smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

THE PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY PRESSING THE


STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOR MONEY DUE AND FOR


SECURITY MADE VOID BY THE Loss OF THE


GEORGIA.


For several days there have been mutterings Of
impending difficulty between the Panama Railroad
Company and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
on account of the failure of the latter to make tho
payments due to the railroad company under its
contract The officers of both companies are very
rcicent in regard to the matter, but from trust
worthy source the following information is OBJ
tanned:


About two years ago the Panama Mail Company
transferred nearly all of its steamships to the
Panama Railroad Company 10 secure the payment
of an Indebtedness amounting TO about -, 100000.
At the same time an agreement was made between
the two companies by which the Pacific Mail COM
pany was TO pay $70,0 900 month for the trans
pOralOn Of It's freight across the Is hmus between
points Oh the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans north of
the Isthuus. The payments that were also To be
made on account of the old Indebtedness swelled
the amount of ts total obligations Ia - 5000
The recent statement of the Pacific Mail Company
showed that its debt to the Panama Company was
81, ,O39 III. Among the ships transferred to
the Panama Company as security was tho
Georgia, which lost several months ago,
and which, by the terms of the contract



1t seems that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
has utterly failed to replace the Georgia with any
other steamer or other security. 1t also appears
that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for some
time past has Onlv paid to the Panama Company
SO, 600 month instead Of $4,000 unde: its con-
tract for transportation originally agreed upon.
the Panama Company having accepted this sum IN
part payment, the TcmaIng $4,000 being an accru-
ing debt. The last payment made by the Pacific
Mail was $4,000 paid for January. me February
instalment. that was due on the last day OF the
month, yet remains unpaid IL Is learned that the
present indebtedness of the steamship company to
the railroad company is about 2,lIOC0O, showing
an increase since the statement Ct the Pacific Mall
Company of 100000.


Whilethc Panama Company has not yet taken any
overt steps to enforce the fuliilment Of the con-
tracts yet il is understood that il Is pressing the
steamship company for settlements, not only for
the money that is due but also for the security
made void by the loss of the Georgia The forego-
ing statements are admitted 20 be Substantially
correct by the friends of the Pacific Mall but they
express the hope that the result of the correspond
ence and conferences that have taken place will be
such a modification of the contract and times of
rayment that the company will be able TO continue
in the control OF It's steamships.
Year: 1879

The notification section of the army bill
is as follows: "That no money appropri-
ated in this act is appropriated or shall be
paid for sustenance, equipments, transpor-
tation, or compensation of any portion of
the army of the United States to be used as
police force to keep peace at the polls at
any election within any State" In his re-
cent speech at Richmond, Gen. Joe. John.
stone said:


Iwould as soon undertake to lead horse
with cobweb as to restrain the president
by the clause the committee propose to in
Sert in the army bill in regard to the trans
portation of troops to be used at elections.
The feeding and clothing of the army are
provided for by the year, and the insignif-
cant amount it would take to transport
troops for any special duty would give the
president no concern. Furthermore, the
president could send troops to Louisiana,
South Carolina aud Florida months before
the election, and thus have them on hand
ready for use, and yet how could his mo-
tives be ascsrtained, or how could he be
held to account for violation of the clause
in question.
Year: 1879

In Congress Monday the Legislative and
executive appropriation bill was passed
without opposition or objection and it is
probable that it win pass the Senate with.
out dissenting vote, and receive the Pres
idents signature. This settles the question
of supplies for the legislative and execu-
tive branches of government. The Repub-
licans will accept the army bill in its pres
ent shape as it is thought that the objec
tionable sixth section as last drawn does
not really mean anything. 1t Is likely that
there will be considerable fighting over the
judicial bill, but as the curtailment of pay
to deputy marshals employed at election
extends only to July 1880, and can only
apply to the California election in Septem-
Der next, it is probable that the matter will
be settled and Congress will adjourn in ten
days.


The Warner silver bill is meeting with
serious opposition, number Of the Demo
crat will vote against it, and insist that on
anything but political subjects, they can
not be bound by caucus DEGREES. This will
defeat the resolution and end the coinage
bill for this session,
Year: 1879

period of thirty days, in news paper
which he shall designate, by an order writ
ten on said application, and he shall alse
post said notice in some CONSPICUOUS place
In his Office for the same period. A CON-
pliance with the law will require the notice
to be published weekly five times, because
four weekly publications would not cover
period of thirty days.


The notice to be given by the register
must state that application to make final
proof has been filed; the name of the ap-
plicant; description of the land, and the
names and residences of the witnesses as
stated in the application. (See Form No.
81 @


To save expense, the register may en-
brace two or more cases in one application,
when ii can be done consistently with the
legal requirements of publication, in a
newspaper published nearest the land, as
per Form No. 3.


