho extent Of the frauds In the recent
election =
am "a certain IA that we SIT hero that hal ma
orty Of the lawful votes east Ny vote 0s counted was
larger by 1000 the heaviest vote ever pOcd In the
state According to the official count there were 10000
moro votes given than IN the hoy contested Gubcrna-
tonl election of four years ago. Take Rowan Conhty
for example. Two year, ago carried that county by
lJO votes; this time my vote increased and yet tho
count gavea majority of 1900 agaiust There has
Immigration INTO the county. This Ia only ono
instance. In Halifax County recrivcla majority of
elected
Gratis 10 the Icgtslaturc"-
" Do you think that the Republican party viii formally
disband In the state T.
cannot say; but is than useless to try to do
anything under existing conditions
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
WORK IN THE ANTHRACITE REGION.
Dim nm rn1A lrc Il G-prnsinnnI kCim. ni

lllIlAbEIIlllN, I't VI l'NIN'h' N''''' WI
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company states
that the only action taken by the anthracite producing
and carving companies ia regard TO work In the future
an agreement lust reached for the suspension oi op
craons from December - to - lie decline. to tax "i
the programme for next year and says that the subject
was not considered 10y Mr. Gowcn in his recent visit to
New York, which IN connection with tho huarS "l
the south Pennsylvania Railroad Referring To inc an
nonccmcut that no further objection wonld no inadc 10
the issue or bctteuncut stock and bonds 10y the jersey
Central to the Reading he says that no meeting WIN
that object in has been held hy The directors 4"
the former company since The proceedings III COURT Noic
iustitutCl.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

ALBANY, Dec. G.-The Railway COmmlsslOn-
er have received the annual report Of the Rochester ana
Ptshurg Railroad 1t gives the following figures: Cap
al $40 900 900; funded debt, Slo53t0 900; unfunded
debt 81 45I 7is earnings 81 069o32 charges against
earnings, 81 80 23i; deficit for year. S2Si}2l assets
S3l 9s5 74s liabilities ,9jO profit and loss
S373,79S.
PITIsBURG. Dec 6-In the United states Circuit Court
TO day W. T. Elliott the holder OF S25, 900 guaranteed
bonds petitoncd to intervene In the part oil the
plaintiff in the Ross BILL filed on the case OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company against the Allegheny
Valley Railroad Company. and n defendant In Inc
general proceeding. Judge Achcson set December 20
counsel relative to the several petitions % l'I
venc file and also To- hear the second Application
the Company to nave the case reanded
To the WestmOrcland County Court
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
FRANK 4. WINCHESTER.

Frank 5. Winchester. manufacturer OF WIN
ccstcrs hypO ptes, at No Il Dcy st. died ycstor-
day at his home. NO go Nostrandave, Brooklyn. age
forty y-thrcc. His wife, formerly Agnes Br1hdagc ana
four children survive him. Death resulted from eryS
pc which tool the form OF blood poisoning about four
days ago. His father. j. Winchester, was an intimate
friend OF Horace Greeley aud published The AeW- 0rhf
which Mr.. Greeley started before TIE TRIBUNE was III
existence Ia 1897 the father began the manufacture q"
MS hyp0 phOsphic., which he left To his son, ten or
hiiecn years ago The latter however was educated Tor
tho law his prcccptor being Abran Wakcnan, oi
"akeman aud l@tting He never practsed his proicS-
SION but gave hluscu up 10 business. He Free
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
MANY APPLICATIONS FOR PARDoNs.

Ibi ILILUNATf 10 IIiL IH'"' -
ALBANY. Dee. G.-President-clect 'io'o'''u
was busy as usual this morning receiving N'''''' w
noon "a rain storm began, which eSSenc" VI" -, .
tt A. CI,vel,nI WA. asked II he intended to
o,,I ,hc dinner 10 be given senator German. OF Mary
1anI T., ltimore. on December IL. NO." no replied
81 hardy think it possible that shall get the time 70
attend that dinner sm doing all can 10 ulSpoSo VI
,ha NJ this onee before submitting my ressna
ton to tho Legislature IN January 90
You nave many applications Tor paiuons' .hsu ba
Yes that il the chief business. ooupt II , sario
ahl to sn witA them AL There are gVoo nAuJ VovR'
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
A STATEMENT FROM EDITOR NAPLES.

