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The Dead Hero.

The death of General Grant, though an
ticipated for many weeks, sent a thrill of
sorrow to the hearts of the American peo-
pie that was but family typiied by the
half-masted flags seen everywhere through
out the country within few moments af-
ter the fact became known. But General
Grant had almost lived out his allotted
span and in the ordinary events of nature
could have hoped but for few more years
of life at least. He died full of years and
honor. But his death was necessary to the
revival of the old respect and esteem for
him which his splendid services in the re-
bellion gave birth to and which had been
clouded by his subsequent career as a
statesman and financier. 1t is hardly
amiss to say that in these two fields he was
failure. To one he was called by the voice
of a grateful people, the other he chose
for himself. As President he invited much
hostile criticism because of the men he
gathered about him as councillors and fav-
orites That however was the fault
of his nature. General Grant had
the infrequent merit of holding fast
to his friends. Once he gave
his friendship and confidence to man he
never Withdrew it. 1t was good fault in
one way but it peculiarly fitted him to be-
come the victim of misplaced confidence
and the dupe of designing men. 1t is un-
necessary to cite incidents in proof of this.
General Grants later life is studded with
them. Had he died upon the eve of his
elevation to the Presidency he would have
been regarded with veneration that would
have almost deifed him. But politics
proved that in other fields he was almost
less than human. In finance the story is
the same. AS the generation of to-day
cane to the front, familiar only with
Grants later achievements, or more prop
erly speaking his failures, the people of
to-day were disposed to regard him as
somewhat overrated. His death has wiped
out all that and revived his military glories,
brilliant and imperlshable. We are not of
IQOS6 WHO I6BdrQ ullu DIS IAo saviour VI tue
Union, because we do not believe the South
ever had the power to crush the Union.
But he was undoubtedly the instrument
in The hands of an all-wise Providence to
crush the rebellion. Had he not offered
another instrument would have been
found. But he was the chosen instru-
ment and as such let us remember
him. One of his greatest glories was his
magnanimity in the hour OF triumph. The
successful soldier, the instrument for its
preservation, he was entitled to all the
honors and wealth grateful country
heaped upon him. Being dead, he is emit
tied to all the respect a sorrowing nation
can lay at the grave of her dead hero. His
name will live long in the history of the
country, and the gratitude of the American
people will be his fttest monument.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07
Evidence OF Greatness.

General Grant gave good testimony to
his real greatness when he declared yester-
day that he believed that he would get
we'll. The numerous doctors about him
have 90 unanimously and decidedly con-
'demned him to immediate death that it
was . sign Of eminent good sense, as we'll
y Of courage, in the patient to conclude
that be would not die yet awhile. 1t would
not be ct all surprising to those who have
observed how often people recover
when the Doctors give them over to
death, TO find that General Grant will
dlisappoint the doctors prediction. 1t is
very creditable to General Grants stout
mes Of heart and head that the doctors
verdict does not kill him. The prudent
physician generally abstains studiously
from letting his patient know that he con-
siders his case desperate, both because he
knows that it is Of great Importance to
keep the courage up and because he knows
how little he knows about the chances of
life. The man who resolves that he will
Rot well when the doctors say he will surely
die, u man to be admired not less for the
soslndness of his judgment than the fibre
Of his soul.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07
al)t Caafastfr 1ntelliee,,ter.
LANCASTER. APRIL I. 1885,.
A Chapge Of Heart.

We understand that the Clearfeld btu
minous coal company or the Beach creek
and northwestern railroad company, or
bUth. they being In fact one in two, in Sia-
NEE Connection, has retreated from the
booition that it would not ship the coal Of
any party but the Clearfield bituminous
coal company over the Beach creek railroad
says It practically prohibitory charge;
this change having come over the spirit OF
iks dreams in view of the agitation before
the legislature of the. enforcement of the
constitutional mandate prohibiting any such
performance by common carriers. The
fH1kthat Senator Wallace is the author of
The proposed bill to enforce the constitution,
and Is the president also of the Beach
Greek railroad, made it very appropriate
that his company should make haste to
show its readiness to obey the constitution,
The naughty Magee, contractor, who is
running the road, has therefore consented
\ 70 control his naughtiness.
This Is very creditable to the parties, and
We trust that the change of heart in
dicated is as complete as promised
r will now be in order t.
tEvite the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany to similar conversion. 1t is said
upoA very good authority, that itspikes tn
switches of all coal miners who connec
with the Beech Creek road. II this is SC
it needs prompt attention and correction
by the legislature.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07
Ne Wants to Stay.

