davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1880-03-14

If the Republicans Of the Eighteenth
Ward will nominate the right kind of man for
Alderman they will have no trouble in electing
, 1880-03-14

union Of Electricity and Hcnling Balsams,
are ten times more powerful than the best po-
rt,us plaster for relieving Pain and Weakness Of
the Lungs, Liver, Kidneys, and Back. Rheuma-
tisEn, Neuralgia, and Sciaticn. Placed over the
pit Of the Stomach they cure Dyspepsia, Bilious
Colc, Diarrheen, Cramps and Pain, and prevent
Ague and Malaria Ask for Collins Vo1taic
Electric Porous PIasters. Is cents.
, 1880-03-14

Tho Morphine Crave>
or how to cure the opium habit, By one who
was victim Of the habit for eight years. Send
stamp for pamphlet.
Room 23 Central Music Hall.
Dr. C1EssON PRATT,
, 1880-03-14

The Best Always the Cheapest.
Jeffers' Bronchial Cigarettes, Invented in 1875
By Pcrley, JcTers & Co., 70 State street, are un-
eq,,aled for the cure Of catarrh. colds. asthma.
and bronchitis. Price reduced from 80 to rs
, 1880-03-14

CARL PRErzEL's Weekly has most shock
ing likeness Of the " best Mayor Chicago ever
Produced" but makes amends By remarkably
tnenke and expressive picture Of for1ncr
aaSor, his Honor Johannes Eiongatus, taken IN
tae Very act Of cloqucnce. The cartoon gives
me c1-Anyor and his eurapt audience, With th1s
explanation underneath: u We have been asked
me question What is Stalwart? SO many
ames that VIC concluded to reproduce Long
John. who is the champion Republican Stalwart
ct the age,-u Stalwart who Will raise his voice
1of james G. Blaine"
, 1880-03-14

BAYS HurTcr's Ncekly: "About the mid
ue of last January party OF thirty-five chill
ssn LEFT this city for 6pringviilc, Ia, under tho
sfobecnon Of the Children's Aid Society. They
.ound homes readily among farmers and others
~ ~ eae vicinity Of Springvflla. Another party OF
l"enty-four started Feb. 10 for Ottawa, kas. On
~ arriving at their destination it WIS found that
mere were cighty~eight applicants for children,
~ taat many were disappointed, and those In
eaafge we're able to select homes for the chill
uteo with great care. It appears that the one
A1pared boys WHO were sent to Ottawa early In
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12
Chris. Deans Heroic Act.

One day last week, owing to the mis-
take of telegraph operator, two freight
trains on the Philadelphia & Erie Rail
road came into collision near Cameron
Mills. Chris. Dean was the engineer
of one of the trains. Both he and his
fireman were fastened beneath the
wreck of their locomotive. Dean was
held by one of his legs, which was
caught by the tire-box of the engine.
His fireman was nearly buried under
pieces of the wreck. When the men
were discovered, Dean had managed to
reach his tool-box, and he was making
every endeavOr to extricate the fireman.
When he saw the men who had come
to their aid, Dean shouted:
" Help poor Jim! Never mind mer'
The fireman was extricated as soon
as possible, in an unconscious condi-
ton. Dean was then taken out. 1t was
then ascertained that during all the
time he had been working to relieve
his fireman, the fire-box had been burn
ing his leg to crisp. It was literally
roasted from his knee down, and had
TO be amputated. The fireman died,
but it is thought the brave engineer
will recover. N. Y. San.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

enjoyment. No money is taken at the
doors. The troupe is generally hired
either by private individual or by a
publics subscription for certain num-
Der of days, and free admission is
granted to every one. The perform
ances last from the early morning until
late in the evening, with short intervals
between each of the four or five pieces.
The acting, generally speaking, is good
for the Chinese are naturally quick of
observation, and are thus able in every-
day life to catch easily the tone of those
with whom they associate, and on the
stage to assume the characters they
wish to represent. The possession Of
these faculties is the more important as
the actors get very little guidance from
the play-books, which almost entirely
confine their directions to "enter,"
" exit and "aside," or, as the Chinese
translated means, "ascend,'l
" descend and turn the back and
say. Contemporary Revtes0. z
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12
The Chinese Theater.