Form No. 8 10 consolidated notice
sams as No. 2, except that additional space
is provided fordescription of land.-Ed.l


When proof is filed that notice has been
given in the manner and for the time re-
quired by said act of Congress, the appli-
cant will be entitled to make final proof
as provided by the laws in force at the date
of the approval of said act.


The proof that requisite notice has been
given will be the certificate of the register
that the notice of the application "a copy
of which should be annexed to the csrtifi-
cate) was posted by him in a conspicous
place in his office for period of thirty
days; and the affidavit of the publisher or
foreman of the newspaper that the notice
"a copy of which notice must be annexed
to the aff1daviD was published in said news
paper once each week for five successive
weeks.


Tho proof of the publication and posting
OF the notice must be filed and preserved by
the register, to be forwarded to this Office
with the final papers when issued.


The notices, afidavits, certificates, etc.,
required under said act should, in form, be
substantially like the forms here to append
ed.


]. A. WILLIAMSON,
Year: 1879

On all sides of us the various villages are
making extensive preparations to properly
celebrate the 4th of July. Are we to have
q celebration or pot-if we are, let US not
undertake more than we can accomplish
successfully
Year: 1879

The Scott County Advocate remarks that
cotton is going up i'll price" When We
consider that this is the season for editors
to have earache, and also that it takes about
a bale for each ear, rise in price is to be ex-
nepfpd
Year: 1879

We the members of the ''Stevens County
Bar" hereby severally and solemnly pledge
ourselves that we will strictly adhere to,
and follow under all circumstances the
following regulations and Fee Bill:
Year: 1879

fit proves refractory, mild discipline is the thing to set it right. Not all the nauseous draughts and boluses ever invented can do half as much to remedy its disorders as a few ineglassfuis-say, three day-of Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters, which will afford it speedy relief and eventually banish every dyspeptic and bilious symptom. Sick head ache, nervousness, sallowness of the com plexion, fur upon the tongue, vertigo, and those many indescribabIe and disagreeable sensations caused by indigestion, are too often perpetuated by injudicious dosing An immediate abandonment of such random and ill-advised experiments should be the first step in the direction of cure; the next step the use of this standard tonic alterative, which has received the highest medical sane tion and won unprecedented popularity.
Year: 1879

The London Iruth says that ''many years ago 1t was announced by an in. discreet person that Rev. Arthur Stan

 ley, Fellow and Tutor of University College, Oxford, was about to marry Jennie Lind. The rumor need not have been absolutely devoid of foundation, for MT. Stanley was known to entertain the warmest admiration for the accom- plished lady in question. She was charming he had been heard to say it was only a pity she was so fond of music The Dean of Westminster is absolutely indifferent to music. To speak more accurately, he positively suffers from the sound of it. Those who enjoy the glorious services of the Abbey, and have afterward the pleas ure of listening to the thoughtful or picturesque sermons of Dr. Stanley little know what quiet heroism is inn piled in the Deans frequent presence. He is not bound to preach more than three times a year, and has the power considerably to diminish the number of choral services, and to cut down the length of each. So far from doing this he has multiplied the number, and has given to some services more distinctly musical tone than had previously char acteriZed them."
Year: 1879

That mosquito will be along on tine.

 The circus camel has his back up for the season.

 Try cranberries on your corns if you would be happy.

 How nice to wake up and find the walk clear of snow

 Americans eat more potatoes than any other nation on earth, and they take most of them baked.

 Boston has been reading up on dawgs. Il New York Commercial Advertiser. Don't you know how to spell dorg P

 Boston Post.

 When Bob IngersoIl attempted to lecture this country on how to bring up children, he made a greater mistake than Moses ever did.

 There is a new hat waiting for the man who has boil on his leg and re- fuses to believe that every person he meets wants to rub against it.

 The man who rode Parole for fifteen minutes received $2500, or just the pay a good clergyman receives for a year. Is race-horse better than religion?

 Mrs. Ames has a story entitled The Longest Hour of My Life" That was doubtless the hour she knew that her beau was calling on another girl across the street.

 No one has ever been able to find out why boy slams the door when he goes out mad, but good guessers imagine that it is because he daren't slam the family.

 Nothing like figures. Know ye that 3,7S1 people in India lost their lives last year by not having a s11Dplv of whisky on hand when bitten by snakes Delays are dangerous. So are snakes. Even worms reason," says the Sci eaatitic Monthly. That's, perhaps, why they don't poke their noses above ground when an old speckled hen | stands softly by with yearning for fresh meat.

