davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-12-05

HORSE STOLEN AND FOUND.
- On the night of the Ist inst
a valuable pony belonging to
Weis & Korf; butchers, was
stolen from the vicinity of En-
gelke's bank. AS the bastile
keeper was coming to town
about daylight on the sd inst.
found a suspicious negro about
and fine pony near the old
market house. The pony had
been hitched all the day prev
ious and it now appears that
the suspicious negro was trying
to raise" the pony which had
forty-foot tie rope to his neck
ELECTION OF OFFICERS AT
the regular annual meeting of
the Germania Club of this city,
held at the Germania Hall on
Wednesday evening, the fol-
lowing gentlemen were elected
as officers of the association for
ensuing year;
c. Minkwitz, president.
A. Lindermann, Ist vice,president.
A. Pflughaupt' and vice president.
c. F. Woehler, secretary
K. Hoffman treasurer.
Joseph Smith barkeeper.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-12-05

ALTHOUGH the BANNER has
been a source of continual COM
plant to the Texas Sentinel
which was SO unfortunate as
to lose its Office by the fire yes
erday morning it accords to its
contemporary its sympathy.
The course pursued by the
Sentinel has not been such as to
merit our good will. We hope
that it will soon recover from
the severe loss that it has in
cured.
THE board of chiefs and del
egates of Brennan fire depart
ment met on Tuesday evening
to take measures for improving
the department. Five hundred
feet Of the best quality of four
ply rubber hose were ordered.
A committee on water works
was appointed and will report
on next Saturday at7 o'clock
p. NJ.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27
[Marysville Tribune.]
A Warning to Bows.

The New York Times makes the start
ling assertion that the use of tobacco has
done more to degrade and vitiate the
youth of the land than the dram-shop.
Many on first thought will take excep-
tion to the remark; but it will require
only moments reflection to impress us
with the fact that there is some truth in
it.
Tobacco is a light stimulant, and it
rapidly and strangely insinuates itself
upon the taste; hence as its use is culti-
waited desire is created for it. This is
true of both chewing and smoking. 1t
requires but little practice till the appe-
tite demands hourly satisfaction; so that
in time it becomes more than simply de-
sire-it becomes craving and demanding.
The next step, with many at least, is to
resort to a greater stimulant. Whisky
may satisfy the vitiated desire, but only
to bind the thoughtless victim in chains
that will neither give nor break. We
have no doubt two-thirds Of the drunk
ards of the country, and indeed of every
country, have been made so by first cul
tivating a taste for that filthiest of all
weeds.
We know what the tendency of tobacco
is; and our last warning voice will be,
Boys, young men, beware of its use p
1t is expensive and filthy, and 1t is one of
the sure stepping stones to sorrow, dis
ease, disgrace and destruction. 1t dwarfs
the mind, enervates the body, and keeps
one from reaching the highest degree OF
noble manhood
The writer of this warming has been a
user of tobacco for forty years, and he
can testify that he has lost much of the
real pleasure and enjoyment of life by
Il
reaching up towards the sere and yellow
leaf of life, he has quit the mean habit
not because it was not pleasant to him,
but because of all habits that are looked
upon with forbearance by decent society,
nit is the meanest, lowest, filthiest, and
leads to most serious results to both body
and mind
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27
TCiuciunati Commercial.1

The practice of carrying weapons about
the streets is an absurd and perniclous
one Young men go about armed with
revolvers and pistols as though they were
in land of savage instead of civilized
community, where the duty of defending
life and person is delegated by law to Of
fcers paid to protect The accidental
killing of young Baldwin is attributable
to this practice; and it is one only of h
long list of such accidents due alone to
the fact that men and boys go about like
wild Comaches with weapons on their
person.
What reasonable excuse is there for
this folly? The chances are ninety nine
in a hundred that no man who conducts
himself as a gentleman should do, and
keeps out of bad company, will ever have
occasion to use a revolver or pistol, un-
less he wants to practice at target And
the danger would be greatly lessened it
the law would take rough hold of the
pistol carrying fools and make an exam
Pile of few of them.
A drunken idiot, and that class is nu-
merous, steps into saloon, whips out his
revolver at the least provocation, bangs
away, and there is a painful accident to
be written up. Others, with less excuse
for their idiocy, fool with firearms, as
Sumlng IDem 10 Uo uuIOduSuj Llil lu0f6 lS
an unlock ed for discharge, and some dear
one, often wife, child, brother or sister,
is sent to their last account. Of course
| there are regret and poignant sorrow
| even the idiot can feel-but regret is
unavailing.
What is needed is a law authorizing the
arrest of any person on sight who goes
about the streets of city with arms on
| his person, and unless he can give sub
stantial reason for wearing them, he
should be fined heavily, or be shut up in
a lunatic asylum. 1t ought to be accept.
ed at law as sufficient evidence of natural
idiocy or temporary insanity if any per
son is caught in a civilized community
with arms worn to defend himself against
assault. He overestimates the value ot
his precious person. and his formidable
ness as magazine of arms. There is ter
times the danger from his blunderins
handling of weapon that there woulc
be were he to draw the thing with pre-
meditated purpose to fire to hit a givel
object.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27
TScientific Americana
A Reptile which Lived Twelve Million
Years Ago.

