davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1882-01-21
The Retrsat.

The RETREAT. January 1lth, 1882.
apropos of the discussion now going
on regarding the pardon of McAllister
the inms.es of the Rstreat at their regu-
lar afternoon meeting debated the follos-
ing: Resolved that the Governor vas
justified in exercising executive clsmeney
in the case Of McAllis.er. The "Voice"
took the affirmative, Mr. the neg.
stiye, The Voice put forth its best
effort, feeling certain that from a kno~l-
edge of HIS Exeelleney way back to war
times, that he was influenced by none
bat the most honorable motives, and
most certainly by no pecuniary considsra-
ton However, the eloquence Of Mr.
overcame the feeble "Voice," and
By vote Of 8 to ) it was decided that
there was no justification for the pardon.
| do not send you notes OF the speeches
for suppose they would be OF no inter
est to your readers and would certainly
occupy too much Of your SPACE.
Convey our thanks to your chief for
fresh supply of reading matter. With
the exception of the sheriff, Mr.. Parker
is the only person who realizes that there
is intelligence enough in this secluded re-
treat 10 appreciate newspaper or good
book.
l see BY a late issue that you at last un-
derstand why the county prisoners are
not put to work. Ii would indeed be an
unnecessary expense TO purchase "jewei.
ry and hire herder 70? the little work
that would be performed by two or three
men, Perhaps ii viii be said that the ex-
perse should not be considered when
punishment is the object Punishment,
Why, it would be treat to get out into
the sunlight for SIX or eight hours day.
The matter Of ventilation was not consid.
cred when preparing this portion Of the
Court House, and already We feel the
effects of lack of fresh air.
1t was the intention to tell you ef our
Christmas and New Years dinners,
but the multiplicity of other cares
prevented.
p s. Since the above was written we
had kindly visit from Bishop Younger
and Father Duffy. The latter gentleman
begged us not to think that We were for
gotten, and that it was only his pressing
and urgent business in connection with
the completion of his church in addition
TO his regular parishial duties that pre-
vented him resuming the visits made to
the old Jail.
, 1882-01-21
Increase Of Crime.

We have Just been boxing over paper
published over fifty years ago in Tenne-
see, and can not help bu, have our say
over its antique news. 1t reviews very
brief criminal record of the State of Ten
nessee, and goes into cnnvnlsians over a
case OF preacher orimlnaliiy thar is a
pigmy in comparison with the Beecher
gutter filth, and thinks the millennium
must be near at band ON account OF the
great increase of crime. Poor fellow he's
dead now. He never lived to see the
criminals OF this day, and he therefore
rejoices in heaven How his cheek wouId
pale upon looking at Beechers and Gui-
teau's! Oh, Lord, how we regret tina,
our arms are not encircling that editors
neck, as he soorches his angelic WINGS in
the heavenly lamps that margin the grea,
white throne of Heaven
Let man think and l.e will be puzzled
to assign a reason for the crimes of this
day, thai are shaking world with hor-
md establishment. But few of the prin-
clpal reasons We propose to observe brief
ly. Over half Of the men on the Pacific
coast ara inidels. They believe in no re-
lgion and no God. This is A horrible
state for society To acknowledge itself to
be in but it is not dAniahle. However
much man may be Intellectually inhu-
enced against religion, he can not deny
the correcting statement that society and
our NOBLE nation owes its existence u re-
ligious influences. Without religion a
world Is mob; and there is no such a
sceptre in the hand of q monarch as the
Holy Bible. Another reason for crimes
increase is found in the fact that We are
riding a hobby Our hobby is money
gaining. The whole of Europe had
Crusade, and made a ride of 1t that viii
be read of in Heaven on street corners
with shame. France got drunk and rode
horse upon whose back there was neith-
er blanket of religion or respectability.
That's all right In an eternity instead
France found ont she was foolish, and
consigned the harlot that it psraded upon
its streets as the Goddess Of Reason to an
oblivion from which there is no resrrrec-
ton. Twice TO Hades with the Govern
ment that does not strictly observe the
teachings of the Christian religion He'll
is swarming with nations that made a
seemingly excusable excuse, pardonable
for crime committed in the interests of
the particular hobby they were riding a,
the time they were swallowed by hell's
open mouth.
We are thinking only of money making
in this country, and therefore the street
sweep is melted to crime to gain wealth
the same as the bank president is.
, 1882-01-21
A Valuable Cargo-A Fortune in a
Special Car.

