smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

The grain trade at this place is quite as &C.
tive as ever. During the past week the re-
ceipts, according to the estimate of grain buy
ers, have been about 1000 bushels per diem
on an average, or 10000 for the week. For
a county which two years ago imported every
sack of -four consumed by its inhabitants, we
think this is doing thriving business.


The wheat shipped here is Of the first quail
ity, and is highly::spoken of in the st. Louis,
Chicago and Milwaukee markets. Latterly,
our shippers, with but few exceptions, have
been sending their grain to Milwaukee, and a
great proportion of the receipts at that place
designated as having arrived by the La Crosse
road, is composed of wheat shipped at Winona
and other places in Minnesota.


1t may be anticipated by some that the sus-
pension of navigation will rnt stop to the
purchase of grain here during the winter
This will prove true only to limited extent
We are informed by several buyers that the
trade will be kept up without interruption, ,and
that so long as there is any eastern demand,
they will continue to pay cash for all that
may be offered, as usual.


With the present warm weather, there is a
prospect that the river will remain navigable
for two weeks longer at least.


We observe that firm doing business here
advertise to pay cash for any amount of dres-
sed hogs during the winter. They are pre-
pairing for packing business. This trade
will at no distant day be very important one
to Winona. The Root River Valley alone,
and the various Norwegian settlements in the
vicinity, furnish already large amount of
trade in pork to this market, and each year
it increases greatly in value Winona Rep.
Year: 1859

In the Senate, this afternoon, the oath ad-
ministered to legal gentlemen, when admitted
to the bar, was modified so as to read as fol-
lows:


"You solemnly swear that you will do no
falsehood, nor consent to the doing of any in
court; you will not Willingly or willingly pro-
mote or sue any false, groundless or unlawful
suit, nor give your aid or consent to the same;
you will delay no man for lucre or malice /;
but you will conduct yourself in the office Of
an attorney within the courts, according to
and with all good fidelity as well to the courts
as to your clients. So help you God"


The old form of oath was rejected-13 to
and the foregoing oath will stand, if not
eliminated from the statutes in the subsequent
stages OF their passage in the Senate or House.
-Boston Transcript, Oct. 20. -
Year: 1859

Here in Mcleod County We have, ack-
nswledgedly, the best stock-raising section of
Minnesota (Which is saying good deaI, and
we sometimes wonder why more of our citi-
zens do not embark in the enterprise. Re-
moved as we at present are from any market
it is manifestly our policy to get into this
branch of farming. In any part of the coun-
try it is profitable business, better than
money at interest, but here, where we have
to haul our produce so far to market, it would
be particularly so, as compared to other occu-
pations. Then, too, it costs but little or moth
ing to keep stock in this country as pastur-
age is free, and hay costs nothing but the la
Dor of putting it up.-Glencoe Register.
Year: 1859

The stakeholder now lives amid alarms.
He sees an army in seventeen crazy fana-
tics, and magni6es three black men with
a pitchfork into five hundred insurgents in
line of battle. He breads poison in his but
tered toast, quakes at his coffee and bolts his
door at night for fear the cook may cut his
throat with the carving knife. He dares not
go out at dark, until he has posted sentries to
arrest the house maid on her way to metho-
dist meeting. Then, pistols in pocket, he
peeps cautiously round the corner, lest some
one of his own property" should be waiting
there to murder him. The most defiant Of
swaggerers towards his white equal is the most
knock -kneed of towards as regards his black
slaves. But beware how you ask him why
he persists in sleeping on such bed of nettles
From that day he vows you are in the conspi-
racy to plot his ruin.-Albany Journal.
Year: 1859

There was recently somewhat extraordi-
nary wedding at the Church of St Mary, Do
yer, lady Of more seventy years conferring
the greatest happiness of life upon a gay young
bridegroom of thirty three. Considerable Gu
.riosity was manifested with respect to the
,nuptials, owing to the great disparity between
the ages Of the happy pair about to be united.
The venerable bride was richly attired, but
in very good taste. She wore light silk
dress and white Honiton lace mantel lined
-,.h white lace, and the bonnet was also of
wh;te IHoniton, with trimmings of light rose
color It is needless to say the lady was the
cvnosure of all eyes. The ceremony con-
Guided. the happy couple departed for the Con-
6nsnt.
Year: 1859

