smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

To THE EprTon OF TIE HKRALD:-


No one need arise from the grave TO tell Governor
elect Cornell and tho republican party that to them
the impending political situation is full to the brim
of dangers and difficulties. The condition Of their
affairs is and pcculiarbig with success or
failure. For the first time in many years tho rcpub
leans In full possession OF power in tho State.
and will. after the lst OF January be loaded down
with responsibility. Tho division Of political
strength in the immediate past between demo-
cratic Governor and republican Senate has given
the holdovers extended lease Of power, while tho
expiration Of the terms Of other important officials
being added places In the hands Of the now Governor
DO wers rarely falling to any State Executive.


Moreover, 1t must not be forgotten--tho people
will surely not forget it-that Mr.. Cornell elected
upon reform platform, upon distinct and positive
pledges of better and higher tono in State adminis-
traton. And now, while there is to be general
overhauling in tho state departments at Albany and
while responsibility will be widespread. the burden
OF 1t will rest upon Mr. Cornell nnd his immediate
advisers. II is his fortune mist rtune according
whether he shall act wisely unwisely, to have
placed before Mm of those great and rare oppor
tunities which never come to any man more than
once in his lifetime. Will he rise to the occasion?
Will he forget the past2 VIII he shake of tho ailia
tons and machine tactics which have constituted his
Year: 1879

stock in trade for the last dozen yearsf win he forget
what sort of manipulation he has been aud realize
that he IL the chosen head or 900 people In
greatest American State? viii he. in his selection of
omcials rise superior co the dictation of closet
ciiques and the rat-hole claims f this man or that


man. and listen to the highest and best sentiment OF
the great mass of the republican party-to the high
est and best sentiment of the people? Win he regard
MS nigh ONCE as . sacred trust TO be administered
Tor the good and welfare of the people. or will he uso
IL as an improved and enlarged mill to grind out
grists Tor personal followerss lsrs fy


Inc grand success the miserable failure OF the
incoming state administration depends upon the
way hr cornell and his advisers answer these ques-
mons And there 10 Disgusting the fact that the
keenest and most farseeing democrsts in all parts
OF the state arc getting good deal OF comfort ont
OF the CRITICAL condition or affairs in the republican
camp Iheso democrats look for trouble in the
ranks OF their opponents just time to this
years verdict next fall This is the corner stone
upon which new and sanguine democratic hopes are
now building MIR. Cornell and his immediate polit-
teal friends must realize this fact and they should
be on the alert to turn 1t to their own advantage.


We hope tho fact ID also realized that there 10 but
one safe course for the new Governor to take, and
that course s for him to look forward not back
ward to rise to the high demands OF the hour grasp
the great opportunity within his reach and the
people rather than place hunters by taking for his
guide the highest and best sentiment OF the people
his administration will be and further VIC
tories of his party rendered easy. An opposite
course might crafty few hungry place hunters.
but failure and defeat would lie along tho path of
the very near future. ANXIOUS POPULI
Year: 1879

ASTONISHING VITALITY OF THE PATERSON BOY


WHOSE. BRAIN WAS LAcERATED By Saw


HIS CONDITION IMPROVING.


John McEvoy. the lad who had his skull and
brain almost cut in half by circular ut Pater.
n j.. on Monday last. is still alive at the Hos
pital OF the Sisters of Charity On Wednesday night
he fell into gentle slumber. from which he did not
awake until yesterday morning. During the night
and all day yesterday there was total absence Of
fever. The Inflammation near the wound had SUBJ
sided and the paralysis abatcd considerably. Early
yesterday morning the boy signihed his desire to
have something to eat. and he enjoyed with great
apparent relish his frat meal since the accident He
declared that the pain in his head had almost al
together d appeared and that he felt very comfort
OF death. Dr. K. Marsh tho residont of the Psssaio
Medical Society, who has the case in charge. said to
q HERALD reporter yesterday TT is altogether
without parallel. Wounds OF that character are 80
scarce that We cannot judge Of this by Others in
serted probe over an inch and half into the
wound without reaching bottom. so I know that
there is considerable brain matter cut iuto."