St Paul, January 3d-Seyeral days
ago the palatial Presidents car Of the
Cleveland, Tuscarowas Valley and Wheel
ing Railway was side tracked by the Nil
Waukee and St Paul 1t is now learned
that Selah Chamberlain of Cleveland had
brought this strange looking coach to st.
Paul to take home s20a, 900 in cash and
5000 900 III new bonds, which were his
share Of the debt payment. Mr.. Cham
berlain applied first to the American Ex.
press Company to transport his newly
acquired wealth to Clevoland, but the dan.
ger from robbery or accident was so great
that s3.i5, 600 was asked for the service,
which was equivalent to tax Of mill and
half forthe exchange. Mr.. Chamberlain
thought this an exorbitant charge, and he
thought Of another and better way. He
is large stakeholder in the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St Paul, as well az of the
Cleveland, Tuscarowas Valley and Wheel
ing Line He accordingly procured the
Presidents car Of the latter road and was
taken over the track Of the former as an
invitedguest The attorneys Of Chamber
lain in this city, who had charge Of the
shipment OF bonds, had their arrangements
made to get them of in special car on
tie noon train, but when the bonds we're
taken to the safe aboard the car, it waa
found they were 80 balky it would not
mold them The dilemma was an ngiy one,
and the car was held over until this
evening Ii was finally decided to put az
many as possible in the safe and the rest
in the trunk, keeping strong guard over
them Five men, well armed, took their
quarters with the precious freight of
parchment, and as the evening train on
the Chicago and Milwaukee Road pulled
out il took within the four walls of the
palatial car the magnificent fortune for
which Mr. Chamberlain has fought all
these long years with the determination
Of sleuthhound and litigious genius Of
Mr. Cannon. The bonds are being de-
livered to the other holders still, but
Selah holds the bulk Of the debt.
, 1882-01-21
Robbery by Rule.

The Chicago Times Of Dec. 81 devotes
half column 10 this subject, and under
this head, says some very cutting things-
That great many officials in Washington
city lives from the spoils of the Offices
they hold, is a well known fact Bus
when the paper above mentioned states
that even school books and monthly
childrens periodicals are among the num-
Der Of the articles stolen, it is high time
for this nation at large to enquire into
those things The article goes still farther
aad accuses John Sherman of dishonest
practices during the late presidential
election.
, 1882-01-21
Death Of = White Elephant

Intelligence reaches t,s from India to
the melancholy effect tina: the Sia-
mese nation has recently been plunged
into mourning by the untinely death Of
"His Sublime Grandeur the Court and
Body Elephant of the King Thus runs
the official title of the albino pachyderm,
who, in virtue of his abnormal color, is
the object Of divine worship for the time
being III the kingdoAi of Siam. His
Sublime Grandeur, We regret to learn,
departed this life in a highly sensational
manner fraught with irreparable disaster
to the entire staff of his household. One
morning after hearty breakfast he went
mad quite UNEXPECTEDLY and trampled FIVE
of his attendants to death To shoot him
would have been sacnlege- An attempt
to tranquilize his perturbed spirit by en-
eircling him with a hinge ring of holy
bamboo, specially blessed by the high
priest of his own particular temple,
proved worse than Intellectual, fer he
broke through the ring and all but termi-
mated the high priests career On the spot
He was then with great difficulty driven
into a close court Of the palace, where,
after several furious endeayOrs to batter
down the walls with his tusks, he sud
denly topp,ed over On his side, uttered a
last cry Of rage, and gave up the ghost.
Naturally enough this heavy calamity was
attributed to criminal carelessness ON the
part Of one or other of the attendants in-
trusted with the sacred elephants feed
ing. The King, therefore, interrogated
the members Of His Sublime Grandeur 8
Household in person with respect to their
treatment # the illustrious defunct, and
failing TO elicit any individual confession
of delinquency, decreed fhat they should,
one and all, be punished. Having thus
indicated propriety, His Majesty assumed
the garb Of woe, and is understood to be
still unconsolable for his oss.-Londoi,
Telegraph.
, 1882-01-21

THR Times is the name Of live, inde
pendent and energetic newspaper recently
started in Baltimore. 1t is a newspaper
in every sense the word implies, and if it
only lives long enough to become known
will soon be power IN the land The
owner is surrounded by difficulties and
! there is apparently no crime in the caleb
der he is no' charged with /; he complains
that reports have been circulated respect
Ing his financial responsibility, "and ere'i
his personal character has not been per-
mitted to 60 unqnestioned- We much
fear that he viii yet have to emigrate to
Walla Walla, as this is the only place
where editors escape the tongue of scan
lal
, 1882-01-21