ALBANY LUMBER MARKET-For the week ending
Wednesday, June 29.-In the early part of the week
trade was very dull and it appeared if the languor
usually felt during the summer pervaded the market
for the past two days business has revived, and fair
traffic was doing yesterday in the description of
lumber. There is as yet foreign demand, and but


little doing for the South The demand is principally for
the East and the Interior, for consumption use The
receipts continue moderate but fully equal the
mand The in market is now better than it
has been at any previous date this season. In prices
here is but little any change to note Holders ofspruce
however are rather sitter not from any apparent falling
oil in the present supplies, from any reduction in
stock, but from combination of circumstances too
numerous to mention.


There has been active demand for vessels and
freighs have advanced to all eastern ports Vessels are
still wanting and the present ruling in freghts is likely
to continue for time to come There is not much in
quiry for the South.


In prices there is not much change to note except in
Sycamore which is lower We alter our prices current to
Year: 1859

s.There are some members of a community - said
are like a crumb in the throat if they go the rsght
,Dav they afford but little nourishment; but if they
go the orong ,oay they give great deal of trouble"
Year: 1859

The Pacific Railroad Convention has adjourn
ed to meet again at the capital during the sit
ting of the Legislature. The Convention passed
the following resolution favoring the central
route:


ResolYed That from all the information before
the Convention, it should and hereby does de-
clare its decided preference for the Central
Railroad ronte.


The San Francisco Herald, which, in its own
estimation, " more than once demonstrated that
the southern route is cheaper, shorter and better
adapted to the purposes of a railroad than any
other, By reason of the mildness of the climate"
says this action Of the Convention amounts to
nothing" or, in the language Of Mr.. Toots, " is
of no consequence" We are inclined to the
opinion that the editor of the Herald under-es-
Inmates the weight of this particular recon-
mendation of the Convention.


The Convention also recommended that the
State should borrow the sum of Sl5.00O,000,
with which to commence the work, issuing its
bonds for the same. That the people would
vote for the creation of such debt we have not
doubt, although, to quote the language of the
Union, we would prefer the plan of having the
State guarantee the interest on the bonds of the
company for this amount rather than become
directly liable for the bonds issued.
Year: 1859

POISONED Cows.-We have been informed, by
three of our citizens, that recently their COWS
died quite suddenly, apparently from the effect
of poison. No doubt, owing to the scarcity of
food upon the surrounding hills, the cows had
fed upon some poisonous plant In one instance,
the milk taken from the COW before she was
known to be sick, and used in the family came
near doing most serious harm, as all who par
tooa of it were made quite sick. In two in
stances the young calves of the poisoned cows
died from the effects of the poison.


1t is very certain that the cows are forced to
eat this poisonous weed, in the absence of more
tempting food, in order to fill themselves aud
satiate hunger. We would therefore advise
cow-owners to feed them something every morn
ing before they start upon their rambles among
the hills, and every evening after their return
Thus they could not become SO hungry as to be
tempted to eat food which experience proves
they do not love, aud which excessive hunger
alone induces them TO consume.
Year: 1859

PERsoNAL.-We had the pleasure during the
week of making the acquaintance of James Il.
Latham, ESQ., the General Travelling Agent OF
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express. We believe this
IS the first time the performance of the duties
of his position has called him to our town. We
trust it may not be his last visit, for the simple
reason that we like bis style By the way, he
is brother of our gallant and glorious young
standard bearer in the late political contest
Tha, fact don't lessen him much in our estima-
Year: 1859

At meeting of Neosho Lodge of Good Tenn
plars held on Tuesday evening last, the following
preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted.


WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Divine Providence to
send the Angel of Death among and remove
from our circle our esteemed and beloved sister
Lucinda Rickabaugh, in whose decease our Order
has lost valuable member, and society an orna'
ment and support, and her husband loving and
confiding wife; therefore


ResoEUed, That in testimony of regard for
the deceased, each member of this Lodge wear the
usual badge of mourning for thirty days.


ResOIoed, Fllut syn1pathize deeply with the
bereaved husband and relations of our departed
ourselves with the reflection thatit the will of
Him. in whose goodness and mercy, in every trial,
we are called upon to rely.


Resoloed, That copy of these resolutions be
sent to the husband of the deceased and TO The
News for publication
Year: 1859

The New York Evening Post and the Ma
tionaz Era, both endorse and discuss favor
ably the proposition involved in the amend
ment proposed by Senator Doolittle to the
Cuban bill to appropriate $50, 100000 to
the purchase of portions of Central Ameri-
ca to be used eventually as free home for
the free blacks.
Year: 1859

HoRAr1o KING, First assistant P. N.
General, being appealed to decides that a pen
or pencil mark made around an article in a
newspaper, for the purpose of calling the
attention of the person receiving the paper,
to the article in question, does not subject
it to letter postage. Sensible decision.
Year: 1859

WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE


w New Year wish to return my hearty thanks
for the liberal support and dencouragementthat has
been extended to me in my business for the past
two years. This Office was opened here about two
years ago. not with the expectation of realizing
fortune, but with the hope of contributing some.
thing towards the settlement and improvement Of
this beautiful valley by means of direct personal
effort. and by furnishing information to those at
the East who were seeking homes and occupation
at the West. I have endeavored to keep steadily
in view the Future of this toscn and country. and
by means of considerable labor and expense, re-
gardless Of present profit, my business is now
tablished upon firm and reliable basis; snd
can offer to all who entrust their business to my
care, intimate knowledge of the country, It's in
habitants, and their circumstances, derived from
extensive travel. and constant intercourse with
settlers, upon and since their arrival. claim to
be thoroughly conversant with the wants and ca
pabilties of this country, and shall never advise
correspondents emigrants aught they cannot
realize Ny facilities for the transaction of bus-
ness are unequalled by any Office in the Neosho
Valley. shall attend all the
Year: 1859

We understand that our Fremont friends
are now pushing their town ahead at a
rapid rate. Several large and substantial
buildings have been put up there duringth
winter, and many others viii be built this
spring. We are told that there are now
twelve or fifteen buildings on the site. If
this is so. Fremont is the second town in
size in this county. Z
Year: 1859

A RIcH NIGERIA friend informs lis that
the richest man in St Thomas, one of
the principal ports of the West Indies, is a
negro as black us ebony. Hes said to be
worth not less than three millions of dollars,
and has acquired his wealth by trafficking in
persons of his own color He has two chill
dren, both of whom were early sent to Ham.
burg to be educated, where no pains or ex-
pense was spared to enlighten both their
minds and their skins One of them, a girl
returned to st. Thomas with many accom-
plishments both of mind and person, a com.
pleXion somewhat freed from its original
shadows and a heart altogether of love
TO the great modification of her father. how
ever, she bestowed her affection on a person
of her own color, clerk in her fathers
house, young man of respectability and
worth, and in spite of paternal authority was
clandestinely married to him. This coming
to the Knowledge of the father SO displeased
him that he disnherited the happy pair and
procured their Punishment from the Island.
The husband, however, lived but a short
time, and the daughter has been received
again into the family circle, and has since
married IA white man, much to the satsfic-
tion of her father, who has given him hun
drc1 thousand dollars The other child who
is son, married white woman at Hun
burg, by whom he has several children, and
has recently returned with them to st.
Thomas, where they were received with
great satisfaction by the sable grandfather,
who handles them upon his knee and kisses
their sweet faces with as much affection as
though they were actually white.-N y
H,rdid
Year: 1859