In the north of China every town and
every large village boasts its perma-
nent theater, while the inhabitants of
other villages, too small to be fortu-
nate, find little difficulty in extemporiz-
ing theaters of mat and bamboo on any
chance arrival of an itinerant troop of
actors. AS long as the visit of these
wandering players lasts the people of
the district give themselves up to the
enjoyment of the holiday. Early each
morning the roads from all the country
round may be seen crowded with peo-
pie, the poorer ones ON foot, and, If in
the north Of China, the wealthier classes
on mules or carts, all tending to the
one point of attraction; the women CAV
in blue, red or green silks, and the men
in their best and brightest attire. If
we follow this pleasure seeking crowd,
we enter a theater built in the form of
a parallelOgram, at one end of which is
a platform, generally, though not al
ways, as wide as the building. This
platform is divided breathwise by a
wooden partition with two entrances,
the front part forming the stage, and
the rear portion serving the purposes of
property-room, and abode
Of the troupe. The body of the theater,
to our pit and stalls, is with
out seats or partitions; while above and
the whole are the boxes in
which the women and principal sub
scribers have their places. If the dis
5riot should be a very poor one the
probability is that we find ourselves OPP
posite a covered stage on an open piece |
Of ground, in front of which the carts |
If the visitors, full of their occupants,
are rangedin a semi circle, thus forming |
,he walls of truly Thespian theater, /
Within this inclosure stands densely- |
packed, good-natured, eager crowd, |
whose power of standing is only
'qualled by their power of unaagging
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

money in the village, and lust had time
to open his saddle-bags and get hold of
an old "pepper-box" revolver On
came the horseman and bounded into
view; second more and he was along
side; another second and he had with
one hand seized Brady's reins, while
with the other he leVeled one of
those pistols at the head of his VIC
tim. Quick as thought Brady presented
his pistol and fired. The robbers
horse the finest specimen of horse
flesh Brady said he ever saw-wheeled,
and the rider lost his balance and fell
to the ground in a heap. Now was
Brady's opportunity, and stopping low
he took deliberate aim and fired, and
then putting spurs sped ten miles dis
tant to the nearest farmhouse, to the
inmates of which he told his story. Ihe
host and his sons returned with him to
the spot, where they found the robber
dead and the pistol by his side.
Brady brought the pistols to Georgia,
and soon afterward got into difficulty
with two men Of prominence in one of
the middle counties named respective
Allen and Whitsett. The difficulty oc-
CURED at the courthouse, and Allen at
tempted to hold Brady while
Whitsett fOgged him with cane.
Brady, who is a small man,
got use of his left hand, and,
drawing one of his brace, fired it full
in the face of Allen, who, you may
judge, released him instanter. Whitsett
then ran. Brady wiped the blood from
his eyes Che was severely punished
about the head and face by Whitsett's
stick), and, having his back against the
wall of the building, with the other
pistol took long and deliberate aim at
his Would-be murderer as he ran. Those
who witnessed the scene say that it was
thrilling in the extreme. Fifty pair of
eyes were watching the muzzle of the
pistol, and the seconds seemed like
hours. Whitsett ran for his life, going
directly away from his antagonist, who
trained his deadly weapon long and
upon the running man.
just as everybody began to believe
that Whitsett was beyond the reach of
the deadly missile, short, whip-like
report rang out, Chere was pun OF
white smoke, and the doomed man
turned complete somersault. and ere
his body was still his soul had flown.
Brady, with the pistols, went to Texas.
and remained there four years, at the
of which time he came back,
Jhe brace still being in his possession.
Some time after his return he got on g.
spree, and sister, fearing that he
night do violence, took the absent pis-
ol and threw it in an old well, where
t has lain ever since, and where this
one would be had the drunken man not
ecreted it when he saw his sisters de-
ign. Brady married, reformed his
Ways, and for twenty-five years the
,reat Cadwalader dueling pistol lay
md rusted in drawer until pilfering
legro stole it, and for four years its
whereabouts were unknown. Look at
he notches cut in the butt-see, eleven!
every one Ofthem represents life tax
n. Strange that every man that ever
wned it should come to a violent death
ut the last, and he yet to hear FROM
lnoeTiCWS (GG.) Cor. Cincinnati Bqa-
aEGTeT.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12
Cave Man in England