NORwALK, Dee. &C. W. Naples, the Editor
OF The AOr,coH Hour makes the following statement {:
"1he reports about riots and riOtOus proceedings in
South Norwak entirely unfoundcd. The hatteIs
quiet though determined. They say that they cannot
earn living wages al the prices offered by tho BOSSES and
therefore strike Personally and hy my report
have constantly since the strike began Investigated
every pTeJudicu report. and vet learned
OF intimidation or violence Hatiars coming
from other tOwhs are met aud expostuatcd vii h. aud
have usually returned, sometimes with money furnished
" them by the batters committee but thcy have not
been intiInIdatcd threatened case witch ann
pow having Investigated, may break tins honorable
record, though u now appears the mischief
cvno by the matters"
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
IN FAVOR OF THE OLD TICKET.

PORT JERvIs n. Y, Dec. G.In spite of tho
severe storm which raging there largo gathering
of the Republicans OF this village tonight the object of
which was the forming o permanent organization pre-.
paratory to the campaign of 1888 Strong speeches wcs
mnde fayorng the denomination o the old ticket in ss3
and assurances that IL the strongest ticket could
hc made. largo number of names enrolled ON tho
list Further meetings to be held by the organ1a.
on. TiE TRIBUNE il the fayortc paper among the Iss.
pnbcans here and Is the only thai has held its cam.
pSlg Subscribers lts course IA generally appr0yodb by
the kounblrans OF Port LerNl..
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
OBITUARY NOTES.

LoNDoS, Dec. 6.-Rchard George Lumlcy.
Earl Of Scarborough is dead age seventy one lie WA,
a Liberal member Of the House OF Lords.
DETROIT Dec. G-The Rev. Dr. j. NJ Arnold age sixty
Editor Of The Mchigan AdpaoGtc and prominent Mcho
dist clergyman, dropped dead on the street yesterday
afternoon of heart disease.
Boston. Dec 0.-Thomas B. Gushing. formerly acting
assistant paymssicr OF the United states Navy died at
DuxDry yesterday morning He forty seven yoars
old and leaves u wifo and two brothers.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
DESIGNATIONS OF MINISTER'S.
~, rFLrGRAru To THE TRmuNg.f

LoCKroRT Dec. 6.-The Rev. DR.. Foster Ely,
for twelve years pastor Of Grace Episcopal Church, TO
day pcctedy handed In his resignation to the clerk
OF the vestry Or Ely has accepted call 10 another
church and being wealthy viii retire after Easter re-
naming in this city TO rest The resignation Of the Rev
". L. IIengs pastor of the Baptist Church VIII also
take place on January l. Mr.. Hclngs goes to Mllwau
the First Baptist Church. These are the two most
prominent and Oldest diyincs Of the city.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
TIE BROOKLYN SOCIETY.
rTT'' ~
The annual dinner of the ST Nicholas Sorcty

T0o NnnUaT Unnrr OT Inc IT NlcNOTnS NOclCtY
of Nassau Island was held m the dninr room of the
Piorppont House. Brooklyn, last night I,-Mayor
john W Hunter president of the society. presided llo
dressed IN old Dutch costume. On his rI.ht .nt
judge CALVIN T. Pratt and William & DrWiit.
while Mayor Low and Marx II. Milbcr had Hoats On hi4
left. The opening toast "Our Parton Saiut." was re-
spondcd tp by Mr. Hunter; "Iho IMhoraud" wa
spoken t. hy TuuiS O.. llrrgout Mr. DNWitt
answered for "tho President of the United states "
., District Attorney Downing. NJ queen. Comfy for
"Ihc state Of NcW Nnk 60. MNur Low Tor "1ho Ciiy of
BROOKLYN" There were long pipe, n ptufu,inn and NO
prfccpiblc lack of litilc stone Jugs Ui schuApp,,
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
FAILURE or A MACHINE COMPANY.
inv TELEGRAPH 10 TnK rRtPuSrI

