smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

Fight Between Two Sixteenth Ward Row.


dies--They Fight Fourteen Rounds and Are


Pat TO Flight by the Local Authorities-Ar..


rest Of Two Of the Gang.


At daylight yesterday morning gang of about one
hundred men and boys crossed into Jersey from the
foot OF Eighteenth and Twentieth streets to witness
prize fight between two Sixteenth ward rowdies,
who had been matched TO fight for 500 side The
two aspirants for pugistic fame are known as Jim,
O'Donnell, alias "Coppers," lounger about the
corners OF Ninth avenue and Eighteenth street, and
the other Mike Carry, well known desperado. The
two principals left the city on Sunday evening, but
most Of their admirers crossed In small boats
during the night The place selected was,
just north of Gutenberg on the upper
road where there is very little travel and
which was selected by well-known hotel keeper:
near by ring was soon pitched and everything
arranged for the conflict Both men were welr
seconded and no trouble was had In the selection Of
q referee. J


AT little past four o'clock the men stripped for
the contest both being well built men aud appa-
rently between twenty-five and thirty years Of age.
went quickly to business, Curry getting In the 1rsS
blow: They made s lively work for some time, when
Curry received telling blow on the ribs which caused
him to drop.


The second round was very light, but in the third
Curry drew first blood, which was duly granted him
amid the cheers Of his friends.


On the 1th round o'Donnell got heavy blow ON
the side of his head which sent him to grass Curry
was doing heavy work, and 1t seemed that he was q
little too much for his adversary; but O'Donnel wax
quick In movement and did his work "like good
fellow" on Curry's ribs.


In the eighth round the latter received terrible
blow on his right eye, which caused him again to-
fall


The ensuing rounds to the twelfth were very light
but In the latter O'D0nne caused Curry come tho
drop; so well had he punished him about the body
that he was getting "winded."


In the fourteenth round constable Of Hudson
county, named Donnelly, appeared on the ground
and ordered the principals to desist threatening
them with arrest. They at first declined, when Dom
nelly stated that he had renorcements, and started
off, as they supposed, to get them. He nad hardly
got great distance when a cry was raised that q
whole armed force was after them, and such rush
was seldom seen. In second almost not q vestigoi
OF the gang could be in the vicinity; down the
hill they flew pelmeR. and such scampering into
boats was q sight to behold; away they alD
Hudson. 1t seems that the constable had only sue.
ceeded In getting two men, and this was the total
force. They managed to capture two young men
who were left behind, and they will doubt be held
To answer.
Year: 1868

By mall from Europe We have the following special
and most valuable compilation exhibiting the now
OF population from Great Britain and Ireland by
emigration since 1862, with comprehensive iabies
setting forth the result OF the exodus to the united
States in 1867 the of persons we receive from
Ireland and the means which they are afforded by
employment here of bene1dng the land OF their birth
by remttances
Year: 1868

LINING by rule, as a Medo- Persian law,
infleXible, Is very unwise, especially If
person is in reasonable health We have
given great multitude of counsels on the
subject of health and disease, and in con-
nectiOn with the statement that we have
not lost an hour from our office ON account
of sickness In a quarter of century or
more, many have inquired, with good
deal Of interest, "Do you live up to the
rules you give others?" Certainly not
man is not a machine, that must be
turned in certain direction or II win be
destroyed nor like locomotive, which
must run on one fixed track, or not run
at all.


The Architect of all worlds made us for
acting under a great variety Of cifeum-
stances, and in infinite wisdom and benev-
olence has given to man a mechanism of
wonderful adaptability, by which he can
live healthfully on land or sea in the val
ley OF ON the mountain top; in the tropics
or at the poles; on the barren rocks or in
the rich savannas. Our mode of life must
be adapted TO our age, our occupation, and
the peculiaritles of our constitution.
There are certain general principles which
are applicable to all. Every man should
be regular in his habits Of eating should
have all the sound sleep which nature will
take should be in the openuair an hour
or two every day, when practicable, and
should have pleasurable and enoourag-
ingly remunerative occupation, which
keeps him a little pushed, and they are
happiest who are in the last category al
the same time If a man accustoms himself
10 go 10 bed at 8 o'clock, he need not
break his neck or get into a stew, If cir
cumstances occur TO keep him up an hour
or two later, now and then; and so
with eating, exercise and mspY other
things.