Prof. Boyd Hawkins, a prominent
English geologist, gave erecently alecture
in London on "The Man of the Cav
erns, in the course of which he drew
a vivid picture of Southern England in
prehistoric times. While the river drift
men and the cave men were living in
Britain, the hills and valleys in the
South of England, he said, presented
the same outlines as they did now.
Could we take our stand in those times
on Shooters Hill or on the Essex
Heights, and look over the Thames
Valley in the direction of London, we
should see dense forest of oak, ash
and Scotch fir, and the course of the
Thames marked by lines of willows and
alders. A few thin columns of smoke
rising over the tops of the trees would
mark the camping places of primeval
man. In the forests wild boars, mann
moths, and rhinoceroses, wild horses,
stays, and Irish elks would meet our
eyes, and in the summer time countless
herds of bisOns, like those now ranging
over the plains of north western Amer
lea. In the winter were vast numbers
of reindeer, and few musk sheep, the
most Arctic of the mammalia in its
habits. In the rivers were offers and
beavers, and the explorer would bs
startled by the snort of the hippopota-
mus in the reaches of the Thames near
Brentford. Beasts of prey also abound
ed, lions, leopards, hyenas, grizzly
bears, wolves and foxes If we pene-
trated to one of the camp-fres we should
have seen the river-drift hunter chip
ping or using some of those rude flint
which lie buried in the
London graVels along with the re-
mains of the animals which he hunted.
The river-drift man, in the long
course of ages, was succeeded by the
man of the caverns, like him hunter,
living on the same animals, and more
highly equipped for the battle of life.
In the course of time the cave man dis
the climate and geography
If England became almost what it was
low, the hunter stage of civilization
vas superseded by that of the herds
nan and the tiller of the ground and
he manufacturer of the neolithie age.
from the neolithic age down to the
present time the progress of man had
,een unbrokeni in Britain and in Europe,
md the present condition of the Euro
'ean peoples was to be looked upon as
he result of a gradual series of changes
y which civilization succeeded civiliza-
ion, and race succeeded race, "the old
rider yielding place unto the new"
ecause the new order was higher and
nhlnr.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12
When the Borrower is Happy.

Your true borrower is never happy
unless he is allowed to bind himself
legally to repay the money, and will
joyfully sign any number of promissory
notes or give you a bill of sale on the
rubbish he calls his furniture. "You
have my 0 U," he urges solemnly and
conclusively. Once upon time a
French Deputy was returned to the
Chambers on the strength of promise
to procure for his native town a bridge,
park and a grant of public money
wherewith to keep it up. But time
passed, the Assembly was dissolved and
the Deputy had to seek reelection; but
neither bridge nor park nor grant had
been conceded. He knew not what to
say on the subject when he had to face
the electors; but, in a moment of happy
inspiration, he spoke thus: "Messieurs
and fellOw-citizens, with regard to our
bridge and park, what l said to you
two years ago | now repeat in the most
solemn and public manner. A promise
with me is a sacred thing; and what |
promised you before | promise you
still" And the peasants said to each
other: See, he is an honest man; we
shall do we'll to vote for him; what he
says he sticks to; he does not back out
Of his promises. Pail Mall Gazette.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

AN Australian paper of recent date
contains an extraordinary advertise
ment in which Eliza Wehbrook, of Ra-
venswood, gives her husband notice
that if she does not hear from him with
in three months from date she intends
to marry again.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

No ONE ever yet knew young and
handsome girl to go to the depot too
late for the train if left to herself. She
is more likely to be half an hour ahead,
if the telegraph operator is
3 young man.-Free Press.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

Eighty.two Afghans have been hung
by the British troops at Cabul for participa-
tIon iu the attack upon the Embassy and for
other crimes against British soldiers.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

1t was asserted by Paris paper, on
the 9th, that twenty-five persons were killed
and 1l6 wounded in the recent railway colli-
sion near that city.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

A Havana letter says the recent
earthquake at San Cristobal left all public
buildings and most of the private houses, ex-
cept those Of wood, in a heap Of ruins.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

A London dispatch of the 4th says
the American demand for iron is causing un-
precedented activity In Great Britain.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

John D. Gardener and wife, of East
ton, Mass, were burned to death in their
houses, which was destroyed by fire on the
morning of the 1st
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The Secretary of the Treasury, on the
Sd, gave notice that he would receive pro-
posals for the sale to the Government Of $1l,-
OO0,0 900 of United States bonds.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

Alexander G. Wells, son of j. Madi-
son Wells, was nominated for Surveyor Of the
Port of New Orleans on the 4th.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

About sixty ofthe Census Supervisors,
recently nominated by the President, were con-
frmed by the Senate on the I'd.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The Massachusetts Republican Con-
vention is to be held at Worcester April Is to
choose delegates ut large to the National Con
Vention.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The House Committee on Agriculture
has prepared bill making the Department of
Agriculture an Executive Department.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The vaults of the U. S. Treasury con-
tanned over S55, ,OOO,O 900 in silver on the Sd.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

Brazil's cotton crop is estimated at
4,25OOOO bales. The coffee crop is reported
good and abundant.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

Edward Whitley, Conservative, was
elected to Parliament, On the 9th, from the
Liverpool district over Lord Ramsey, Liberal
and Home Ruler.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The report that several persons had
starved to death near ParsontoWn, Ireland,
has been contradicted.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

A terrible hurricane swept over the
Philippine Islands recently, causing great
damage both on the islands and to shipping.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12
CURRENT NEWS.