MECHANICsBUGG, O., Dec. G.-Thc Mechanics
burg Machine Company has made an assignment to Fe"r
j. Burnham Tho liabilities arc estimated at Tlooooo
with nominal assets OF 100000. The failure of tho
company caused the assignment of John e. Baker It's
rreslci and Jasper y shane its superintendent ScN-
cral other failures are expected 10 follow.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07

stood that tho oi-c 20 prepare construction
Of An elevated road between tho two points An add
tonn track the city and Walls Station was au
down last year. and numerous sdings have been Iaa
aimee hut tho pressure of local traffic has been 50 erca
that relief ha become necessity. The elevated roadit 10
sad. win he completed by tho middle 81 next suTsl .
and will cost about $4,000 per mile ~ VIII oe uouJle
tracked and after s completion tho thirty arcomnous
ton trains will be taken or tho main tracks entirely
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
DOWNFALL or A BOORKEEPER.

ST. Brooklyn, arragned yesterday at the Tombs Po-
lice Court on complaint of Edward Miller, OF Edward
Miller and Company dealers in bronzcs and decorated
lamps at Nos 50 and 80 Park place for having while 10
their employment as bOokkecper, stolen by means OF
fraudulent entry his books, Ss3 f3. He bad been
nineteen years In the employment Of the firm and an ex
animation warrants the belief that he has miappied
$4,000 by means OF false entries. Bail was fixed Az
:.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
NRw.YoRK CENrRALs DIVIDEND.

Private dispatches from London announced
Yesterday that tho New York Central Railroad hal de
cared quarterly dividend of l. per cent on the capital
stock The news caused sono comment III Wall
Street because it Was not supposed that the directors
had yet taken any action In lt-Ard To thr
dividend The Associated Fruss sent Oul tho i"IloWHg
message the subject:
NKw YoRK. Dee. 6.-Tbe report thai lho NrW 1orh
Central Railroad Company had declared quarterly div
dond of y per cent Is confirmed by the highest author
iy. An announcement 10 that enoct VIII DC pTIh'o" heic
Monday,
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
AUGUSTUS VOELCKER.

LONDON, Dee. G.-Augustus Voelcker, the
eminent chemist, and Professor OF Chemistry 70 the
Royal Agricultural Society of England is dead lie was
sXty-onc years II age. lie the anthor of The
Chemistry OF Food" " The Chcui,try of Manure "
Lectures ON Agricultural Chemistry" and other similar
works
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC

MINIATURE ALMASAC
sun rises 07 429 MooE res 1922 Mons sys d ~
TO-DAY
<H-sa.dy Hook II 20 Gcv. Island, - He'll Cats. l24
PH.-sapdy Heck 1l:54 Gsv Is.ud- O;O4 Nell 2ate Loo
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
ASSIGNMENT OF A WOOLLEN MILL.
my TELEGRAPH 10 TuE TRiBUNE.l

NEwBURG. Dee. 6.-'ihc Broadhcad woollcn
mill at Cornwall six miles south, has made an assignment
10 Harvey H. Taylor The and liabilities are not
known The property IS worth over 100000. About
fifty persons have been thrown ont oi employment
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07

probability OF settlement OF the dherences between
the striking weavers and the manufacturers The rep
resentaves OF twenty six firms and 900 looms have
decided not TO recede from their determination TO en-
force the reduction in rates Tho arc equally
determined not to consent TO the reduction
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
THE FIRE RECORD.