The American Museum of Natural His
tory, of this city, has ust been enriched
by a contribution Of three slabs of sand
stone taken from the Connecticut Valley.
The donor of the slabs desires that his
name shall not be mentioned in print,
but the specimens are said to have come
from Turner's Falls, Mass. On two OF
the slabs are impressed large foot prints
of some amphibious animal. Professor
Hitchcock names the animal the Bronto
zouna giganteum. The beast is. or was in
ancient times, reptile of enormous size,
as the prints of his feet on the slabs pre-
sented to the museum show. The theory
of the geologists is that this monster was
formed something like frog; that he
walked mostly on his hind legs, only US.
ing his fore legs when it was necessary
for him to drop down to rest. 1t is esti
mated that he lived about II, 500, 900
years before the appearance of man on
this earth.
The third slab is covered with the
marks OF the feet of some insect which is
unknown to the present generation
From the foot prints the geologists have
determined that the insect was of the
ephemana genus. Insects of this class can
live in the water several days but on the
land they survive for but from one to
twenty four hours. The theory regard
ing these foot prints is that the insect
found himself on dry land, with the tide
receding and in attempting to gain the
water he left these marks upon the sand
which are presumed to teach the nine
teenth century something of the history
of the past.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27
AN ENRAGED HUSBANDS ACTS
Beating His Wife to Unconscionass and
then Going Away-Her Death.

Samuel Reed, carpenter and his wife
| Jenny. moved into the basement at 334
West Fortieth street eleven months ago
and lived together apparently on 60 cd
terms until Tuesday at midnight. Th en-
Mrs. Reed called upon Mrs. Stumme, the
houseleeper, to protect her from her
husband, who, she said, was beating her.
Mrs. Stumme went down into the base
ment, where she found Reed. with VIC
lent gestures and now and then blow
accusing his wife of unfaithfulness. He
he'd left her alone, he said, while he
went out for a drink. He returned. The
door was locked. He went into the area,
opened the window, and forced apart the
inside shutters. Then he saw a tinsmith,
Jacob McVey, who had called on him
and his wife previously that evening"
Jumping into the room through the win
dow, he threw himself on McVey, and
with kicks and curses forced him from
the room. He then turned on his wife,
who. eluding his grasp went up stairs to
summon Mrs Stumme. His recital end
ed, Reed seized his wife by the hair, and
shaking her violently, repeated his blows
and accusations.
Il call my dead chld-our little baby
who hes gone to heaven-to witness that
| am innocent protested Mrs. Reed =
Her husband only became the more vio-
lent
by the grave of my dead father and
mother implore you to believe me" the
woman continued, striving to evade the
blows which Reed gave her.
Reed at length desisted and went to
bed with his clothes on, asking Mrs.
Stumme to call him early in the morning
as he had been promised employment at
So or 81 a day.
Mrs. Stumme went away, and, although
the noise of struggling was again heard
in the basement, did not return until
next the morning. She found Reed in
bed as she had left him, and his wife un-
conscious on the floor with blood clotted
over her mouth and nostrils, Reed ac-
knowledged that he had again struck
her and beaten her head and body
against the wall. He washed away the
blood and quilted the house. leaving his
wife unconscious. Mrs. Stumme sum-
moned an ambulance, in which Mrs.
Reed was taken to the Roosevelt Hospi
tai In the interval Reed was seen with
McVey carousing and apparently on
friendly terms. He was soon afterward
arrested.
Mrs Reed died yesterday morning. A
post mortem examination made by Dep
revealed fracture of the nose, and brui-
ses behind the right ear, on the hands.
and on the right knee. On removing the
scalp, extravasations of blood were found
on the right side of the head. When the
skull was opened clot of blood was
found on the entire surface of the right
hemisphere of the brain, beneath the
duramater. The lungs were congested,
and showed signs of recent bronchitis.
W bile the liver and kidneys proved to be |
afflicted with fatty degeneration. In the
opinion of DR.. Cushman, notwithstand-
ing these evidences of organic disease,
death was caused by compression of the
brain arising from extravasation of blood
due to violence.
The prisoner acknowledged to the re-
porter that he struck his wife, when he
her and McVey. He was over
,ome with anger.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27
Cincinnati Commercial. /