An eruption ofMount Vesuvius be-
gan on the 7th. ......
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The United States Mints coined $9,-
ST, 500 during January.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

Adolph E. Borie, ex-Secretary of the
Navy, died at Philadelphia on the 9th.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

Major Reno, recently tried by a
court-martlal for drunkenness and insulting
a lady, has been dismissed from the service.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

Connecticut Republicans will hold
their convention for the selection Of delegates
to the Chicago Convention at New Haven,
April Z.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The Tennessee Republican State Con-
Vention will be held at Nashville, May 5. A
candidate for Governor will be nominated and
delegates chosen TO the National Convention.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

De Lesseps is actively engaged in
surveying a route for the proposed Inter
Oceanic Canal across the Isthmus.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

An unknown vessel and all hands
were lost in Long Island Sound on the night
OF the Sd.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The Dallas, Texas, Court House was
burned on the 4th. Many valuable papers were
burned.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

Advices from the Philippine Islands
state that twenty-five vessels we're wrecked
and a number Of Others badly damaged by the
recent hurricane which passed over the
Islands.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

In the opinion of the New York
NeaOs, too many bad bills circulste
among the members Of Congress.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The Irish societies of Chicago have
decided not to have parade on st. Pat
riclE's day, but instead will contribute to the
Irish Relief Fund an amount equal to the
amount Of getting up the procession.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The District of Columbia Republican
Convention, on the 7th, nominated J. F. Cook
and sayles j. Bowen as delegates to the Ma
tlonal Convention. Bowen voluntarily
pledged himself to vote for Blaine and Cook
made similar pledge that he would vote for
Grant.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The Grand Jury at Memphis, Tenn,
on the 9th, indicted James A. Anderson, late
Public Administrator for fraudulent appro-
priation Of money collected from the estate OF
mlnnra.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

nation for the development of trade with
China, Japan and the United States.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

Charles Decker, a prominent mer-
chant of Newark, N. j., committed suicide on
the Sd by blowing his head off with cannon
constructed from large, hollow piece of
iron, which he filed with powder and slugs
and placed under his chin and fred off with a
match
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

WASHINGTON C. H., OHIO.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

A fire occurred in a Chinese wash
house at San Francisco on the morning of the
let, and eleven Cinnamon we're burned TO
death. 1t is supposed they we're stupefed by
opium.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

A train from Paris, bound for Argen-
teuil, on the 4th, came into collision in dense
fog with train of the Circular Railroad at
Clichy, Levallois. The engineer lost both
legs and his stoker was killed. OF the pas
sengers, eleven were killed outright and over
sixty injured,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

From the report submitted to Con-
gress by the Secretary of War it appears that
the organized strength of the militia force Of
the different States consists of las general Of
icers, l,6O5 regimental, field and staff Off
GERS, 6,l9S company officers and l1T097 non
commissioned officers, musicians and privates.
The unorganized force, or number of men
available for military duty is put down as
6,5l6,75S
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

Mrs. Sarah Dillingham;, residing near
Londonderry N. H., was outraged and mur-
dered by her nephew, Frank Dillingham;, on
the 7th. Dillingham; then attempted to kill
himself, but failed through lack Of courage
or some other cause, though he made an ugly
bullethole in his forehead, the ball pene
trating his skull.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

A rich discovery of gold, twenty
miles west of Denver, Col, was made on the
Both ult. A specimen. of the ore assayed
S2l, ,199 per ton, $40, 176 of it being gold. The
announcement of the discovery was made on
the 1st and before night 100 people were on
the spot.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The New York Herald opened an
Irish relief fund with a contribution of $780,
900 on the 4th The Herald states that returns
by counties from Ireland show that over 3OO,-
600 persons are slowly starving, and the out
look for coming months is gloomier than pre-
diction has yet painted.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

A st. Petersburg dispatch says one Of
the ships Of the Russian volunteer feet will
be sent with Commissioners TO gather infor-