ASHLAND, Penn. Dec. 6.-The farmhouse OF
william Meyer at Mil Grove Columbia County. was de-
sroycd 10y last night together with its contents The
los, il So 800 with Insurance.. Three Government
bonds belonging Amanda ]. Swcnk. of the value ot
=, 600 were destroyed Two of Meyers children were
fatally burned Jacob Schdui. "A farm laborei hti al
Nm hrnkrn MhiIc attemulIng ~ Iescuc ihe CllItn
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07

they desire to do so.' " ''' "ie IL
The Governor Is enduring the nandshaSing we'll. loo,
IN excellent health and keeps gooi-humorcd Amons
the visitors to-day was ex-Assrmbyman Town.s,I'
Oneida County. who In high spirits over ,l . ~ y.
vote for Cleveland given by that county - ' 80
New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
AN ELEVATED TRACK IN PITTSBURG.

ilifSbUItb, Dtc o. nc IcniiSyi'ahia h"ii-
road Company has lately been doing considerable
amount OF work between this city and walls Station the
terminus OF accommodation trains 1t 10 now under
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-08-16
Wxcline,s Native village.

A few days ago the quin-centennial of the
death of John Wycliffe was celebrated at Wye
life his native village. During the day serv-
is supposed, he was baptized. In the evening
there was grand meeting in the grounds of
Wycliffe Hall the ancient seat Of the family of
Wycliffes of Wycliffe. Tradition has it, and the
best authenticated records favor the belief, that
John Wycliffe the reformer was born not at
Wycliffe Hall nor in the village Of Wyclffe, but
at the now non-existent village of Spresswell,
close by on the banks of the Tees, The name
was long neglected, but now the whole neighhor-
hood claims him, and SO well it may, for, al
though the country near and around Barnard
Castle was the ancient home of the Baliols, John
Wycliffe was the noblest Englishman of them
all The friends and neighbors seem in hurry
with their celebrations. John Wycliffe's death
did not take place until the last day of the year
1Y24
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-08-16
sundaY-School Music.

Much has been said and written about the
Stiffness Of modern Sunday-school and revival
songs and indeed some Of them are very poor
poetry and scarcely better sentiment But all
the Stiffness is not by any means confined to
modern song. By survival of the fttest, the
best of the psalmody of former years has come
down to US, and we are ignorant of the multi
tude of songs and parts of songs that have died
and been forgotten. I reeollect reading in q
book of Revival Melodies, published by Hiram
Mattison, D. D., in New York, in 1858, NUM-
ber of old Methodist revival songs which were
fully as odd as any of our later Sunday school
songs One Of these revival melodies pictures
| the joys of heaven and declares
There Fletcher unites
With the old Israelites
Praising God for free grace
While the angels sing base"
One of the stanzas of that favorite hymn,
'Qhl how happy are they
Who their Savior obey!
contains the verse,
And the moon it was under my feetn
This stanza was at one time printed with the
Others but in late revisions it has been left out
An early metrical version of the Psalms had the
stanza
'fYe fnny monsters of the sea
Your Makers praises spout,
Come forth ye fishes of the deep
And wag your tails about
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-08-16
The CRANK.

The Burlington Hawkeye never said truer or
better thing than the following which is so near
to pure and undefled religion that it is worthy
of a place in this religious column. Deal gently
with the crank, my boy. OF course some eranks
are erankier than others, but do you be very
slow to sneer at a man because he knows only
one thing and you can't understand him Acrank
y is thing that turns something, it
makes the wheels go around, it insures progress.
True, it turns the same wheel all the time and
it can't do anything else, but that's what keeps
the ship going ahead The thing that goes in for
variety, versatility, that changes its position a
hundred times day that is no crank, that's a
weather-vane, my SON. What? You neverthe-
less thank heaven you are not eranka Don't
do that, my son, maybe you couldn't be crank
if you would. Heaven is not very particular
when it wants weather-vane; almost any man
will do for that. But when it wants crank, my
boy, it looks about very carefully for the best
man in the community. Before you thank
heaven that you are not crank, examine your
self carefully and see what's the great deficiency
that debars you from such an election"
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-08-16
Hartmann, tle Nlhilist. 60

