smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

On Monday morning just before the
train was leaving Davenport for the west,
two men, one of them the notorious conf
dence man called ''Swede-Pete," got into
one of the cars and one passed along first
in search of a victim. He found one very
soon, in the person of young man giving
his name as Van Oak, on his way from
Chicago to West Liberty. The sharper
sat down beside Van, and commenced
talking about cards Then his partner
came along and offered to bet with Var
Oak that the party of the first part coulo
not turn up particular card. The victim fel
into the trap, put up all the money he hac
in the world, fifteen dollars. and of course
lost it. Some time afterwards Officer Pur
cell passed through the car, and to hin
Van Oak told his troubles. The Office
started off in search of the men, and sue
ceeded in finding two that corresponded il
some respects to the description Of then
as given by the young man, but the office
had nothing to hold them on, as Van Oal
had gone on in the train, and so they wer
allowed to go. The young man whom
they robbed was about twenty-five years o
age and rather green looking.
Year: 1874

A party of deceiving impostors are at
present travelling through the country dis
triets, swindIing farmers with dry goods
samples, and it will therefore be well to
keep sharp lookout for them. Their
game is to go from house to house exhibit
ing samples of cotton goods, &c. These
they propose to sell for about one quarter,
of their real value, and of course take a
large number of orders therefor. with the
promise to deliver the goods soon. Then
they exhibit lot of cloths and cassimeres
almost worthless, which they sell for big
price, delivering the goods on the spot, and
receiving the cash therefor. Of course
the cotton goods are never forthcoming
while the swindlers have disappeared with
the money they received for the worthless
cloths, etc.
Year: 1874

The fools are not all dead yet There's
one in Joliet who edits newspaper called
the Sun brilliant name for SO stupid a
sheet who says:


ish the tariff they ought to be equally prepared TO
show some other way OF replenshing the nalion-
al exchequer.


The free trade people do not propose to
abolish the tariff, and never did. The
free trade people advocate tariff and al
ways did,-but they claim that it should
be levied solely and only for revenue.
They claim that the constitution does not
authorize any other other kind of tariff
They claim that trade should be as free as
possible from all restrictions: that in levy
ing duties the rate on each article taxed
should be at figure which will bring III
the largest revenue that to levy duties
upon any other principle would be to ta1
one class of our people for the benefit O
another, thus creating and building vi
monopolies at the expense of the grea
mass of the people, hampering trade ant
commerce and repressing the ambition ant


energies of our people. The Joliet ,Sa,
sheds very pale and Pickering light. LIE
it inform itself and cease uttering sucl
nonsense about free traders, and ceas
| slandering the free trade people.
Year: 1874

The Office room used by the county clerk
and county Judge is altogether too small,
and business cannot be trasacted with con-
venience either to the officers or to the
public. Some arrangement ought to be
made for the convenience of the Office and
the people. A door cut through into the
room, in the Jail building, now used as a
psrlor would furnish the necessary room,
though we suppose it would be hardly
right to take that away from the present
sheriff. If the change was made at the
close of his term, his successor would have
no right to complain, as he would know
what kind of quarters were assigned him
before he accepted the Office.
Year: 1874

We would suggest to our county clerk
that he procure book in manifold of the
kind used by telegraph operators, for keep
ing the notes of proceedings of the Board
of Supervisors. Using such book for a
blotter and taking four.copies at time he
can furnish the three papers each copy
and retain one copy in his blotter for tran
scribing to the fair record. This will save
all the labor of copying, and give eact
newspaper Office complete record, from
which each can use as much or as little a:
they wish. There will then be no delay il
furnishing copy as fast as each page shal
he written
Year: 1874

About . o'clock this Wednesday, after
noon, as John Dwyre, with pair of mules
and an empty wagon, was coming over from
the Iowa side, where he had been with q
load, his being one of the Peoria r. r.
transfer teams, when near our shore the
team broke through By the aid of ropes
and few men who weren' t>afraid of water
the mules were choked up and hauled out
Some two hundred men then bossed the
job of getting the wagon out which we be-
lieve was accomplished. Of course people
will continue to drive on the ice until some
body gets drowned.
Year: 1874