Senator Chandler, who has come to the
front again as ''stalwart" Republican,
finds himself taunted in the Democratic
newspapers with a letter written in 1861
in which he is accused of having said
that the Union was scarcely worth pre-
serving without some blood letting This
is the old accusation brought against him
in the Thirty ninth Congress by Senator
Hendricks, of Indiana. His cry before
the wal" said Hendricks, was for blood" :"
To this old Zach. replied, in words that
are memorable to this day:
The Senator from Indiana has ar
raigned me upon an old indictment, for
having written a certain letter in 1851
1t is not the first time that l have been
arraigned in that indictment of blood
letting. | was first arraigned for it on
this floor by that traitor, John G. Breck-
inridge, and l answered the traitor, ohm
G. Breckenridge; and after | gave him
that answer he went out into the rebel
ranks aid fought against our flag. was
arraigre Ell by another Senator from Ken
lucky, and by other traitors upon this
floor. l expect to be arraigned again
o my prophetic soul l wrote that let
ter, and 1 stand by the letter; and what
was it? What was the position of the
country when that letter was written
The Democratic party, as an organization,
had arrayed itself against the Govern
ment-a Democratic traitor in the Presi.
dental chair and a Democratic traitor in
every department of this Government
Democratic traitors preaching treason on
this floor, and preaching treason in the
hall of the other house; Democratic
traitors in your army and in your navy
Democratic traitors in every department
of this Government Your flag was fired
upon, and no response. The Democratic
party had ordained that this Government
should be overthrown, and |, as Sena
tor from Michigan, wrote to the Cover
nor of that State, Unless you are pre-
pared to shed blood for the preservation
of this great Government, the Govern
ment is overthrown.' That is all there
was of that letter Then | said, and
say again. and tell that Senator if be
is prepared to 60 down in history with
the Democratic traitors who then coop
Grated with him, l am prepared to &c
down on that 'blood-letting letter, and ]
stand by the record as then made"
Mr.. Chandler has lived to see the Sen
ate and House in the hands of the men
who fought against that flag, and supper
ted by Democratic Northern politicians
with as meek subserviency in their revo
lutionary schemes to coerce the Execu
tive as they were in lS60-1l There i:
nothing the ex Confederates demand tha
their Northern allies venture to refuse
even to the election of Black burn, O
| Kentucky, over Sam. Randall, to b,
be Speaker of the House, because Randall
has not cordially worked with them t.
plunder the Treasury, and reduce the fl
nancial credit OF the Government to tn,
abject point it occupied when jeff Davi
and Floyd, of Virginia were the moving
spirits in the Cabinet Of James Buchan
| an.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27
Church Directory for Jackson, 0.-1s79.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Z. F. Creighton, Pastor. Preaching every
meeting Tuesday evening. Prayer meeting
Thursday evening. Sabbath School every Sab
bath at A. M.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-Elder j. P. Ewing,
Pastor. Preaching every Lords Day at 10H A.
NJ, and at night. Sabbath School every LORDS
Day at 8 A. M.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Rev. j. K.
Gibson, Pastor. Presching every Sabbath at
10H A. NJ, and at night. Sabbath School every
Sabbath at A. M. Teachers meeting Tuesday
evening. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
Choir meeting Friday evening. Woman's Mis-
sionary meeting lst Monday In every month.
Communion service 1st Sabbath in March.
June, September and December.
BAPTIST CHURCH.-Rev E. W. LLOYD, Pas
tor. Preaching every Sabbath at l0h A M.
and at Lamplfghting. Sabbath School every
Sabbath at 8 A. M. Prayer Meeting and
Teachers Meeting every Wednesday evening.
Choir Meeting every Thursday evening.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27