Hartmann, the Russian Nihilist who committed
suicide on the goth of July last, was living for
years on the charity of his revolutionary friends
the little he had. He had nothing left but a big
silver watch, which has a curious history When
Hartmann, during the months Of October and
November, 1875, lived with his mistress, Sophie
Perowskaja, who was hanged at St Petersburg,
April 15, 1881, at the now famous little house
near the Moscow railroad whore he was busy
digging the mine under the track, he needed
money to continue the criminal work Sophie
Perowskaja advised Hartmann to pawn his
watch. He received eight roubles for it and was
enabled to finish his work. But the absence of
this watch saved Alexander IFs life, Not hav-
ing the exact time Hartmann blew up the first
train, IN which were only the servants Of the
imperial household.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-08-16
READING FOR THE SABBATH.
when He Conaes,

Wn0n ne OGAASSs
n were told that must die tomorrow
That the next sun
Which sinks should bear me past all fear and sorrow
For any onei
ALI the fight fought all the short journey through,
What should dol
lido not think that should shrink or falter,
But Just go on
Doing my work, nor seek to change nor alter
Aught that is gone;
But rise and move, and love and smile and pray
For one more day;
And lying down at night for a last sleeping,
Say in that ear
Which hearkens ever: Lord within Thy keeping
How should fear2
And when tomorrow brings Thee nearer STILL
Do thou Thy will
might not sleep for awe; but peaceful tender
My soul would lie
Al the night long; and when the morning splendor
Flashed DER the sky,
think that / could smile-could camly say,
1T is His day
But if a wondrous hand from the blue yonder
Held out scroll
On which my life was writ and 1 with wonder
Beheld unroH
70 long century's end its mystic clew
what should dol
What could do, o blessed Guide and Master,
Other than this2--
Still goon as now, not slower faster
Nor fear to miss
The road although so very long it be,
While led by Thee?
Step after step, feeling Thee close beside me-
Although unseen;
Through thorns, through flowers, whether the tenn
pest hide thee,
Or heaven serene
Assured thy faithfulness can not betray,
Nor love decay;
Let me keep on abiding and unfearing
Thy will always
Through long century ripe fruiton,
Or a short days;
Thou canst not come too soon; and can wait
If thou come late.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-08-16
Some wise Cows,

Pail Mall Gazette.
The other morning, very sultry one, two
COWS came to our gate, evidently on the look
out for something, and after being at first some
what puzzled by their pleading looks the
thought struck me that they might be in want
than had some water brought in large yes
sci, which the poor animals at once sucked up
with the greatest eagerness The pair then
sauntered contentedly away to a field near at
hand In about half an hour or so we were sur
prised and amused not little, by seeing our
two friends marching up to the gate, accom-
panied by three other COWS. The water-tap was
were in like manner helped literally Then
with gratifed and repeated 'boo-oos' Ia unan-
imous vote of thanks), our visitors slowly
marched off to their pasturage 1t was quite
clear to us that the two first callers, gratifed
at their friendly reception. had strolled down to
their sister gossips and dairy companions. and
had informed them-how I cannot say, can Youf
-of their liberal entertainment, and then had
taken the very pafdonable liberty Of inviting
them up to our cottage. This morning we were
again visited by the first couple, bringing a
stranger with them; and have little doubt these
morning calls will be regularly repeated, and af-
ford my little household fresh pleasure and
amusement in administering to their wants The
remarkable thing to my mind, was the fact Of
the two first COWS informing the others, as most
assuredly they did, of the treatment they had re-
ceived state the simple facts. have in my
time lived good deal in the country, but never
remember anything like this remarkable in
stance of the cows Intelligence.
P. S.-July 21.-Since the above was written
our fourfooted friends have never failed in their
morning calls, generally bringing some Ito us}
stranger sisters with them. On Saturday we
had three strangers yesterday one, and this
morning one.