It seems that in 1881 Postmaster Huide-
koper, of Philadelphia, wrote to young
Democrat whom he had appointed a sub
letter carrlcQ at si~2e the appointment
rs made he haa learned that the young
man not only did not support the Repub-
lican party last fall but worked against il, !"
wherefore Huidekoper bluntly said to him,
In an official communication "The ap-
pointment, so far as made, is revoked until
/ am satisfied that you have been and are
an earnest Republican"
Being confronted now with this letter,
the Philadelphia postmaster admits that he
wrote it, but he pleads the baby act and
says times have changed since then that
In like situation now he would do other
wise; and that, anyhow, Hayes made him
do 1t, for he had general and positive in
strnctions from that sniveling sneak, which
he had given verbally at the time Of Hui
dek0per's appointment, that the Philadel-
phia postofice appointees must be In accord
with the administration and Republicans.
The anxiety of this fellow Huidekoper to
hold his place is something wonderful. 1t
is suspicious to say the least. Ii he had
proper sense of self rospcct he would have
rendered bis resignation on the 5th of
March. He allowed his Office last fall to
hs made the specially selected medium for
mailing tons Of filthy and obscene litera-
ture, shamelessly circulated in open en-
velopes, in defiance of the laws of the
United States, and subject to seizure by
Anthony Comstock, had the postal authori-
ties been disposed to interfere with this
pollution of the mail service. Off with
Huidekoper's head
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07
TEN MINERS BURIED ALIVE.
A Heartrending Scene at Raven Run-Litt
Hope for the EntOmbed.

A Heartrending scene at Raven Run-LittIe
Hope for the Entombed.
About l o'clock Monday afternoon one of
the gangways Of the Cuyler collieryat Raven
Run, Schuylkill county, operated by 8. NJ.
Heaton Il Co., caved in without warning, en-
tombing ten miners who were at work inside
The cave-in occurred abOnt 400 feet from the
bottom Of the slope, and was caused by a
sudden crushing Of the timbers The names
of the ten men entombed are Frank Nc
Laughlin, William Anderson, John Ander-
son, Henry Mervine, Ben Maurer, Nicholas
Purcell, Barney Smith, Michael Herrity,
Daniel Kenney and John Cavanaugh. There
is no means Of ascertaining whether the I'M
Prisoned miners are dead or alive. Messrs
Heaton 4 Co. are doing everything possible
to rescue the men, but the danger of ap-
preaching the break makes II difficult to do
anything to that end and also prevents the
hundreds of men that have gathered at the
scene from going TO work to rescue the i'm
prisoned miners. The miners who are ac-
quainted with the place have little or no hope
of those imprisoned being rescued alive. The
scene at the mouth of the slope il heartrend-
ing in the extreme The unfortunate miners
are all men of families, and the appealing
cries OF their wives and children fill the air
in the vicinity of the fatal mine
Exploring parties who attempted TO enter
the mine report 1t a complete wreck, and all
hopes ofrescuing the imprisoned miners alive
mas De0n aDanuOn6u. Inc slope lB JOO f00t
deep, and is divided into four lifts. The ten
men now in the mine were In the lower lift,
and the place is closed to the bottom Of the
first Lift, forty feet above. There are three
openings to the mind-an air hold and two
slopes, and all three are closed below the
first lift. The dangerous condition OF the
mines not only prevents rescuing parties
from doing any work but forbids even a
thorough examination of the workings. The
concussion caused by the fall was 80 great
that the mine cars at the foot Of the first lift
were forced up the slope distance of fifty
feet Miners who are acquainted with the
workings declare 1t not only impossible to
rescue the men alive but doubtful whether
even their bodies can be recovered. 1t is
their Judgment, also, that the colliery Is u
complete wreck. The colliery employed
from $50 to 200 men when working, but for
tunately, was not in operation Monday.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07
PERSONAL.