us therc any case on record similar 10 this 70


"rhere IL the celebrated 'Massachusetts' cSsc. re-
ferred to by several surgical authorities. whore .
man was struck under the jaw by piece Of iron
man recovered completely"
rs there any possibility, In your opinion. Of


'That would be hard to say. Tho symptoms
to-day are certainly more favorable than thew we're
yesterday The desire for food the absence Of fever
and other circumstances are very favorable; but
then the dangers of pyemia and ersypelas incident
to all injuries are to be anticipated. Even should
he oscspe then then there II still danger that some
fragment of the skull may have lodged in the brain
or course. this might come out without troubei
but there Is . likelihood that IL would remain and
form an abscess and thus cause death. So you 500
there is no critical day after which we can say tho
danger In over"


.'Do you think the accident would have lasting
effect should McEvoy recover sufficiently to DO out
OF danger OF deathY


II think IL would leave him impaired. both ply
scally and mentally such degree that life would
be burden to hifn. We're In his place should
certainly welcome DEATH"


The has created tho liveliost interest among
the medical fraternity, and the patient IL not lone
for lack Of VISITORS Ho rested very easily yes
tsrdAy all day, and was apparently improving.
Year: 1879

Ex-CoNGREssMAN THOMAS c. PLATT TO BE THE


SUCCESSOR OF MR. CORNELL.


The coming session Of the Republican National
Committee is beginning to enter very largely into
the conversation and speculation OF the adhcrents
Of different political leaders. The Craftsmanship Of
that body WAS left vacant by the death of Senator
Chandler. and vigorous hght Is being made on be-
half of several prominent republicans who desire to
become his In itself It's position carries
but comparatively little weight and the struggle
now progressing would probably not receive much
attention were It not that the republican leaders
have apparently resolved measure their strength
and standing in the party by the success of their
efforts control Of the National Committee.
Senator Baine,s friends are perhaps working the
hardest In this connection. They busy
obtaining "proxies" from members of the COM
mttee who it is expected will not be able attend
the meeting, and all of them express the greatcst
confidence in their ability to control the organiza-
tion of the body. Senator Conkling also has y
didate in the field for the craftsmanship hough 1t
is said that he has yet not expressed any de-
cided preference in the matter 1t is asserted that
Representative Frye. of Maine. is looking for the
position and the whisper is going round that Asss
tant Postmaster General Brady would like to be put
on the committee as member from Indiana. Penn
sylvania also looms up with candidate for chair
of the committee in the person OF Senator Don
Cameron who. runior has it, desires to be placed
tho committee in place of Mr.. W. II. Kemble. the
present representative from that State Altogether
1t may be said that nearly every member OF the
committee ~ candidate for chairman:


General Chester A. Arthur says. in denial to the
report from Albany published yesterday In the
morning papers, that not only has he aspiration.
but that lie has desire to fill the position the
National Committee made vacant by the resignation
OF Mr. Cornell. As chairman Of the State Commit
tee General Arthur feos that he has abundant occu
patton in discharging the onerous duties Of
that Office. In that capacity he has received from
MIR. Cornell the lafters official resignation from
the National Committee. The letter is Q short ono,
simply reasserting the fact of Mr.. Cornels recent
election to the Ciovernorship aud that the duties
incumbent upon him in that high Office would pre-
vent him from acting upon tho National Conn


The National COMMITTEE is to meet some time
next month. The New York State Committee
will make its choice next week, and
General Arthur says that there is but
one candidate mentioned for the vacancy and that
the man IL ex-Congressman Thomas @. Patt. OF
Owego, who has rival and who will receive the
support of all tho members Of the committee. There
was, therefore, no question to who would be
lectcd. This statement of General Arthur will set
at rest all speculation upon this mooted question.
Year: 1879