No one ought TO make himself galley
slave TO axy observance; occasional devil
ations from all habits are actually bene-
fetal they impart pliability TO the con.
stilution, give 1t greater range Of
healthful action, Don't 90 into q ft II
dinner Is not ready az the Instant De
liver us from q machine man, routinist,
for which we ever pray = Haf' Jour
Fal ef Health
Year: 1868

The FUNDING BILL.-The Funding Act
introduced by Mr.. Aver, providing for bo nd
ing the floating Indebtedness of this county,
mas been amended. Originally the bonds
were to bear but six per cent. interest; but
upon more mature reflection it has been
thought advisable to increase the rate of in
rterest to eight per cent. In our opinion it
should have been fixed at ten. Persons
holding county Indebtedness will scarcely be
willing to accept eight per cent. when they
can obtain judgments against the county
upon which the legal rate will be payable.
There is no valid reason why the bonds for
"floating indebtedness" should not bear the
same rate per cent. of interest as those issued
for the purpose of building roads. The OBJ
legation incurred in one instance, is equally
as binding as that of the other, and both
should be treated alike. Our delegation is
probably actuated by desire to favor the
county, in her present financial condition, as
much As possible; but it should not be done
at the expense of her honest creditors.
Should the Bill become law in it's present
form. in our opinion it will be imperative
from the fact that people holding county in
debtedness will refuse to bond it. The rate Of
interest should be increased to ten per cent
We wish some one Of our delegation would
furnish US with a. copy Of the Act.
Year: 1868

A great French Physician says: "More
than half the disease in the world comos fron,
neglect to fortify the system against changes
of climate. weather and food. The great Sc
cret of health is to keep the condition of the
Stomach and Blood regular and uniform. so
that changes from Heat TO Cold from Dry to
Damp, etc. cannot upset the machinery of
the body, and breed disease"


Now, it is q fact, positive and well-known.
that there is no such bulwark and assistant
for the Stomach as
Year: 1868

The IMPEACHMENT QuEsTIoN.-The Sen
ate has resolved itself into Court of I'M
peachment, and adopted rules for its gov
ernment during the trial. The President
was summoned to appear before the Court,
to answer the charges preferred by the
House, yesterday. Jerry Black, Attorney
General Stanberry and Dudley Field, it is
said will be his counsel. There is rumor
in circulation that johnson will resign and
"appeal to the people" at the next election.
He had better stand his trial.
Year: 1868

As the approaching primary elections are
to be held under the Primary Election Law,
we publish it for the guidance of Supervisors
of elections. Those interested should cut it
ont and preserve it.
Year: 1868

ZONE by one we pass away" but people
are rushing in crowds to Sokolowsky's to
purchase those fresh groceries and pure
liquors of his. at San Francisco prices
and the best of it is, they get them. Try
e
Year: 1868

MoKEIUMNE HILL, March s. 1868.


EDITOR CHRoNIcLE.-Thisc communication
brings me to Rich Gulch, six miles east OF
this town, on the West Point road. 1t was
once famous for its rich placeTs, but as they
have become things Of the past. the attention
Of residents is turned to quartz. VI this
material there is an abundance, and in this
paper can only glance at one or two OF the
claims, leaving the others for some more con-
venient time. The principal claim Of the
district is the Quartz Glen, (known to many
as the Foote & Thompson mine). Ihis Is
truly fine claim, and was extensively work.
ed in the years '55, '56 and 81. At that
time one of the best mills in the county was
attached to this mine, but it is now total
wreck, the great food of 81 having swept
away the greater part of the machinery,
fume, etc. Since that time the mine has
changed hands and has been thoroughly de-
yeloped by the present owners. l believe
their means are insufficient to prosecute their
work further. Any company with sufhcient
capital might make liberal arrangements
with the owners for the further working OF
the claim. The original locaters opened 1t
with tunnel to the depth of hundred and
fifty feet, and worked the vein from that
level to the grass roots. The present owners
have driven tunnel on the vein for dis
tance of six hundred and fifty feet, making
a back between the level of the old works
and tunnel of It's feet, and it is 300 feet
perpendicular from this level to the ravine
or lower point of the claim. For me to say
what the rock in the old works paid would
scarcely be credited. and on this point will
only mention one lot of rock taken from the
old works, one year ago. and packed on the
backs of "Jack-horses" to the French mill
and worked. 1t paid the small trifle Of
seventy-six dollars per ton. How great the
quantity of this class of ore, of course do
not know but that there is thousands of
tons of pay rock in sight, any one who
chooses to take the trouble can see for them
selves.