SIDNEY LANIER Is to have a monument In
Macon, Ga, whore he was born.
CHARLES PORTER, of Cory, Erie county,
has been appointed fish commissioner by the
governor In place of James Duffy.
Mrs. HILL-SHARoN, of San Francisco, has
been condemned to twenty-four hours, i'm
prisonment for contempt OF court
CHRISTINE NILSSON has received from
King Alfonso the cross Of the Order Of the
Beneficence, founded by his mother.
EX-GOVERNOR SPRAGUE, of Rhode Island,
Is now business man in the City of Mexico,
while Mrs. Kate Chase is educating her child
rem in Europe.
MAJOR SAMUEL =. ELDER, OF the Second
Artillery, for the past ten years instructor of
law at the artillery school at Fortress Monroe,
died there Monday morning.
Col. THOMAS J. CRIMSON, who has been
In the Internal Revenue service for the last
nineteen years, and for the last nine years
has been revenue agent has resigned.
ARTHUR THATCHER has been reelected
chairman of the Democratic city committee
of Philadelphia; J.P. Sensenderfer and G. A.
O'Hara secretaries and John Slevin treasurer.
ADoLPH SUTRo, borer of the famous Sutro
tunnel, has secured Europe in search of rari-
| ties, and has now stored In San Francisco
| enough books 10 bring the titles alone up to
| 10000.
ELI SLIFER, who nearly quarter of a
| century ago was secretary of the common
| wealth under Governor A. G. Curtin, Is now
| residing at a hotel in Lewisburg, and is I'm
very poor health.
MIR. j. ii. KERsHNER, agraduate Of Frank
lin and Marshall college, AZ principal, and
Miss Mamie j.. Smith first assistant, viii
establish normal and classical institute In
St Petersburg, Clarion county.
| GEORGE BANCROFT, IL preparing book
on Shakespeare and his writings, in which
/ he will confute the Baconan theory as TO the
authorship OF Shakespeare's plays, recently
revised by the meteoric lgnatius Donnelly.
DIR. +. L..MAoooS announced from the
pulpit ofthe North Broad street church, Phila
dslphia, on Sunday that he intended to resign
| from this time. In the interval, he said, ht
intended to serve without any salary.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND was an interest
ing spectator oftwo thousand children gather
ed in the White House grounds on Easter
ton sport OF egg-rolling. The play consists
mainly of rolling gAudily colored Easter egg,
down the artificial hills in the grounds o
these eggs the young ones carried small bas
kets full when they enter, and toward even
ing the battle-ground was fiecked with shells
where the strife was tho thickest.
| GOVERNOR WRIGHT, of Indiana, was in
the habit of airing on the stump his knowl
edge Of farming matters, Of which he wal
densely ignorant A rural Hooser, who haC
been imposed upon by the governors preten
sions, anxious to improve his breed of sheep
once wrote and requested him TO recommend
for this purpose a thoroughbred ram. HI
promptly replied: "Get the hydraulic by al
means. 1t Is superior to the Southdown fol
mutton or the merino for WOOL"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07

THERE is professional war up in Luzsrne
between the doctors who attended Nichols,
killed by Botheras for betraying his niece,
and those who testified before the board OF
pardons that the victims death was due to
DR.. Coles probing In the brain for tho bullet
rather than by the ball itself It will be re-
membered that the pardon board gave Both
erss the benefit of the doubt raised and COM
muted his sentence TO imprisonment for life |;
and now the surgeons are trying the case In
newspaper interviews One OF DIR. iCole's
chief critics, DIR. Crawford, has got of the
following very neat mot In the case /:
"There seemed, in this matter In which
Botheras Is concerned, to have been two at
tempts to commit homicide or perhaps a
murder--one with bullet, the other with a
halter. DIR. Cole, by his Ignorance, stupidity
and blundeiing seems to have frustrated botl,
attempts"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07