Our citizens will remember the desperate
encounter Policeman Murrin had with
burglars and sneak thieves. one night in
June, 1869, in which affair Murrin received
two shots and now carries one of the bull
let's in his body The Democrat of yester-
day gives another instance of an attempt
to take the life of policeman, as follows: !:
Several weeks ago notorious character
named Michael koester, but known to
the police by the title Of Mickey Mike,


was arrested by Officer Niles for carrying
concealed weapons, having in his possess
sion large number of articles which he
had stolen. He was given term in Jail,
which he worked out. Since then he has
been swearing vengeance against Niles,
that officer having within the past year
or two, arrested him something like half 9
dozen times. He declared that he woulC


shoot that policeman like dog whenever


he could find him alone, and there was
good reason for believing that he woule
execute his threat. Last night Officers
Niles and Smith, while going their rounds


discovered Mike on dark street dowr


near the bridge. When asked what h


was doing Mike made no answer, ant


kept his hand in his coat pocket in sus


picious manner The officers arrested tn


fellow. and in the right pocket Of his Goa
) found revolver at full cock and loaded
There was no doubt but that he intended
to use the pistol on officer Niles could h
have found him alone. Mike was lodges
in Jail, and this morning Justice Kaufman
fined him 800 and costs for carrying con
cealed weapons, in default of which b


was given thirty days in Jail. He is ais


concerned in Jail breaking affair in Wa


pello county. and at the expiration Of hi
, time here he will be turned over to tn
authorities there
Year: 1874

MONEY FOUND. "A small amount OF
money was picked up this morning on the
street. The owner can have il by calling
on J. Waverly Johnston, Market Square,
proving property and paying for this no
tice
Year: 1874

The SuSScr Journal SAYS: "The Democrats OF
New Castle claim the candidate fos Governor and
Vet when We ask them to name their man they
disagree Certainly they cannot ask Sussex 10
choose between their conteuding factions. Any
man from Kent or New Castle who goes into the
Convention with the united vote nj his county
can be nominated, and II the counties are divided
then the Sussex county delegates will vote for the
most available man 1t Kent and New Castle
cannot agree we can trot ont a Sussex man who
can get the uuited vote of this county. We don't
claim the nomination-but We don't propose 10
make candidates for the other Counties.


1t is certainly something new 10 expect the
Democrats of New Castle county TO choose be-
tween her numerous excellent men for the posi-
ton Of Governor before delegate has been ciec.
led to the State Convention in either county. 1t
never has hetn customary for the Democratic
party TO do this When cur delegates have been
elected il will be time enough 10 expect them to
concentrate. At present no one has any power
TO speak outhoritatively; and the declaration
that New Castle county is not able to present n
gentleman upon whom her delegates and the
party will unite has no foundation. Neither is
there eny sufficient reason for requiring New
Castle to unite upon man, to secure the nomi
ration. New Castle has never required this Of
her sister counties. But granting this, our party
cannot, every politician knows, decide unit
the delegates arc elected and meet in caucus
Of tina Allegheny, there would be serious trouble
This isusually done by the delegates of eacl
county on the day the Convention meets.
Year: 1874

The City Council have continued the immense
tax of last year, although there is no great i'm
pfovement needed this year. What will they do
with the money? Why they did tax it out oi
our pockets under tbs circumstances is question
(which fellow can't find out"
Year: 1874

Deputy Marshals, while the crew of an armed


vessel was at his command Docs the govern
ment wish to pay SO a day to Fishing parties" to
arrest citizens in q small town. We think not.
Year: 1874

1t is vain 20 put your finger in the water
and, pulling it out, look for hole; and equal
ly vain to suppose that, however large space
you occupy, the world will miss you when
YOU die. I'D -f
Year: 1874

