Morning journal and courier., 1885-04-09
A CITY UNDER GROUND.
The Wonderful Discovery Made at
 MOberIy.

MOberly.
 ST.LoUIs, April s.-The city of Moberly is stirred up over the discovery of wonderful buried city which was discovered at the bot tom of 8 coal shaft 360 feet deep which was being sunk near that city. A hard and thick stratum of lava arches in the buried city, the streets of which are regularly laid out and enclosed by walls of stone which is cut and dressed in fairly good although rude style of masonry. A hall thirty by one hundred feet was discovered wherein were stone benches and tools of all descriptions for mechanical service. Further search dis closed statues and images made of compo- sition closely resembling bronze lacking lus- Ire. stone fountain was found located in wide court or street and from it 8 stream of perfectly pure water was flowing which upon being tasted was found to be strongly impreg- mated with lime. Lying beside the fountain were portions of the skeleton of human being. The bones of the leg measured one and one-half feet, the tibia four feet three inches; showing that when alive the figure was three times the size of an ordinary man and possessed of a wonderful muscular power and quickness. The head bones had separated in two places, the sagittal and the coronal sutaris having been destroyed. The implements found embrace bronze and flint knives, stone and granite hammers, metallic saws of rude workman ship but proved metal, and others of similar character The facts above given are vouched for by6lr. David Coater, the recorder of the city of Moberly, and Mr George Keating, city marshall who were of the exploring party. A further extended search will be made in day two
 
 SENATOR SHERMAN AT HOME. rWhy He Refused to Go On the Ff-
 nance Committee and His Hopes
 For the Republican Party.
 MANSFIELD, O., April 9.-Senator Sher man arrived home to-day for brief stay and in reply to questions from the Herald said:
 I declined to serve on the Finance committee of the Senate because did wish to be responsible for the opinions of the majority of the committee the duties on iron and wool and because other financial questions the committee proposed is substantially Democratic committee. It was not because was made chairman. though accord ing the old custom entitled to it. I am sure that can serve the interests of my constit'l being tied up by the opinions of the committee. Concerning President Cleveland hesaid:
 MT. Cleveland is evidently pursuing conserva- tive course this far and ses to curb the desire of his party to make general change in the offices of the government He should he encouraged ill this. Already he has found that his only possible hope of success is to carry out Republican principles. He would wreck his party and the whole country if he would do one-half of the foolish things that the Democratic leaders urge him to do. How long he will hold out it is hard to guess. The Democratic party is manifesty con- trolled by the rebel element in it which is in favor of free trade, irredesmable money and depreciated coin. He has sounder ideas these subjects than his party, but will have to yield more or less on these questions When he does he will lose all the sympathy he now gets from the Republicans. The only Republican appointment he made was that Of MT. PearSOn. this was a concession to the Independent Republicans. In time think the administration will drift into restoration of the old bourbon policy of the Democratic party which alw avs was coalition between the con servative clements of the South and the most reck less and lawess elements of the North I very hopeful of the success of the Republicans and think little experience with Democracy will con vince people that the Republican party is the right and the Republican party has been honest and faithful