Officer Chiardi, of the society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children. yes
terday caused the arrest of Ellen Doyle
a young married woman, whom he found
in drunken state at No. 1I3 Sullivan
street. About fifteen months ago the
| officers attention was first directed to
Mrs Doyle, who was then living with her
husband and two children in South Fifth
avenue. Her fondness for drink often
led her away from home and at such
times the children were dependent upon
the kindness of the neighbors. Mr.. Chi
ardl had her arrested at that time, and
she was released upon taking pledge to
abstain from the use of liquor. She kept
1T for short time only and was again ar
rested. A second promise was exacted,
and she was given another opportunity
Her husband, James, was employed by
ID. b. Clatiin d Co, in whose service he
had been for fifteen years, sober ard
industrious man. He struggled hard to
reform his unfortunate wife, but in vain.
Their third child was born in November
last, and before it left its mothers breast
that unfortunate creature again gave way
to her weakness for liquor. little be-
fore Christmas Mr.. Chiardi, who had
heard of it, called at No. Vandam
street, where she was then living, and
found the house in terrible state
Scarcely an article of furniture remained
and the three children were crying for
food
DOYLE DISCOURAGED.
The husband, thoroughly discouraged,
agreed that his wife ought to be placed
under restraint and her arrest and i'm
prisopment on Rlackwell's Island for
three months followed. She was set at
liberty on the 18th OF last month and re-
turned to live with her husband. She
was drunk again within week, and, in
a moment of frenzy, assaulted him with
an iron bar He was confined to his bed
for some time, and was no sooner restor-
ed to health than the fighting qualities
OF his wife reappeared. Hopeless of cur
ing her Of her love of drink he took to it
himself and was discharged by his en-
ployers. On Saturday last he disappear
ed from his home and has not since been
heard of Yesterday morning, when Of
fcer Chiardi visited their house, he
found the children in a half starved con-
dition. One by one the little store of
provisions and stock of furniture had
gone for liquor, until even the stove was
sacrificed to the insatiate appetite The
little girl Elizabeth, four years old, the
little boy Michael, two years of age, and
the baby of five months were given over
to the care of the police, and the mother,
who was arraigned before Justice Wan
dell at the Jefferson Market Police Court,
was sent to Blackwell's Island for half
year.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27
The Maiden Sleeps.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMA

The maiden sleeps-why mourn ye in this wise
Ye parents? Let her rest
The little face that mid the flowers lies
'sMy lot is light; oh, wherefore weep?
lay me down in peace, and Sleep"
The maiden sleeps.
The maiden sIeeps-wearied from play TO rest
Tired out with happiness.
The doll the little arms had fondly pressed,
The pretty Sunday dress,
Her story-book remembered not
All, all her treasures now forgot
The maiden sleeps.
And light her earthly lot.
A little stream that through the flowers strayed,
With love and music fraugnt;
No bitter grief the chid's heart pained,
Soon was the short fight fought and gained
The maiden sleeps.
The maiden sleeps-how blest she slumbered in
Her tender Savior's arm;
That spotless heart, unstained, unsoiled by sin,
A conscience pure, sinless breast,
This is the couch the head to rest
The maiden sleeps.
The maiden sleeps-earth' s pain, earth's strife
May break that sweet repose;
Know'st, mother, thou, what might have been
For her, of bitter woes ?
She She feels no 40 more the i, ,tempest's beat beat
The maiden sleeps.
4Ao hdiuSu Sl6SpS-OIiiJ OnS SllOIC CdlIh AlShG
That peaceful sleep will last
And. oh, how bright the morn that greets her
sight
When that brief night is DER!
He who by his reSistIess will
Soothed Jarius, lives and comforts still
The maiden sleeps.
The maiden sleeps-and now the last kiss press
Upon the lips STILL
The Father help thee in thy sore distress;
D motherI tits His will.
Now, as they bear her to her rest,
Sing the lymnS she loved the best
The maiden sleeps.
home,
Thine for eternity
Ye glorious stars, bend down from heavens
dome,
Watch DER her tenderly
o wind, howl not SO loud and Shril
Over this little flower-decked hill
The maiden sleeps.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27
Post Office Bulletin for Jackson, Ohio.

Post-Ofice is open during the week from ZOO
a. m. to $50 p. M, but never on Sunday.
PORTSMOUTH BRANCH.-Mail going
north arrives at 1910 a. M, and g. p. m.
Mail going south arrives at 72l a. m. and 2:25
p. m. Mail closes 20 minut.s before time of ar
rival.
Through mail to Portsmouth, o., closes at
A. NJ, and arrives at 6:23 P. NJ.
Through mail to Chillicothe, o., and all psints
North and East, closes at P. NJ, and arrives at
7:21 A. M.
Through Mail to Athens, o., Pomeroy, O., and
all points on Hooking Valley r. R., closes at
6 P. M, and arrives at 7:2l A. NJ.
No such Office in Ohio as Jackson G. n.
"Meadow Branch" will be changed to "Cove"
Jan. 1st, 1879.
WEBER, GRAHAMSvILLE g. MABEE'S
Closes at a. m. on Friday.
MAIL ON NARROW GAUGE-Going West
closes at LILO p. m. Arrives at IBIS p. M. daily
except Sunday.
EUREKAvILLE-Clos at p. m. every
Wednesday and Saturday.
S.P. BALDRIDGE P. M.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27