THE rapidity with which the human hand
when trained can novels something wonder
full. To the uninitiated who watch the celebrity
of the ordinary telegraph operator, his speed
excites wonder and admiration. What must
he the case when is witnessed the competi-
ton of expert operators. In New York a
contest Of telegraphers was held the other
day in which all previous records were
beaten. The task set before each of the con-
testants was to send 500 words, including
1884 characters, besides fifteen periods and
four commas, raising the total number of
characters to 2,36s. Now as each character
required about six movements, it was neces-
sary to make l4,20s wrist and arm move
ments for the 500 words. The fastest time
made was 10 minutes and 81 seconds or an
average Of about 1850 movements minute.
The human hand, after all, is the most won.
derful of machines.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07

ThGpresident and the postmaster general
take occasion to say, in connection with
the Rome, New York, postoffice, that the
pJuaopt habit of postmasters in the larger
o1nceG, TO regard themselves as rather Or
nnnnGntal than useful officers, whose chief
Annetion - to draw their salary, will be
unoeD hon0red in the breach than in the OBJ
nGsSpnoe; and that they win be expected
- eive their time to their duty. This will
- interesting information to postofice
oopirants, and win be apt to cool the ardor
q some who have contemplated postmas-
tcerhip longingly as a pleasant sinecure.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07
The Exact Truth.

The New York Tribune frankly admits
thnt e the present administration proposes
q rornove all the officials "who have used
thsir places to promote partisan ends, and
Who have roamed about the country max
ing offensive partisan speeches to save
thsir o6ices while neglecting their du-
~, !" u viii cause a general exodus of Re
rublicans from Office.
This y very likely indeed it is true be-
You'd peradyenture.
Turn every rascal out.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07

souao a ~ Bevu6dinp politloions WHO
aze themselves . 1lttle sshAmed Of the &C.
tlon Of tbsir counoils n displacihe Howell
with vondefnnith - chisf engineer Of the
lire department, attempt TO excuse 1t on
the eround that . partisan Issue was raised
bs Howell's friends and that his retention
was sought because he was Democrat
This is a bare-faced lie; and the people
who resort to this subterfuge know IL to be
such.
Mr.. Howell was not elected the first time
as Democrat; although the Democrats
had majority in councils, they peremp-
torily refused to caucus on this Office; he
was even chosen by q majority Of the Re-
publican votes and he has never mani
tested his political affiliations in the dis
charge Of his duties. In everything the
INTELLIaENCER has had to say on this
subject II has expressly disclaimed any par.
tisan interest in it; and IL anything were
needed to show that Mr.. Howell's re-elec
ton was not sought for party advantage
the names subscribed to this petition, pre-
sented and read in the joint convention
would effectually dispose Of such an idea
TO the Honorable Select and Common Council
of the CYty Of Ldncdsfer, Pennd
We the undsrsigned, business men. @ ,prcpsr.; !;
owners and citizens OF tancaster ASK Ior tne = :,
ment, Henry NJ. Howell. as ne has been q goo
| and efficient officer IN the past ana we DO no
deem It advisable for the best interests of tn
II - \
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07
NEW FsENCH CABINET.

Brisson Called to the Premiership and q Min-
tstry Formed.
NJ. Brisson has completed cabinet, and,
although the names of the members have
not been made public, it appears certain that
the ministry will be composed rs follows: M.
Brisson, president ofthe council and minister
OF public instruction. NJ. Allan large, min
ister Of the interior; NJ Clamageran, minister
OF finance; NJ. Goblet minister, Of justice;
Carnot, minister Of public works; ~. Pierre
Legrand, minister OF agriculture; ~. Herye
Mangon, minister Of commerce; N. Cuyinof,
minister OF posts and telographs, and Admiral
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07

1T Is popular notion that the literary in
terests of the country gain when men OF
letters are sent to foreign countries as govern
ment ambassadors and there get the oppor-
tunities and leisure that conduce to higher
and more successful exertions in their chosen
field. But a. the 4merican points out,
there is another side Of this question: "We
lost the delightful humorist of Knicker
bockers New York, and gained the graceful
yet heavy historian of Columbus, and Wash
ington, by sending Irving to Spain. We
lost the charming novelist whom Hawthorne
went 10 Liverpool and got the writer of
spiteful books Of travel In his place. The
late generation of literary diplomats do not
keep up to this level when they go abroad.
Mr.. Motley wrote no more histories when he
went to London, and Mr.. Lowell has de-
voted his energies to after-dinner speeches
since he went" Bret Harte has never done
as good work since he went away in the con-
sular service as he did here and Sam. Cox
is hurrying to finish his book before he goes
to Turkey, lest the destinations of the harem
wean him from his love for statistics or the
bow-string of the Bosphorus shuts of his ge-
nial flow Of wit
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07