MR. EDw,KD ATKINSON has been en-
gased in sketching the future Of railroad
development in the United States. He
concludes, after allowing for one CONNER
cial panic and one railroad panic within
the mex; seven years, that III 800 miles
of new railroad will be built before the
beginning Of 1900. There were 9l.000
miles in operation at the hsst of 1881,
and he expects this figure to be swslled
to about 2O9, 600 by the close of the cen
tury. His theory is that We shall then
have railroads enough, assuming, as he
does. that what Massachusetts, has or will
have On the completion OF the Massa-
chusetts Central, is 10 be taken as the
measure of enough for the rest Of the
country. He finds that the State Of
Massachusetts, had on the first OF Janu-
ary, 1881, one mile Of road to each l. IL
square mile Of surface, and the rest Of
.he world followed in this order: Bel
siun. England and Wales, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Ohio, llli-
nois, Pennsylvania, D>laware, Indiana,
New Hampshire, Switzerland, ending with
Nex York, which has one mile OF road to
each 90 square miles He concludes
that some sections Of the country will
nerar need more than one mile OF road
to 64 square miles, while other will have
il for 81, I6 and 8, since the presence OF
nayigab,e streams and wide mountain
ranges will affect the need and adapta-
bility of a country for railroads
, 1882-01-21

KNOWS How IT Is.-An OHIO editor has
recently experienced common delight Of
journalism. Hear him. "An el:tor IS not
always a bigger nan" than any Of his
neighbors. he has his ,exa ions. annoyan rs,
grievances and troubles just like all other
animated clay. A very common yexation is
for him either 10 make, or ALLOW 10 slip into
his paper. some expression, innocent In it
sell, yet with possible meaning he nor the
winter never dreamed Of, and then have peo-
pie who have nothing better to do, distort
and parade their meaning aud even make a
special application Of it IN a manner unwar-
ranted and absolutely uniust On, no. an
elyaum."
, 1882-01-21

Al last even d.. Talmadge has yielded
TO the inevitable, and consents to the
rental Of half the pews in the Brooklyn
Tabernacle at auction. The trustees. who
are business men, find that there is no
way OF carrying on an ecclesiastical eorpo-
ration sxeep. by those financial principles
which experience has demonstrated are
essential 70 success in other enterprises.
Because the gospel is free it doesn't fol-
low that pews in costly and extensively
appointed church should be given gratis
to people who are too stingy To pay for
their use.
, 1882-01-21

The immigration into New York City
last year was 440, ,6o0persons, against 327,
600 for the preceding year. This shows
an increase Of 133 900 The births we're
%, l31 for 1881, against Il ,536 for 1880
The very small number of births compared
to the number Of immigrants would be sug
gestiEe, but for the fact thac New York
receives immigrants for The whole nation,
while It's contributions to the native pop
ulation are only in proportion to the mum
Der domieiled in that city, compared to
the population Of the entire Union.
, 1882-01-21

One OF the most thrilling tales of his
tory is that of Sir Hugh Willoaghby and
his ice-bound crew. Who that has read
the record, and learned how, when the
unknown seas of the polar regions were
as the inevitable jaws of death in the
early dsys of navigation and enterprise,
somewhere in 1900 or 400, he, with 9TH
ers, Set out IN search Of the Northwest
Passage; how, parting from his cohsorts
IN stress Of weather Of the Danish coast.
he proceeded ON his search alone how,
hnding his passage blocked BY ice, he hes
itated, called his crew together and laid
before them the truth-that honor de-
manded their perseverance, safety claimed
from them return before the terrors of a
northern winter should bereave them
alike of hope and life who that has
read this record can fail to imagine the
answer of that stalwart crew. One can
hear the ready response from those gal
liant men- Onward onward in answer
10 the call of duty. ''This, they may
have said, this is our undertaking; We
are sworn to find the passage or
perish in the attempt. Shall We falter ;
Shall winter snow or ice turn US
from our purpose Shall We, led by
the most gallant seaman Of the age, hesi-
tate ShCw the white feather and re-
turn Nay. Let US wait, and when the
ice gives. as give it must, let us go for
ward, pioneers of discovery, harbingers
of future glory. Onward onward :" So,
too, one can imagine, scanty as the
records are, the result. The increasing
frost, the growing impossibility of es-
cape, the short twilight days, the long.
long nights; the hunger. as provisions
grew scarce the sleepiness and drowsi-
ness t. be hourly overcome, the hesitancy
settling into grim despair, as day by day,
night by night, the cruel heavens looked
down cloudless on the ship and her de-
voted crew Oh, what a tale Of woe
those frozen mariners could have I'M
folded; what history of endurance,
what an example of duty And how,
after the expiration Of a long year Of sus-
pense to the loving hearts at home, how
were they found Thirteen months later
Russian fishermen. steering their craft
amid the ce-bound seas OF the northern
polar region, came upon sight that
thrilled their hearts. There, in the soli-
tude of utter stIlln, IS, in the unbroken
silence of the dread ice kingdom, lay
ship. Upon her crew entire not man
missing The captain at his post, frozen
the men at theirs, frozen Upon the
deck (tle pencil still at handl the last
record, The log. the scanty details of those
heroic lives, the last entry made in the
early day, of REV year, which broke
upon them as, gallant crew, they stood
ard faced, each man at his post, death in
it's gr,inmest form What can romance
give us like this What is there in fiction
that can equal such tale Many and
many man has died for duty, many a
Lero has perished on the le6eld, has
laid down life at the call Of duty, but,
among them all, We're any greater than
this silent crew, ice bound, frozen at their
post, dying, not in the rush and tide of
excitement, not In the blaze Of the worlds
expectation, bu. away from all knowledge,
with scarce possibility Of their fate be-
coming known, alone in the unbroken
stiffness of polar winter, dying for duty
What Was their reward
, 1882-01-21