1t was reported on Wall street yesterday that the
United Pipe Lines had concluded contract with the
New Jersey Central Railroad Company for the trans-
portation of all their oil that road and that the
same had been taken away from tho Erie Company.
Judge Lathrop. of the New Jersey Central. refuscc
to talk the subject. but promised to have some
thing ~ say concerning IL next week.
Year: 1879

According to the views expressed ny
the court in the case of the appeal taken
bv John Parker from the decision of
Justice Hagany, barber, cannot le-
gally pursue his vocation on the Sab.
bath. 1t is true that Parker obtained
verdict but that was wholly owing to
the neglect Of the Magistrate to pro-
nounce him guilty Of violation OF the
statute, previous to imposing a fine
upon him. The Chief Justice, how
ever, in charging the jury, remarked
that a man could shave himself on
Sunday without violating the law, but
when he shaved another for compsnsa-
ton, he would be liable to the penalty
provided for pursuing worldly employ.
ment on Sunday. The BARRIERS should
therefore close their establishments on
that day or prepare to pay the penalty
provided in such eases, should com,
plant be made against them. Law
suits are very undesirable as well as
improbable, and therefore it would be
wise in the profession generally to com
ply with the divine injunction: RE
member the Sabbath day to keep il
holy" or at least to refrain fr.m thel'
usual employment.
Year: 1879

The Taylor & Co., Morocco factory
base ball club having been the most
successful nine last year, still claim the
championship, and assert that it will
be necessary for the Pusey Il Scott team
to defeat them before they claim the
belt, and as it is generally understood
that the second nine of the Pusey Il
scott club defeated Postles nine on Sat
urday last, the Taylor nine will be
pleased to cross bats with the first nine
of the victorious club.
Year: 1879

The Enterprise base ball club (not
tho Rsliance) as stated in the "Herald,' y
will 90 to West Chester on Friday next,
to play a champion game of base ball
with the Active club of that city.
Year: 1879

The police of st. Louis found an old
and wrinkled woman picking her way
about the streets the other day in search,
as she said, of cher lost child Inquiry
elected the fact that the ''child' was 40
years of age, and the mother, who was
searching for her, certainly looked to be
the III years that she claimed for herself
The old woman said that ''Becky was a
good GIRL but would go OH sprees." She
further stated that 'Becky" worked out
and made SO a month, and went on a spree
almost every time she was paid off.
Year: 1879

10 he Editors If me LelriSioH journal -


While Mrs. Emma L. Berry of Liver
more Falls, was visiting her brothers,
William and Edgar Carver of DiXield,
Aug. 20th her children. boy of three
and a girl of one and ond-half years, were
PLAYING about the door. The mother hear
ing cry in the direction Of the well. ran
to the door and saw BERTHE, the little boy,
running from the well. four or five rods
distant, dripping wet from head 10 feet.
On proceeding 10 the WELL which, by the
way. was covered with large fiat stone,
with a round hole cut through and that
covered with a wooden cover, it was found
that he had removed the cover, and there
was seen floating on the water an old
horse card, which he had been playing
with Probably he dropped the card and
while reaching after it fell in. The well
is eight feet deep with five feet of water
leaving three feet from the surface OF the
water To the well stone. How the little
fellow climbed up on the rocks can better
be imagined than described. What would
make the task still more difficult is the
fact that the opening in the stone Is but
fourteen inches in diameter, while the
well is thirty. This formed projecting shelf
eight inches III width on either side, Wllch
he must have swung himself from under
before he could gain the surface. This
would doubtless seem incredulOuS to some,
but those who have examined the premises
can but admit there is no other way but
that the boy fell into the well, and by his
almost supcr-human efforts saved himself
from drowning. Laying aside all else, the
boy gives ample testimony in the case by
saying while in his mothers arms few
minutes after the occurrence, "Bertie new
er'll 20 near the well, again" Question,
was it the natural instinct for self-presery-
alton common to all of Gods creatures,
or was it divine Providence that saved the
boy from drowning? {.