AN editor ii a Western town writes
of rival: His slanderous soul is i'm
bued with the electric fire of hell; his
black heart emits the sulphurous fumes
till his whole nature is absorbed in one
homogeneous mass of hellishness;" and
the NOTTistolga Herald says, "A man
might go TO the Yale school of Journal
ism one hundred and fifty yearsand not
learn to write that way"
Year: 1874

SPEAKING of law as at present vio-
lated, Rev. 7. Z. Beecher says: 'It is
extremely difficult to commit the crime
of murder in such an accurate and
honest way that it shall satisfy the
specifications of the statute. Unless
the would.be murderer take legal coun-
sci beforehand and follow instructions
minutely, he will fail nine times in ten,
however sincerely he may try. Any
body can XIII a man, but he cannot do
it in first degree murder style without
counsel and care"
Year: 1874

THE tower to be erected in the Cen
tennial building at Philadelphia will be
one thousand feet high. a central
tube thirty feet in diameter, extending
the entire length, will be occupied by
four elevators for the transportation of
visitors. Around this tube winds a
spiral staircase for those who prefer TO
walk. While to ascend by the latter
will require a steady head, stout heart
will be necessary to those who undertake
a trip, with its risks, by the former.
Year: 1874

A YOUNG man who was married IN
Detroit six months ago has joined in
the discussion of the question of family
economy, but his little contribution is
far from satisfactory. Il do not, " he
says, understand how it is. used to
figure IL out, as Isatwithmy arm round
her waist on Sunday nights, and all it
would then cost to live would be S2.75
a week, and now spend SIS and am
hungry half the time" Brute!
Year: 1874

w VT


sistanee.


Troy, Feb. 14-The ice in the river
broke up suddenly this morning. Seven
men at work on the Congress Street Bridge
took refuge on two bargcs mOored to a
pier. The barges were forced down the
river to point near Albany, where they
became jammed. The barges are in the
middle Of the river, and it is impossible to
relieve the men on board now.
Year: 1874

The following record will show the changes in
the temperature for the past twenty -four hours, In
comparison with the corresponding day Of last
year as indicated by the thermometer At Hudnut's
pharmacy, HRRALD BUILDING
Year: 1874

1t is patent to my mid that the
Brooks men have not ignored the late
gubernatorial difficulty in the present
contest for the election Of Delegate TO
the Constitutional Convention True,
they have professed a willingness to let
by-gones be by. cones, but their actions
speaa louder than their words. They
worked day and night and resorted to
means which | had thought they were
above to carry the County Convention
Stories, without the slightest foundation
of truth, were manufactured and circula
ted all over the County, which seriously
reflected upon Mr.. Turner and other gen.
temen who, like him, were even above
suspicion. Yet, in the face Of these facts,
they say the Baxter and Brooks question
has nothing to 40 with the selection Of
a Delegate Too transparent to deceive
any but the most unsophisticated Why
use such means and work so industrious.
Is to nominate Mr. Thomson, a Brooks
partisan, in opposition to Mr. Turner a
man OF acknowledged ability and of
unquestioned integrity and unblemishcd
character, and who was neither a Brooks
nor a Baxter partisan, but who only de-
nounced the revolutionary scheme of
Clayton, Brooks, Mcclure and Whytock
to dcpose Baxter? Is it not evident to
every thinking mind from the determined
and indeiatigable efforts Of the Brooks
adherents here and elsewhere, and the
Brooks organs and especially that vile
sheet, the Little Rock Republican, that
they would turn heaven and earth to con.
troll the Constitutional Convention
These men arc mad they are desperate !!
Send none but Baxter men to the Con.
vention. Risk nothing-the liberty and
property Of the people are at stake, BE
ware, beware people of Crawford and of
the State If Brooks & Co. succeed the
great work it is expected the Convention
will do, will not be done. The Brooks
candidate in this County dares not open
" make this fight, for he well knows he
would not stand the ghost Of chance
for his success And predict his defeat
Notwithstanding his artful dodgng. In
good time the people will see through the
web they have woven to cover their zeal
designs Voters Of Crawford beware!