A gent. man, having occasion to praise
a kind h~arted Irish woman for her good
deeds to her: We'll, well, Kate, il
there is Heaven in the next world, you
will get to it," AS quick as lightning
came the reply, with ali heartiness of the
race: God bless ye, Mr.. P. An
sure, if l do, I'll lave the gate open iol
yop,"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27

mayor of one of the communes in
France lately made the following entry
upon the register: Il, mayor of -,
found yesterday in the forest of - a
man by the name of Rollip, committing
an act against the laws. l commanded
him to surrender, whereupon he set upon
me, heaping me with insult and con-
tumely. calling me ragmutfin, an ass, a
precious dolt, and scarecrow-all of
which certify to be true"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27

And still the missionary cause wakes
stronger, New Bedford has a clever
young lady worth million dollars, and
''of rather pious turn of mind who
made up that mind that she would be a
missionary. Could any thing be more
beautiful The church accepted her
services, and when asked what field of
labor she had in view, she pensively look
edsdown at her lavender gloves and re.
piled II think l will 90 to Paris"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27
Early at Rest.

BY S. W. BOARDMAN, d. d.
In the burial ground,
By earth lightly pressed,
Many are found.
Early at rest.
Free from temptatio
By sin ne'er distressed,
From earth's tribulation,
Early at rest.
With the great congregation
Eternally blest,
Heirs of salvation,
In Jesus at rest.
Favored each child,
Gods way is best;
No more defiled,
Forever at rest.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27

An obligng spirit prompted the Jersey
farmer who put two pound milestone
in every turkey he sent to the New York
market. He knew the buyers would
find the stones indispensable when it
came to carving the IoWls.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27

"Come, now, stupid" said the school
master, you don't know how much two
and FIVE make. Now listen. In one
pocket l have two dollars and in the 9th
er five dollars. Now how many dollars
have | got ?" Let me see them, and
will tell you" School was dismissed.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27

The crowning need of man is pair of
slippers over which he is fully convinced
he has exclusive ownership, and not q
nondescript article that he knows as
soon as he has lett the housr in the morn
ing his wife will put on, and will 60 scuf-
fling around in all day.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-03-27
L . = .

Is 70.
Judge, Court of Common Pleas-James
Trfpp.
State Senator-Irvine DUNCAN.
Representatives. b. Paine.
Probate Jndge-JohMn h !; ,.1;dESoI e; Evans.
Clerk-William n. Horton.
Sherif-Ezekiel T. Jones.
Prosecuting Attorney-C. A. Atkinson.
Surveyor-E. G. Jones.
RecOrder-Enoch H Lewis.
Cor1iInissioners-John S. McGhee, Geo. W.
Brown and Pleasant Springer ,..o.
Infirmary DirectorS-A. f. McCarley, Petef
Bum and L. G. Dyson
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
]. w Longbon, VIM. E. Williams, G. W. Har-
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Lick Township-James A. A1eshire, David
Scioto Township James Davis, Robert
Beatty, Jos. l.. WiSeman.
Jefferson-J. Edward Jones, Ed. d. Davis.
Madison Jonathan Davis, Edward Hunt,
Bioomfield-W scurlock, Grimsley
Poor. ,, MI,
Washinglon-J: II. Wilson, John g g: Ray;
JacSSon-Joseph Rowland, l. ID: McCormlck.
Franklin - Armpstead scurlock, Joseph j.
sPfriigggs; figgs;v-A Alfred Lewis. John Mccartney.
PosroFFIoEs AND PosTMAsTERs.
Jackson-S. P. Baldridge.
Berlin x Roads-Mrs. Electa Erwin.
Wellston-J. W. Blair.
Dawkins Mills-Mrs. Kirkendall
Leo-C. @. McKinniSs.
Cove-John MoLZ.
Webers-J. Calm.
Mabees-Washington A. Gilliland.
Grahamsville-Jacob Pierce.
Monroe Furnace-W. II. Sloan.
Oak Hill-W. w. Morgan.
Samsonville- Geo. Reniger.
Jimes-C. H. Shiers.
Byers-W. w. Kennedy.
Clay-T G. Richards.
Rays-I. II. Mccormick.
Keystone
Camba-B B. Evans.
Rocky Hill-E. W. Marvin.
DISQUALIFICATION Winfough.
Petrea-Jerry Morrow.