DiXfield, Sept. lSt, 1879.
Year: 1879

If you would keep from drink
ing so great a quantity of ardent
spirits, eat more. Eat some
thing whenever you take a drink.
The drunk, in all cases, comes
from the stomach full of whisky
and no food. There is a simple
truth veto be learned by many,
and that is, they do not eat
enough of real blood, bone,
nerve and tissue-making food.
You may half starve to death on
salt fish, potatoes, cabbage,
turnips, fried liver, stewed kid
ney, and q score of other dishes
that please the taste, but add
little or nothing to the body
force. Eggs, the best of steak,
mutton and bread are what one
requires for strength. Isis that
unconscious half starved CoDdl-
ton which causes so much Of
the craving for a temporary in
crease of strength-and that is
quickest gained through a glass
Of whisky-that gives for a few
moments a spasmodic impulse
to the wheels Of life, sending
Chem whizzing and spinning
around for a few moments; then
comes reaction, and they turn
more sluggish than ever. The
best spirits in the world reside
In good blood; the worst In bad.
1t is that which send false i'm
aginings, suspicious and despont
Pencies to the brain. -EX.
Year: 1879

Sharp county was eoIdUIl0ll0Nc
bv the General Assembly OF
1868. and is bounded on the
north by the state Of Missouri,
on the east by Randolph and
Lawrence counties, on the south
by independence county, and
on the west by lard and
Fulton counties. It's population
is about nine thousand. Since
the establishment Of the county
all Of the necessary public
buildings have been erected ana
are paid for. The face OF the
country is generally undulatlng,
though diversified with rich al
Iuyiai bottoms and flat uplands.
In many places the hills are
lofty enough to be called noun
tains. The arabic lands are sus-
ceptible of producing large
Yields of cotton, corn, wheat,
rye, hay, oats, potatoes, tobacco
and field crops generally, while
vegetables of nearly every kind
may be produced to great per
fection, and all fruits adapted
to the climate attain the highest

degree of perfection under prop
er culture. That portion OF the
land which is thought to be un-
fit for cultivation, on account OF
the stones which lie principally
upon its surface, produces, each
wear. a luXuriant crop OF wild
| grass upon which large numbers
of cattle thrive and tatten dur
ing the summer months, and
which. in many places, could be
prolitably saved as hay. On ac-
count of the splendid range the
barrens afford, and their adapt
ability to the production OF the
tame grasses, stock raising and
sheep husbandry could be pur-
sued very pro6tably, especially
so on the lands last mentioned,
a large portion Of which can be
had under the U. S. Homestead
law for almost the asking.


While on this subject we may
add that we are informed by a
gentleman engaged Ito some eX-
tent in the wool business, that
the wool from our common grade
of sheep brings almost as good
a price in the market as that
produced on lands costing fifty
dollars per acre and upwards,
and where the sheep must be
fed daily. 1t therefore seems
that North Arkansas offers in
ducements to the wool producer,
superior to any other country.


Sharp county is well timbered,
excepting in the barrenS. Sur
rounding Evening Shade is a
large scope Of country covered
by yellow pine, which is cut by
the saw mills in the vicinity in
10 excellent building lumber.


Health in this country is very
GOOD indeed. We will venture
to say that no countryin the en-
tire southwest smpasses it for
healthfulness-the malarlal and
bilious diseases 50 prevalent IN
a large scope Of the west being
very rare here, except in very
mild form in the densely wood
ed bottoms.


Scarcely q neighbOrhood IN
the entire county is without Its
church house, whichis generally
used by each denomination, and
a great interestis manifested in
the cause of education. More
schools are sustained in the
county at present than ever be-
fore, and some of q high order.
Among these may be mentioned
the Evening Shade College, To-
Gated at the county seat, and the
Ash Flat Academy, twelve miles
north of this place.


The county also abounds in
minerals, including iron, lead,
zinc, &c, A bank ofiron almost
/ rivaling the famous Iron Mount
Year: 1879

A neat business-Ih he cattle trade.
Chorus of the cider apples-"Just
as We so to press.
There must be a nerve scenter
somewhere in the nose,
A pistol is not half so dangerous
when the owner is not loaded.


A Texan got in his dying declarati IN
after he was shot nine times.