 A Michigan widow borrowed fifty six unset diamonds, placed them carelessly in box on the center table, and in three months she was married to a man who believed he had struck Golconda. Widows know how.
Year: 1879

The elderly king of Holland delivered this somewhat enthusiastic address of welcome to his young wife when they first arrived at Dutch territory the other day: '' I am delighted to be able to welcome your majesty to the Neither lands. Your majesty may be proud of the reception with which you have met. As king of Holland, I am deeply moved. Your majesty may rest assured that no queen on earth is at this moment richer than you are in love, in honors, and in attachment from a famous, honorable and faithful people. Long live the queen of Hollandl"
Year: 1879

Micawber's philosophy was appar- ently strong enough to satisfy any reasonable man. It does seem as though, if you waited long enough, something would inevitably turn up.'' The two elements of solicitude in the argument, however, are: $ First, the nature of the 'something;' and second, the amount of time to be spent in wait ing. The something may not answer our expectations, and the time may run us on to old age. On the whole, it is better to be satisfied with hard work and small results than to dream in idle ness about plenty and never hear the dinner bell call you even to cold DOT ridge and milk.
Year: 1879

In this age there is no excuse for ignor- ance. Books are read less and less every year, while newspapers are more universally circulated. Take such a brilliant journal as the San Francisco WEEKLY CHRONICLE, and it will do more to inform and educate fami- ly than library of five hundred volumes would. Books get behind the times, but a thoroughly conducted newspaper keeps in the front line of the march of progress. We consider the WEEKLY CHRONICLE the very best specimen of an American newspaper of the first class that could possibly be named It should be in every home on the Pacific Coast
Year: 1879

A great portion of the lawlessness


exhibited in our country is attributable


to the laxity of parental government


and restraint. Small boys are permitted


to roam the streets until late hour at


night, and not a few learn to chew to


bacco, smoke cigars, play cards, drink


liquor and swear like Trojans. The


number of intoxicated youths in the


streets of various cities on certain occa


sions, has not only been remarked by
the citizens but has been chronicled by


the press and deplored by the pulpit.


A reform in this respect should be


speedily inaugurated. Parents should
endeavor to restrain the evil propensi


ties of their children more fully if they
desire that they should become useful
citizens and prove a blessing rather
than a curse to the community in which
they reside. They should be tanght to
restrain their appetites and evil pro-
pensities and to respect the laws of
God az well as the laws of the land
The practice of morality and virtue is
more important than a knowledge Of
the arts and sciences, as great scholars
sometimes become great criminals
Parents should realize more fully that
the condition Of society depends in a
great measure, if not wholly, upon the
Of their children. The present
actors upon the stage of life will soon
give place to the boys and girls of to-
day, and the condition Of society will
be what they make it. Many Of the
tipplers will become drunkards and
and many of the idlers are
OH the highway to poverty and ruin
The formation of habits of abstemious.
ness, of industry and of liety is the
great safeguard of youth, and parents
who do their duty faithfully will instil
into the minds of their children that
the practice of the virtues is not only
expedient but of the highest import
ance, if they would lead a successful
life and enjoy the honors and blessings
incident thereto, while evil practices Of
any kind may lead to shame, bankrupt
cy, misery. ruin, death and eternal
punishment.
Year: 1879

rhe Poison In the BraDdywtne.
Yesterday the disgusting sight Of
poisonous refuse matter from the fac
tories up the Brandywine, resting upon
the top cf the water was again wit
messed. The inky black stuff came
down from Bancroit's mills, and the
white stutf which would not mix with
the inky poison came from Jessup d
Moore's paper mills, on the north side.
The 6rst, however, is that which is
| most complained Of, as it comes down
from above the third dam, and on the
side from which the drinking water tor
the city is pumped, and this lis what
causes the complaint On the part OF the
citizens, which has resulted In a law
suit against she Bancroft. Brothers, now
pending before the Courts at New Cas-
tie. The same complaints were form
erly made against the milky stuff that
came down from the paper mills, but
the enterprisiag firm Of Jessup& Moore,
in order to avoid complaint, went to
work and constructed large sewer at
an expense, it. is said, Of O,ooo or
10000, which now carries their re-
fuse chemicals down beyond the water
used for the city.


With the latter named gentlemen
there is no more did eUhy, and neith-
or is there any more complaint against
nuisances emanating from their mills.
What Jessup & Moore have done now re-
mains for Bancrotts to do, and We are
glad to see movement on foot by which
the refuse from their mills can be carried
in q sewer across the Brandywine to
the north side, aud thereby Remove the
complaints now so freely made against
that firm. This indeed seems about the
only remedy for the complaint, and 1t
is received down to choice on the
part of the Brapcrofts of building the
sewer or going out Of business.