Pro BONO PuBLICo.
Year: 1874

1t is Just as We have and do contend
that the issue has settled down to this
point in Crawford county. The Little
Rock fepabiicaa of Saturday, the mouth
piece of Gen Thomason, clearly states
his position on this point as follows:


Gen Thomson before the conven-
ton OF Crawford, when asked whether
he was for Brooks or Baxter, is reported
as saying he was for the man ele, ted by
the peoi ie, and inasmuch as all parties
admitted Mr.. Brooks to have received a
large majority of the votes cast in 1872,
he, of course, sustained his claims to the
office This is The real issue Can the
nutmeg man understand


Yes, we understand it exactly. a vote
for IHomoson is vote for BROOKS and a
vote to re open his claims to the office
of Governor. The nutmeg man un
derstands exactly that the Legislature Of
1873, the Supreme Court in 1873, the
President in 1874 and then again the
Legislature of 1874, settled that matter
conclusively and we are not in favor of
re-opening it. A vote for Thomason,
the ring candidate, " is vote to open
and renew the bitter strife for that office
by Brooks, that we have just witnessed
a vote for Judge JAMES SANGsTER is a
vote to quietly submit to what has been
done and refer the whole matter back to
the people through the Convention
Vote for Judge James Sangstcr, the
Farmers and Working Mems candidate
Year: 1874

We ask the old citizens Of Crawford
County, if there ever was time when
the " o;lice. seekers ring " candidate, was
not an aspirant for office? The war
found him in Office and there has not
been an occasion since (only while the
Federal government bound him down
that he was not first and foremost in
pushing himself forward for Office. Do
You want him now? If not, vote for


JUDGE JAMES SAGNsTER,
the Farmers and Working Mems candi
date
Year: 1874

Gen' n b. Burrow, Independent can.
didate for Delegate to the Constitutional
Van Barren, this Tuesday night, at the
Court House The General proposes to
discuss matters of vital interest to the
people of the county. Let all turn out
and hear what he has to say.
Year: 1874

a sensation involving the peace of an
estimable family is now agitating the town
of Darlington, on the St. Louis and South
eastern railway. Some time since young
man of that place, a clerk in an Darlington
store, met an old friend who had located in
the growing little town. The clerk in
vited him 20 accept the hOspitalities Of his
mansion, which invitation was complied
with. The friend was well received by
the pretty wife of the clerk, and everything
passed Of so pleasantly that the friend was
invited to renew these visits. He did, first
reluctantly, but Afterwards frequently, un-
til his intercourse with the clerks wife be-
came so intimate as to cause reports Of a
scandalOus nature to be circulated.


The young husband became so displeased
by this state of affairs that he left the place,
and obtained a situation in another lOealI-
ty, where he remained for some weeks.
Last Sunday morning he returned to his
home in Darlington hoping to find his wife
repentant and behaving better, but was
disappointed, as he found the relationship
between her and the faithless friend, crimi-
nally intimate. A number of hours after
his return 10 the town, the unfortunate
husband was found unconscious, and in a
dangerous condition at his residence. EPhy-
sicians were called, and pronounced him
nearly dead from the effects Of an opiate or
some other narcotic. Prompt relief was af-
fOrded him, but he remained a long time
apparently at deaths door. 1t is not known
how he came to this condition. Some be
lieye it was an attempt at suicide on his
part, while others are firm in their conyic-
tions that the wife and her paramOur at
tempted to rid themselves of the presence
of the devoted husband. The affair will
receive thorough investigation.
Year: 1874

Irishmen, and they had all the confidence
in the world in their gallant Captain, who
stuck to them through thick and thin, when
other wOuld-be Captains fed in dishOnor.
0, how many Of that gallant little band
sleep in unknown graves, Would to God
that / was Of their number, sooner than
have lived TO see this day. NOmatter what
my fate shall be, will meet it like a man.
Remember me TO Griffin and Kelly; know
they will be sorry to hear Of the trouble l
got into. Give my best respects to your
brothers. Write soon and let me know
how you are getting along.