South of this claim, and on the same lead,
is the French mine. The mine was worked
to considerable extent, with fine prospects,
but as the mine belonged to one party and
the mill to another, they disagreed, and in
consequence are both idle.


The next on my list is the Anglo Saxon
nine. This claim is half mile east of the
Quartz Glen, and is the same mine that ere
ated SO much excitement in 1856, by the ex-
traordinary richness of the rock since then
there has been a large amount of work and
money expended on the mine. The devel-
opments consist of three shafts, one of which
reaches the water level of the vein. 1t is IN
this shaft that the last work was done. Rock
taken from it last Fall, and worked in the
French Mill, paid ten dollars per ton, while
the sulphurets from the same rock assayed
six hundred dollars per ton.


There is level run from the bottom Of
this shaft for distance of thirty-two feet.
The vein here is three feet in thickness and
richer quartz than this appears to be is hard
to find. am by this time trying your pa
tience and will defer mention of the other
mines in this district, until my next.


Yours, CASUAL.
Year: 1868

charge to convene the entire membership
of the church at stated times for syste-
matte instruction in the use of the Con-
fession and Catechisns, or of some of the
manuals published by our Committee OF
Publication, along with the Holy Scrip
lures.


VIII. The partial performance of this
duty has resulted in practical ignorance
and neglect of catechising among the
people. 1t is therefore highly necessary
that exertions be made to inform the
people from the pulpit, of the essential
Importance of this means of grace, until
it resumes that place in the estimation of
the pastors and people, which it held
among our fathers.
Year: 1868

Mr.. Calhoun, of the Syria mission, in
a recent letter, referring to the need of
men for mission service, says:


eve need self-denying men-men who
will give themselves to the work of saw
ing souls, and to nothing else; who will
be ready to go anywhere duty calls
We need men who make no reserves, who
consecrate the whole life to the service
of the Master. Others will assuredly
faint by the way. The man who con
socrates but half his life will very likely
ere long find that too large sacrifice
while he who fully consecrates the whole
will ever be deeming his sacrifice too
small. The one will work with heavy,
grudging heart; the other hopefully and
joyfully.


"We need men who knoO Christ who
know him as personal, intimate friend
and who, ever conscious how little their
knowledge is, are ever striving after more.
Such will be at home in the market-place
and in the desert. Thankful for the
privileges of Christian fellowship, they
can still live on Christ when that fellow
ship is wanting. 'Lo, 1 am with you,
has with them a meaning He is with
them, and they know it. | am fearful
that we are associating too much of oul
religion, and too much of our Saviour.
with the everlasting future-with the
rest and the blessedness of heaven; .anG
too little with the conflict and the toll Of
this mortal pilgrimage. The missionary
cannot be strong, the private Christian
cannot be strong, the church cannot bt
strong, but in the life hidden with Chris
in God. We shall need Christ in heaven
heaven will be blank without him-bu
we need him almost more as a personal
living, present, and so felt to be, friend
in the midst of our efforts to save tn,
perishing souls of our fellow-men. Goo
grant that all our young brethren VIII,
20 forth may be strong IN the Lord ant
in the power of his might. And ma,
those who send them forth, ministers ant
people, be always praying with al
prayer and supplication in the Spirit
that u.terance may be given them, tina
they may open their mouth boldly t.
make known the mystery of the gospel.
[ would commend this chapter, the sixtl
of Ephesians, from the 10th verse to tn
r Doth, to all Christian people,


lMssSiOndru Herald.
Year: 1868

FRFEzfNG THE BRAIN-The discov-
cry that the brain Of a-llving animal
could be frozen, and erward could
recover, was made bvnBr James Ar
mott. who soldifed the brain Of a
pigeon by exposing it to a freezing
mixture. Here research stopped be-
cause with an ordinary freezing NIX
ture It was not possible to act on in
diviIual parts of the organ; ; but the
Importance of the discovery Is not the
less on that account 1t was mar
velous revealing Think what it
was Here was living organ OF
mind. center Of power, Of all guild
ing power, Of all volition. 1t took
in every motion Of the universe to
which it was exposed. II took the
light and form and color by the eye
it took in sound By the ear sensation
and substance by the touch; odGT bv
the nosrrils; and taste By the mouti'