The people OF Wilmington have been
very patient under the most severe
provocation, and after having beeo
goadsd to prosecute them, from feelings
of sheer necessity to protect themselves,
it is not likely that they will abandon
the prosecution against the Bancrofts.
As there are but one of two things that
can he done to abate the nuisance
either to build the sewer referred to, or
close out business, we hope that one or
the other may be decided upon before
the Brandywine Creek is again over
flowed with inky black liquid chemical
poisons.
Year: 1879

THETAx PAYERS of Wilmington should
remember that all who pay their city
and school taxes in the month of July
will receive an abatement of five per
cent. In August the face of the bill
will have to be paid, and in Septem-
Der five cents will be added With heavy
tax payers this is important, and there
are now only seven days of July left in
which taxes can be paid.
Year: 1879

sure in announcing to our friends and the
public generally t at we have made ar
rangements by which we are enabled to
furnish thai handsome paper, the
Louisiana Capitolian
and the MERIDIONAL one year for
the extremely low price Of So SO CASH.
Baton Rouge is now the permanent Capt.
tai of this great State, and this is an ex-
cellent opportunity 10 get the Capital and
parish news for little more than ONE
PRICE. The CAPITOLIAN is spicy,
interesting journal, filed With literary
matter for the ladies. bumor for the fun
loving, historical sketches for the student,
and news from all parts of the World, for
every one. It's editorials upon the cur.
rent political topics of the day are writ
ten in pithy and attractive style, while
other subjects of importance are present
ed to the reader in VIGOROUS and unmis-
taxable terms. It is, in fact. q first-rate
Democratic family newspaper, calculated
to elevate and strengthen the morals OF
our State, and should circulate in every
nook and corner Of its boundaries.


Send to the publishers for specimen
COPY, which is forwarded free upon ap-
plication. Address, The CAPITOLIAN,


Baton Rouge, La.
Year: 1879

working under the direction of the City Missionary
Society has given special attention to the Chinese
who have come tc the city. and recently Rev. David
Jones' who has labored in this work in Chicago and
st. Louis came here and joined her in the work.
They visited the laundries together; and being able
to speak Chinese tolerably weiand II being so novel
to the Orientas to hear their own language 80 FAR
succeeded quite easily in securing the confidence
which he sought. He proposed to them that
they should attend his school every sunday
afternoon and learn to read English; ana the
possible advantages to be gained were SO great
in their eyes that in a very short time hfty-two
of them had been enrolled. and the average weekly
attendance is than two-thirds OF that number.
A few OF them can speak English very WELL q few not
ut ALL and most OF them just enough to be able to
make known their ordinary wants and to understand
common phrases.


OF course the ultimate object Of the school is to
Christianze them. But before nything can be done
toward securing this end they must be taught to un
derstand the words by which the import OF Chris
tian truth is to be conveyed to them 1t Is easier tor
them to learn the English than for the teachers to
learn the Chinese. besides having the advan-
tage OF giving them the idea that they
are especially the gamers. Most OF them
can read their own language To each
teacher is assigned one pupil. The primer used Is
published by the American Tract Society. in which
the English word and the Chinese character stand
side by side. The teacher points to the English
word aud pronounces it distinctly. and the China
repeats until he becomes familiar with the word.
services, with singing ut the close by voluntary
choir and. though nothing is said pointedy to the
Cinnamon about religion. they have become curious
about it, as was expected they would and are ask
ing questions which answered fully and in such
q way to induce them to inquire further.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Is it not the duty of the Grand Jury to forbid the
New York Elevated Railroad Company to run trains
the old unsafe portions Of their structure ON
Greenwich street and Ninth avenue? Mr.. Field con-
fessed last year to HERALD reporter that those por-
tions unsafe and would be taken down. II 1t is
the authorities should forbid its at once and
not await the pleasure or this notorous!y econoInh
cal company. ONE OF NUMBERS.
Year: 1879

IS THERE AN OIL WELL IN THE MooNf
To THE EDIToa HERALD


In company with my wife. on Saturday afternoon.
had occasion to cross the IL" railroad at Forty
second street and Third avenue. and received .
shower OF grease. oil and water which entirely
ruineu her dress and my overcoat and hat. Can
sue the company for damages1 Very respectfully.


O. III
Year: 1879

To EDIroR THE HERALD:-


That those great and grasping corporations. the
railroad companies. responsible for the ruined
eyesight Of Thousands of travelling people cannot be
denied. In answer to this it may be said you
needn't read in the after dark" But can ono
imagine anything more dreary than travelling by
rail long stretches of desolate country. f-e-
quently with one to talk to, and then to be de-
prived the consolation Of reading. and that SIM
ply because the company IL too stngy careless to
offer suitable prize for the best lighting system
incentive to inventive genius?


This appears to to be matter affecting the
welfare OF millions Of people and should be thor
oughly discussed. MENTOR.