Brass KNUCKLEs on PIKE STREET The in
famous Mary Bennett alias Irish Mary was
arrested by officer Hesse yesterday afternoon
fer an outrageous assault and battery upon
an equally notorious woman named Ellen
Speer The parties are both occupants of
one of the low houses on Pike street, and it
was there that that the difficulty oc-
cured. Itappears that Spicer dressed up in
male attire on Sunday evening, and caroused
about until after midnight In the course of
her carouse, she got into a quarrel with Mary
Bonnet, who armed herself with brass
knuckles and struck Ellen several severe
blows over the head, cutting it horribly and
i1juring her so severely that she is now con-
hned TO her bed The most severe blow ap.
pears TO be on the top of the head, cutting
through the scalp and exposing an inch or
two of skull The accused was admitted to
bail in the sum cf Sl09 cash, and her case
Will come up to morrow for trial. She then
made counter charge against Ellen for as
aut and battery and this case also, as well
as one preferred against Ellen by Julia Bart
lett will come up at the same .-B"llct-
IN, Tuesday,
Year: 1859

Men should not marry it is commonly


said, unless they can not only maintain for


themselves the social position to which


they have been accustomed, but extend the


benefits of that position to their wives and
children. A woman who marries is enti-
tied to be kept in the same rank and posi-
ton in which she was reared


We entirely disavow these doctrines.-
1t should be the aim of every married cou-
pie to make their own fortunes. No son
and daughter, who become man and wife,
are entitled to rely on their patrimOny, but
should willingly commence life at lower
step on the social ladder than that occupied
by their parents, so that they may have
the merit and happiness of rising, if posi-
bic, to the top. Imagine the case of a
couple, who, by perseverance have acquired
possession of immense wealth, and are liv-
ing in style of case and splendor, which
is no more than the reward of industry
VIII anybody say that the children of such
'old folks should live in the same gradcur
as their parents?


The idea is preposterous. They have no
right to such luxury. they have done moth
ing to deserve it; and if their parents are
honest in dividing their property among
them, they can have no means Of suppor- I
ting it. Yet marriages are contracted on
the principal that the married couple shall
be able to keep up the rank to which they
have been accustomed under the paternal
roof. 1t is such notions as this-engen-
dered by Malthusian philosophers, and fOs-
tered by lady pride-that are filling our
country with poor old maids eOquettish
young ladies, with nice cigar smoking, good
for nothing men, and our colonies, alas, with
most miserable and barbarous old bache-
lOrs.-Nortb British NaL
Year: 1859

'Jecms' was recently initiated into the


order of the Sons of Malta, and graphical


ly describes his introduction into the vale


of mystery as follows


You are first grabbed and thrown into
a tub of cold water, and forthwith several
lar.'e men begin to stick pins into you
Hauling you out of the tub of water, they
rush you into another department. and now
new men make lunge after you, dressed
in disguise, and Immediately commence
pouring hot mOlasses into your hair and
boots. Meanwhile, a stream of cold water
is flooded on to you, and man dressed in
black, thrusts a snuf-box in front of your
nose, and all at once you begin to sneeze
violently, and the crowd begins to laugh
and hurrah. Showing you further along,
the chief men and bottle-washers grab you
by the nose, hair and coat tail, and in this
way rip every bit of dry goods loose from
your person, and again the crowd roars
with tumultuous laughter at your nude
state, with five or six men hoi ling on to
your hair and toes, forcing you up soaped
pole with pins and sharp sticks. founOw
begin to think you are forsaken by all of
Gods people, and the devil has certainly
got possession of you, knocking you on Il. .
head so that you can see stars as numerous
rs they are in the milky. way. You are
handled in this kind of tantalizing way for
two hours, when the officers give you a
arge dose of liverwort and tar, and then
et YOU 90.
Year: 1859

W. W. Throckmorton, the clerk of the


Wager Hotel at Harper's Ferry. relates the


following About three o'clock Hayward


Sheppard, the colOred man they shot in


the morning, died. Mr. Beckham, the


agent, was greatly excited at his death. as


the old man had had him ten or twelve


years, and liked him very much. He went


up to the railroad platform beyond the rail-


road station once, and was pulled back, but


he went again, his hands in his pockets,


and got some distance beyond the water
station, when they shot him through the
heart. He fell and never moved again.
The man who shot him from the door Of
the engine house was himself shot a moment
afterwards by Harper's Ferry man.