THE statement telegraphed from Washing
ton to the Philadelphia Times and printed
to-day, to the effect that Mr.. Hensel ''saw the
president and whispered good word for his
friend Bigler, son of ex-Gov. Bigler, whom
he wanted to see made United States marshal
for the Western district of Pennsylvania
like most kindred statements about MIR.
Hensel--is utterly without foundation.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07

Yes. blood BLOOD viii tell - And blood
will tell q sorry tale, II II IL poor, mean sickly.
impure blood, with little no iron I'm IL. The
blood enriched by iron and purified by the Wig:
orous action OF healthy liver, tells its story OF
clear brain, vigorous action. good digestion and
success In life. Browns Iron Bitters puts iron
in the blood. tones the nerves ana conquers de-
bility. Sold everywhere.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07

IN - lu1ln Z 0lo e. p llqu1t q 81 :
snilrsly within ~ 1anu IN u w. te6Ce'
slsUtsd by NE psoptA This Act = p(leni
afIirmsd BY the supssms oourk dooe
not seem to be popularity comprehended. n
any community wants stricter endorsement
of the liquor law or evsn absolute psohibir
ton, the matter IL entirely within IL own
control, in the election pf Judges, who can
regulate the taverns and saloons or shut
them up entirely II 20 disposed. For In
stance, Judge Krebs, Of Clearfeld, has
issued an order requiring all drinking re-
sorts to he closed at halfpest ten and Judge
Harry White, Of Indiana county, has
refused to grant single license In that
county. u
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07
An on Year.

This Is going to be an on year. No political
booms tor Plumed knights or "Reform Z"
will help keep up the health and strength OF the
vast multitude whose faith IL pinned on the
glowing party promises of election year. Multi
tudes of such win need reliable tonic to tone
mp the system, purifier to work or the bad
blood and q sure remedy for lame backs, rheu-
matism, biliousness, etc. Such remedy Is Kid.
ney.wort. IL has long stood at the head Of the
list of kidney remedies. and IL receives the high
est praise from all that use IL.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07

"a prominent physician OF Pittsburg said to
lady patient who was complaining OF her con-
tinued ilhealth. and Of his inability TO cure her,
jokingly said: TRY Hop Bittersr The lady
took IL in earnest and used the Btters. from
which she obtained permanent health. She now
laughed at the doctor for his joke. but he is not
so well pleased with II, as It cost him good
patient.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07
Thoueand. Uvon Thousands Ill

or testimonials of the most wonderful cures
voluntarily sent us, we do not publish them, as
they do not make the cures. II is our medicine,
Hop Bitters. that mako the cures. II has never
failed and never can. We will give reference to
any one for any disease similar to their own II
desired, or will refer them TO any neighbor, as
there II not q neighborhood In the known world
but can show It's cures by Hop Btters.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07
Foes Of Doctors.

The fee of doctors at s3.00a visit would tax a
man fora year. and in need Of a daily visit, over
$1,000 year for medical attendance alone! And
one single bottle OF Hop Btters taken In time
would save the d 600 and all the years sickness
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07

The demoralizing effect of long expert
ence with short-weight coal in Philadelphia
is illustrated in the fact that thirty fat women
on exhibition there, averaging 3s3H pounds
each in weight, are described in all city
newspapers as "ten tons of loveliness."
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07

ALI that man needs In this fair city to
boost him into official place is glaring unfit
ness for the position he seeks
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-07
2-RIg Thieyes-2.

Dyspepsia and debility are two big thieves I;
they creep in and steal our health and comfort
before we know II. Let us put a stop to their
invasions with n bottle OF Burdock BLOOD BIZ.
fers, TO be had at any drug store, For sale by II.
Is. Cochran. druggist. i31 and i39 North Queen
street. Lancaster