THE latest scheme cf the little giant Of
Wall street is the consolidation Of his Wa
bash and Missouri Pacific systems under
one title ami blanketcd nithon mortgage,
u..d-r which new bnnfs are 10 be issued
This would give Gould control over 5000
continuous miles OF railway, tie telegraph
ic system ofthe continent, with cable con-
neetions, two newspapers in New York,
and the grand opera house for entertain
menI in his idle hours
, 1882-01-21

DAKoTA's ambition TO become state Is
not likely to be grati6ed at this session
The parties ara too evenly divided in con-
gress. and the democrats have the know!-
edge that the probabilities do not favor
the election of one congressman and two
senators of their particular way Of think
ing They Will have the power to prevent
legislation of this kind II Is not likely
that Dakota viii vote for a president In
I824
, 1882-01-21

OSCAR WILDE, the utterly utter poet,
has arrived in New York and was met at
the i Ok by some fine samples of the too
too idiots of Gotham He wore ali over
coat OF bottle green cloth, fur lined and
fur collared, like a gambler, sealskin
cap and lemon kids He informed the
crowd that he had come over TO lecture,
and dealt out some pretty large doses Of
tafry. Oscar, it j. un lerstood, is in search
of "cultchaW. If he wants to find the
real, genuine, simon-pure, double distilled
article, he will certainly have to come to
Walla Walia. Ii springs up here spon-
taneouSly, as it We're Ia fact it is our
principal product.
, 1882-01-21

THoees Guitean himself has never been
able to earn much Of living, he has man
aged ID have large fortune spent upon
him. Taking together the cost of Presi-
dent Garfeld's illness, the eos. of the
oose1uies, the cost OF The tr.al, the cost
OF the troops, the cost of the Garfield
family fund, aud the cost Of the various
Garfield monuments, Charles Guiteau has
aitogether been very expenAive Ameri-
can Republican citizen.
, 1882-01-21

To carve a turkey, place your fork in
the lower par Of the breast, SO as to have
the turkey at perfect command Ii you
understand your business the entire car
wing Of the fowl may be done without ex.
tracing the fork FIRST remove the leg
ard wing on one side, then the ether
wing and les. Then slice off the breast,
remove the "wish- bone, the neck bones
and the neck itself. Then cut through
the ribs, and the Job is fairly done.
With proper care there is no necessity of
firing the bird off the table into an, body
lap, bur, If this should happen, it is per
fvcily proper to ask the person to please
pass The ~ de-.
, 1882-01-21

0CE BRILLIANT EXcHASGR-The ArJo-
sG,e comes to US this month as brilliantly
newsy as heretofore Too much cmnot be
sa.i Of this Journal that exhausts the best
minds On the Pacific Coast for its somPil-
mens. II we had few more P,xleys in the
universe. We would at least be Z mors en-
hghtened people
, 1882-01-21

OyE cake Was especially made for the
noisy serenaders who were expected to
disturb wedding at Barnhill, Ohio, but
the drug which was 70 have been put INTO
it exclusively was By accident distributed
through all the dough All the guests
were made IL, and the marriage vas
postponed.
, 1882-01-21

SEcog RoBKsON is second in place and
frss in influence ON the Committee on ap-
preparations, which will have the initia-
tive in grants Of money for the recon
struction If the navy.
, 1882-01-21

SEcok RoEEsoS Is Chairman OF the
Committee on expenditures in the Navy
Department, a subject he knows alt
about.
, 1882-01-21
Our StandIn ing.