When Beckham was shot our men became
almost frantic They rushed in here, where
the prisoner (Thompson) was. crying Shoot
himl' Kill him. and had it not been for
a lady who was in the room, Miss Christine
Fauke, sister of the landlord,) he would
have been killed on the spot. They cooked
their guns and pointed at him, crowded
around, but she stood over him. telling
them, For Gods sake save him, don't kill
him in that way. but let the Law take its
cOursep She said they had him priso-
ner, bound, and he could not get away, and
begged that they would not kill him The
man said he was willing to die; knew he
had to die, and wanted to be shot They
finally got hold of him, took him out on the
platform and shot him. He had more than
forty balls fired at him. The citizens
around were chiefly concerned in this, but
| cannot say who shot him. / could not
have saved him if had tried The crowd
also tried to get hold of Stephens. who was
wounded and was lying in bed up stairs.
but Miss Fauke prevented it, and finally
guard was placed over him. Stephens said
before he was shot that if he was loose he
would shoot any of u.s.


1t is noticeable fact, that when South
srn rufians most brutally murdered Old
Browns sons, and his daughter, who wit
messed one of those murders. became IA
wing maniac, the Pro-Slavery journals found
great amusement in talking of the 'shrieks
of Kansas Now, when the crazy old man.
with twenty vagabond associates, attempts
to retaliate upon the whole South, these
same sneerers at human suffering are all
carried away with panic terrors, or are them
selves 'shrieking' with rage and calling for
upon the man thus driven to mad
ness
Year: 1859

a curious case Of prison etiquette recent
ly occurred in Delaware A number Of
prisoners broke jail, and among them was
one named TurGer, under sentence of death
for rape He called upon the Attorney
General. coolly seaten himself in his Office.
and informed the gentleman that number
Of prisoners had escaped. among them him
self; that he was prepared to go back again
whenever he could be assured that he would
be safe in so doing. Several of his social
companions had been discharged. and in
their stead a woman had been placed IN
Jail who was afflicted with scarlet fever:
he had formally notified the deputy sheriff
that if such conduct was persisted in he
would feel obliged to change his quarters.
and that receiving no satisfactory evidence
on the part of the officers Of the Jail that
his grievances would receive attention. be
had thus availed himself of the first favor
able opportunity of giving practical turn
to his indignation by leaving the premises.
He did not care straw about the sentence
of death hanging over him, but he dift
want to catch the scarlet fever. The escap-
ed prisoner was escorted back to his quar-
ters.-.State JonRal.
Year: 1859

In recent work by Dean Trench, on the
authorized version of the New Testament,
he considers the passage Take no thought
for your life, what ye shall eat or what ye
shall drink This has often been consid-
cred by Biblical critics as an inadequate
translation of the original, which, as it
would now be rendered, means-Gire not
yourselves mp to anriOuS care-as to the
subject indicated. Dean Trench shows,
however, by the various examples, that at
the period of the translation the language
made use of had the full effect of that which
we should now employ to express the mean
ing of the sacred text. As for instance in
Shakspeare,-'Tdke thought and die for
Caesar, where death accompanies such
solicitude. But one of the best examples
we have seen is in ballad, by one Richard
Sheale, in which he describes the calamity
of his robbery of sixty pounds, on DunsmOre
Heath, before 1911:


After ny robbery Ey mem ory was so decayed,
That could neither sing, talk, my wife vas so


dismayed.


Ny audacity was gone, and all my merry talk.
There are some who have as merry as hawk;
But now am so troubled with faneies in my mind,


cannot play the merry knave, according to my kind
Yet to take thought perceive is not the next way
To bringm me out Of debt-my creditors to pay &c.


This was forty or fifty years before the
authorized version of the Scriptures was
published. 1t will be perceived that, by
this description of his frame of mind, he
did take thought enough, according to the
present notions of the meaning of the Ian
guage.