Il gave ont in return or response, g.
imal motion. expression-all else that
demonstrates living animal; without
1t the animal was turned into a mere
vegetable. And this organ, the very
center and soul Of the organism, was,
Year: 1868

The oil of pcnnyroyai viii keep
mosquitoes out of a room. if scattered
about, even in small quantities
Reaches are eXterminatcd by scatter
ing a handful Of fresh cucumber par
ings about the house No fly viii
alight on the window which has been
washed with water in which a little
garlic has been boiled
Year: 1868

The contract for building the Atchison
and Nebraska City Railroad from Atcbison
to the Northern boundary line Of Kansas
has been let to Messrs. A BYRAN & Co., of
this city, and signed by the cficers of tie
Road and the contractors. By the terms
of the contract work is to be commenced
as soon as the right Of way through Doni-
phan county can be secured, and the Road
is to be completed to White Cloud within
one year thereafter. The contractors are
known as men Of ample means and untiring
energy, and they have associated with them
a number of Eastern railroad men of long
experience. Messrs. Brown & Bier, the
heaviest contractors on the Central Branch
Road, are to do the grading on this Road,
and 1t is the intention of all parties inter-
ested that the work shall be pushed forward
With all possible dispatch.


This is glorious news for our city and for
the whole of Northern Kansas. It marks
a new era in our history. One by one the
great Railroad enterprises in which Atchi-
son is Interested are being pushed to sue
cess, and soon our city will be in fact what
Nature designed that it should be. the
Great Railroad Center of Kansas.-Aichi-
som Champion.
Year: 1868

~ WHEN the Plantation Bitters were
first made known to the American people
some seven years ago, it vas supposed that
they were an entirely new thing. and
had never before been used. So far e.
their general use in the United States is
concerned, this may be true. It is also true
that the same Bitters were made and sold
in the Island Of st. Thomas, over forty
years ago, as any old planter, merchant or
sea captain doing business with the West
Indies will tell you. Is distinctly within
my recollection that on the return of my
father (who Mas . sea captain, and doing
an extensive trade in the tropics, be would
invariably have these Bitters among the
ships stores, and our family sideboard 1as
never without them. For any sickness, it
matters not how severe Or triaing, the de-
canter of these Bitters, BY a different name,
was always resorted to as sovereign rem
edy. --t5 @ @ ~
Year: 1868

Wnrs CLOUD CRY MILLs.-It is wonder
full the popularity these Mills have acquired
since they passed into the hands of Messrs.
Utt & Mauck. There had been much COM
plant against the mill, and the custom had
run down to a low ebb; but in the few
weeks that the new proprietors have had
the management, all the former custom has
been regained, and four times as much
more. The mill is constantly crowded with
work, and appears TO be running pretty
much all the time, day and night. 1t de-
serves all its popularity; for Messrs. Utt &
Mauck do the best Of work, and honest
work, and do not knowingly let customer
leave their mill until he is satisfied. This
mill is adding very largely to the trade Of
the town; for men who come to mill, al
ways have large amount of other trading
to do; and very many come from consid-
erable distance.
Year: 1868

c f ect that sound mind and body aret the A0et


necessary requisites to promote connubiaL hap
piness Indeed, without these the journey


through life becomes weary pilgrmagej the


prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes ghadowed with despair and filed with


the melancholy reflection that the happiness oE
another becomes blighted with your own.
Year: 1868

NOTHING LIKE Ir.-Cold weather is COM
ing right along, and the best way to bluff
it off is to invest in those thick, warm
blankets selling low at Shields Factory
also choice dress and shirt fannsls. cloak
ings and the best cassimsrss in the mar.
kOt
Year: 1868

MAKE MORE BUrTER-Butter is very high,
and it is desirable to increase the supply of an
article 10 such general use.


