New-York tribune., 1886-02-07

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He was a country mechanic in STARK County, Oho Whon
tho idea OF moving by machinery TO his mind He
had been a plasterer but the business had not been
profitable enough to supply the wants OF his growing
family and he started little foundry. which expanded
into shop the repair OF farm implements ana then
INTO a little machine shop where the first Buckeye
mower and the first mower and reaper was Dul uhder
his own hands. Mccormick, Wood, Ball and other in-
reaching out in the same field and he heard
OF their and successes. Cornelius Autnan
OF Canton. furnished Miller money 10 develop the
Invention was his halt brother. rhey eventually bnilt
works at Canton, and absorbed nnn0or OF patents
which made the inventions OF Mr Miller hlSly Vaiua
BILE They have in quarter Oi century spread out into
Akron, ana Masson, ONO, and P0ughkeepsle, N l.,
Mr. Miller is "A notable instance OF inventor who has
been able reap substantial benefits from the resls OF
his lie is worth two or three million dollars
which in his quiet home at Akron is e1ua 10 zen OF M
h Teen M M,ha1,t Ghnrcb and with the Rev Dr.
Vincent. OF NewJersey, originated and promoter tue
famous Chautauqua Assembly OF which he Is president
Mr.. Miller has been active in Sunday y-schooI work. lie
has been the superintendent OF the Akron school OF his
church for twenty years. His inventive mlnd planned
and his generosity promoted the consrr ction OF tte
Sunday school there, which are considered by
many church architects the finest models Tor such
purposes in the world The arrangement Is that OF
semi circle OF which open by folding doors INTO
large contral assembly There two h0ors OF these
class rooms When it Is desirable for the classes to DO
separated for individual work. the doors are closed
They opened again for the general work OF the school,
which is conducted from central platform IN tue man
auditorium As remember the class rooms there are at
least twenty OF hem The main room occupied by the
called intermediate classes The infant classes nave
large apartT aside for them AMI so arranged
that when the exercises are longer than usual tho te
ores he quietly dismissed hom their own room Dy
private exits without disturbing the other Parts OF the
school.
The political methods that prevail in Ohio ara comm
in fol 20 OF discussion all over the country
met there yesterday Harvey Paof Toledo real estate
dealer who has been buwark OF Democracy In North
in for IN
Payne Senatorial affair: think the people OF the State
have pretty definite idea how the Senator got his
position. 1t will noTer be possible to diIOdge the IDEA
that it was brought about by the LIBERAL OF money.
possibly directly. but nevertheless surely No one
has any TO think that Senator Payne himself
knew anything ab0ut the means that we're used TO con-
pass his preerment But the entire politics of the state
demOralzed aud degraded by the efforts that
preceded his election for two or three years Tue
people or the state qnder stma tnat prety snorSugS
that Frank Hurd defeated for Congress, rather
left in such shape that he Is Obliged TO contest his
doubt, but he has all the worry OF tne contest"
pCaptan W. W. Peabody, general manager OF the Ohio
and Mississippi road, who lives at Cincinnati has been
on here days the business of his road He
is not backward In denoupcng the political methods OF
the Democrats IN Ohio shameful beyond anything this
country asked him If there was not in
Cincinnati considerable corruption for which b0th
parties be blamed He replied that IL might he
that there bad in both parties but that the
me of all experience he had with coorea man who Is
at work in his Office The darkeys name is George. He
came into the captains Office the day Of the last election
when conversation took place between them about Ike
this say Cappen, what hout die yere regisrashunf
Well you have registered, haven't Your "Yes, Cap
pen," "welI, you go and vote in yonr precinct"
How many times, Cappenf" How many timesl Why,
once of course unless you want to TO the peniten
tary. How many times did You expect to voter
WELL Cappen, you know libbel in Louisiana. We had
Iegistrashun down dar. Dey glib Inc fOry sufcuts aud
I used dem ebry Say, Cappen you Kin trust me-
You less gib me bout twenty-five stifcuts and kin
em oil i'm The captain says that his experience
taught him that tue colored man needs some truc
ton as to the right OF franchise te hah cVlored man
at work for hun two Jr three years ago Oh wIoii
asked laugngly one election mOinug now ofton ne hau
seat with asonishment Voted three times Cappen."
Tue darkey entirely serious " Great scott man,
Cappsu lib In seventeenth Ward aud Jess voted
there because do boys ali know me dar moved dar
the Eshtoenth Warl polls dc boys all know ne dar aud
dey say inuss vote DIT 50 put: IN my vote % as dey
Ward polls cured to dat had not done my duty as
American citizen hut had jess voted because dc boys
axod me TO and so jess voted dar q citizen" Tho
captain locked the for tue rest OF the
day for fear the entire population of
Cincinnati.
The movement at Albany investigate tue affairs OF
the Quarantine Commission is based on the plea that
the Health Ollce is too remuneTatlve and should be
made a salaried Office Ex-senator Platt who Is "a mem
Der OF the commission, chatting 18th me last sht
said that lie and other members wholly iniiier
ent the question Of investigation, but lie eNp aimed
why in his judgment there was no possibility that the
Health Office could bs put the State salary list In
the first place." said he, the fecs that are received
cannot be tlrned to the State They provided
,or by the United States law The District Attorneys of
as long period remember have all rulci 10 that
effect They might reduced 81 altogether, but
IL the pays the Health Officer saary it can in no
case get any from bis work. Not only this but
IL the fees cut OIL and hc put on salary the State
would be Obliged to pay out annually about So 900 FOR
the expenses OF the Quarantine Department. which are
now paid pv the Health Officer OF his tees. -
likely the people of the cDlntry districts Will iet
;heir representatives the Legislature vote 10 put say
$50 900 wear additional taxation the for
mere privilege OF relieving British Oi the fec
they pay the Health Oticer Tor INSPECTION That Is
the change would amouut to-a relief ot tue BRUSH
shipownors from sight tax: Tho ships mat roue
here that nos owned by ioresner5 are the property
wealthy New York city There Is another feature
OF this discussion which Is that the arc ht
present perfectly satisfied WIN the ieea they pay ana me
conduct OF the Qdaraatine IL they we're e.amo4hs Tor
change there might be some sentiment aroused III us
favor"
| met here yesterday General HuIekoper, the one.
armed soldier who removed from tire Philadelphia
post once 10 rake room for one OF Samuel j. Kandafs
henchmen. lie told me that he has oome to NowYork
TO hve aud is engaged rs vice president aud general
manager OF the Metropolitan Bell Telephone Company.
From the fact that Mr. Vail sailed on Wednesday for
Europe juGge that he is the acting executive olrer OF
the company. In conversation with him about his
moval lac said to that lie hoped 1t would te fully dis
cusscd and ventilated in the Senate that the country
might what sham 1t Is Tor the Administration to be
claiming that it is friendly to Civil Service Reform
The man who succeeded me,' said the General, WAS
Randall delegate to the Democratic National CDnvtn-
ton lie voted for Randall on Two ballots and for Cleye-
land the third. He has his reward think that
the am no longer ublie Official and the
spokesman has the place"
There is moro less talk constantly about the prop
oston to admit several States into the Union at AN
early day I heard yesterday that ex-senator S. W.
Dorsey Arkansas has ambitions to to the SEN
ate again the first representative OF the proposed
state of New Mexico The gentleman who told me OF
this added: Have you 1t mentioned that Con
gressman Sp niger OF Illinois, has determined to remove
IN htoviro fnr permanent resdenoe Mt the close OF