We are in receipt of letters almost daily
from people in the east in regard to our
country and people. One just received
shows such lack of knowledge about the
people of this coast, that we propose to
say few words on the subject in aid of
the enlightment of the many in the east
who seem to imagiae that We are but half
civilized
Most assuredly there are rough border
characters among us, something like those
described in light literature, bat as for
such class predominating Danish the
SILLY thought. As a people. We venture
the assertion.tha the Pacific coast Is
ahead in intelligence of the Atlantic
though we cannot boast the gktterip4
"Culchaw" of a country with ''hub.
And We assert most fearlessly that Walla
Walla Valley is not behind any other por-
ton of the coast in enlightenment
As general thing the first immigration
especially, is Of an intelligent and fear
lessly pushing kind-men who know no
word like fail With these men comes, too,
the modestly intellectual; men who III the
crowded east felt crushed by brighter aP,
pearing iniellects But once breathing
our own free air, they grow into giants of
mind that the world produces nowhere
else. Their natures are changed the
stammering school boy brisks forth to the
world as an orator, or statesman
unedaelled.
, 1882-01-21

ME- KEIFEK has done everything that
Was in his power to lay and grease the
wass fo- what is now coming upon the
country.
, 1882-01-21
WESTON E.sANCH.
PASSENGER RATES :

Trains will leave fol Elue Mountain Station
IN We ipes,iayS and SATURDAYS at d o'clock, r NJ.
, 1882-01-21
RAILROAD DIVISION.

Trains leave the Dcpnt in Walla Walla
every day, except Saturday, at 80 P. NJ,
arriving at The Dalle5 the next morning in
time to connect with the boat for Portland.
Trains leave The Dalles every day, except
SUNDAY, a. $40 ?. NJ, or on the arrival Of the
boat from Portland, arriving in Walla Walla
7:l5 \. NJ.
Passengers for Aiuswnrth, Cheney and
Spokane F.Gls change cars al Wallula June
fion
, 1882-01-21

LOCAL option is coming to the front in
Virginia politics, and the few temperance
people are greatly encouraged at the out
look.
, 1882-01-21

One might think that the Emperor of
Russia was SO busily engaged looking after
his own safety that he had little time OF
inelinationto devote to the details Of Gov
ernment. Ii is said, however, tha. he Las
caused to be promulgated throughout the
Russian Empire decree to regulate the
employment Of children in manufactures.
1t is decreed that the minimum age Of TIE
youthful operatives shall be twelve years,
but the children already employedin such
establishments are excepted from the op-
Grafton oithis clause. For person under
eighteen years Of aSe days labor is not
TO exceed twelve hours, inclusive of two
hours for rest and meals: Night is abso
lute'y forbidden
, 1882-01-21
RATES on DOWN FREIGHT {:
RATES ONrP fRLsCiIT:
w,LLA wALLA To PORTLAND.

The Freight Rates between Portland and
Villa Wal!a are classified according TO the
character Of freight and rates fixed ranging
rom SD 30 per ton upwards. Sche iuies giving
detailed information furnished on application
NJ the office Of the company.
, 1882-01-21

SEcok RoBEsoN is second in place and
FIRST in influence on the Committee on
Naval Affairs, which viii consider, IN the
irst instance, all measures for the rsor-
eauiEation Of the navy.
, 1882-01-21

THE average Manitoben gnashes nm
teeth when he reads thst Conneefscm -
IL 600 more females than males.
, 1882-01-21

OLD GRAY, tie big horse who WAS at
one time employed to haul the hose cart
which is kept at the corporation house,
was genuinely enthusiastic i'll his busi-
ness He was always on time. This
characteristic was encouraged by the FIRE
boys. Old Gray was trained regularly
every day, and he soon came TO know as
much as anybody about what he ought to
do. Hard work and rheumatism finally
retired Old Gray TO furniture wagon.
Three days after his retirament he was in
front of Currie's auction store, hitched to
an express wagon loaded with furniture.
All at once an alarm of fire was sounded.
Cid Gray waited about the length of time
il would take TO hitch him To the hose
art, and then he started. The furniture
vas scattered from one end of the street
to the other, but 0ld Gray reached the
fire before the opposition cart, and, with
a sclf-satistied air. backed up to the hy-
drant. Next day he was returned to the
department His devotion to duty was
appreciated.-Tny;nia City (Nr E,l-
teTprise.
, 1882-01-21

CONGRESSMAN SNALLs attempted u
whip correspondent al Washington and
came on. ike John Phenixs