There is out one way OF doing this We can
not increase the number of cows so as to meet
the demand this fall and winter, but we can by
liberal feeding enable the COWS that we have TO
give more milk, or at least we can get milk con-
tanning from one-third to one halt more butter.
That liberal feeding will do this there can be no
question
Year: 1868

AN EXAMPLE.-We know young man, a
native of Mississippi, who was born to affluence
as his great grandfather Virginia gentleman,
had been before him. He was about seven
teen years old when the war ended; up to
which time he had lived in luxurious home;
his father before the war having yearly In
come of not less than thirty thousand dollars
in gold, all of which he spent on his home
and its inmates. His children never had
wish for anything that money could buy that
it was not anticipated. The war lett the
father with nothing but his land; for both ar
mics had passed near his plantation, and his
stock and household furniture had disappeared
passed, what was left, under the auctioneer
hammer for Confederate money. Aud even
the land was not his, for old security debts
claimed and obtained mortgage on that.


What did our young hero, for he is worthy
Of the name, do under such circumstances


He took his hands out of his pocket and put
them to the plow BY his individual labor
he planted and cultivated five acres OF cotton
and fifteen of corn, besides an aero or two 10
popcorn and peanuts.


Work was hard for him at frst-very hard.
As he told the writer:-'l thought l never
would learn to hoe. My hands would pain
me so that would almost weep, but before
the summer was outI could hoe row with
the best hand in Mississippi"


He had good land bringing full bal OF cotton
or thirty or thirty-fve bushels of corn to the
acre. and his years work has netted HIM from
$500 to 81 200. He is now going to school ID
Virginia on the proceeds.


We're the example of that young man fol-
lowed generally by our Southern youth. how
rapidly this country would recuperatc and en-
joy material prosperity unknown to it In the
ast-Mobile Tribune
Year: 1868

Those Arms. Tie 5000 guns lately
landed at Memphis, and which were destined
for Little Rock, Arkansas, and to be used by
the loyal leaguers, have met a watery grave.
On last Thursday evening one week ago a
little boat called the Hesper7 manned by radi-
Gals, received the guns as so much freight
About 3 clock she started out Later in
the day, q small tow-boat landed at Fort
Pickering, short distance below the city
about one hundred men, all strangers, and
securely masked, suddenly went aboard Of
tie tow-bOat, and ordered the captain to turn
the bow of his vessel down stream and put
on all the steam he could raise. About
eight o'clock, and when some thirty miles
below Memphis, the Hesper was oTerhauled
at woodward on the Arkansas side. The
tug was landed along side of the Hesper;
the strangers went aboard Of the latter craft,
broke open the boxes containing the guns
and threw them, together with a large
amount of ammunition found in the hull Of
the Hesper, into the river, where they viii
remain until doom's day The object Of the
mysterious strangers having been fully ac-
complished, they again boarded the tug and
ordered her captain to stear northward and
be sure to run into a sand bar in the middle
of the Tennessee chute, opposite Presidents
Island, about eight miles below the city of
Memphis. Their orders were minutely
obeyed; when the point named had been
reached, skiis containing a solitary oars
man, who was dressed in the habiliments of
the tomb, with hat about as unsightly as
a goblin damned" shot out from dark re
cess on the Islands bank and six at a time,
landed the destroyers Of them guns near
the margin Of a swamp. From whence they
came, or where they went, no mortal wight
can tell. Ghe tug, considerably Gghtened,
backed of the bar and arrived at Memphis
Wednesday morning just before noon, and
the crew soon told what we have here re
peated The Hesper came in also on the
Friday following, and the " Ger true tale "
was again and again repeated to attentive
ears. It is thought in Memphis that the
whole thing was gotten up and executed by
radicals for eleetioneering purposes up
North To use the language Of an exchange,
we don't know nor do we care who destroyed
the gans, but one thing is certain: The peo-
pie of Arkansas are certainly under obIiga-
tions to them for the faithful performance
Of a good work in the cause Of humanity
Let US have peace" must have been their
motto.