A cutting from q banana plant
stuck in the ground will bear fruit
in year.


"One Of the lost tarts' said q
scholar, picking up q cherry pie in
the street.


The girl who had two strings to
her beau made an arrow escape from
matrimony,


There are we'll authenticated cases
of kittens having caught tho mumps
from children.


Siberia is beginning to loom up as
q great agricultural country,-espe-
cially wheat producing.


One of the brightest things we
have noticed going round, lately, is
highly polished circular saw.


So many females are going into
Professionalism that by anu by tao
cock of the walk will have no chance


Seuator Thurman has never ad-
mitted that Mr.. Hayes is President
by calling on him at the White
House.


Apatent-medicin advertiser says
that fat is not conductive to long
Life. A fat hog rarely lives through
the winter.


In the olden time when a man
sailed across the seas to humble a
rivals fame he brought his arms
with him nov he brings his legs.


Boston has q temperance rcformer
who claims to have drunk more
.fiquor than any other man in that
city, and to have squandered $780,
900.


Dallas (Texas) Comm erciaz We
are painfully dry in these parts.
Plenty of whiskey and blood, to be
sure, but no rain to speak of oil
winter.


If a person employs q dentist to
pull an aching tooth for him, is it
not sure sign that he can't ache it
out himself Z


A South american has discovered
q plant which gives milk, but we
don't see where the fun is to come
in, as it can't turn around and kick
the pail over.


It is said that q Chinaman can do
almost any possible or impossible
thing except pronounce the letter p.
A Chinese cook shocks the stomach
Of people by calling it "boiled lice .
A domestic named Angelica Jor-
llan has passed over her last name
and bcco me portion Of her first
Year: 1879

pipe. swallowing the smoke and then sending it out
again. Little Big Man cautiously and yet with an air
o. triumphant pleasure. continued:-


"Some time ago. late at night. there came to my
lodge an old ran-ycry old-with an old woman
They very cold and had no clothes on and
no blankets. The old man shivered a great deal as
he talked to me. and asked to to tho fro end
warm himself. ! took pity on him. gave him some
thing TO eat. some clothes, pair of mocassins
and all my blankets. He could hardly stand up and
was almost dead. I gave him five horses. fed his
family and made them warm. He is now in .
lodge near by ard getting better His family are
with him. The old woman is not his wife, but an
aunt or sister. do not know which am going to
take his daughter to live with me my wife. That
old man is Dull Knife. He was suffering much Of
course had to help him."


Here he manifested an immensely pleased and self
satisfied manner in rejecting what he had done.
and the interview ended. Thus the long disputed
point as to what had become of the old warrior who
carried on his shoulders the fortunes of the flying
Chcyennes is settled. 1t is thought with Little Big
Mans warriors and the other Sioux disposed to pro-


ect Dull Knife the government cannot, with hope OF
success. make "a demand for his surrender.
Year: 1879

tions of New York with the same points;
and another advantage in favor of the
Pennsylvania Central and the Baltimore
and Ohio is that with all roads south
OF Cleveland these form more direct and
natural connection than with the New York
roads, and the distance being shorter they
can offer to the Western roads better in
ducements to exchange traffic freely with
them, for the simple reason that on the
shorter distance their proportion OF the rate
is larger.


From these facts the conclusion is in.
evitable that it is not for the New York
roads to dictate rates to the trunk lines in
competition with them. These roads have
double duty TO perform, the one being
embraced in the other. They have to serve
their own interests and protect the trade Of
New York city, in which their interests are
centred With their longer connections
they have to work at lower rate per ton
per mile. The competing lines running
through States south of us are therefore
masters Of the situation with respect to
rates, and anything short OF legalized act
which would apply general rates to all
competing lines running East and West
would certainly operate injuriously to the
trade of New York, without substantially
benefiting any local interest. 1t is there
fore time that the New York roads should
arrange their local rates upon fair and, as
far as possible, uniform basis, if they would
insure security at home and be strong
enough to compete with their Southern
rivals for the Western trade.