Tr1ly your friend, J. P. FINUcANE.
Year: 1874

A negro was shot and killed, a day or
two ago, by white man, near the State
line, on tie Nashville and Decatur road.
II is said that the white man, who is a
store-keeper, suspected the negro Of enter
ing and robbing his house a few nights
before, and stepped up to him for the pur-
pose Of searching his po,l;ets. The negro
turned to run, when the man picked up a
shot gun and fired with fatal effect. 1t is
also said that the homicide was drinking at
the time.


Our reporter was unable to learn the
names of the parties.
Year: 1874




New YORK and Chicago are both
exercised over the disposition to be
made of some forty thousand dollars
which seems to have no owner. The
money is the proceeds of a lot of pic
lures sent by European artists, to be
sold for the relief of the suffering in
Chicago after the great fire. Before it
was forwarded, Mayor Medill tele-
graphed that no more assistance
was needed. 1t has accumulated
interest since, and the question now is,
what to do withit. The evident purpose
of the original donors was to relieve
human suffering and distress. The
proposed diversion of the fund to the
funding of an art school, would bene-
fit only the classes above want. The
best thing to do on the eve of winter,
would be to give it to the poor. We
suppose there are some few christians
In Chicago, to whom we would say:
If you believe the Master, the poor ye
have always with you.
Year: 1874

IN his recent address before the Harvard
Medical School, Oliver Wendell Holmes
said that it was the duty of the physician
to make dying for his patient as nearly as
possible like the closing of the eyes in
sleep. When, says he, the end is evidently
near, "is remains for the physician 10 claim
for his art the right Of procuring painless
passage out of the world, so far as it is
practicable, for the patient whom be can
keep no longer in it, and, without doing
violence to the proprieties of the closing
scene, to consider the physical process as
one which should be under his exclusive
direction"
Year: 1874

THE Alsatians are grumbling more and
more because their German rulers insist
upon making them feel in every way, that
they are conquerors. At Strasburg it was
lately ordered that newly born children
must henceforth receive no names
which do not appear in the Ger
man calendar. A citizen wished to name
his daughter Blanche, but had to substitute
Mathilde. Fomond, Carlos and Suzette have
had to give way to Ferdinand, Karl and Su-
zanna. The girls at school were in the
habit of ornamenting their desks according
to their own fancies; now they have TO
draw their figures and arrange their colors
according to law. The Alsatians don't
like so much German in theirs, and are
driven to an attitude of passive resistance.
Year: 1874

THE vintage in France this year will be
unusually fine. The claret of 1874 will
take a high place among the good years
already on record. In Burgundy the high
class wines are abundant and of splendid
quality, but second-claSs wines are scarce,
owing to terrible hail storm in the latter
part of July, which nearly destroyed the
common vines. There is no intermediate
quality this year between the very good
wines and the common. Prices Of new
first-class wines are high in consequence of
the small production and poor quality OF
the last three years. The general opinion
in Burgundy is that the 1874 wine will
equal those of 1870 or 1865 in quality,
although some of the best judges doubt its
coming up to the mark of those vintases.
Year: 1874

Chas- Foster Is loyal man aud in
favor OF giving the fullest liberty to
every citizen Of the Republic.


Geo. E. Seney Is in favor Of the
white mans party, and opposed to
the free exercise Of the ballot by the
colored people OF the SOuth.--Refector.
Year: 1874

An Eoglish blacksmith being at
present Without an assistant, has for
some weeks been instrUetiBg his el-
dest daughter in the mysteries OF his
trade, and she l. already an expert at
the business The young lady can
shoe q horse in q good wOman-like
fashion.